A few days ago i got my hands on the Digitech Grunge distortion. At first it seemd like any other gadget on my pedal board but when I pluged in my guitar, with a set of seymore duncan pickups in it, I just heard this wild roar with a …

An excellent choice for any beginner banjo player . The low profile neck satin finish and rock maple rim make this banjo a keeper . I began on a cheap Asian banjo , that offered a very hollow sound similar to playing in a a cave , for …

Hey Light is a song by Animal Collective and the second to appear on their fourth record, Here Comes The Indian. Continuing in a similar way to the previous track on the record, Hey Light opens up with a somewhat chaotic sounding introduction, but thankfully the band doesn’t go …

This is a great record. Interpol is a very talented band, and I personally believe that this is their best record. The debut album sounded rather messy, whereas the albums that were released after this one have rather lazy song-writing. Whereas the 2004 Antics is a fantastic record with …

Too Much Blood is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Undercover. The track opens up with a distinct drum rhythm along with a steady bass line and even a brass section as well. Thus far the track has a very funk like feel to …

As far as my musical taste goes, I would say that I am more of a soul, and rap type of guy, but there are always about four or five songs from all genres that I really enjoy and thus add to my collection.
Of all the genres though, I …

Long way to go by Cassie is a song about how this girl is saying this guy has a long way to go before he can even date her. This song is another song I like by cassie because it’s about a girl making a guy wait because he …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: 8 Days of Christmas
Album: 8 Days of Christmas
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Sanaa Hamri
“8 Days of Christmas” is a promotional single and music video off of Destiny Child’s 2001 Christmas album of the same name. Directed by Sanaa Hamri (who also directed “Nasty Girl” for them), the music …

There is no doubt that Queen are a band for classics and Under Pressure was another from this category. I suppose when your front man is Freddie, who has an audience in the palm of his hand then you can achieve anything you want.
Funnily enough, Under Pressure, I suppose …

Overview - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, the debut album by Pink Floyd, is an album that I would categorize as being extremely experimental, layered, complex, psychedelic, and even spacey at times. Surprisingly, the band did not really go for any commercial appeal with this album at …

I watched Making the Band on MTV once or twice, simply because I like entertainment and like to see what the new singing groups are going to come up with next. When I saw Day 26 on the program I was so disappointed. I have …

Aenima is the title track for a record released by Tool. The track starts off with a heavy sounding guitar rhythm which leads into a very nice and heavy sounding rhythm once the bass and drums come in. The verse of the song is actually led by a bass …

I first heard this CD playing on a machine in a gift shop at callaway Gardens. It is a relaxing ambient type of cd, but melodic and not completely random sounds like some relaxation works are. These songs are performed by Chris Phillips, and is one in the line of …

Overview - Side I of The Wall, Pink Floyd’s most complex and detailed concept record, introduces the main character of this record and also explains a bit about him. Surprisingly, after re-listening to this side of the record I’d honestly have to say that for the most part, it …

Tool’s 1993 album Undertow is not only my favorite Tool album it may be my favorite album period. Intolerance is a heavy riffing straight up metal song, on Prison Sex they drop the low E to a B to get the extra crunch of the song, the lyrics like …

If you want to know where to start listening to Sonic Youth, so that to get right to the heart of the band and understand who they are, there is a trilogy of consecutive albums which would do the job best of all. I mean the albums released in …

Overview —“ Hypnotize, the second half of System Of A Down’s double album release Mezmerize/Hypnotize, is a good album to pick off where Mezmerize left off and continue in a similar style, feel, and sound as the aforementioned album. I’m not positive but I believe that both were completed …

Hey Vanessa is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the final track on their debut album, No Randy No. I’ll mention right from the start that Hey Vanessa is a cover of an Elliot Smith song. Opening up with a quick vocal delivery, Sledding With Tigers take …

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 …

One Time is a debut song of the Canadian Singer 16 year old artist Justin Bieber. Redzone Entertainment produces it. One of the songs that is part of the album, My World. I admit, it sounds cool at the first time I heard it and when I get used …

House of Blues Dallas, TX 10/7/2010
After a fun set from local troubadour, Scott Copeland, the sold out HOB audience anxiously anticipated the headliner: Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses. As they took the stage, the crowd broke into frenzy.
Fresh off the release of their 3rd album and with …

I recently came across a featured video on youtube by a hardcore band named Revocation. The song Is called Dismantle the Dictator and even though im not a big hardcore kind of metal guy. Im more into the classic rock style and some other styles of rock. I really …

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 …

Soil is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their self-titled debut record. The track opens up with a quick guitar riff which has a nice sound to it but actually doesn’t start out too aggressively. However, once the bass and drums start up the guitar …

