October 28th saw the release of Ryan Adams 11th album since his split in 99′ from alt country pioneers ‘Whiskeytown’, it is also his 3rd full length album with his current backing band ‘The Cardinals.’
The Cardinals appear to have been the catalyst for Adams’ more surefooted outings of late …

Garth Brooks does a song called If Tomorrow Never Comes. This is a soft spoken song that talks about all the what if’s, when it comes to the future. It talks about losing loved ones and never telling them how you really feel before they died and not …

Badfish is a song by Sublime and is the seventh track on their debut album, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Beginning with a recording of some background noise before an acoustic guitar enters the track, I must admit that Badfish has always been one of my favorite songs from this …

In actuality, the The Making of the Awake DVD featurette is way too short. It’s more like an overview or even more to the point an explanation as to why the Awake DVD was produced.
The majority of this featurette is Josh Groban discussing the tour and what it …

Yet again, Paramore have came out with a fantastic album, full of great lyrics and catchy hooks. Paramore have strayed from the sound of their second album which was titled “Riot!” they have went back to a similar sound of their breakthrough album “All We Know Is Falling”
Brand New …

Train Of Consequences is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Youthanasia. The track opens up with a heavily palm-muted riff by Mustaine before a very ehavy bass line comes in beneath this. Mustaine comes in with the vocals which certainly has that characteristic snarl of his …

Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Jermaine Dupri
Video: With Me, Part 1
Album: Destiny’s Child
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
“With Me, Part 1″ is the third single and music video from Destiny’s Child’s self-titled debut album, followed by “No, No, No (Part 1)” and “No, No, No (Part 2)”. This time, the female …

This fantastic CD, the first release by the band Slow Runner features great musical ballads that will keep you singing well into
the night. Michael Flynn, the bands lead singer previously released the exact same album under his name, this re-release under the bands new name Slow Runner is all …

Only, another track by Nine Inch Nails for their record With Teeth, is an interesting track which deals with a mental personality disorder which is reminiscent of films such as Fight Club, Secret Window, or Shutter Island for those of you who have seen these. Only opens up with …

Sunroad is one of the hottest hard rock bands from Brazil.
Formed by Fred Mika and his cousin, Danillo Vee, in the heat of Brazil in 1996 and influenced by many top-notch heavy metal/hard rock bands such as Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Eloy and MSG (and more), this band has produced …

If there was ever a voice that could carry me to sleep, lift me up to a higher place, and make me smile all at once, the sweet sound of original writer and cover artist Emily Schonberg is all of these things and more.
I first encountered Emily, who is …

Tom Jones: The Ultimate Collection is a four CD set that comes in a red box with a smiling picture of the Welsh singer on the cover. The box is really lightweight cardboard and is vulnerable to damage. It’s not how a collection like this should be …

Cast Down is a song by Slayer which starts off with a heavy guitar part in the left channel and then doubles up in the right channel, although note that I am not saying a good guitar riff, simply a heavy one. The tempo of the track is fairly …

As much as i enjoy the occasional power metal album, these days there are so many options available and releases in the genre are so frequent that it’s gotten to the point that an album of this style really needs something special if it’s going to draw me in …

It seems to me that the rock song ‘You Belong to the City’ that became popular in the mid 80’s (1985, to be exact) tries to tell something and not just merely describing in a reflective way by using some sort of a second person address (like talking …

Ciara
“And I”
Goodies
LaFace Records
Director: The Fat Cats
Finally, Ciara does a music video by herself and without any guest artists featured in it. Sweet. This is the fourth and final single/music video from the “Goodies” album, titled “And I”. The song is a slow R&B ballad and is a unique departure …

Blackened, the opening track of Metallica’s fourth record, opens in a similar fashion to Fight Fire With Fire, the opener from Ride The Lightning, and Battery, the opener from Master Of Puppets. In fact, now that I think about it, Blackened also seems to share a common lyrical theme …

Power Quest have always been a band that i am constantly frustrated with. They always hinted at greatness, but for some reason were never really able to put it all together when needed the most. I’m happy to report though that with this new album Blood Alliance, all the …

Same girl by R Kelly and Usher is about how these two guys are best friends and find out that they are dating the same girl. This girl also does not know that both of them are friends but what’s so funny to me is that they are not …

Ten Years After, I’m Coming Home, released in 1996, compilation.
A band that defintelt stands the test of time is Ten Years After. Alvin Lee and company could really belt out the jams. It’s sad that a lot of teenagers into heavier music today don’t realize how important the …

Annie’s Song is one of John Denver’s famous love ballad’s but it is unique in that he does it in English and Spanish. It sounds so sweet that it can put you in a trans where you can forget your everyday worries or problems. It can mesmerize you with …

Straight Outta Lynwood is Weird Al’s latest and greatest CD. It features “White and Nerdy,” “Pancreas,” “Canadian Idiot,” “I’ll Sue Ya,” “Polkarama,” “Virus Alert,” “Confessions Part III,” “Weasel Stomping Day,” “Close But No Cigar,” “Do I Creep You Out,” “Trapped in the Drive-Thru,” and “Don’t Download This Song.” My …

First heard this album, there is the impression that quite disturbing saturation. Nuance of the song to song, impressed the same and no distinctions, although there are some songs that look outstanding when compared with the other songs. Most of the lyrics in this album talk about women and …

The Cathy CC Carlson: Girls Know How to Rock CD is one of the albums available on a website where singers can post their songs and sell their works independently. I had been to the site before but then was pointed in that direction by Cathy herself when …

