Paintra is as combative as the sport the film portrays. Nucleya’s vibrant music fuses pan-Indian kuthu sounds effectively to let Divine deliver a grungy song. Mushkil hai apna is a...
Continue reading...Vimaanam (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar
Vaaniluyare has everything one expects from Gopi – pleasant melody and his trademark strings, but somehow, it all sounds too familiar. The song’s other expression, Anthimaanam, by Nandini Srikar is...
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – DEC17.2017
Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 5: On | On A note on each song in the playlist. Paintra – Mukkabaaz, Hindi: Edgy, punchy and...
Continue reading...2 Countries (Music review), Telugu – Gopi Sundar
Ullasamlo has an easy rhythm and a fairly engaging tune that doesn’t aim for anything more. Vareva Dollar Baby is Gopi trying his own Andhra-style kuthu – the sound is...
Continue reading...Masterpiece (Music review), Malayalam – Deepak Dev
Madhu mozhi is what you call Madhu Balakrishnan for. A semi-classical medley that wants to do too many things, in too short a time and ends up being merely passable....
Continue reading...How do you discover new music?
I came across this , on the role of Spotify in the future of the music industry. It led me to think about the function of music discovery, something I...
Continue reading...Tiger Zinda Hai (Music review), Hindi – Vishal-Shekhar, Julius Packiam
Swag se swagat has a predictable tune and sound, but the foot-tapping fluff does have swag. Dil diyan gallan has a lovely lilt for the earthy Punjabi verse, on top...
Continue reading...MCA (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
The title song is the kind that writes and composes itself with DSP around, and still manages to entertain. In Kothaga, DSP continues to use his signature technique – repeating...
Continue reading...Milliblog Weeklies – DEC03.2017
Milliblog Weeklies playlist, on Saavn and Apple Music – Week 4. Below the links, you’d find a Tweet-style (since I share it on Twitter first as a Milliblog-Twitter-Exclusive; do follow...
Continue reading...Hello! (Music review), Telugu – Anup Rubens
The title song has coolth overflowing but is still a middling listen. Sri Dhruthi’s innocent voice keeps Anaganaga oka uru consistently engaging, though Shreya, in her version, completely lifts the...
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