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Dhoom 3 – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the songs here. Pritam does spruce up the arrangement of the title song fairly well in the third edition of Dhoom, and Aditi Singh Sharma delivers an expectedly spirited performance...
View ArticleMusic Aloud Playback – Top 25 of 2013
And another year comes to a close in about ten days. An year that was again very fruitful musically, some composers in particular being in exceptional form through the year. But we have not gone into a...
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Dedh Ishqiya – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here. Vishal Bhardwaj and Gulzar’s adaptation of Begum Akhtar’s bhairavi-based dadra Hamari Atariya starts off sounding very ARR-eque, especially the chorus. The high...
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Thirumanam Enum Nikkah – Music Review (Tamil Movie Soundtrack)
Starting on a majestic piano rendition a la Piano Guys (the African chant adds to the feel), Enthaara Enthaara is a 4 minutes 41 seconds long goose-bump fest! The piano is joined by the strings and the...
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Hasee Toh Phasee – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the songs here. Staying true to its generic title Punjabi Wedding Song, composers Vishal Shekhar keep the arrangement fairly generic and there is only so much the band baaja can keep...
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Congratulations On Your Happiness – Music Review (Post-Rock EP)
Writing memorable lyrics has always been in an issue with bands from our country. Somehow lyrical prowess and musical abilities don’t go hand in hand in these parts of the world. But this situation is...
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Gunday – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the songs here (link via @Prakshid) Jashn-e-Ishqa comes with all the bells and whistles associated with the inspirational/hero intro mold of songs, anthemic feel and all. And it works...
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Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 – Music Review (Malayalam Movie Soundtrack)
Full soundtrack at the end of the post. Presumably an ode to the drama company that has been the backdrop for most of Mannar Mathai & Co’s adventures, Urvashi Urvashi has Teenu Telence and Vijay...
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London Bridge – Music Review (Malayalam Film Soundtrack)
Of Rahul Raj’s three songs for London Bridge, Kannaadi Vaathil is easily the best – a highly addictive tune set to a minimal arrangement highlighted by the acoustic guitar and twinkly synth bits, with...
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Lakshmi – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here. The standard qawwali format (with some mod additions, which have also become fairly regular now) of Hai Reham Hai Karam makes it a tad daunting. And Kailash...
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Highway – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
Full audio jukebox at the end of the review. The highlight of Patakha Guddi is without doubt the two vocal powerhouses Jyoti and Sultana Nooran, debuting for Rahman with their effortlessly nuanced...
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One By Two – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack here (link via @Prakshid). As you would imagine looking at the title and might have seen in the promos, I’m Just Pakaoed is the hero’s musical rant about his...
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Ohm Shanthi Oshaana – Music Review (Malayalam Movie Soundtrack)
With its sing along-ish folk tune and a matchingly light-hearted treatment by Shaan Rahman (particularly loved the staccato harmonium/accordion notes and mandolin), Mandaarame is a fun listen, neatly...
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Queen – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
The Punjabi-ness of London Thumakda has enough life in it to help mitigate the very familiar Amit Trivedi sound it carries about it. Labh Janjua does an expectedly exuberant rendition of it with Sonu...
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Shaadi Ke Side Effects – Music Review (Bollywood Soundtrack)
You can listen to the soundtrack at the end of the review (link via @Prakshid) The overdose of techno elements makes the Punjabi dance number Harry’s Not a Brahmachari a cacophonous affair. Good job...
View ArticleDualist Inquiry’s SUBTERRA out for free download!
After that very well-made debut LP last year titled Doppelganger (which we had reviewed by the way), Delhi-based musician Sahej Bakshi aka Dualist Inquiry is out with his compilation titled SUBTERRA....
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Introducing Music Aloud Mixtape..
So as we hinted to you on our fourth birthday, here’s unveiling the first of our initiatives for this fifth year of Music Aloud, our Mixtape series in association with OKListen. What we plan to do as...
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Announcing “On Sound Cloud 9″…
Continuing with our efforts to expose our readers to new artists and quality music, we announce another monthly series, something we have christened On Sound Cloud 9. As you may have guessed, this...
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Music Aloud Mixtape Volume 2 – Metal Aloud
Over a month since we launched our Mixtape Series with OK Listen, and we have received an awesome response from the lot of you! Hence, here is presenting volume 2 of the series, Metal Aloud. Though the...
View ArticleOn Sound Cloud 9 – Volume 2
Thank you all for an awesome response to the opening edition of On Sound Cloud 9! We promised a monthly series, and in keeping with that here is volume 2. The mix is once again random, and the download...
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