Update: Daniel George is NOT the composer of this soundtrack. This is perhaps the shoddiest work I’ve ever by a Tier 1 record label – a HUGE round of spanks...
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Music review: Cradlesong (Rob Thomas)
Matchbox Twenty lead singer, Rob Thomas’ 2005 debut, ‘…Something To Be’ seems more like a curtain raiser, in front of his latest effort, ‘Cradlesong’. A far more cohesive album, Cradlesong...
Continue reading...Music review: Kaminey (Hindi – Vishal Bhardwaj)
The surf guitar-loaded DhanTeNan is no doubt reminiscent of Dick Dale’s legendary track, Misirlou (more popularly referred to as the theme from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction), but beyond broad, genre-influences,...
Continue reading...Music review: Kalavaramaye Madilo (Telugu – Sharreth Vasudevan)
Kalavaramaye madilo opens the soundtrack in Chitra’s impeccable voice – a deep, soothing melody with a beautiful part reserved for the title! The youthful exuberance of Tholi tholi is instantly...
Continue reading...Music review: Love Aaj Kal (Hindi – Pritam)
Overlaying a familiar, repetitive sapera-been piece to a hyper-energetic tune in Twist is a total winner all the way; Neeraj Shridhar rocks in the catchiest track of the year, so...
Continue reading...Music review: Chaandan Mein (Indipop – Kailasa)
Kailasa’s Chaandan Mein is perfectly in sync with what is expected from the band. The title song shines with Paresh’s guitar and a sweet tune sung with his usual passion,...
Continue reading...Music review: Aayirathil Oruvan (Tamil – GV Prakash Kumar)
Karthik croons assertively and, along with the composer’s fantastic backgrounds and a spellbinding tune, rocks Oh eesa! This is an awe-inspiring, albeit, masala’ish track that is instantly captivating. Indha paadhai’s...
Continue reading...21st Century Breakdown (Green Day)
With a decidedly more leaner pop-rock structure than the punk-rock outlook of their earlier political parable, American Idiot, Green Day’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, is stadium-sized ambitious. The 18...
Continue reading...Music review: Azhagarmalai (Tamil – Ilayaraja)
Azhagarmalai is a revelation! You get to hear the Raja of yore across various stages of his spectacular career, that too with minimal synth that plagues his recent works. Bhavatharini’s...
Continue reading...Music review: Pokkisham (Tamil – Sabesh Murali)
Moondru naal aagume, with its free flowing verse and lovely sax phrases is delightfully rendered by Karthik. Ranjani’s Varum vazhi yengume and Madhu Balakrishnan’s Mozhi illaamale too borrow quite a...
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