Talia Bentson’s tantalizing vocals kick-start the heady Slowly slowly, while Jigar takes highly addictive ode to the good, dancy night to new heights! The anti-Monday anthem, Khoon choos le ups...
Continue reading...Gippi (Music review), Hindi – Vishal-Shekhar
The techno-Bhojpuri sound of Baby Doll works fairly well, keeping things adequately throbbing. Vishal delivers the bouncy Pehn di takki in a strangely subdued manner – predictable, but catchy. Shekhar’s...
Continue reading...The 10 worst songs of A R Rahman!
You may wonder – why pick on bad songs and make a list out of it? No, sorry – I don’t derive happiness in picking bad songs from any composer,...
Continue reading...Flutetronics (Music review), Pop – Naveen Kumar
Longing features thankfully minimal and accented vocals Naveen’s 15 year old son, Jean Naveen. What stays is Naveen’s spellbinding flute and Sree Sunderkumar’s kanjira, ensconced in fantastic production by Karsh...
Continue reading...Bombay Talkies (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Amitabh Bhattacharya’s lyrics prop Bachchan well, much like Sukhwinder’s spirited singing, though it’s all for a tad simplistic tune. Akkad bakkad is more like Amit, though – beautifully sung by...
Continue reading...Puthiya Thiruppangal (Music review), Tamil – Vidyasagar
Vaada vaada is loud and raucous in an enjoyable way; rhythmic and superbly sung by Rahul Nambiar. Iru idhayam sernthu is that melody that the composer is known really well...
Continue reading...Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (Music review), Tamil – Simon
Mudhal mazhai and Vizhiyile vizhiyile are tunes that are too steeped in familiar templates to make a significant impact – passable melodies at best, both. Rowdy girls is all faux...
Continue reading...Shootout at Wadala (Music review), Hindi – Anu Malik, Anand Raj Anand, Mustafa Zahid, Adnan Sami & Meet Bros Anjjan
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Continue reading...Gouravam (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Okkatai okkatai soars in Haricharan’s solid vocals! Its chorus holds a lot of punch too, while Thaman adds it all together in his style really well! Manasa manasa‘s classical base...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (March 2013)
Pusher Love Girl, Suit & Tie, Tunnel Vision, That Girl, Let The Grove Get In & Mirror – The 20-20 Experience (Justin Timberlake) If there was one (Western) album that...
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