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Song Preview :: Raanjhanaa :: Raanjhanaa Hua

Director Anand L. Rai’s Raanjhanaa marks the Bollywood debut of Tamil film actor Dhanush along with the fashionista Sonam Kapoor. Set in the holy city of Benares, it is a special movie because music maestro A.R. Rahman has composed the soundtrack. Read on to find out more about its latest song – Raanjhanaa Hua.

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Song Preview :: Lootera :: Sawaar Loon

After a highly applauded Udaan, director Vikramaditya Motwane is back with his second outing – Lootera. Did you know that this movie is inspired by O. Henry’s famous short story, The Last Leaf? Starring Ranveer Singh & Sonakshi Sinha in pivotal roles, the soundtrack has been composed by Amit Trivedi. Read on to find out more about the first song of this movie – Sawaar Loon!
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Music Review :: Ramaiya Vastavaiya

Directed by ace choreographer Prabhudeva, his latest outing Ramaiya Vastavaiya marks the debut of Girish Taurani (son of Tips Films’ head honcho, Kumar Taurani). Along with Shruti Hassan, the duo will be seen dancing in various fields (literally!) together in this romantic drama. The soundtrack has been composed by the dynamic duo Sachin-Jigar. Read on to find out more.
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Tracklist :: Shortcut Romeo

Susi Ganeshan’s upcoming romantic thriller, Shortcut Romeo is the Hindi remake of his own Tamil film, Thiruttu Payale. The music has been composed by the chartbuster guru Himesh Reshammiya. Read on to know the tracklist.

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Music Review :: Fukrey

Fukrey marks the return of director Mrighdeep Singh Lamba in his second outing after his debut, Teen Thay Bhai. This movie’s seemingly interesting premise and highly colourful trailers have been creating a lot of buzz. Its soundtrack has been composed by Ram Sampath. Read on to find out more.

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Song Preview :: Ghanchakkar :: Ghanchakkar Babu

When you think of Amit Trivedi, you think of crazy experimental soundtracks! So it really doesn’t come across as a surprise when he, once again, lives up to the eccentricity associated with him in his new track Ghanchakkar Babu from the movie Ghanchakkar – directed by Rajkumar Gupta (of No One Killed Jessica fame). Read on to find out more.

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Team Neram talks about Pistah with AAT

Those three special words that’s gone viral these days: Pistah Suma Kira. We talk to the guys who made the song at AAT, Chennai.

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Gig Review: Parvaaz fills CounterCulture with blissful Hindi Rock!

WHEN & WHERE A bout of heavy rains and stormy weather did not prevent scores of people thronging into CounterCulture on the night of 11th May to watch Bangalore-based Parvaaz take on the stage. The venue was filled up to the last seat and the audience had no qualms about standing up and enjoying the [...]
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Alaa Wardi: From Youtube, with love

Alaa Wardi, the A Cappella mastermind, breaks the growing vocal trend down for us.

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Song Preview :: Ramaiya Vastavaiya :: Jeene Laga Hoon

2013 marks the debut of Girish Taurani (son of Tips Film’s head honcho, Kumar Taurani) in Prabhudeva’s directorial venture, Ramaiya Vastavaiya. The first song – Jeene Laga Hoon – is out. The soundtrack has been composed by Sachin-Jigar. Read on to find out more.

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Thomsun Music House Star of the Month is Dualist Inquiry- May 2103

Dualist Inquiry|Sahej Bakshi. One man, two sounds.

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Music Review :: Gippi

Modern film-makers are exploring the horizon with a lot of experimental films such as Gangs Of Wasseypur and the most recent, Dharma Productions’ Gippi – directed by debutant Sonam Nair. Gippi is a coming-of-age story of an ordinary, overweight girl, who, through the course of the film, learns to love herself for exactly who she is. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? The soundtrack, which has been composed by the dynamic duo of Vishal-Shekhar, is out! Read on to find out more.

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Song Preview :: Raanjhanaa :: Tum Tak

After delivering a scintillating soundtrack in Yash Chopra’s swan song, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, the globally renowned music maestro, A.R. Rahman, is back with his sole Bollywood outing of 2013 – Anand L. Rai’s Raanjhanaa. The first song promo – Tum Tak – is OUT! Read on to find out more about it.

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Soulmate is our Band of the Month – May 2013

Blues, the soulmate to a lot of people. Soulmate, the blues that a lot people know. Putting the two together? Always a fascinating task.

