Alongside Britney’s famous comeback comes her single “If You Seek Amy”. At first glance of the lyrics, who would ever guess the exact meaning of the song? The song as well as its music video has nothing to do with Amy. However, after dissecting and ‘decrypting’ the lines of …

Bryan Adams is my favorite rock singer. He basically sings arena and soft rock songs. What I like most about his songs is his unorthodox voice that complements kind of songs perfectly that he sings. Also, his his guitar notes and lyrics are easy flowing, understandable , and most …

Saving Grace is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Saved. For anyone who slightly knows Dylan then you are probably familiar with his whole period of being the reborn Christian and this ended up having quite a significant effect on his music, notably on the …

I’m Going Down is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Metamorphosis. The song starts out in sort of a generic rock sound which I swear I’ve heard from The Rolling Stones and various other bands countless times, but I’ll move on from here. Jagger …

Next of Kin was a movie that starred Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Bill Paxton, and Helen Hunt. Its soundtrack is full of variety with an interesting mix of vocal talent.
The theme song is an inviting one called Brother to Brother, sung by Gregg Allman and Lori Yates. …

In the song Montana off the Apostrophe album Zappa explains his life as if he were a cattle rancher in the state of Montana. The vocals in this song are interesting because Frank utilizes a lot of metaphors like dental floss being compared to rope it’s kind of funny. …

Nickelback makes great music. The sound is awesome and I really enjoy listening to their sound. I love the drums that are played in most of their songs. The music that flows from Nickelback’s band is nothing short of great. Nickelback rarely makes bad music and they haven’t made bad …

Wow what can I say this Kill at Will album by Ice Cube was very violent! He was very pissed, and he spoke his mind on this album. Kill at Will has very explicit lyrics, and he is very violent on the album. This is a great album to …

Lady Gaga’s breakthrough album The Fame has been a massive success worldwide: the album as a whole when released was, and still is huge in every country around the world, cementing her status as a worldwide icon. The singles Just Dance and Poker Face were the first to be …

Seeing the name of Guy Sigsworth as a producer of Alanis Morissette album, titled Flavors Of Entanglement, I had felt worried. Alanis will lose in style, remember that Guy has been working on albums for artists such as Björk, Madonna or Britney Spears. But after hearing the 11 tracks …

I have been a huge fan on Troye Sivan ever since he released his debut single “The Fault in Our Stars” a few years back. His voice is eternally soothing, he’s not in for the great vocals you’ll find in Ed Sheeran or Bruno Mars songs but there’s definitely …

Funny is a song by Scars On Broadway which appears on their self-titled debut record. Going along with Serious, the opening track of the album, Funny is sort of the opposite of Serious because it is far more melodic and more moderately paced than Serious which was extremely aggressive …

Jesse McCartney has been my favorite young singer/artist ever since he released his first single Beautiful Soul. In fact, Beautiful Soul is my favorite and every time I am hearing it playing on the radio, I sing along. Jesse McCartney’s songs that become popular have a meaning. The story …

I tried out the Fender G-DEC 30 Amp at guitar center and I was most impressed. Here is an amp that kept me playing for hours. What I loved most about this digital amplifier was the drum loops it offered. It has a wide range …

The 21st century began with great news on the music world with the incarnation of some hard rock supergroups like “A Perfect Circle”, “Velvet Revolver” and “Audioslave”. This last one was created on 2001, when the remaining members of Rage Against the Machine (after Zack de la Rocha left …

The first single off the latest Stone Temple Pilots record released almost a year ago is the first track entitled Between The Lines. It has an upbeat tempo that it starts off the album with. This song starts off with a heavy guitar intro where almost immediately Scott’s …

Spice Girls - Spice World was introduced to the world by Virgin Records Inc. in 1997. Featuring your favorite Spice Girl - Scary Spice, Ginger Spice, Baby Spice, Posh Spice and Sporty Spice, these Brit Pop stars took the world over by storm with a group following the likes …

Exile is a song by Slayer which starts out in an extremely heavy fashion, as most Slayer songs do, before Araya comes in with the vocals of the track. Now typically I like Slayer a bit and think they’re a good metal band but the sound on Exile is …

The Bends is a song by Radiohead which appears on their second album of the same name. Opening up with a fairly heavy guitar riff, the song immediately starts out with a rhythm I enjoy and a full and healthy rock sound. Yorke can be heard singing a few …

I lucked up on Ebay and found this electric acoustic guitar for $49. Imagine how shocked I was at seeing this price on a piece of musical equipment. Not only that, the guitar came with a mini electric amplifier. Now, here’s the catch: the shipping …

Once many people get to know me it will soon become clear to them that I am not the type of person who likes listening to soul music. In fact, I think many people will be surprised to find out that I actually know a lot about old soul …

Listen to 12 tracks that are in Asia’s latest album, like bring us back to the era of 80. Drum pattern, the pattern of the melody to bring nuance, was thick with color in the era of 80. Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and John Wetton, presents quality …

Quite a dirty song, I must say but the beat is nice. It has been quite awhile that I hear this song by Britney on the radio and I was guessing pretty much that the title would have to be Toxic, since it has been mentioned quite a lot …

Charged GBH- one of the most legendary and longest lasting bands in the history of UK punk. Since 1978, GBH has raised hell non-stop. Their releases, with sounds ranging from classic punk to metal, never fail to become an essential piece in any rock n roll collection. As if …

21st Century Breakdown is the title track of the most recent record released by Green Day. The song opens up in a very simple fashion of just acoustic guitar chords coming in and out but the song gradually builds, particularly thanks to Cool’s pounding drum rhythm which gets louder …

