Johnny Johnny is insanely catchy and with such intoxicating lyrics that it may just be banned in Gujarat! Priya is particularly fantastic with the female vocals! Veerey di wedding treads...
Continue reading...Thottaal Thodarum (Music review), Tamil – P.C.Shivan
Bossu bossu‘s evocative wonder about news and newspaper seems like an odd subject to be endowed with that alluring jazz sound – the contrast is interesting! Anthony Dasan owns the...
Continue reading...Nee Naadenaa (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
Sumke sumke has a predictable tune, but Arjun packages it well, while Bitbutu is every a bit of Arjun template that is so recognisable – Vijay Prakash can deliver such...
Continue reading...Nambiar (Music review), Tamil – Vijay Antony
Santhanam carries Aara amara impressively – more than being in tune, he brings his dialog swagger to completely own the song! Idhuvarai yarum falls into the intriguingly catchy Malaysian Tamil...
Continue reading...Pizza 3D (Music review), Hindi – Mikey McCleary, Saurabh Kalsi, Shamir Tandon, Gaurav Godkhindi & Ramon Ibrahim
Mikey mcCleary adds interesting layers to Gimme Pizza, mixing rap, reggae and sitar to a funky, frenetic coherence! The acoustic version of Saurabh Kalsi’s Tum chal diye is gorgeous –...
Continue reading...Thirudan Police (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Pesadhe is vintage Yuvan – a lovely melody orchestrated with the necessary chutzpah and inventiveness, but with a more generous rock dosage than usual; fabulously sung by Hariharasudhan and Pooja!...
Continue reading...Kick (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya, Meet Bros Anjjan & Yo Yo Honey Singh
Jumme ki raat has a definite Pancham swagger, but Himesh’s one hook repetition snuffs its life out. Mika sings it better, while Salman croaks uncomfortably. Himesh’s other song, Tu hi...
Continue reading...Milliblog monthly multilingual music reco – June 2014
The entire soundtrack – Ramanujan (Tamil, Ramesh Vinayagam) Along-side Amara Kaaviyam, the other fantastic soundtrack from Tamil in recent times. Another soundtrack that I played a lot last month without...
Continue reading...Buno Haansh (Music review), Bengali – Shantanu Moitra
Bela boye‘s very-Bengali tune is perfect for Shreya Ghoshal and Shantanu adorns it with apt sounds. Hariye thikana‘s filmy qawali sound morphs incredibly into State of Bengal’esque Bengali drum n...
Continue reading...Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani (Music review), Tamil – Simon
Despite Chinnaponnu’s full-throated, racuous rendition, the title song seems pointless. For The Elarai, Gana Bala becomes Ghana Bala, crooning an African kuthu that also cleverly plays jazzy sax – interesting...
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