High On Love should ideally be High on Yuvan! The entrancing melody is vintage Yuvan, with a deeply engaging orchestration and Sid Sriram’s stupendous vocals. Dope Track is equally brilliant....
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – JUL29.2018
Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 34: On | On | On 34 songs, this week. Saavn comes closest with 32 songs (it’s missing Sona...
Continue reading...Srinivasa Kalyanam (Music review), Telugu – Mickey J Meyer
Kalyanam Vaibhogam seems perfect for veteran S.P.Balasubrahmanyam; Mickey layers his familiar world-music’ish sounds to the prayer-like melody. Ekkada Nuvvunte (sung by Dhanunjay), Modalaudaam (Sunitha Upadrashta and Anurag Kulkarni) and Ithadena...
Continue reading...Annanukku Jey (Music review), Tamil – Arrol Corelli
Em Peru Matta‘s racy metal sound is appealing but on a fractured tune. The song’s ‘Mersal Illai‘ line becomes another song, completely different, and equally all-over-the-place. Andrea Jeremiah owns Mayakkuraane‘s...
Continue reading...Maradona (Music review), Malayalam – Sushin Shyam
Sushin sings Varum‘s ethereal melody with the requisite calm, while Munna’s hang drum adds to the serenity. Ee Raavil takes on a similar sound; Nezer Ahamed—Varum’s guitarist—sings this one! That...
Continue reading...Milliblog Monthlies – From Pakistan, with love! (ItwoFS Retrospective #2)
(The July Monthlies is a continuation to the .) If there was any justice in this world, then composer M.Ashraf would be celebrated as much as any leading Hindi film...
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – JUL22.2018
Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 33: On | On | On 27 songs this week. Unfortunately, terrible availability across platforms this week too! So,...
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13 years of Milliblog. That’s 13 years of a hobby! From the post where I wrote about completing 12 years, where I had briefly alluded to the point, 13th has...
Continue reading...Peranbu (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan’s first interlude in Dhooramaai is quite literally like soaking into the beauty of a cool, green mountain, as the music simply flows. Vijay Yesudas adds to the effect with...
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – JUL15.2018
Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 32: On | On | On 33 songs, this week. Yes, these days are full of fantastic music! Saavn...
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