The song “Coat of Many Colors” was written and sung by Dolly Pardon. The song is so beautiful and is a great representation of a mother’s love for her child, in that she made her a coat from rags because they could not afford to buy one from a …

R. Kelly ft. Jay-Z
“Fiesta (Remix)”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“Fiesta (Remix)” follows the previous singles and music videos, “I Wish”, “To The Homies That Were Lost (I Wish - Remix)”, and “A Woman’s Threat”, all of which are from his fourth solo album entitled “TP-2.COM”. In four music videos total now (including this …

You probably haven’t heard this guy yet because I know most of you have always been fan of pop music a.k.a. what’s popular right now. However, if you have been the one that likes the like of Bon Iver, Ryan Adams, Butch Walker and other veterans in the “Indie” …

It’s odd that you would look at the performance of potentially the biggest boy band in the world and notice how much they had grown in a matter of weeks, but this is what I noticed with Take That. Only weeks before they had performed together with Robbie Williams …

Rosemary is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Aoxomoxoa. Rosemary is an extremely melodic track and only features the vocals of Jerry Garcia along with an acoustic guitar which he sings along with. I should also mention that Garcia has sort of an echo …

Temptation Inside Your Heart is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album VU. One thing which should be noted about VU is that the album is not a typical or traditional studio album, it’s an album which is full of outtakes. I choose to point …

If your looking for a real classic and raw in your face band check out the band Airbourne. This band is from Sydney, Australia and they have musical inspirations such as Motorhead,ACDC,Iron Maiden and Rose Tattoo. You can tell that they definetely get the most inspiration from ACDC mostly …

This is the first outing for this US band and what an outing it is. With a sublime mix of rock and punky sounds make this band deeply reminiscent of the Ramones. Although since, many UK bands like the Libertines, Kaiser Chiefs and in the US bands …

There are certain recording artists whose music is criticized by many of the people who consider their own taste in music to be very well refined. Ke$ha so happens to be one of those artists. As a pop star, she has found a lot of success, but she has …

This is it, unlike the last couple Led Zeppelin set this one has single every Led Zeppelin studio album in a convenient box set, 10 cd’s and 9 albums, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III Zoso (Led Zeppelin IV), Houses Of The Holy, Presence, Physical Graffiti, In …

I have no idea how I started listening to this band. I think it was because of the style they were playing, dubbed shoegazing, and that sounded pretty interesting. I was thinking, what can shoegazing be, or what sort of a music is that, and so, I stumbled upon …

Kiss n tell is a song from Kesha’s new album, animal. She wrote this song about her ex-boyfriend, who cheated on her with a famous female pop-star. The pop star was never named.This song is a real club mix song. When I listening to this song I see bright …

Say what you will about her as a trainwreck of a celebrity - Courtney Love knows how to rock. There were always rumors and whispers that her band Hole was only ever popular because she’s most famous as the widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. But Love …

Not myself tonight is the first single of Bionic album by American pop star Christina Aguilera. It is an up tempo dance song in electro pop genre. I think this is a great song by Christina Aguilera with music, vocal and electronic vibe. The electronic sound of the song …

Overview - Piece Of Mind, Iron Maiden’s fourth effort, continues to showcase the band’s great talent as well as Steve Harris’ brilliant songwriting. Piece Of Mind features one of Iron Maiden’s best known songs of all time, The Trooper, but also contains quite a few other good tracks. This …

Escape, one of the final tracks for Muse’s debut record Showbiz, is yet another one of Muse’s tracks which I’ve been listening to a lot recently along with Apocalypse Please. The first few bits of Escape open up with a very melodic sound with Bellamy leading the track …

Overview —“ Electric Tears, Buckethead’s ninth album would have to be one of my favorite instrumental albums that I’ve listened to and definitely one of the calmest and most melodic as well. I’ll say right now from the start of this review and that this album really isn’t for …

It’s You is a song by Animal Collective and the first track to open their 2005 EP, Prospect Hummer. Opening up with the vocals of Vashti Bunyan who is present throughout the record, Animal Collective establish a sound which reminds me of the melodic sounds heard all throughout Campfire …

As a long time fan of the Backstreet Boys, I was eagerly awaiting the release of their album —˜This is Us.’ I’ve loved almost all of their past albums, especially since Kevin Richardson departed the group, so I expected that I’d love this one as well! However, I was …

Mistress Dread is a song by Metallica and Lou Reed which is the fourth track on their collaboration album Lulu. Similar to the previous track, Pumping Blood, Mistress Dread starts out with an incredibly melodic sound which I personally think should’ve been the type of sound Reed should have …

After Van Halen Split up David Lee Roth still pulled off an excellent solo career wih an ep like Crazy From the Heat and the 1986 release of Eat’Em and Smile. One of the tracks that most people are familiar with is the song Yankee Rose which is a …

People II 2: Still Peoplin’ is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad which appears on their 2011 release, Knife Man. Opening up with a light vocal section, an acoustic guitar rhythm can be heard strumming along before the first verse comes in which features a vocal delivery where the …

It is no secret that I like melody in music, and even more so with guitars specifically. There is something about a melodious guitar line that really pulls me in, and keeps me listening. Unfortunately, it seems like melody itself is a notion that does not have a prominent …

Grave Plott is a newly formed rap group from Kansas consisting of 2 horrorcore MCs: Killa C and Liquid Assassin. Their debut album was released in 2008, but only now I had the time and curiosity to listen it. The boys are signed to Strange Music, Tech N9ne’s label, …