I love James Darren. He’s in my top group of performers since childhood and I love his singing. I really don’t remember what I saw him in first, but he made an adorable Moondoggie, singing “Gidget” to Sandra Dee.
In his era of the teen idols, the late …

Unfortunately the excellent Neuropa album “The Blitz”, with its (admittedly fairly obvious) World War 2 type plane design on the front, is not easily obtainable in physical form in the United Kingdom, although it is offered by Amazon in individual track form as MP3 downloads. This is rather a …

I heard this song while I was on the beach one night, and some really good firedancers were singing to this tune! The song is titled Fire Burning On The Dance Floor, and what better song to use than this one when the group perfoming are firedancers! This is …

Moo Rah Rah Rain is a song by Animal Collective and is the penultimate track on their third studio release, Campfire Songs. Opening up with an almost tribal-like vocal pattern, the band is able to establish a mood which is unique from the previous three tracks before the acoustic …

The Shortest Straw, the fifth track on And Justice For All is one of the tracks which I would personally chose to be a representation for this record. If I were to asked to select a few songs off of And Justice For All which I felt did a …

The Deftones released their fourth album the self titled Deftones, in May of 2003, the album was produced by Terry Date and The Deftones. Hexagram is the band in their classic style, the perfect mix of loud and mellow. Needles And Pins has a darker feel that reminds me …

“Be Aggressive” is the 9th track off of Faith No More’s highly anticipated album “Angel Dust”. The song was written by Roddy Bottum, Faith No More’s keyboardist.
The song starts off with heavy synthesizers/keyboards followed by the thump of a bass guitar. The guitars have a heavy drowned out …

I Walk the Line is a song performed by Johnny Cash. In 1956 is when he recorded this song for Sun Records. It was a top seller of course because it was a song about the heart and people could relate to it in their own lives. It is …

The Chickenfoot Live Dvd Get Your Buzz on! is one of the Dvds I’ve been waiting for awhile and when the supergroup finally released a copy at best buy I picked it up and couldn’t wait to finally watch it live. When I saw this dvd it was actually …

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 …

Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page
“Come With Me”
“Godzilla”: The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Bad Boy Records
Due to some previous considerable success with his rock remix of “It’s All About The Benjamins”, Puff Daddy was selected to take another jab at the rock genre for motion picture soundtrack to 1998’s “Godzilla”. Here he …

This year was the T in the park music festivals 12 year and by far the most succesful to date. The festival took place on the weekend of 9th - 10th July although a lot of campers (including myself) arrived on Friday 8th to get our tents pitched and …

Listen to this song, If You Seek Amy by Britney Spears. It is not bad at all and in the music video, Britney looks exceptionally pretty. I am a big fan of hers and since she was single right up till now that she has become a mother …

I was surprised that I had never heard of the apparently popular R&B singer Randy Crawford until my parents were given one of her CDs a few years ago by a friend of my family. This was because I am also sure that I have never heard any of …

Hole was a mostly female hard rock band that was popular in the mid to late nineties to early 2000s. It contains one of my favourite female hard rock singers, Courtney Love, who acted as the vocalist for Hole.
I am not sure if the reason the band is …

Pavement’s “Slanted and Enchanted” is one of the quintessential indie-rock albums of the 1990s. There is a certain rawness to the whole affair — dissonance, and fuzzy production values give this album a homemade feel. The lyrics have a distinctly post-modern, sometimes dark tone to them, while others …

Dio’s Holy Diver is among the most important metal albums of all time.Ronnie’s vocals soar with amazing beauty and depth.He is a great front man for any band.Even though I like his work with Black Sabbath much more than solo it still does nothing to change the fact that …

Overview —“ Welcome Home (Sanitarium), the second of what I would consider to be considered Metallica’s —˜ballads’ is the fourth track on Master Of Puppets. I know that Metallica was criticized for putting Fade To Black, their first ballad, on Ride The Lightning and this song is pretty much …

If anyone in the United States of America or the United Kingdom hasn’t heard of Kings of Leon by now then you must have been living on another planet for the last 12 months! For those of you that have no idea who Kings of Leon are, they are …

I am not usually a fan of bands which ’scream’ in a sense, but Cradle of Filth shined a new light on the subject of ‘Black Metal’ for me and actually are responsible for bringing me in depth and in detail as a fan of the Black Metal Genre. …

Capital G is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album Year Zero. The track opens up with a heavy drum and synthesizer rhythm before Reznor comes in with the vocals of the track which I’ve always liked. Sometime I’ve had a problem with Year Zero …

“Hey Self Defeater” is the opening track on Mark Mulcahy’s debut and overlooked album “Fathering”. At first listen you may notice that “Hey Self Defeater” is a minimalistic and bare bone approach to a song. The whole basis of the song focuses on 2 instruments, a clean electric guitar …

This is my favorite song and the best rap and hip hop sounds I have to listen. I love the rap, the supreme melody and how the lyrics are arranged. I love how the song flows, the fast beat, the majority of sounds are coming from drums and piano. …

I remember when I first heard Tainted Love on a radio station when I was visiting the United States. I was immediately hooked to this song but little did I realize it was quite an old song already. About 16 years old or just a bit more really.
I actually …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 7″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
 
Low and behold, the mystery person who was accidentally shot at the end of Part 6 turns out to be Gwendolyn’s brother Twan (aka the black version of Arnold Schwarzenegger) who has just been released from prison. Just as predicted, Sylvester …

