Swaroop Khan pulls off the pulsating Udaari well, but the remixed-Euphoria sound has its limits. The short Uljhi depends a lot on Arijit’s vocals and the guitar, and both don’t...
Continue reading...Holiday (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Arijit’s delightful singing lifts the already gorgeous tune of Aaj dil shayarana. Pritam’s tune is unusually structured and makes fantastic use of violin the background. Irshad Kamil’s lyrics completely dominate...
Continue reading...Gajakesari (Music review), Kannada – V.Harikrishna
Kannada siri is a spirited mix of Ilayaraja and Keeravani. Harikrishna pulls it off in style, adorning it with tasteful orchestration! Baba Sehgal’s Maneyali appa is adequately Devi Sri Prasad’ish...
Continue reading...Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi (Music review), Hindi – Palash Sen, Parichay, Mikey McCleary & Anand Bajpai
Anu Malik’s ululating yell in Tarzan is the most annoying thing one could hear all year; it seriously comes in the way of Parichay’s otherwise functional dance track. Palash Sen’s...
Continue reading...The Bartender – Classic Bollywood With A Twist (Music review), Indipop/Remix – Mikey McCleary
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...
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