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) guitarist Bombino so far and I found later that he has a few albums to his credit already. Amidinine, to me, [...]

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 and loving when I was in the prime of my life… early 20s. I was [...]

Pusher Love Girl, Suit & Tie, Tunnel Vision, That Girl, Let The Grove Get In & Mirror – The 20-20 Experience (Justin Timberlake) If there was one (Western) album that I was most impressed in recent times, it is this one! Justin Timberlake’s new album is what we’ve all experienced with Michael Jackson was around [...]

Idhuvare njan, Azhakolim mariville, Kannivasantham & Chendalire – KQ (Malayalam – Stephen Devassy) To be honest, I had no idea who Stephen Devassy was, till I had made an entry in my ItwoFS website about a musical piece of his being used by Vidyasagar as a prelude to his song from Raman Thediya Seethai – [...]

Manjha, Shubhaarambh & Meethi boliyaan – Kai Po Che (Hindi – Amit Trivedi) Kai Po Che is only the 2nd time (or is it the 3rd) that I’m adding a soundtrack in the Top Recent Listens list of a previous month even though its Milliblog review was in the subsequent month (though, in the first [...]

Haravali pakhare & Kalla – Balak Palak (Marathi – Vishal Shekhar) Haravali pakhare has just about the most engrossing sound I have heard in recent times… wonderfully sung by Shekhar too! Kalla is heavy-duty rock in typical Vishal style, but Marathi sounds absolutely wonderful in a rock base! Freedom (Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton), I [...]

Related: Other annual lists to put this list in context Milliblog annual music round-up, 2012 – top songs of 2012 selected by me, across Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Indipop Milliblog India top 10, 2012 – a specially curated, pan-Indian, multilingual top 10 recommendation from the music of 2012 — Top 10 posts based on pageviews: [...]

If you haven’t seen the actual Milliblog Top songs lists from Hindi, the 4 Southern languages and Indipop, here you go – Milliblog Annual Music Round-up 2012. One of my (personal) favorite reasons for running Milliblog the way it is, is to help break the language barrier in India, when it comes to music. I’m [...]

Mandatory note, as usual: these lists are in order of preference, not random order meant diplomatically to please assorted composers. Compared to last year, I tracked Malayalam and Kannada much lesser in 2012, mainly due to inconsistent availability of music and overall lethargy in case of Kannada. Also, I don’t agree with waiting for the [...]

Kaadhal enthan kaadhal, Stop the paattu & Aaha kaadhal – Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja) Nandini Srikar’s Aaha kaadhal starts almost abruptly but goes on to be a magical tune with wonderful complexeties that she handles so well. Neha’s Kaadhal enthan too is a winner from Yuvan in the way he [...]