In Kanave, Thaman goes back to his Eeram sound! The melody is effortlessly appealing. Atchi putchi is adequately raucous kuthu that checks all requisite criteria. Cheeni chillaallee sounds a lot...
Continue reading...Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren (Music review), Tamil – Justin Prabhakaran
Lamba lamba and Raakkozhi kootalinga defy description. They’re utterly zany and curiously catchy. As if that’s not enough, Yae elumba enni enni goes a step ahead in the zany quotient,...
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – JAN01.2018
Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 6: On | On A note on each song in the playlist. Mushkil hai apna (Mukkabaaz, Hindi): Dr.Sunil Jog’s...
Continue reading...Tik Tik Tik (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
The title track has Madhan Karky playing Tamil teacher yet again, teaching us new words, even as Imman, for the catchy song, trolls Tamil Nadu by getting Yuvan—who mispronounces Tamil...
Continue reading...Kaly (Music review), Malayalam – Rahul Raj
The title song (Chunk chakkare) is authentically and minimally Kerala-folk style and stays true almost all through, with a foot-tapping rhythm. Kinnam katta kallan is strictly middling, but what is...
Continue reading...Diwanjimoola Grand Prix (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar
Trissur song, with its flashy brass sound, seems intentionally corny. Sannidanandan handles the racy sound well. Innale innale, sung by Niranj Suresh, is so very Gopi! A low-key, guitar-driven melody...
Continue reading...Tagaru (Music review), Kannada – Charan Raj
‘Folk Marley’ Anthony Daasan’s spirited rendition lifts Tagaru banthu tagaru as much as Charan’s highly infectious sound that effortlessly descends into pulsating kuthu at times. Mental ho jawa is a...
Continue reading...ARR51 – A playlist for your feet
I’m the 2-left-feet type. So, I decided to pick 20 songs of Rahman across his repertoire that made even me move (a bit, not too much – 2-left-feet, remember?). Obviously,...
Continue reading...Thaana Serndha Koottam (Music review), Tamil – Anirudh
Between the energetic tabla and iktara-like strains, Anirudh handles Naana thaana‘s likeable tune in his inimitable style. The title song‘s gangsta-style music is engaging, while the anthemic Engae endru povathu‘s...
Continue reading...Gulaebaghavali (Music review), Tamil – Vivek-Mervin
Guleba makes up for the generic Latino carnival tune by being super enthusiastic about it, and this includes Anirudh’s ebullient singing and Maxwell’s splendid brass section. Seramal ponal‘s melody is...
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