Farida is the pick of the album – it offers a fairly complex tune for Abhijeet to sink into and holds its guitar and keyboard-loaded backdrops really well, thanks to...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (February 2013)
Idhuvare njan, Azhakolim mariville, Kannivasantham & Chendalire – KQ (Malayalam – Stephen Devassy) To be honest, I had no idea who Stephen Devassy was, till I had made an entry...
Continue reading...Back Bench Student (Music review), Telugu – Sunil Kashyap
Engineering is a drab, mindlessly old-fashioned college track. In Jagada jagada, Sunil mashes remixes of Ilayaraja’s iconic numbers to reasonably good effect. Silambarasan has another, noisier version of the same,...
Continue reading...Break Up (Music review), Telugu – Indus Gharana
Nee mayalo is a thumping victory for both the band in-charge of music and the singer, Saindhavi – one gorgeous tune beautifully sung! Ennalli dooram‘s techno-pop sound is adequately catchy...
Continue reading...Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Two chronic off-key singers – Yuvan and STR – get together in Oru porambokku, elucidating the virtues of shunning alcohol, in a foot-tapping, street-smart package – appropriately lively! Konjum kili...
Continue reading...Whistle (Music review), Kannada – Joshua Sridhar
Tippu is in solid form in Aru uruthu, breathing life into Joshua’s pleasant tune! Joshua appropriates his own Veppam track, Mazhai varum, in a slightly altered package to create Pala...
Continue reading...KQ (Music review), Malayalam – Stephen Devassy
Shankar Mahadevan excels in his rendition of the muslim-flavored Chundathe that holds gorgeous saarangi and harmonium interludes in line with the song’s feel and tone. Idhuvare njan sees Vijay Prakash...
Continue reading...3G (Music review), Hindi – Mithoon & Amar Mohile
Despite its Pritam’ish chorus, Kaise bataaon is lovely, with the dependable KK and an adept singing debut by Sonal Chauhan! Its Cantabile version is perfectly a-capella’ish, aided by Abhishek Nailwal’s...
Continue reading...Nautanki Saala (Music review), Hindi – Mikey Mccleary, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rochak Kohli, Falak Shabir & Rashid Khan
Mera mann, composed and sung by Falak Shabir is a throwback to the old-world balladry – soft and serene, both original and the reprise. Tulsi Kumar’s version and the Remix...
Continue reading...Rangrezz (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid & Sundar C Babu
There’s absolutely nothing in Dil ko aaya sukoon to not let it remain as something that drones in the background. Govinda aala re is no different – traditional folk tune...
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