Hindi Insaaf & Shaam ke saaye – Talvar (Vishal Bhardwaj) Gulaabo, Title song, Nazdeekiyaan & Raitaa phailgaya – Shaandaar (Amit Trivedi) Singh aur Kaur – Singh Is Bling (Manj Musik)...
Continue reading...Bruce Lee (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Run has an infectitious and anthemic sound that works pretty well with its sing-along’ish tune. Sai Sharan and Nivaz sing it mighty well too. Malaysian hip-hop/rapper Rabbit Mac leads Ria...
Continue reading...Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam (Music review), Tamil – Amrit
Amrit writes Sarakka, a gaana, and sings it pretty well, for a familiar tune that gains from his little musical nuances and funny lines. Mora saiyyaa sees Amrit get mighty...
Continue reading...Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (Music review), Tamil – Anirudh
Starting with just guitar, Anirudh builds on Thangamey‘s sound progressively well, particularly a really well-placed violin solo by Ananthakrishnan. The tune is phenomenally engaging, including an anupallavi that goes interestingly...
Continue reading...Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi (Music review), Malayalam – Rex Vijayan
Aayiram kaalamai is an interesting vocal mix of Gowri Lakshmi’s stylish rendition and Maqbool Mohammed’s more folksy rendition, set to a lively lilting tune. Tharangal padunne‘s rousing sound is nice...
Continue reading...10 Endrathukulla (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Barring the innovative word-play invoking James Bond, Virat Kohli and Kamal Haasan for the bridge words, Vroom vroom‘s monotonous and gimmicky tune hardly sustains any interest. Aanaalum indha mayakkam‘s lilting...
Continue reading...Saahasam (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Pudikkum, Angry Bird and Sayang Ku offer progressively degrading lyrics – it’s only Thaman’s backgrounds that hold the songs together. Mohit Chauhan sings Angry Bird with terrible diction, while in...
Continue reading...Ananthaal (Music review), Indipop – Clinton Cerejo, Bianca Gomes & Vijay Prakash
Shelle’s Punjabi word-play, and choice of words in particular, stand out in Inayat, a haunting, almost prayer-like tune. The vocals start with Clinton and Vijay taking turns, till Bianca swooshes...
Continue reading...Hitman – October 3, 2015
Originally published in . Mukkathe penne – Ennu Ninte Moideen (Malayalam – Gopi Sundar) It’s baffling that the makers of Ennu Ninte Moideen did not include this single by Gopi...
Continue reading...Ko 2 (Music review), Tamil – Leon James
Kohila‘s tune is instantly likeable and pleasant; Leon’s music sounds like an significantly spruced-up version of early-Rahman, particualrly the veena usage and the Kohila call-out reminding one of Jeans’ Columbus!...
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