Music Reviews
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Overview - Dark Side Of The Moon, the album considered to be Pink Floyd’s best work and one of rock’s greatest albums in history, is primarily a record more on the mellow side, although still a very powerful album. Roger Waters did a lot less songwriting on this album …
‘Whiskey Lullaby’ by Braid Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
In 2004, few songs were as popular as the country music song ‘Whiskey Lullaby’ by Brad Paisley. ‘Whiskey Lullaby’ was a beautiful duet that featured beautiful harmonies at the chorus and very touching lyrics. The song was accompanied by an equally moving music video that starred Rick Shroeder.
‘Whiskey …
Get Ready (1999): Mase ft. Blackstreet
Artist: Mase ft. Blackstreet
Video: “Get Ready”
Album: Double Up
Director: Hype Williams.
“Get Ready” is the first single and music video off of Mase’s second album “Double Up” and it is perhaps the best song and video he did ever since “Feel So Good” (is it no surprise that both videos are …
Avril Lavigne - Let Go
Avril Lavigne has been in the music industry for quite a while now. I remember when her first hit single —˜Complicated’ was released and I can also remember singing along to it! I heard it on the radio today and it brought this album to the front of my mind …
Kumi Koda - show girl PV
The PV starts out with a sepia toned scene of Koda, who’s playing a woman of early 20th Century America being dumped. It then switches to color and remains that way for the rest of the video. I found the shift to be interesting as it conveyed her past …
Help Somebody by Vanzant
Vanzant is a little rough around the edges but Help Somebody is an excellent song about how to live your life. He talks about how he was taught by his grandparents how to live a right life. He has a great message in this song that is upbeat with …
Inner City Blues (song, Marvin Gaye)
There are few songs which actually touch my heart each and every time that I hear them. “Inner City Blues [Make Me Wanna Holla]” is one of those. This song is actually older than I am, but has found its way into my subconscious as …
Lady Gaga - Love game
I love music, and I love music videos. Lady Gaga has gotten a lot of exposure lately and she happens to be on my top list of good artists but her latest video has me wondering.
Love game is her latest video. Anyone notice the similarities between her and …
Keeps Gettin Better: A Decade of Hits by Christina Aguilera
Magnificent is one word to sum up Keeps Gettin Better: A Decade of Hits by Christina Aguilera.
All awesome hits are inside and let me start with Genie In A Bottle and other nice oh so cool tunes like the duet with Ricky Martin, the collaboration with the other …
Greatest Love of All (song) from Whitney Houston
Whenever there is a singing contest it never happen that there is no Whitney song that the contestant will not sing. It is always present. Maybe because Whitney has the best vocal range among the singer in the US and if you can be able to sing her song …
Danny Elfman-Red Dragon Main Theme
Danny Elfman is still one of my favorite score writers or soundtrack artists. He has always been dynamic in most of his songs right from Batman on up to his more recent works. One song that stands out in my mind is the theme from the movie, “Red Dragon” …
Michelle Williams album ‘Unexpected’
If you haven’t sampled any of Michelle Williams songs from her new album ‘Unexpected’, do so ! She has such a solid, unique voice and I just love her new album. It’s more of a pop, dance type album, and the song ‘The Greatest’ is fantastic. There are great …
Sufjan Stevens - Eugene (Song )
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” …
Greenday: American Idiot CD
I received this CD about 2 christmases ago from a friend. Greenday was my favourite group then, so I was very excited about listening to them. They did not let me down of course. My favourite song in the album was the song “Boulevard of Broken dreams” even though …
System Of A Down Steal This Album!
This is System Of A Down’s third album, the name comes from the way the album was leaked onto the internet ahead of it’s release, the album features no artwork at all, coming in nothing but a jewel case, and a back insert, coming on a mock CD-R all …
Beach Boys 20 Good Vibrations The Greatest Hits Volume 2
Although I enjoy volume one in this three volume series the most despite the disappointing audio quality, volume two is nonetheless entertaining still because it features a lot of songs from the Beach Boys that aren’t heard as often as say “Good Vibrations” or “California Girls” or “Kokomo”. Those …
Busta Rhymes ft Linkin Park - We Made It - Single
If you want a song that really inspires you and shows you that you should never give in, then perhaps We Made It by Busta Rhymes ft Linkin Park is a song for you.
