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Left Right Left – Music Review (Malayalam Soundtrack)
Gorgeous shehnai portions rule supreme in Mindaathe even as Balu does a neat job of delivering the breezy melody. Gopi Sunder is deft in seamlessly mixing the quieter vocal segment and the loud...
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here. The prayer song Gurbani is kept simple as it ought to be, a strings-led template to back Daler Mehndi’s booming vocals. The rock-flavored anthem that is Zinda...
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Music Review: Big Big Joke, by Tough on Tobacco (Pop/Alt Rock Album)
Big Big Joke , Tough on Tobacco’s second studio album, starts with Do what you gotta do which I believe is a rock song with a reggae soul. The spirit of reggae is present in some way or other in...
View ArticleAround the World in 80 Songs – Music Aloud’s World Music Day Special!
21st June is celebrated world over as Fete de la Musique, or World Music Day. This year we decided to join in the celebrations too, like the title suggests. So starting in the morning, we shall be...
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Coke Studio at MTV Season 3 Lineup Announced!
After making a super comeback in Season 2 last year, the Indian edition of the Coke Studio franchise by MTV is all set to kick off its 3rd Season starting mid of August. Following the same format as...
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Sutta Kadhai – Music Review (Tamil Movie Soundtrack)
The short hip hop-ish Twist on Top is fun while it lasts, courtesy the wacky arrangement from Madley Blues (a two member band comprised of Harish and Prashanth, for the uninitiated). But just over a...
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Issaq – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here. The title song composed by Sachin Jigar follows the very regular (yet likable, I must add) saccharine sweet melodic format; Mohit Chauhan doing the vocals only...
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D-Day – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here (link via @geekylinner). But for proving again that Mika Singh can do much more quality singing than he is given credit for, Duma Dum’s D-Day adaptation doesn’t...
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Chennai Express – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here. With its kuthu base and smattering of tamil among the lyrics, One Two Three Four is the song where Vishal Shekhar stay most sincere to the flavor of the region...
View ArticleOn Sound Cloud 9 – Volume 3
After two fairly well-received compilations, we are back with volume 3 of On Sound Cloud 9! Thanks for all the love you have given this series, and hope you continue to do it. This time too we have...
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Buddy – Music Review (Malayalam Movie Soundtrack)
Nee En Mizhikalil starts off very well, albeit carrying a hangover of songs shot in similar settings. A sedate melody soulfully rendered by Vijay Yesudas, Nidhin Lal and Divya Ramani, and composer...
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Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
Ye Tune Kya Kiya seems like a reprise to Pee Loon, particularly where the qawwali-esque portions kick in. In fact the first interlude is a direct mashup of Tum Jo Aaye and Pee Loon. The repeat factor...
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Vanakkam Chennai – Music Review (Tamil Movie Soundtrack)
A catchy tune and Vishal Dadlani’s singing make his Tamil debut Oh Penne an engaging affair despite its various elements instantly traceable to the composer Anirudh Ravichander (who also joins Vishal...
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In Conversation With Nandini Srikar
Nandini Srikar‘s first encounter with the movie world happened way back in 1997, with the Tamil movie Uyirodu Uyiraga. 7 years later she debuted in Bollywood with the wonderful yet severely under-rated...
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Satyagraha – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
Salim Sulaiman’s title song starts off promisingly, but then descends into a drab remix of Raghupati Raghav, that Rajiv Sundaresan, Shweta Pandit and Shivam Pathak’s singing efforts are unable to save....
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Madras Cafe – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here. A simple feel-good tune backed by guitars, keys and the subtle hints of sarangi – Sun Le Re has a very likeable mix in its arrangement. And the icing on the cake...
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Neelakasham Pacha Kadal Chuvanna Bhoomi – Music Review (Malayalam Soundtrack)
Composer Rex Vijayan doubles up as singer in Neelaakaasham that is very much associative with the man’s regular line of composing – an arrangement replete with paraphernalia of strings beautifully...
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Indiva – Music Review (Pop fusion album)
You can buy the album here. Built on a lounge-ish template with a mix of Vedic chants and English lyrics, the high point of Colors is the Carnatic violin by Shruti Bhave – her sparring with Merlyn...
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Coke Studio at MTV Season 3 Episode 1 (A R Rahman) : Review
Few things in the music scene generate more buzz in India than A R Rahman. And ARR doing something on TV is rarer still, hence more the hype around such events. Hence it was that the opening episode of...
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Shuddh Desi Romance – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here. Making brilliant use of guitars and horns with some other nifty touches here and there (street sounds at the start, the accordion bits – I love!), composers...
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