Vaalu paiyane is something Imman churns out in his sleep and puts us into sleep, while Poochandi’s Junkyard version with the title phrase sounds considerably better. With its subtle Middle...
Continue reading...Music review: De Dana Dhan (Hindi – Pritam, RDB & Ad Boys)
Rahat is getting typecast and it is clear from the maha-predictable forced-pleasantness of Rishte naate. Gale lag ja works marginally, only because of Javed Ali, but Paisa (by RDB), with...
Continue reading...Music review: Aval Peyar Tamilarasi (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
Nee otha sollu is a rather pedestrian duet despite the forced folk’ish sweetness Vijay adds to it, while the kids’ chorus in Guju guju wears out after the mild interest...
Continue reading...Music review: Ariyaan (Tamil – Vikram Varman)
Kadavul paarpadhillai’s Yuvan-like influences do very little to help the song – it’s still rough around the edges, while Mazhaiya nee is an equally amateurish kuthu number. Nee irukkum is...
Continue reading...Music review: Aarya 2 (Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad)
Baba Sehgal and the slow, rhythmic arrangements of Mr. Perfect are enticing, but both get boring very soon. Uppenantha has KK trying his best to salvage a predictable-at-every-turn tune, while...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (October 2009)
Sainya Ve & Milke yun laga: Jail (Hindi OST), Toshi-Sharib Toshi-Sharib’s standard, formulaic tunes continue to impress and save Madhur’s latest film’s soundtrack. Sainya ve, despite that jaded sufi sound...
Continue reading...Music review: Siddhu +2 1st attempt (Tamil – Dharan)
Beyond the cool and impressive soundscape, Money money is predominantly drab while Bhagyaraj’s own raunchy mess of a song, Naan aalaana thaamara gets a pointlessly bizarre remix. Yuvan’s surprise vocals,...
Continue reading...Music review: Aao Wish Karein (Hindi – Ankur Tewari, Mikey McCleary & Xulfi)
Ankur’s own Let’s Enjoy track by Mohit Chauhan, Sabse peeche, makes a lovely comeback with Kunal Ganjawala’s vocals – light, breezy and hummable number. Much like Ankur’s collaboration with Mikey...
Continue reading...Music review: Appavi (Tamil – Joshua Sridhar)
Vaada vinmele is just the kind of brisk, rabble-rousing intro song any young Tamil hero would want – catchy to the hilt, particularly that ‘Netru enbadhoru’ phrase. The composer promptly...
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