Pooja’s singing and Imman’s claps-led orchestration work beautifully over Elanthaari‘s enticing melody. The reprise offers a lovely variant, with Sniti Mishra’s mighty unique vocals and a fresh background. Pradeep Kumar’s...
Continue reading...Hitman – November 5, 2016
Originally published in The Hindu. Ae dil hai mushkil – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Hindi – Pritam) When you listen to the title song of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, you...
Continue reading...Force 2 (Music review), Hindi – Gourov-Roshin and Amaal Mallik
Beyond the jingoistic ode to the Indian Army, Rang laal has nothing going for it, given it is a loosely strung set of dialogs and occasional outbursts of so-called tune....
Continue reading...Rum (Music review), Tamil – Anirudh
Hola amigo is exotic and funky hip-hop served with Anirudh’esque punch that includes what sounds like kanjira and snatches of dialog from Netflix’s Narcos! Incidentally, the song’s other version, Hola...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – October 2016
Trying this new: listen to (almost) all the songs from this list via Saavn in one playlist Note: This playlist does not include songs from Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings...
Continue reading...Rubaai (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Asuthuthe features incredibly breezy guitar and Imman takes on the singing duties of the frothy tune confidently, with it taking a gorgeous Latino flavor too. Unkooda pesathaane is Imman +...
Continue reading...Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru (Music review), Tamil – G.V.Prakash Kumar
Nee pona‘s easy, cool tune is a definite plus but the overall package is a bit too lethargic for comfort. Gum zaare‘s package is no different with a cringe-worthy, outdated...
Continue reading...Team 5 (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar
Sooraj Santhosh’s singing is pretty much the best thing about Azhcha, with Gopi going through the motions of creating a functional song with all familiar sounds. Habeebi, barring the corny...
Continue reading...Kaththi Sandai (Music review), Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha
Naan konjam karuppu thaan has what is now easily associated with Hiphop Tamizha’s sound – punchy percussion, and a catchy tune. The title song is essentially no different, but with...
Continue reading...Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
The title song is wonderfully sweeping, with Pritam’s spellbinding orchestration accompanying Arijit’s fantastic vocals. Bulleya‘s sound is instantly ebullient, but not very different from our neighboring country’s bands. Channa mereya...
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