Njanoru Malayali flows beautifully, owing to its possible source of either Saama or Arabhi raga. Jayachandran is a fantastic choice to sing this very-Malayali song with the perfect ethos captured...
Continue reading...Nee-Na (Music review), Malayalam – Nikhil J Menon
Everything just works in I Remember You – that scratchy record prelude, an immersive and ambient pop tune and of course, Shaktisree Gopalan in spellbinding form, completely different from her...
Continue reading...Welcome to Karachi (Music review), Hindi – Rochak Kohli, Jeet Ganguly & Amjad Nadeem
Rochak Kohli’s techno Honey Singh’isation – adding assorted spirits to any song – of the lullaby Lalla lalla lori is aptly techno and foot-tapping. Vishal Dadlani breezes through the catchy...
Continue reading...Kaakka Muttai (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Edhai ninaithom is wonderfully sung and orchestrated by Prakash, but it sounds alarmingly like Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’s Khaabon Ke Parindey that Alyssa Mendonsa may butt in with ‘Oho kya...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – April 2015
Hindi Pehli baar, Gallan goodiyan & title song – Dil Dhadakne Do (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy) Listen to the songs on Gaana. Move on, Mat jaa re, Old school...
Continue reading...Hitman – April 25, 2015
Originally published in . ‘Vasanthamallike’ Chandrettan Evideya (Malayalam) Music: Prashant Pillai At one point in the start of the music video (from the film, of course), Dileep sings aloud the...
Continue reading...Dil Dhadakne Do (Music review), Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Dil dhadakne do gets the synthrock sound and the title hook pulsatingly right, though Farhan stretching his vocal chords is balanced only by Priyanka Chopra’s far more confident singing. Pehli...
Continue reading...Tanu Weds Manu Returns (Music review), Hindi – Krsna, Tanishq & Vayu
Move On is a frenetically paced, borderline Middle Eastern (Vakulabharanam raga based?) track that Sunidhi completely owns, while lyricist Raj Shekhar’s melancholic lines come out really well in Ankit Tiwari’s...
Continue reading...Mosagallaku Mosagadu (Music review), Telugu – Manikanth Kadri
The title song starts off like yet-another club dance number, but gets totally infectitious, thanks to the foot-tapping rhythm and Baba Sehgal’s vocals. Naavaadai is a sweet listen – that...
Continue reading...Lailaa O Lailaa (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar
Sithara sounds severely labored singing Nanayumee mazha; it’s only Gopi’s gorgeous interludes and reasonably pleasant tune that holds it together. Rathri mulla than is more like good old Gopi –...
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