Aambalaikkum pombalaikkum is as blasé as any faux folks song can get; uninteresting and predictable from every angle. Pushpavanam Kupusamy tries his best to infuse life into the racy Vaadi...
Continue reading...Panjaa (Music review), Telugu – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Beyond that glitzy 80s synth-style music, the title song evokes marginal interest. But Ela ela gets everything right – gorgeous techno backgrounds from Yuvan that sit beautifully atop the melody....
Continue reading...Making a viral hit out of a Tamil girl’s murderous rage
If you still haven’t seen the song of the season, you must be living under quite a big rock! This. It’s a pretty funky song, no doubt, with horrendous lyrics...
Continue reading...Don 2 (Music review), Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
NW1W. The entire soundtrack seems to be milking the earlier Don title song and falls completely flat. Keywords: Don, Shah Rukh Khan
Continue reading...Ghost (Music review), Hindi – Sharib-Toshi
Toshi Sabri and Akram Sabri sing Jalwanuma really well and the tune, in true Sharib-Toshi style, is highly listenable; if only it did not borrow so blatantly from Amr Diab’s...
Continue reading...Mouna Guru (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Pudhu punal has an immediately accessible catchy rhythm overlaid on a haunting tune sung fabulously by Ranjith, Rahul Nambiar, Sam and MLR Karthikeyan; leaves a strong impact! Yennayidhu‘s tune too...
Continue reading...Linda Linda (Tee Set) – What do you think?
The last time I had posted such a question, the debate went into a major tailspin! Let’s see how things go this time. Does this song remind you of any...
Continue reading...Ladies V/s Ricky Bahl (Music review), Hindi – Salim-Sulaiman
Aadat se majboor and Jazba seem like calculated, safe efforts – the carefully assembled catchy rhythm, Benny and Shilpa Rao’s cool vocals…everything; but they still endear as they hold the...
Continue reading...Poraali (Music review), Tamil – Sundar C Babu
Yaar ivan, partly because of Shankar Mahadevan’s high-pitched vocals, is strongly reminiscent of Nadodigal’s anthemic Sambo siva sambo, but without that impact; the other version by Chinmayi is even more...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (October 2011)
Only if for a night, Breaking down, Lover to lover, Strangeness and charm – Florence + The Machine (Album: Ceremonials) Florence Welch has a voice to die for…period. The new...
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