O sona tere liye plays like a sedate—and soporific—lullaby, with Shashaa’s vocals clearly bettering Rahman’s trademark high pitch surges that seem labored. Kooke kawn‘s burst of faux-Punjabi energy seems rather...
Continue reading...Shab (Music review), Hindi – Mithoon
Arijit’s sullen rendition in O saathi doesn’t help at all. Or, it’s just Mithoon’s maudlin tune and lyrics combination. Things don’t improve in Musafir; despite KK’s singing making a difference,...
Continue reading...Velai Illa Pattadhaari 2 (Music review), Tamil – Sean Roldan
Dhanush’s singing is like the Mofa he rides amidst Yogi B’s grunting in Nada da raja, featuring Josh Mark Raj’s scintillating guitar. Iraivanai thandha continues from Sean’s Power Paandi, with...
Continue reading...Munna Michael (Music review), Hindi – Assorted composers
Main hoon‘s 80s dance-pop vibe comes wonderfully alive in Siddharth Mahadevan’s compelling vocals and Tanishk Baagchi’s easy-on-the-ears tune. In Tanishk’s other song, Beat it bijuriya, co-composed with Vayu, Asees Kaur’s...
Continue reading...AAA – Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
After STR’s mental prelude rant, the Trend Song thankfully moves to a frenetic EDM package. Rottula vandi oodudhu faces the EDM heat too, layered with some foot-tapping kuthu. Simbu’s deep...
Continue reading...Tubelight (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
A dash of Middle Eastern and a cleverly clinical variance to Balam pichkari makes Radio a great listen. Amit Mishra’s vocals and the hyper-enthusiastic backgrounds help. Amitabh Bhattacharya’s lovely lines...
Continue reading...Rajahamsa (Music review), Kannada – Joshua Sridhar
Janaganamana‘s easily catchy pop sound is significantly spruced up by Raghu Dixit’s endearing vocals. Rapper Chandan Shetty’s digitally processed version does a darn good job in Baramma baare‘s electro swing...
Continue reading...Vikram Vedha (Music review), Tamil – Sam C.S.
Sivam’s weathered vocals go searingly high-pitched in Karuppu vellai. Given the song’s Revathi raaga base, Sam seems to be invoking Aigiri Nandini, with a hypnotic swag. Oru Katha Sollatta? is...
Continue reading...Vilakkumaram (Music review), Malayalam – Sanjeev Thomas
Gana Bala’s Malayalam-kuthu, Thithaaro chirakadichu is stereotypical, but Sanjeev’s crafty sounds make a substantial difference, with the energetic rhythm, Gopi’s shrill nadaswaram and Sanjeev’s own guitar. Vaa kuruvi is wonderfully...
Continue reading...Super Singh (Music review), Punjabi – Jatinder Shah
Hawa vich‘s buoyant tune gets a mighty bump from Diljit’s, and in particular Sunidhi Chauhan’s, fantastic vocals, and the lively folk rhythm. Diljit rocks the joyous melody in Kalliyan kulliyan,...
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