Kannadi silaye‘s simple and earthy tune is lilting, with strong vocals by Santosh Hariharan and Sangeetha, while Vijay adds a touch of his usually absorbing sounds. In Kaadhal kiliye, Vijay...
Continue reading...D-Day (Music review), Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Mika leads Duma dum‘s umpteenth remake – largely familiar and tepid version. But Alvida is a complete opposite – awesome, brooding backgrounds and splendid vocals by Nikhil D’Souza, Sukhvinder, Loy...
Continue reading...Pattathu Yaanai (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Thattungada melatha, despite all the effort by Thaman in the racy backgrounds, ends up as too familiar a template from him. Gana Bala’s otherwise earthy voice gets severely synthesized in...
Continue reading...Sutta Kadhai (Music review), Tamil – Madley Blues
Kaattukulla kannaamoochi is an interesting concoction of instruments and sounds, though the tune don’t add up to something adequately exciting. Yele yele offers something similar – MS Viswanathan’s time-withered vocals...
Continue reading...Auto Raja (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
Arjun assembles the most absorbing sounds in Preethi maado that works even for the simple masala tune. The composer rocks Node node, composing and singing the lilting faux-Hindustani tune with...
Continue reading...Thalaivaa (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Tamizh pasanga is flat and dull, with a spruced up Michael Jackson rhythm and excessively synthesized vocals. But Yaar indha, with its delightful melody and strong Celtic flavor is a...
Continue reading...World Music Day – Must-listen world music album recommendations
Today is . While it has been interpreted as a worldwide day for music in general, there is a thought that it is about music of the world (away from...
Continue reading...Ya Ya (Music review), Tamil – Vijay Ebenezer
Friendae podhum is decade-old Harris Jayaraj material – pointless friendship anthem with usual absurd lyrics. Thankfully, the other ode to friendship, Nothing wantu, by Steve Vatz makes up for the...
Continue reading...Issaq (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar, Sachin Gupta & Krsna
Sachin-Jigar’s Issaq tera and Jheeni re are reminiscent of Pritam’s Jab We Met. They sound fantastic, nevertheless, thriving on excellent vocals by Mohit Chauhan (and Smita Jain for duet), and...
Continue reading...Policegiri (Music review), Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya, Anjjan – Meet Bros
Anjjan Meet Bros’ Robinhood has a rhyming and rhythmic hook that works even amidst that tried and tested South Indian style song. Of the 4 songs by Himesh, Chura ke...
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