The song Busy Man was a hit for country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and it’s a song I have loved since its release. In some ways, it’s not unlike Harry Chapin’s Cats in the Cradle, only it has a happier ending.
Composed by Robert Joseph Regan and George Gustav …

The Album: Reflections by After 7 from Sony Songs Inc., was released in 1995. Featuring some memorable tracks that made the love process go alot easier. Throwing this CD in especially on a rainy night with that special someone, or even if you have just lose that someone, you …

Overview - Reload, the second half of Metallica’s double album, continues with the style change Metallica introduced on Load but doesn’t really expand or develop it. Generally the album feels basically the same as Load felt for me: some of the songs were brilliant, some were solid, and some …

This is the band’s Fifth album and first for Roadrunner Records, released in 2004. This is a great album by the band, it’s smoother than anything the band has released before it, it is really heavy, and at times has a lot of melody, and could be classified as …

This is the second album released from heavy metal superstars Avenged Sevenfold. In comparison to the first album —˜City of Evil’, it’s just as heavy, just as raw, and just as brilliant. If you’re not a fan of metal music then I would stop reading this review right now! Not …

Ever since Arctic Monkeys burst onto the scene in 2006 with their debut album Whatever People Say I Am That Is What I Am Not there has been a growing interest about the British indie rock group. Combining lyrical wit with fast paced, edgy guitar sounds, the band …

I am constantly amazed at how long certain sub-genres of rock music can last these days with a bit of slight tweaking. On the surface I Am Empire are just another in a long line of second rung modern alternative radio rock bands that are seemingly pouring out from …

Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans and 112
“I’ll Be Missing You”
No Way Out
Bad Boy Records
Director: Hype Williams
Ah yes, the height of the Puff Daddy craze, this was it right here. Summer 1997. The two hottest songs of the year were Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems” and Puff Daddy’s “I’ll …

Since her first single Get the Party Started, I started to become a huge fan of Pink. I love her style, her body, attitude and performance. Actually of her songs are worth listening and even her videos are worth watching. Just like this song I am about to review …

Freight Train Blues is a song performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his self-titled debut record. The track opens up with a fairly hectic harmonica section and I will say right away that compared to other songs on Dylan’s debut album, Freight Train Blues has a bit more …

“Lost and Found” is Mudvaynes latest album, breaking them into a more mainstream sound, fusing their tribal/NU-Metal sound with a more radio friendly rock sound. “lost and Found” also marks the first album without the makeup and silly getup that Mudvayne has used to market themselves up to this …

“Caterpillar March” is the seventh song off of the stellar Kyuss album “Blues for the Red Sun” It is a rather short but powerful song, at only one minute and fifty six seconds in length. Despite being such a short song, “Caterpillar March” musters up more talent that can …

I was never really into Reggae as a genre of music but if I was ever to get into it then the legendary Bob Marley would serve as my personal entry point. All the more fitting I thought then, that his first album I would get is entitled —˜Legends’.
It …

New Faces is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Voodoo Lounge. New Faces starts off with a harpsichord part, something I wasn’t expecting at all, which gives the song sort of a royal or majestic feeling. Jagger comes in with the vocals of the …

No one puts her personal touch on something like Barbra Streisand does. She is without a doubt one of the greatest singers of all time. She puts all of herself into every number, and that shines through with sensitive and passionate numbers on Barbra - Back to …

I have come to terms with the fact that most song writers lose their edge as they get older, and create more and more boring music. I guess it is just a fact of aging that people calm down and get more settled into a decent lifestyle, then decide …

Mouth Wooed Her is a song by Animal Collective and the tenth song on their record Sung Tongs. Opening with a calming acoustic guitar pattern, the vocals enter the mix after about thirty seconds with a melody that initially didn’t win me over, but is one that’s grown on …

Jay-Z ft. Amil and Ja Rule
“Can I Get A…”
Volume 2… Hard Knock Life
Roc-A-Fella Records
After the lackluster sophomore album that was “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″, Jay-Z returned a year later with a vengeance with his third album “Volume 2… Hard Knock Life” and blew charts and listeners away, putting …

Released August 25, 1975 Born to Run was Springsteen’s third album and was what could be argued his “make or break” album. His two previous albums, “Greetings from Asbury Park N.J” and “The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle” had brought him critical acclaim and his local …

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 …

Switchfoot is a fairly new indie band that is emerging quite well in my area. I do not know if the rest of the country, or the world, for that matter, are aware of Switchfoot, but I really like this band and see them as a great up and …

“Horsemen of the Invisible” appears on the Secret Chiefs 3 album “Book M”. Now for those of you who are open to new music, I highly recommend checking this band out. They are incredibly talented and incorporate a ton of different instruments, from your standard guitars, bass, drums and …

Babylon is a song written by Scars On Broadway which appears on the track listing of their debut self-titled record. I will be very simple right now and say that I think this is the most developed track on the entire album and certainly has the best songwriting on …

Send It To Me is a song written by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Emotional Rescue. The track opens up with a very moving guitar riff by Richards and goes into a very reggae sounding rhythm for the verse of the song which obviously carries a …

I Ain’t Superstitious is a song by Willie Dixon that is performed by Megadeth for their album Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? The track starts off with a sort of blues-riff mixed with a very rock driven sound. You can tell right away once the main rhythm of the …

Chris Cagle is a country singer who always sings very different topics, like ones you wouldn’t really think to sing about. This song is about doing things to impress girls. And I like it because a lot of is true when it comes to men and woman. Men do …