Yappa chappa, is percussion-heavy, employing a soft-kuthu sound besides horns and ghatam, and rides on the hook to propel a generically pleasant tune. Maiyal maiyal too makes fantastic use of...
Continue reading...Oyee (Music review), Tamil – Ilayaraja
It’s difficult to decide what is more cringe-worthy in Eden Garden – Raja’s music or the bizarre lyrics that perhaps wanted to refer to Garden of Eden, but ends up...
Continue reading...Hitman – January 23, 2016
Originally published in . MunnaaL kaadhali – Miruthan (Tamil – D.Imman) Tamil cinema’s patron saint of love failure is—no, not Santhanam, he is merely the patron saint’s sidekick—T.R.Silambarasan, who, as...
Continue reading...Bangalore Naatkal (Music review), Tamil – Gopi Sundar
Naan maatti konden is light and frothy, with every familiar sound associated with Gopi. The ode to Bangalore gets a slightly different treatment in Ranjith’s Paraparapa, with less of Bryan...
Continue reading...Ma Chu Ka (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar
Najim Arshad continues to sound uncannily like Karthik in Maanasam, a nursery rhyme like Christmas song that’s easy on the ears. Gopi handles Paanbum koneem‘s simple pop melody easily; it’s...
Continue reading...Moondraam Ulaga Por (Music review), Tamil – Ved Shanker
Shankar Mahadevan is in his full-throated self in Indiya naade, but the tune is the standard lyrically bombastic patriotic number that’s fairly familiar by now. Composer Ved does significantly better...
Continue reading...Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha (Music review), Telugu – Vishal Chandrasekhar
Vishal embellishes Rara ravera’s heady, catchy tune with a cornucopia of interesting sounds; Hemachandra’s enthusiastic vocals and the folk lilt makes it a great listen. Ditto for the title song...
Continue reading...Sethupathi (Music review), Tamil – Nivas K. Prasanna
Nivas and V.M.Mahalingam make a valiant effort singing Mazhai thooralaam and Thaen koottil, respectively; the former, an emotional ode to the police force, and the latter, a sweeping pathos number....
Continue reading...Fitoor (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Yeh fitoor mera is very Amit; a dual-mukhda structure that hammers the simple, evocative tune with a gradual build-up and a rousing ending, all wonderfully handled by Arijit. Pashmina ups...
Continue reading...Hitman – January 16, 2016
Originally published in . Azhagae – Kathakali (Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha) There’s so much of Yuvan Shankar Raja in Azhagae… and then something more. Something about the way Adhi (one...
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