Bappi Lahiri’s pop album, My Love, seems like a rude joke. It’s everything that everyone makes fun of the composer, once known for his pretty good tunes and massive plagiarism....
Continue reading...Music review: Evaraina Epudaina (Telugu – Manisharma)
Madhurayathana is a Ilayaraja styled 80s number – sounds like a neat spin off either Dharmavathi or Hamsanaaadham. Malli malli is enjoyable too – simple and enjoyable tune; while the...
Continue reading...Music review: Current (Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad)
You are my love story is catchy in a cheesy, typically Telugu way – and I mean it as a compliment! Ammayilu abbayilu and Rekkalu too are nothing new and...
Continue reading...Music review: Aarumugam (Tamil – Deva)
The title song is loud and shamelessly apes the Rajinikant-style hero-entry pattern; and falls flat. Endhan rajadhi is bizarre in the way it splits rajadhi rajan and even the tune...
Continue reading...Music review: Runway (Hindi – Shamir Tandon)
Khuda ke liye is typical Roxen material, propped remarkably well by Mustafa Zahid’s vocals and the slow, ballad-like build-up of the tune. Pyaasi machuriya is crass all the way –...
Continue reading...Top recent listens (April & May, 2009)
This time, the list is mighty long. So, let me spare the extra descriptions already elucidated in the respective reviews and present the list, directly! Know Your Enemy, East Jesus...
Continue reading...21st Century Breakdown (Green Day)
With a decidedly more leaner pop-rock structure than the punk-rock outlook of their earlier political parable, American Idiot, Green Day’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, is stadium-sized ambitious. The 18...
Continue reading...Music review: Munnar (Tamil – Ravi Devendran)
Sri Ranga is archaic in every sense – vocals, backgrounds et al. Karthik and Chinmayee do a considerably better job in the breezy melody, Konjam poo konjam thaen, while the...
Continue reading...Music review: Male Barali Manju Irali (Kannada – Mano Murthy)
Yeno agide and Ondu ninna are painfully 90s Anu Malik material. Even Aadesh Srivastava! What are they doing in Mano Murthy’s repertoire? Gelathi neenu may be using the ever-dependable Sonu-Shreya...
Continue reading...Music review: Valmiki (Tamil – Ilayaraja)
The absolutely haunting melodies of Kooda varuviya and Oli tharum sooriyan are mesmerizing; an impeccable combination of smooth interludes and a tune to die for. Rekka katti parakkudhu is the...
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