Overview —“ Wake Up Dead, a music video and single released by Megadeth for their second record, Peace Sells—¦ But Whose Buying, is the first single ever released by the band and a song that should certainly introduce a listener to the aggressive sounds of Megadeth. To be totally …

The End is the final track of the debut record by The Doors which has a significantly different sound than any of the other tracks on this record to precede it, for those of you who have seen Apocalypse Now, you’ll have heard this song in various parts throughout …

Need You Now is the second CD by country artist Lady Antebellum. I am not surprised by the way this effort hung on to the top of the charts for more than a year. It is a success from start to finish.
Lady Antebellum has truly outdone themselves …

Although I’m a techie, at least for the Boomer Generation, I don’t always have to the have the best and newest. I don’t buy every computer game or gizmo that comes along. I don’t have an Ipod and I don’t carry a cell phone. I can do …

Overview - Garage Inc. (Disc 2), is the second disc of the all cover album, Garage Inc. Unlike disc one, which had newly recorded covers, disc two is made up of covers that have already been recorded previously somewhere in the band’s career. Some covers date back as far …

P. Diddy ft. Mario Winans
“Through The Pain - She Told Me”
Press Play
Bad Boy Entertainment
“Through The Pain (She Told Me)” is P. Diddy’s fourth single and music video from his fourth album titled “Press Play”, following “Come To Me” with Nicole Scherzinger, “Tell Me” with Christina Aguilera, and “Last Night” …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: No, No, No (Part 1)
Album: Destiny’s Child
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
“No, No, No (Part 1)” was the very first single and music video from the female R&B quartet Destiny’s Child, right off of their self-titled debut album. Watching this music video after all of these years …

I’m not a real Major Lazer fan. I’ve only been really listening to them since 2013, a little before I went to see them in concert for the first time. While I do like a few of their songs, I have to say that I’m not as hugely invested in …

The Fulltone OCD is an overdrive pedal in the same mold as a Boss Bluesdriver or an Ibanez Tubescreamer. Every fulltone pedal is made by hand, and therefore expensive, but the quality is always worth it.
The Fulltome OCD pedal is the best overdrive I’ve ever gotten out of a …

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 …

At first, I didn’t like this song because it sounded kind of stupid. But after I heard it a few times, I really started liking it, mostly because I could relate to it. It is featuring Hayley Williams, someone I have never heard of before but she is a …

Nine Inch Nails is an alternative rock group that I think is just awesome. I saw them in concert the last time they came through town and Nine Inch Nails was amazing! I have really liked their music since the 1990s, and while I am not taken by all …

Willie Nelson does the song Always on My Mind. It is a beautiful love song. Where the guy is trying to win back his girl. He basically is telling her he is sorry that he did not realize some of the things he did wrong but that he …

Hey Bulldog is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Yellow Submarine. The track starts off with a very definitive piano riff which honestly reminds me of something from a spy movie to be honest, and when the guitar and bass join in, this thought is …

Ciara
“Promise”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: Diane Martel
“Promise” tops Ciara’s previous single and video with its mid-tempo falsetto R&B ballad which depicts a girl in search of her one perfect man, she’s single, lonely, and looking for love. She’s ready to commit and willing to spend her life with him. Ciara …

An album that really doesnt stand out in the David Lee Roth era of Van Halen is the album Van Halen 2. I really like this album because it still had the classic Van Halen tone with more of a punchy sound to it. Although no Van Halen album …

Joshua Radin is a modern day singer/songwriter. I first heard him on the soundtrack to the Zach Braff movie, “The Last Kiss”. He has a very distinctive voice that instantly calms my nerves and puts me at ease. His voice is so gentle, soft, romantic, and full of …

It was obvious that this was going to be the last album by the band and so there must have been a tremendous amount pressure on the musicians. They definitely did not want to disappoint such a big number of fans. Of course the fans will always have their …

Smoky Mountain Rain is a song where Ronnie Milsap is singing about a man who is headed for Los Angelis to pursue his dream when he changes his mind and heads back to the smoky mountains to his girl friend. Like many though she has decided to move on …

Billy Gilman: One Voice CD is the CD that started it all for this country singer. I have always been very impressed with Gilman. He had the right attitude as a young boy, apparently thanks to parents who kept him grounded and had the right kind of …

Few years ago, I was new at work, I share classroom with my co-teacher who handles the deaf preschool class. In between classes, we have long breaks ( because we taught in a special school, classes are sometimes irregularly scheduled) and he would over and over listen to MY …

Eels were formed in 1995 by Mark Oliver Everett, the man generally known as E. Their first album, Beautiful Freak met to critical and popular acclaim due to its charming blend of tongue in cheek angst and eccentric musicality. His follow up to this happy go lucky, Beck like …

I love The Verve. They’re sound is similar to that of Oasis, very haunting and thought provoking. This is their greatest hits album. I don’t own many of their singles, hence why I decided to buy this album. The album is simply amazing. The standout track for me is …

I went to check out guitars since my friend suddenly has an interest in learning to play a musical instrument. Since my cousin brother is a guitar player, I asked for his advice on getting one. He recommended Ibanez AEB10E to me.
When I first …

