Rokda is breezy and easy on the ears with some neat guitar in the background. Kho jaane de is reminiscent of Amit Trivedi and that itself is the song’s success,...
Continue reading...Hate Story (Music review), Hindi – Harshit Saxena
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Continue reading...Tezz (Music review), Hindi – Sajid-Wajid
Tere bina is wonderful blind-beggar-in-Mumbai-local material; ranks right along Dil deewana na jaane kab kho gaya from Daag The Fire – pedestrian. The title song extends the already overused Misirlou...
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Hello, Dancing on the ceiling & All night long – Tuskegee (Lionel Richie) Lionel Richie’s new album after a very long time is an interesting experiment – he country’fies R&B...
Continue reading...Eega (Music review), Telugu – MM Keeravani
Nene is a sweepingly pleasant reggae-based track that sounds good, but doesn’t go beyond the genre’s conventions. The title song has a flamboyant sound, but strangely the same Jackson-styled rhythm...
Continue reading...Dhammu (Music review), Telugu – MM Keeravani
Despite the ennui-ridden kuthu rhythm, O lilli is a rocking affair; Baba Sehgal nails it with his enthusiastic vocals. With grand, bombastic orchestration and strong Jackson influence, Ruler is mighty...
Continue reading...Jannat 2 (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Shafqat and Rahat’s Tu hi mera and Tera deedar hua, respectively, are like songs usually assigned to them – lilting sufi’ish sounds, but not clutter-breaking. KK is extraordinary in the...
Continue reading...Sollakathai (Music review), Tamil – Ramesh Vinayagam
Athimara thoppinela makes fabulous use of children’s voices and even the tune is a joyous riot, enthusiastically orchestrated. Chinmayi and Ramesh Vinayagam’s Yaarodum idhuvarai seems like a gorgeously modern take...
Continue reading...III (Music review), Indipop – Rabbi
Ganga‘s country’ish drawl and wonderful guitaring are enticing, as it always had been, since this is a much-heard Rabbi song from shows like MTV Unplugged. Cabaret Weimar, despite evoking intriguing...
Continue reading...The Silent Sea (Music review), Indipop – Advaita
Tremor, Meinda ishq and Spinning build on the Indian’ness of their momentum in very similar ways; if Tremor uses a vocal route to make this addition to tantalizing effect, with...
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