This album was released in 2000 on East West Records, this is Pantera’s final album, they dedicated it to their fans. This was the second album that was recorded with Phil Anselmo’s vocals away from the band and later mixed in. The album was produced by Vinnie Paul, Dimebag …

Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint is a full-length album composed by minimalist/experimental composer Steve Reich. It was released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. The pices are both long (Different Trains| about 27 mintutes long, Electric Counterpoint| 15 minutes long), and are both divided into three movements. Different Trains was composed in …

Right Now is a song by The Flaming Lips and the second track on their third release, Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with a dissonant and messy guitar lead, the drums quickly enter the mix to try to give the song some clarity while maintaining this unconventional lead. As the …

Overview - The Roland Cube 30X is a modeling amplifier, meaning it has a channel where it replicates sounds of other amps, eight to be exact, and also a clean channel. The main reason that I decided to buy this amplifier was that I needed an amp which had …

She fucking hates me by Puddle of mudd is quite an interesting song. It is about how this girl was going out with this guy and then she ended the relationship and now the guy is thinking she Fucking hates him. maybe she does maybe she doesn’t but it’s …

Imagine Frank Sinatra being reborn as a college boy in the 21st century, and you will have a fair picture of what singer Michael Buble is all about. I think he has a French last name, although he was born in Burnaby, Canada instead of the Quebecois region …

Kill ‘Em All by Metallica is probably one of the most amazing sounds I’ve ever heard ever. I even dare to say that this is Metallica in their truly best form as well. But I wish, for once that the CD cover would be more nicer and …

Paul Gilbert is not new musicians in the rock music industry. Guitarist who had a concert with Joe Satriani in the G3 project, releasing an album in early April 2008. Album titled Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar, contains 11 instrumental
tracks, which has a fast tempo, which is characteristic …

Call me when your’er sober by Evanescence is a very good song. I really don’t care for many songs by Evanescence but this one is an exception. It’s one of the few I like by them. This song has an awesome mysterious kind of beat to it which I …

Puff Daddy ft. Mase and Notorious B.I.G.
“Been Around The World”
No Way Out
Bad Boy Records
Director: Paul Hunter
Puff Daddy and Mase reunite with Paul Hunter for their first big and epic mini-movie of a music video together. “Been Around The World” is the official fourth single and music video from Puff …

Aria electric guitars are exceptionally good. Considering their cheap prices as compared to Ibanez or Gibson, it comes as a surprise that Aria guitars are quite professional.Recently i purchased an Aria electric guitar (STG 004) for less than 200$. It has 2 single-coil pick-ups and one humbugging pick-up.
This …

Head Like A Hole is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their debut album, Pretty Hate Machine. The track opens up with some industrial sound effects before a drum pattern comes in which gives the song a solid rhythm. Soon enough a synthesizer comes in over …

The Youth is the third track on MGMT’s second album, Oracular Spectacular. MGMT has frequently been called a neo-psychedelic band and I think that this track really demonstrates that, particularly the lyrics of the song. Listening to the first lyrics of the song, a listener should immediately get a …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Say My Name
Album: The Writings On The Wall
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Joseph Kahn
“Say My Name” is the third single and music video from Destiny’s Child’s second album titled “The Writings On The Wall”, following the previous singles, “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Bug-a-Boo”. This is actually the first …

There always seems to be a lot of pressure for the siblings of famous singers and actresses to follow in the footsteps of their celebrity relatives. I remember when there was a period of time where Jessica Simpson was majorly popular and everybody wanted to know when her sister, …

“Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera is an amazing song with the singer’s powerful voice and positive lyrics. The song made a huge impact on me the very first time I’ve heard it several years ago. It was such a big success and a big hit, playing often on different …

Corporal Clegg is a track by Pink Floyd which appears on their second record, A Saucerful Of Secrets. Something interesting about the first two albums by Pink Floyd was that the first album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, was primarily filled with the music of Syd Barrett …

Overview —“ Steal This Album, the third effort by System Of A Down, is made up of tracks which leaked on the internet after the release of Toxicity and so the band decided to finish up these tracks and release them in their final forms. Just from this description, …

The Luniz album Operation Stackola is probably one of the best bay area albums to ever come out. This album is great and it is the album that has the hit song I Got 5 on It. This song was big on the radio and everywhere that people heard it. …

Boom Boom Pow is the new song from Black Eyed Peas. Like their previous song, it’s still a lot of beat, groove, and really nice to dance.
But, first time I hear this single, I can’t directly recognize that is the Blak Eyed Peas, because though the music is still …

I find this debut album title, Little Voice by Sara Bareilles not that bad. I think young singers nowadays are awesome and that they have a very good quality-like voice. She sounds very nice and lithe-like, and almost like a soothing gentle kind of music and believe it …

I never usually pay much attention to American Idol, especially these days when I have a lot more things to do, and because it just does not capture my attention anymore. Therefore, the only time I might know who wins another season or if it is even still going …

Homecoming, the second musical epic of this album along with Jesus Of Suburbia, is honestly just as good as Jesus Of Suburbia in my opinion. I praise both of these tracks heavily, not so much because the parts themselves are brilliant but because the whole song is very well …

The first Cam’ron cd which was titled “Confessions Of Fire” was released in 1998 after he had made appearences on many mixtapes and led him career off with songs like ” Horse And Carriage” featuring Mase (former best friend) and “Pimp’s A Pimp” featuring Jermine Dupri off So So …

What a meaningful song. A song about doing anything for the person you love. “Yes I would die for you baby, I would catch a grenade for you.” This is a great song, awesome melody, catchy and just a great lesson to top all that off. Bruno Mars really …

