The 10 worst songs of A R Rahman!
You may wonder – why pick on bad songs and make a list out of it? No, sorry – I don’t derive happiness in picking bad songs from any composer, but Rahman is a composer that I started following, adoring...
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Amidinine, Imuhar, Adinat, Her Tenere & Aman – Nomad (Bombino) Bombino’s Nomad is the album of the season for me. I haven’t heard of this Tuareg (an encampment in the African country of Niger)...
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The entire soundtrack! – Raanjhanaa (Hindi – A R Rahman) I have possibly read every kind of opinion on Raanjhanaa out there. From people who hate Rahman’s singing in one song and use that to pull down...
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Dirty paws, Mountain sound, Little talks, Six weeks, Your bones, Sloom, Lakehouse & Yellow light – My Head Is An Animal (Of Monsters and Men) My Head Is An Animal is the debut album of the...
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Osaka, Ailasa & Oh penne – Vanakkam Chennai (Tamil – Anirudh) Anirudh is here to stay, no second thoughts on that. Just that I wish he was more here to stay the Rahman/Yuvan way than the Harris...
View ArticleTop 25 songs of Yuvan Shankar Raja
In 1997, after listening to Karthikraja’s fantastic score in Ullasam and listening to Yuvan’s debut in Aravindan, I was more or less convinced that the former would rule the roost and the latter will...
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Beat It and Ilayaraja Medley – Thaikkudam Bridge (Music Mojo, Kappa TV) I’m not a particularly big fan of cover versions of bands recreating older songs, but Thaikkudam Bridge blew my mind, in...
View ArticleTop recent listens (September 2013)
True – Avicii I had no idea who Avicii was (now I do!) till I stumbled on his debut studio album, True. The only Avici I know before this was Avichi Higher Secondary School, Virugambakkam, Chennai! But...
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Top recent listens (October 2013)
Rainbow – Bluefire (London Eye) Bluefire is primarily violinist Harikumar Sivan and percussionist Sanjay Maroo (who has already made a failed attempt at Indipop). It’s a good combo and the album is a...
View ArticleTop recent listens (November 2013)
November 2013 has been one of the best months in recent memory – so many good songs, across languages! Ishq di booti, Laage re nain & Tori chab – Coke Studio, Season 6 – Episode 2 Looks like Coke...
View ArticleMilliblog Annual Music round-up 2013
This is the 6th year of my annual musical round-up on Milliblog. Compared to any other year, I’m glad that I have been able to listen and share my view on many more songs in 2 languages that get the...
View ArticleMilliblog India Top 10, 2013
Last year, I started a new annual property, besides the language-based lists. I called it Milliblog India Top 10 (the list from 2012) and with some comparisons between how Raja’s and Rahman’s career...
View ArticleTop recent listens (December 2013)
Neer bharan & Raat gaey – Coke Studio Pakistan, Season 6, Episode 3 One word to describe Neer bharan – Bhaagesri! Enough said! Raat gaey, on the other hand is silky smooth jazz, aced by Zoe...
View ArticleThe 10 most promising, new Indian music composers
Milliblog has always been a champion of the composers, more than singers, lyricists and any other creative artists associated with music. You know this already – have said so in many occasions. It’s...
View ArticleTop recent listens (January 2014)
Newbury Street, Panda, Philosophize, Me and You & Ocean – Ocean (Nischay Parekh) I came across Nischay’s music completely by chance, via a Facebook reco by composer Sandeep Chowta. Considering I...
View ArticleTop recent listens (February 2014)
Happy, Brand new, Come get it Bae, Lost queen, Know who you are & Gust of wind – GIRL (Pharrell Williams) First things first, if you haven’t heard Happy, do yourself a favor and listen to it! I...
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Top recent listens (March 2014)
Mast magan, Chaandaniya & Hulla re – 2 States (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy) Dependable trio, again. They seem to be raising beyond Dharma cliches by and large, to deliver a very listenable...
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Milliblog monthly multilingual music reco – April 2014
No, this is not a new section. ‘Top recent listens’ seemed like a really bland name for this list. So, made it MMMMR Sweet Disarray – Dan Croll An interesting debut album by Dan Croll… the music is...
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Milliblog monthly multilingual music reco – May 2014
Aaj ki raat – The Bartender – Classic Bollywood With A Twist (Indipop – Mikey McCleary) To be fair, I fell in love with Shalmali’s Aaj ki raat long before this album, ever since the remix was used in...
View ArticleMilliblog monthly multilingual music reco – June 2014
The entire soundtrack – Ramanujan (Tamil, Ramesh Vinayagam) Along-side Amara Kaaviyam, the other fantastic soundtrack from Tamil in recent times. Another soundtrack that I played a lot last month...
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