Some are not keen on rapping but Busta nails this intro whilst the piano of Linkin …
Queens of the Stone Age (rock band)
By 2002, it seemed as if the sound of a lot of the mainstream rock music that I was used to listening to had begun to change. A lot of bands I would hear playing on the radio no longer had that distinctive post-grunge sound and more people were beginning …
The Beatles - Sun King (Song)
Sun King is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Abbey Road. The track opens up with a clean guitar riff which has a very nice melodic feel to it as the other instruments gradually join in to create a very calming and mellow atmosphere. The …
Are You Up There song
The song Are You Up There has long been one that I’ve enjoyed and loved ever since I first heard it, which, being a big time fan of The Osmonds, has been a very long time. Written by the brothers themselves, Are You Up There asks a question …
AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, 2011 U2 Tribute Album
I found it very shocking that this album did not work. I find it very strange. When I first found out about the fact that I was not an album coming out that was a cover of the iconic record by U2 from 1991, Achtung Baby, I was ecstatic. …
RBD live in hollywood
Live in Hollywood was made in RBD’s first L.A. (U.S.A) concert in January 2006 (Jan. 21st) in Los Angeles’s famous Pantages Theater. This cd is very cool and fun, because rbd is one of the best musical group that I already have seen. Their musics are impressive because there …
What about Love (song) from Heart
Aside from Total Eclipse by Bonnie Tyler and Alone by Heart, this is one of those powerful songs that you can sing as an audition piece or your bullet to winning a singing contest. This songs sounds serious and it makes me proud that most of Filipino Singers can …
Song : Vision of Love by Mariah Carey
I very clearly remember the first time I heard “Vision of Love” on the radio. I heard those first few notes on my local radio station and stopped everything I was doing. I just listened. I remember thinking at first it was Whitney Houston but then …
System Of A Down - Mezmerize
Overview - Mezmerize, System of a Down’s first half of the double album Mezmerize/Hypnotize, is an album written primarily by Daron Malakian who played an extremely prominent role in the album, most notably on vocals, something most fans didn’t like at all. Mezmerize is a difficult record to summarize …
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Overview - The Division Bell, Pink Floyd’s final album, shows that David Gilmour can continue to really produce solid music even without the help of his past partner, Roger Waters. After the first few tracks I figured that this record would average and wouldn’t have anything too special in …
Michael Kelly Rose Acoustic/Electric Guitar
At first I was a bit apprehensive about purchasing a guitar that appeared to be a “knock off” of a Martin D-45. Given the reputation that copy cat guitars generally bare, I was certain that the craftsmanship would be inferior. That coupled with being manufactured in Asia …
Muse - Undisclosed Desires (Song)
Undisclosed Desires, a recent track off of Muse’s newest record The Resistance, is a song which I have been playing over and over on loop for about the past two days because I simply just can’t get over it, and therefore I felt a review on it would be …
Doctor Who Series 1 Sondtrack (2005)
Like many other people I was really excited about the return of Doctor who in 2005, and very much the same every time that it has been back on our screens in the past 4 years. What I loved even more was the music that you could hear during …
Trav’lin’ Light by Peggy Lee
I like finding new old recordings. If I can find an early recording of an artist that I like, I’m ecstatic. Recently I found “Trav’lin’ Light” featuring Peggy Lee and I was in my element. I listened to it twice in a row and enjoyed it immensely both times. …
Big Brother & The Holding Company by Janis Joplin
This it the title of the first album from Janis Joplin. It was released in 1967. Here Janis still has that fresh and young voice, which is already very specific and strong. The reason why it is still a bit “fresh” is because at that time she had not …
The Flaming Lips - Pilot Can At The Queer Of God (Song)
Pilot Can At The Queer Of God is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Although the opening riff of the track has a surprisingly heavy feel to it, Coyne surprisingly comes in with a vocal delivery which works with …
Green Day - Good Riddance/Time Of Your Life (Song)
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) is a track by Green Day which is extremely well known just because of how many times it’s been played on the radio or featured in various television spots, most notably the finale of Seinfeld. Now sometimes when a track is extremely well …
Boyfriend Number 2 by Pleasure P
I’ve been listening to Pleasure P’s Boyfriend Number 2 on YouTube for a while now and it has been my favorite song of his. I’m not a go out and buy posters type of girl, but I do like listening to Pleasure P’s music and I was even more …