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The Score Magazine – May 2013

We round up the summer for you with Bombay Jayashri, Dualist Inquiry, Akriti Kakkar, Soulmate, Dj Tiesto…Yep, there can’t be enough name dropping!
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Music Review :: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

2013’s most awaited romcom, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’s music is finally out! Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapoor & Kalki Koechlin in pivotal roles, the movie has been directed by Ayan Mukerji (of Wake Up Sid fame). A lot has been said about this album courtesy the sensational song promos that are on air. Moreover, this movie will feature Madhuri Dixit in her first ever item song along with Ranbir Kapoor. The soundtrack has been composed by Pritam. Read on to find out more.
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Song Preview :: Aurangzeb :: Barbaadiyaan

After a smashing debut, Arjun Kapoor is back with his second film, Aurangzeb, which has been directed by debutant Atul Sabharwal. Aurangzeb tells the story of a family of policemen and a family of gangsters and the drastic measures taken by the law enforcers to take down the enemy. The music of Aurangzeb has been composed by Amartya Rahut (of Aagey Se Right fame) and his first track from the movie, Barbaadiyaan, has just come out. Read on to find out more about it.
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Song Preview :: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani :: Dilliwaali Girlfriend

2013’s most awaited summer rom-com, Ayan Mukerji’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, might still a month away but the makers are fully utilizing this waiting period by teasing their die-hard fans with yet another song from the movie – Dilliwaali Girlfriend. The music of YJHD has been composed by Pritam. Read on to find out more.

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Music Review :: Kaafiron Ki Namaaz

Ram Ramesh Sharma’s independent flick, Kaafiron Ki Namaaz, has been slowly creating a buzz all over the internet. Kaafiron Ki Namaaz means the prayer of disbelievers. Being an indie flick, we had absolutely no expectations from Advait Nemlekar’s soundtrack but we are very happy to say that it is amongst one of the most sophisticated soundtracks we have heard in a long time. Read on to find out more.

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Furtados Open Jam Session

Know how to play like a God but don’t have the right instruments? Fret not. Furtados to the rescue.

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Author Archives: Sooraj Joshua

Music Here and There

April 5, 2013 By Sooraj Joshua
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Pink Floyd (Syd Era)

A little inward introspection into the murky depths of the artists’ souls and yours: we give you the songs to listen to while doing…well, just about anything.

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Gig Review :: The F16′s :: Score Night, Chennai.

January 24, 2013 By Sooraj Joshua
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The F16's

  Personally ? I feel we’re caught on wrong footing and our hold isn’t really what one would called grounded and secure, nor is it subliminal.   What am I going on about? Well….the Indie Rock scene. Its been a BOOMING in the U.K since the 80s and even hit parts of Japan. It’s different, [...]

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GIG REVIEW :: BLACK LETTERS :: BAND HUNT

September 25, 2012 By Sooraj Joshua
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GIG REVIEW :: BLACK LETTERS :: BAND HUNT

Black Letters from Kochin perform at Chennai’s Band Hunt Season 3 Finals.

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Gig Review :: Witchouse

September 18, 2012 By Sooraj Joshua
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Gig Review :: Witchouse

Kolkata based band, Witchouse at Star Rock.

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GIG REVIEW ::Tails On Fire. Indo German Urban Mela.

September 6, 2012 By Sooraj Joshua
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GIG REVIEW ::Tails On Fire. Indo German Urban Mela.

Tails On Fire Close for the night at the Indo German Urban Mela at Y.M.C.A.
An explosive performance by T.T On Guitars and Varun on Vocals.

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Universal Music release ‘Sri Lankan Hip Hop music queen’, Ashanthi’s “Let’s Give Peace A Chance.”

August 28, 2012 By Sooraj Joshua
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Universal Music release ‘Sri Lankan Hip Hop music queen’, Ashanthi’s “Let’s Give Peace A Chance.”

De Paix Yatra chooses Ashanti as their voice of message.

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GIG REVIEW: KOZMI COW (Gowri Jayakumar)

August 22, 2012 By Sooraj Joshua
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GIG REVIEW: KOZMI COW (Gowri Jayakumar)

Kozmi Cow (Gowri Jaykumar) performs at Star Rock, Chennai. Leaving everyone smiling and completely satisfied with her voice and those runes she seemed to produce from her guitar.

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Blind Image Pay Tribute.

August 7, 2012 By Sooraj Joshua
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Blind Image Pay Tribute.

Blind Image Pay tribute to Joint Family and Clarence Gonsalves, covering ‘Juggernaut’

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GIG REVIEW: CATACLYSM II – Rock’s Revival!

August 2, 2012 By Sooraj Joshua
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GIG REVIEW: CATACLYSM II - Rock's Revival!

Cataclysm II, Revival of Chennai’s rock scene. Four bands take stage. Wolfs Lair headlining and Ujjayinee Roy . Held at the Y.M.C.A theatre.

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