Help is the title track to The Beatles’ record of the same name and showcases early Beatles songwriting at it’s very best. Although I’m certainly a bigger fan of The Beatles’ later work, particularly when they experimented more in the psychedelic rock subgenre, but I can’t dismiss some of …

R. Kelly
“Hair Braider”
Untitled Ninth Album
Jive Records
“Hair Braider” is the first single and music video from R. Kelly’s currently untitled ninth studio album. The song is about him fantasizing of having sexual relationships with different women who braid his hair yet the music video only shows him having his hair …

R. Kelly
“Snake”
Chocolate Factory
Jive Records
I guess the ghetto-ness of songs like “Ignition (Remix)” and “Feeling On Yo’ Booty” were beginning to run dry for R. Kelly so now he’s decided to depart from his ghetto ways and do something out of the ordinary, taking a page from Mystikal’s “Danger” video …

The Black Crowes released the studio album,”Lions,” in 2001.The CD received mixed commercial success due in part to singles like “Lickin’” and “Soul-Singing”.I found the album to combine elements of Southern Rock, Gospel, Blues, and Folk influence.The album succeeds in using all of these elements for a solid listening …

Celine Dion: All the Way … A Decade of Song CD is a combination of some of her greatest hits as well as 7 new songs at the time of release in 1999. The liner is on sturdy paper stock and it includes lyrics, though only for the …

One of my favourite soul singers from the nineteen nineties was the singer Peabo Bryson. Although I am not usually a fan of soul music, some of his hits are among the few soul songs I actually like, and most of them were released in the period of the …

Cyclone by baby bash ft. t pain is a song that is danceable and party all night long material. The beat is so in tune no flaws can be found and they even have a dance the girls can do for their guy after they watch the music video. …

Sonic Youth is one of the most influential bands in the history of alternative rock music, and the 1992 Dirty is one of their best albums.
One of the biggest assets of this album is its sound. Sonic Youth are veterans of rock now, but back in 1992 they were …

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Abbey Road. I will point out that this is the longest track on Abbey Road and also longer than the average Beatle song as its length is around eight minutes. The song …

This album is iconic. I was truly taken in by this music, I was drawn into it, almost disappearing in it. This music was all the rage when I was a kid, and many of my fellow teenage friends were very much into this music at the time. But …

Ain’t It Just Like You isn’t a typical Toby Keith song in many senses. I love the song though. She decides that she is going to leave, but she isn’t really that sure that she wants to go. He doesn’t want her to go so he prays, begs and …

This seemed to be quite a heartfelt song from Freddie and Queen. His vocals seem quite relaxed certainly at the start but you can feel him building.
What he songs is very true. It’s as though he just can’t believe how people act on earth. What I do find interesting …

The Unforgiven III, the third installment in The Unforgiven series, is quite a good song yet I’d probably still rank it as the lowest, or at least my least favorite, of the three pieces of the trilogy. However, before I get into the bulk of my review, I …

As my friend and I were griping about it the other night, I realized it might be interesting to offer a perspective on one of the most popular songs of the past year, “Empire State of Mind,” from rapper Jay-Z’s album “The Blueprint 3″ (released in late 2009) which …

Universe is a song by Scars On Broadway which appears on their debut record, Scars On Broadway. Universe opens with an electric guitar riff which I would describe as sort of a driving lead which goes nicely into a drum pattern played by Dolmayan before picking up in terms …

Taylor Hicks’ self titled CD is one of my favorite CDs released in the past five years. The CD has thirteen different songs and at least ten of them are very catchy. Most of them are really good songs; the kind of songs you find yourself singing along …

Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Bringing It All Back Home. Beginning with an outtake of the band recording, the track soon launches into the actual recording of the track which immediately has some differences to Dylan’s songs on the …

I have a cousin who’s crazy and madly deeply in love with High School Musical. He would buy everything and anything he can get his hands on that have High School Musical in it. One time he got himself a copy of K-zone magazine that’s featuring HSM at that …

Def Leppard are one of Britain’s most successful rock bands. They were one of the pioneers of the 80s hard rock sound, achieving massive, million selling success in the 1980s. In the 1990s, their music was no longer fashionable and their career took a slump. They changed their sound …

Talkin’ —˜Bout The Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Everyone Wants To Live Forever) is a song by The Flaming Lips and the opening track of their fifth release, Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with a distorted guitar riff, the band oddly introduce a very deep vocal …

To Live Is To Die, the third instrumental released by Metallica, is unfortunately a track which I define as having a truly brilliant middle melodic section, one of Metallica’s greatest sections throughout their career, but for the most part is just a lot of boring rhythms without much progress …

The death of Michael Jackson has sparked huge interest in his career over the last few years.However for any serious music fan, the artist has been in artistic decline since the release of his Thriller album in 1984.
The album History was one of the most hyped comeback albums in …

Barbra Streisand: Duets CD has to be a winner just from the basic premise — Barbra, other great singers, hit songs. It’s a superb combination from the get go.
The liner jacket is really nice because it lists the songs and includes a photo of Barbra with the other …

Invisible Touch by Genesis is a classic album from the 1980s. Released in the late 80’s the popular rock group Genesis, this album became popular very quickly. I remember waiting in line to buy the tape cassette when it came out. I was very enthusiastic about …

Timeless Favorites: Rodgers & Hammerstein CD is a production released by Reader’s Digest Music. I’m not sure how many of these they did, but I also have one of these with Lerner & Loewe classics on them. There are a number of selections from Carousel, The King …