The severely under-rated Tochi Raina is the highlight of Rabba. The man lords over the lovely melody Amit cooks up, with some support from Jaggi’s rap. Sukhjinder Singh’s constant algoza...
Continue reading...Naiyaandi (Music review), Tamil – Ghibran
Teddy bear‘s arcade games sound, with that mind-bogglingly curious tune that eventually goes zany, mixing kuthu and more 8-bit sounds, is a brave experiment! Ae le le, barring Leon D’Souza’s...
Continue reading...Arrambam (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Adadada arrambame is loaded with festive exuberance and uses alternating percussions to good effect. En fuse pochu sounds like something Yuvan usually reserves for Simbu, right up to the corny...
Continue reading...Krrish 3 (Music review), Hindi – Rajesh Roshan
Krrish Krrish, with corny chorus, bizarre sounds and Mamta Sharma’s funny vocals, is embarrassing. Raghupati raghav is not far either – besides the obviously catchy rhythm pandering to Hrithik’s feet...
Continue reading...Coke Studio @ MTV, Season 3, Episode 5 (Music review) – Papon
Baisara beera Papon ropes in Assam-born, Bhojpuri singing sensation Kalpana Patowary to join him in a Assamese-Rajasthani song… how is that for fusion! That interlude featuring Akhlak Hussain Varsi’s harmonium...
Continue reading...Manadhil Maayam Seidhai (Music review), Tamil – Manikanth Kadri
Aha mazhaiyum illai makes fantastic use of Maand raaga and along with Haricharan and Hamsika Iyer’s vocals and lilting rhythms makes for a superb listen! Its reprise uses the saxophone...
Continue reading...Boss (Music review), Hindi – Meet Bros Anjan Ankit, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Chirantan Bhatt & PA Deepak
But for pronouncing it to mean not-so-appealing smell, the title song is a catchy hip-hop listen! Pitah se meanders along pointlessly and other variants of title song/theme end Meet Bros...
Continue reading...10 observations on Kochadaiiyaan teaser
The much-awaited teaser for Rajnikanth’s latest film, Kochadaiiyaan is out. Here are 10 observations from my side, to kickstart the debate around it. 1. There is special effects in a...
Continue reading...Coke Studio @ MTV, Season 3, Episode 4 (Music review) – Salim Sulaiman
Rudine rangeeli’s showstoppers are clearly Karsan Sagathia, who brings his unique style of high-pitched, flawless folk singing, and Paras Nath, on the flute. Paras’ extended finale, with Sulaiman Merchant Darshan...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (August 2013)
Beat It and Ilayaraja Medley – Thaikkudam Bridge (Music Mojo, Kappa TV) I’m not a particularly big fan of cover versions of bands recreating older songs, but Thaikkudam Bridge blew...
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