Kadhal ennulle, barring that interesting nadaswaram interlude, has nothing new, tune-wise. Kaatru veesum fares much better – Haricharan’s vocals are great, as is the hummable melody. Benny Dayal’s Evan avan...
Continue reading...Aurangzeb (Music review), Hindi – Vipin Mishra & Amartya Rahut
Amartya Rahut’s Barbaadiyaan is energetic and catchy, but also oddly hollow – Sasheh Aagha and Ram Sampath’s cool vocals do help, but. Its other, moody version, Barbaadi, by Agnee Mohan...
Continue reading...Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke (Music review), Hindi – Siddharth Haldipur and Sangeet Haldipur
Mika’s Ding dang ding dang is age-old Punjabi masala repackaged in the same old bottle – predictably boring. Shaan and Monali Thakur’s conversational Nachlay nachlay works only because of the...
Continue reading...Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (Music review), Tamil – Sathya
Azhagendral has Sathya playing well on his now-famous rhythmic backgrounds; it is particularly well sung by the composer too. Kozhu kozhu and Lovukku Yes too get their backgrounds really well,...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (April 2013)
Amidinine, Imuhar, Adinat, Her Tenere & Aman – Nomad (Bombino) Bombino’s Nomad is the album of the season for me. I haven’t heard of this Tuareg (an encampment in the...
Continue reading...Thanga Meengal (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Na.Muthukumar’s beautiful lyrics adorn the gorgeous melody in Aananda yaazhai, sung fabulously by Sriram Parthasarathy. Yuvan’s work in the interludes is almost Raja’esque – brilliant! Along with the director’s annoying...
Continue reading...Idharammayilatho (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
Apache Indian may be singing Run Run, but Devi’s tune is no different from the one he usually reserves for say, Baba Sehgal – passably catchy. The DSP mix version...
Continue reading...Thadaka (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Gana gana gets its hook perfectly right – addictively catchy, with interesting arrangements too! Thaman’s backgrounds and silky smooth tune in Mara O mara is fantastic – Suchith and Manasi’s...
Continue reading...Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Badtameez dil is heady and addictive; Benny rocks with his vocals! Balam pichkari too… foot-tapping holi song with superb singing by Vishal and Shalmali. Ilahi’s guitar-driven sound and children’s chorus...
Continue reading...Nam Duniya Nam Style (Music review), Kannada – Shaan Rahman
Tippu powers Take It Easy, a dancy track in his usual style; Shaan puts together an easy-on-the-ear package. Tippu and Vineeth Srinivasan are great together in the wonderfully rhythmic gaana-type...
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