Shalmali breezes through the already popular (Coke TVC!) Aaj ki raat – it’s consistently and tantalisingly groovy! Among her other renditions, Ja ja bewafa, with a lovely reggae base easily...
Continue reading...Poovarasam Peepee (Music review), Tamil – Arul Dev
Abhay Jodhpurkar and Karthik do a great job in their respective versions of Gnayiru dhinangalin, a wonderful guitar-led melody, punctuated by lovely violin too! En ulagam does something similar with...
Continue reading...Appuchi Graamam (Music review), Tamil – Vishal Chandrasekar
En karunchingama is insanely catchy, thanks to the groovy guitar the composer layers over the corny, but instantly likeable tune. And then there is Gana Bala’s vocals – cracker of...
Continue reading...Athithi (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
Shutter moodum nerathile, a sort of a gana, is woefully outmoded, with a bland hook to boot. Its Club mix is even more pointless. Solla solla ullamengum can hardly go...
Continue reading...Fugly (Music review), Hindi – Yo Yo Honey Singh, Raftaar, Prashant Vadhyar
The title song is typical Honey Singh – the kind that sounds annoying, but would refuse to get out of the head thanks to its repetitive hooks. For his other...
Continue reading...Ennathan Pesuvatho (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Sriram Parthasarathy’s pleasant voice seems perfect for the lovely melody of Tholaivil irukkum, with Imman’s Ilayaraja’ish sound, and nifty touches like that santoor. Imman’s arrangement is phenomenal in Nenje nenje...
Continue reading...Manam (Music review), Telugu – Anup Rubens
Piyo piyo re is perfectly foot-tapping, with a catchy hook. Arijit Singh rules Telugu too, after conquering Hindi, with Kanulanu thaake – Anup hands him an excellent melody tailor-made for...
Continue reading...Million Dollar Arm (Music review), A R Rahman
Rang De Basanti’s left-over Makhna and let-us-obviously-fuse-Punjabi-and-rap Million Dollar Dream are intermittently engaging, thanks to the vocalists – Sukhwinder and Iggy Azalea, respectively. KT Tunstall and Rahman’s We Could Be...
Continue reading...Yaan (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj
Aathangara orathil – Harris Jayaraj tune bank, 2007; Gana Bala’s singing does make a difference, besides MC Vickey’s rap and assorted burping sounds. Latcham calorie – Harris Jayaraj tune bank,...
Continue reading...Vanavarayan Vallavarayan (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Kongunattu thendralukkum has a nice folk groove, but Karthik Raja and Venkat Prabhu’s vocals are jarring, to say the least, besides the rather staid tune. Yuvan’s singing is significantly worse...
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