Sometimes I just get sick of listening to bands like Panic at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Metro Station, Paramore, or any other of those kind of pop rock bands. Just like with a meal, I want something with substance. Sometimes I want to hear lyrics that address serious …

Sugar Magnolia is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their record American Beauty. Sugar Magnolia opens up with a bouncy sounding rhythm which has an extremely lighthearted tone to it and you can certainly tell that this song will be a lot better than an average …

Nirvana’s Nevermind was released in 1991, produced by Butch Vig and released on DGC Records. The album features 12 tracks and a hidden track entitled Endless Nameless on most versions of the album. This is a classic album, considered one of the best albums of the 90’s, or even …

Taste is a song by Animal Collective and the eighth track on their record Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up instrumentally briefly, the vocals quickly join in the mix with a delivery that leaves something to be desired in terms of flow. Having just come out of a track which …

On my wedding day I was really concerned about the type of music to play. I chose one particular song for my Audio Visual Presentation, and this song was entitled “This Moment” by Nic Chagall and Jonathan Mendelson.
I first heard it thru Armin Van Buuren’s Universal Religion (2009) album. …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 8″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
 
Part 8 of “Trapped In The Closet” picks up after the previous episode where James has left the madhouse and is now sitting in his car. He calls up his wife, a fat white woman named Bridget who can pass for …

When I first heard of this band, I didn’t really know to much about them other than they sounded a lot like Killswitch Engage. Well I got more than I bargained for. When I borrowed this CD from my friend Jacob, I was soon to find out that they …

This song is such a feel good dance song. I originally looked it up because one of my favourite music artist said it was his current favourite song. Now I look way past that and question why I did not know this song before! It is a combination between …

The Steve Vai Morley wah 2 is the efficient pedal for adding those wah effects that Vai the virtuoso himself used on his records as well.This wah has two selectable footswitches the Bad Horsie mode and the counter mode, for your own wah tone that you can create with …

The Osmond Family: The All-Time Greatest Hits of the Osmond Family is presented as a book. It’s about six inches wide by ten inches tall. It’s hardcover, in fact. When you open it, two CDs are affixed to the interior . The problem for me …

I have always been the kind of person who admires music. Not only is it an art, it finds a way into your soul. Music is able to be related to and in the moment when you find a certain song, you feel like you are no longer alone …

If you like redneck humor such as the Blue Colar Comedy tour, then this album is for you. I personaly love this kind of stuff, and Rodney Carrington Live is one of my favorites. From his story of having kids and wanting to “beat them” (its a joke of …

Led Zeppelin exploded onto the scene with a unique blend of bluesy guitar and a powerhouse rhythm.Their self titled debut album is legendary in helping to create the genre known as Heavy Metal.Beyond influence it remains an important piece of music in popular culture.I have always loved this band …

Metallica’s debut 1983 album Kill Em All was going to be titled “Metal up your ass” but the record company made them change it before it’s release. This could be Metallica’s most impressive album, technically. The parts are faster then most anything by Metallica, the solos are huge, and …

Judas Priest is a heavily Sabbath influenced band that carried on the tradition of the overall attitude present within the British brand of metal.Their significance ranks right up there with the other important pioneers of Heavy Metal.When British Steel was released a brought a new found interest in the …

While skimming through this website I came across a couple of reviews of the Top 10 Best Grateful Dead Songs of all time. Even though there is truly no right top 10 list, I was inspired to right this after seeing someone post the track list from Skeletons …

BORNS is one of the up and coming musicians this year that really got me interested. From the first time I heard him in his wonderfully-crafted “10,000 Emerald Pools”, I knew that I will be captivated in his following efforts. And he never failed, far from it.
Past Lives …

Hail to the Thief is a really good record. I personally see this album as a return to form for Radiohead after some slightly dodgy albums, like Kid A and Amnesiac, in particular Amnesiac. The problem with those two albums, from my personal point of view, is that, when …

Gyptian is a reggae artist who seems new on the scene but he really isn’t that new, he has been doing a lot of collaborations but he recently released his first single with the name entitled “Beautiful Lady.”
I first heard this song on the local radio airwaves and it …

Overview —“ Spiders, a music video released by System Of A Down for promotion of their debut self titled album is a song and a music video that I’ll admit I really didn’t like at first. I’ll admit that I’m still not really a big fan of the music …

This little beauty can be your resident musician’s best friend. My husband purchased this for himself recently when he bought a new guitar. At the cost of $185.00 USD, it was still more inexpensive than other ones of the same type.
This pedal does it all! You will have to …

Ain’t No Telling is a track by Jimi Hendrix which appears on Axis: Bold As Love. This track is extremely short at only two minutes in length and the song wastes no time getting right into the bulk of the music. I can describe the track as being very …

Barbra Streisand and Yves Montand starred in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, a quirky but really fun movie about a woman with a few unique abilities. It’s also about reincarnation. This is the soundtrack CD from the movie. It’s been digitally remastered and …

If I Needed Someone is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Rubber Soul. Something important about Rubber Soul is that it certainly acted as an indication that The Beatles were really starting to move away from the traditional pop-rock sound that they had into a …

I began listening to this amazing band quite some time ago (even though they haven’t been around for all that long) and I must say, as sadly often is the case with other bands, the sound of their music has NOT faded the tiniest bit. I can listen to …