Vengaboys - We Like The Party (Song)
We Like The Party is a song by Vengaboys that has a very fun sound to it and is really just a song that really does make you want to get up and move. For those of you who typically read my reviews you’ll see that I mainly review …
Enya - A Day Without Rain Album
Enya - A Day Without Rain came to me as birthday gift from one of my dearest and closets friends. Today it still remains one of my most cherished gifts every recieved. I have been following the career of Enya from the first time I heard the song on …
Tina Mark-Where I Belong
Tina Mark-Where I Belong
Tina Mark has an ordained an album in the last 10 years. And now herself imposed semiretirement is over and all of her fans are extremely excited about the fact. The long anticipated album where I belong is a true masterpiece And a True emotional …
Green Day - Whatsername (Song)
After following the musical epic of Homecoming, I genuinely believe that Whatsername is the best way that Green Day could’ve ended this record, or story I should really say. Whereas Homecoming was really just ten minutes of excellent writing, I really have no other way to put it, Whatsername …
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien (Song)
Subterranean Homesick Alien is a song by Radiohead which appears on their record OK Computer. The track opens up with an interesting rhythm guitar pattern before a lead guitar part begins to play over it and also some background noises gives a listener the impression like they’re in space, …
The Flaming Lips - Hear It Is (Album)
Hear It Is is the debut album released by The Flaming Lips. I’ll start this review off by just making clear that the sound present throughout this record is significantly different than the sound the band would go on to be known for. Because of this, if you’re a …
Three Days Grace (band)
One rock band who I’ve loved throughout the years is the American hard rock and alternative band “Three Days Grace”. I think that is quite significant too being that I have been listening to their music from I was about fourteen or maybe younger, and I am now twenty …
Simple Plan (Self Title Album)
Simple Plan, a band who came from Canada, released their third album. The album titled, Simple Plan and consists of eleven songs. On this third album, the group has members such as, Pierre Bouvier (vocals), Jeff Stinco (guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Sébastien Lefebvre (guitar-vocals) and David Desrosiers (bass), still …
Them Crooked Vultures - Self titled (Album)
Music fans were excited when they heard Queens of the Stone Age’s lead guitarist and vocalist Josh Homme would be joining forces with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters (and formerly Nirvana) and former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones to form a super group known as Them Crooked …
Bob Dylan - The Ballad Of Ira Hayes (Song)
The Ballad Of Ira Hayes is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Dylan. Apparently this song is a cover which is actually something that I was not aware of, but then again, I do remember that at least a few tracks on Dylan were cover …
The Saturdays Just can’t get enough EP (Comic Relief)
The Saturdays are a relatively new band which has already made some chart topping hits. Most noticeably is their new EP “Just can’t enough” I at first wasn’t all that too sure if it would be a”hit” and a great rendition to the original from dépêche mode. Never the less …
Guns N’ Roses-Mr.Brownstone (song)
One of the tracks off of the Appetite for Destruction album that is underrated by many people but known to GNR fans is the song, Mr.Brownstone. This song is a pretty killer track and it has a heavy punch with an average tempo to it. The song starts …
Buffet E11 Clarinet
The Buffet E11 Clarinet- The standard-issue clarinet that schools give out (if they can afford better than a Yamaha or Jupiter).
First Impression: My first thought when I saw the E11 was that it had a nice build to it- it looked a lot sleeker than it’s predecessor. I …
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Overview - Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd’s seventh album which pays tribute to Syd Barrett, is basically a mix of three songs and two musical epics. After Dark Side Of The Moon, which was a bit more song based, Wish You Were Here still showcases the group strong …
Vertigo (song by, u2)
U2 is an Irish rock band and they brought out an album a while back named “How to dismantle and atomic bomb.” This albums has some good music on it and one of the songs on this lineup is entitled Vertigo.
Vertigo starts off with the lead singer of …
The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (1999)
After the difficulties which arose with To The Faithful Departed, The Cranberries decided to call it quits for a while, they returned to their long-neglected families, had those breaks they really really needed, since the beginnining of their career. This is pretty much the background story to Bury The …
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