I love albums that have the simple ability to split band’s fan bases right down the middle for a battle to the death. I guess there is a fair few albums like this across the rock & metal world, but maybe none more so that Russian Roulette from German …

There’s nothing like a feel good country song. I love the song Country Comforts. I first heard it when Rod Stewart sang it and I loved that version. I wasn’t even beginning to love it until I heard Keith Urban’s version. He has a wonderful voice that fits perfectly …

Sia is one of the few older artists that keep on releasing interesting music. Unlike many singers her age, it seems like she was able to “modernize” her sound but still keep it true to her roots. Chandelier and Cheap Thrills proved to be huge hits around the globe …

21 Guns is a song by Green Day which appears on their most recent studio effort, 21st Century Breakdown. I believe that this track is the second single released in promotion of the record, with Know Your Enemy being the first, and I firmly believe that 21 Guns is …

The wave of Disney stars are never very successful at crossing over to the music industry. They always try to mold themselves into triple threats when the main reason they got booked to begin with was just for acting. It has happened with Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, …

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 …

God Walks Among Us Now: Jesus Song No. 6 is a song by the Flaming Lips and the seventh song to appear on their fourth release, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. In contrast to the two preceding songs on this record, this song returns the band to a …

I haven’t seen Craig David for a while since his last singles that made it to the charts. I have thought about him when a saw a huge billboard of him plastered in the Makati-Mandaluyong Bridge in Makati Metro Manila. Craig david used to release quite a number of …

Bees is a song by Animal Collective and is the fifth track on their album Feels. In contrast to the previous track on the record, The Purple Bottle, Bees returns the sound of the record to a far more melodic and relaxed tone similar to that present on Flesh …

One genre of music that I can certainly say that I love is “Electronic Dance Music”. Of course this is a bit unusual for someone like me who is mostly into hard rock and heavy metal music. However, it is something that I have been interested in from I …

Overview —“ Brain Stew/Jaded is a music video that combines two tracks from Insomniac and makes them appear as if it is one song in the music video. Just as the songs sound different in tone and feel, the music videos for the two music videos are quite contrasting …

I actually won Clay Walker: Live, Laugh, Love CD from a local radio station. I wasn’t even sure I knew who Walker was. Of course, I found out soon enough that he was a country music singer.
The first thing I noticed that the liner jacket is on …

The Magician Vs. The Headache is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album Hit To Death In The Future Head. In terms of the sound on this track, the band goes with a moderate tempo which works well enough. The verse of the track is …

I’m a person who has tended to gravitate to mostly different kinds of rock and electronic music ever since I was a teenager. However, that does not and has never stopped me from exploring other genres of music and having other favourite artistes from those same genres. Nevertheless, it …

Knife Man is a 2011 album release by Andrew Jackson Jihad. The one thing that really stuck out to me about Knife Man after going through a couple listens of the record was that the band really chooses to embrace different sounds throughout the album. Though the traditional and …

I have been very impressed with this band in the last bit and this CD only reaffirms my faith in them. This CD was given to me as a birthday present from my uncle who also loves these guys, He knew I liked them so when the CD came …

One of Led Zeppelin’s semi know song is the track Heatrbreaker off their second album, Led Zeppelin 2. I like this song because it has that signature riff throughout the sing that is played in octaves. It really has that late 60’s tone to it and Robert Plant’s vocals …

Overview —“ Waiting, the third music video released by Green Day in promotion of their album Warning would have to be what I would consider an unneeded music video. The song Waiting itself is a pretty mediocre song in my opinion and the music video would have to fall …

I was very critical of the Black Eyed Peas’ newest album simply because I feel like it doesn’t really feature their own voices. It is so heavily edited and overly synthesized that I feel like I am listening to a bunch of robots in a recording studio, not the …

One of the songs by Hard Rock Band Tesla off their first Album Mechanical Resonance, is a cover of Little Suzi’s on the up by Pop band Phd. The Tesla version is alot better in my opinion then the original song. The original is really boring and is way …

Saving Jane is an alternative rock band which consists of five members, to my knowledge. The first song I ever heard from this band was called “Saving Jane”
I first heard this song on a local radio station and I think it relates very well to how many girls must …

The song It Stops Today has become my signature song and it is sung by one of my favorite singers, Colbie Caillat. I first heard this song after a break up and it spoke volumes as to where I was in my life. I had always depended on others …

The Unforgiven would be the one song on The Black Album which I would define as being extremely musically mature and once again shows an excellent example of Metallica continuing to progress as excellent songwriters. The lyrics to this song deal with this person cutting himself off from society …

What do you do when your primary picked vocation winds up eclipsed by a sideline? It’s likely not an issue that Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges contemplates again and again, in fact, considering his rap endeavors and acting tries have certainly each netted him the GDP of a little nation.
Be …

“The Best Of The Suicide Sessions”
“Suicide Sessions”- an album only for those who can handle sheer rawness that feels like needles piercing your ears, extremely offensive and disturbing lyrics, and the most unlistenable album GG has ever put out. Through the distortion and static is a set of recordings …