Chandrana has obviously poor chorus vocals, but Hari sure knows how to appeal to the lowest common denominator; the song is catchy. Much like Naveen Madhav’s Inky pinky, with that...
Continue reading...Dharti (Music review), Punjabi – Jaidev Kumar
Mika’s Punjabi hip-hop in Gaddi moudan ge sounds good since it gets the catchy hooks right, while Warrant tries a similar hip-hop pattern with poorer results. Jaggi Singh’s title song...
Continue reading...100% Love (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
Adnan Sami sounds different but good in the charming piano and violin fusion, Infatuation! Sans the violin, Tippu’s Dhooram achieves a similar high, with an even more engaging melancholic tune!...
Continue reading...Shor In The City (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar, Harpreet Singh & others
There is a strong Mithoon flavor in Roop Kumar Rathod’s already popular Saaware, composed by Harpreet Singh; a wonderfully arranged melody. Harpreet’s other, fresh contribution to the soundtrack, Deem deem...
Continue reading...Ponnar Shankar (Music review), Tamil – Ilayaraja
Kodi kotti is a wonderful intro song; simple, catchy tune and appropriately grand backgrounds. Annanmar kathai starts off in typical folk fashion, but throws a scintillating googly as it progresses...
Continue reading...Rewind: Nine Lost Memories (IndiPop – Band Called Nine)
Neelesh’s small town introduction is heart-warmingly worded. The song tied to it – Shilpa Rao’s Yaadon ke idiot box mein opens the musical part of the album delightfully; a gorgeous...
Continue reading...Top recent listens – March 2011
Beggin’ & Can’t take my eyes off you – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Ultimate Collection One of my favorite albums in recent times, with considerable repeat airplay...
Continue reading...Barse Barse (Indipop/Non-film), Hindi – Suresh Wadkar, Vishal Bharadwaj & Gulzar
The 7+ minute title song is expansively beautiful, while Aisa to hota gets a lot more intimate with a Jaidev-stye sitar strain, faintly reminiscent of Gaman’s Seene mein jalan. Tere...
Continue reading...Teenmaar (Music review), Telugu – Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma appropriates the already delightful Chor bazari from the original to create an equally likeable Aale bale! Karunya’s Vayyarala has an intentionally packaged, nice old-worldly charm to it. Chiguru...
Continue reading...Teen Thay Bhai (Music review), Hindi – Ranjit Barot, Rajat Dholakia, Daler Mehndi & Sukhwinder Singh
NW1W. Mohit Chauhan’s Ranjit Barot and Sukhwinder Singh composed ‘Main chalna bhook gaya‘ does offer some hope. Keywords: Teen thay whatever.
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