Reppapaatu ee kshanam starts off great, but the coarse rap’ish pieces jar; still, Naresh Iyer’s main portions and some innovative interludes make this track a good listen. Javed Ali’s solo,...
Continue reading...Ilaignan (Music review), Tamil – Vidyasagar
The waltzy Imai thoodhane makes stunning use of the genre in a Tamil context and the music is top-notch – a fantastic showcase for Vidyasagar’s orchestration skills. Chinmayi is brilliant...
Continue reading...Singam Puli (Music review), Tamil – Mani Sharma
Figaru rehashes Okkadu’s Hare rama and it continues to work well, barring cringe-worthy lyrics. Post that, having lost track of all of Mani Sharma’s rehashes, the ones that stand out...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (November 2010)
Dog Days Are Over, Howl & Drumming Song – Lungs (Florence and the Machine) One of those albums that I discovered late and got completely hooked…so much that at one...
Continue reading...Yamla Pagla Deewana (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
Sonu sounds a bit tame in the title song’s remix, but RDB’s catchy embellishments help, but the house mix goes horrendously overboard. Nouman Javaid’s Charha de rang has 4 versions...
Continue reading...Kaavalan (Music review), Tamil – Vidyasagar
Vinnai kaappaan is a lot of noise, carefully included jingoism and just a poor tune. KK and Rita’s Pattambuchi sounds more like a Manisharma tune, a blunt and lame one,...
Continue reading...Mirapakay (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Adigora choodu is all glitzy packaging with little tune or flow, while Thaman gets everything right in Vaishali and Silaka, a couple of sophisticated kuthu numbers, as he hits all...
Continue reading...No One Killed Jessica (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Aali re has that uniquely Rahman’ish tinge that throws a listener off course – that excessively South Indian-sounding nuance, but with a plethora of singers including Tochi Raina, Biswajit Chakraborty,...
Continue reading...Ragada (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
The snazzy, racy arrangements of Meesamunna manmadhuda produce an illusion of it being good, but the tune is pedestrian. Shirisha is a considerably better bet – massy melody and great...
Continue reading...Bringing the Gillette model back to help Indian music business
If you do not know about an Indian music magazine called ‘SoundBox’, I don’t blame you. It costs Rs. 150 and is available very, very selectively as far as I...
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