The pulse-pounding Happy New Year sounds like something composed after a night of drunk revelry. Oxygen harks back to Harris-Anand combo! Excellent melody, with intriguing instrumental choices. Mathurangalaam‘s jazz base...
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Dhruva (Music review), Telugu – Hiphop Tamizha
The title song is aptly booming, with Amit Mishra’s full-throated singing and the punchy rock sound. Padmalatha, who sang the best song from Thani Oruvan (Kannala kannala), gets the song’s...
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...Aranmanai 2 (Music review), Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha
Party with the pei starts off with cleverly using dialogs from Chandramukhi and settles into a droning tune. Maya maya is straight out of Rahman’s 2 decade old faux-village sound,...
Continue reading...Kathakali (Music review), Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha
Azhagae is so very Yuvan Shankar Raja’ish, right up to the way Adhi sings the seemingly never ending tune that does away with conventional structures. Erangi vandhu builds its kuthu...
Continue reading...Thani Oruvan (Music review), Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha
Khareshma Ravichandran’s snazzy—albeit at the cost of pronunciation—vocals lift the fairly standard but catchy pop tune in Kadhal cricket. Bobo Shashi sounds alarmingly like A R Rahman in the title...
Continue reading...Indru Netru Naalai (Music review), Tamil – Hiphop Tamizha
Hiphop Tamizha writes, composes, sings and mauls iPhone 6 nee yendral ruthlessly – he almost sleepwalks with his nasal singing all over the drab song. Kadhale fares significantly better with...
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