The Mahashay Paean (Bham Bham Siva) starts off with Murali Gopi’s frenzied devotional call and blazes off in a grand mix of pulsating rhythms, a chant-like structure, and Sivaranjani raaga....
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – June 2017
Single Saavn playlist of all the songs: (barring Role Models, in Malayalam, and Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha, in Hindi, that are not available on Saavn) Hindi Freaking Life,...
Continue reading...Chandamama Raave (Music review), Telugu – Shravan
There’s that oft-repeated Mickey J Meyer sound in Ye vaipu choostunna‘s flow! Sai Charan is fantastic with his singing and that Tamil ‘Paarukkulle nalla naadu’ phrase is a big surprise,...
Continue reading...Role Models (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar
Thechille penne is a lot of fun! Gopi Sundar gets Niranj Suresh to sing with a detached, I-am-high twang – perfect for the catchy tune! Gopi’s imagination in the interludes...
Continue reading...Ninnu Kori (Music review), Telugu – Gopi Sundar
Unnatundi gundey‘s melody is affecting and easily likeable, with the anupallavi and charanam’s tunes distantly reminiscent of Ilayaraja’s melodies. Karthik and Chinmayi are—as always—fantastic! Sid Sriram does his magic yet...
Continue reading...Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha (Music review), Hindi – Nadeem
Nadeem gets an apt alternative to Kumar Sanu in Yasser Desai, with a similar nasal twang. Yasser does well in the title song and Hue bechain. The former has a...
Continue reading...Mom (Music review), Hindi – A R Rahman
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...
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