This is Sepultura’s 11th album, it is a concept album and a tribute to the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange. The album was released January 23 of 2009, in my opinion the first highly anticipated metal album of the year, my hopes were really high, I love A …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Green Light”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Melina and Beyonce
“Green Light” is the eighth and final music video and single (followed by “Deja Vu”, “Ring the Alarm”, “Irreplaceable”, “Upgrade U”, “Beautiful Liar”, “Suga Mama”, and “Get Me Bodied”) from Beyonce’s second album titled “B-Day”. For the millionth time, Beyonce once …

Artist: SWV
Video: “I’m So Into You”
Album: It’s About Time
Label: RCA Records
Director: Lionel C. Martin
“I’m So Into You” is the second single and music video from SWV’s debut album “It’s About Time”, following “Right Here”. Directed by Lionel C. Martin, who directed some of Aaliyah’s very first music videos, SWV’s …

Love him or hate him, Steve Austin knows how to make music. And when it comes to releasing the ninth and hopefully not last record, Pain is Warning, I am reminded on how much of a creative genius Steve Austin can be. Think of Austin as an underground music …

Sad But True, the second song off of Metallica’s self-title album, certainly slows down the tempo and focuses on a heavy feel rather than a fast approach to the song. If you can think of a song like The Thing That Should Not Be, although slightly more commercial, I’d …

Overview —“ White Light/White Heat, The Velvet Underground’s second album, is an album which was far less straightforward then their debut album and every song on here, with the exception of one, has at least one pretty unique thing as far as songwriting goes in my opinion. Lou Reed …

A friend of mine who decided that they were going to get me hooked to indie pop music as well, decided that they were going to introduce me to an Australian indie pop band called “The Lucksmiths”. I think that they started their band in the nineteen nineties or …

Josef K were a short-lived four-piece post-punk band. The paranoia and brittleness implicit in their namesake, the protagonist in Frank Kafka’s “The Trial” was echoed by their sound. They played spare, taut, danceable discount funk. For those looking for comparison, this can be likened to Fear of Music era …

One of my new favorite songs off of the new Slash album is By the Sword. The track features Wolfmother singer and guitarist Andrew Stockdale. I think Slash did a good job on having him sing for this song. It really fits his style as a rock vocalist …

One of my favorite songs and one I suggested with my friend who was suffering from a break up with her boyfriend. Over it is a song about moving on with confidence. She is trying her man to believe that she can stand up after a fall. This song …

Wave of Mutilation is the third song off of the pixies 1989 album Doolittle. While many state Surfer Rosa as the overall best Pixies album, I would have to disagree and say Doolittle is my favorite album of theirs. There are so many great tracks off of it, with …

Isha Bina is a fantastic melody song from the Hindi movie Taal. The movie is directed by Subhash Ghai. The song casts are Akshay Khanna and Aishwarya Rai. A.R.Rehman composed the music for this song. The song sung by Sonu Nigam and Sujatha. …

Live & Loud by Ozzy Osbourne album is definitely a good one and a blast at that. I love listening to this album track so much that whenever I go for a ride in the car or something. And sometimes during my late nights, I do listen …

Please Mister Postman is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album With The Beatles. I’m aware that this song is just a cover so I can’t really talk about the songwriting or the structure of the track, even thought it basically follows a traditional pattern which …

I first discovered Jessie J through her first single, Price Tag, on the Top 40 List. It was a very catchy tune with a simple message and an upbeat attitude which is perfect for a summer song. I then saw her perform her music video for Who …

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, …

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 …

Whats er name by green day is a song that talks bout how a guy thinks he sees a girl he once dated and he is now thinking about her again but he can not remember her name but he remembers her face. He now is wondering how she …

This album is a remarkable work of art. There is an atmosphere on this record which is unparalleled. If the previous U2 album was brilliant, this album is post-brilliant. The previous album, Achtung Baby is a collection of very strong tracks, whereas this album feels more effortless and easy. …

‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ is the new song from Kelly Clarkson. First time I hear this single, I didn’t realize that this is Kelly Clarkson’s song because its sounds a little bit different for me.
This song is still bring the pop rock melodic, but I think this …

The Greater Good is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album Year Zero. The song opens up with an eerie synthesizer part along with an electronic drum rhythm which gives the song that very dark industrial atmosphere characteristic to Nine Inch Nails. Thus far everything …

For those of you who don’t already know, Children of the Corn (not to be confused with the Stephen King book/movie) is a rap group that was formed in the early 90’s in Harlem, NY. This group consisted of Camron, Ma$e, Big L, Herb Mcgruff and Bloodshed. “Biscuits and …

Overview —“ Hero Of The Day, the second music video released by Metallica for the album Load, continues in the sort of strange symbolism that the band first introduced with Until It Sleeps. I don’t mean to come off as sounding as if symbolism is bad in music videos, …

My favorite hip hop artist of all time is the Big Dog, Snoop Dogg. I have the collection of all his albums and I think I can acclaim myself as one of his biggest fans of all time.
There was a time when I was really into Snoop’s stuff, I …

If you haven’t heard of Tori Amos, you have missed out on one of the most original, incredible and absolutely riveting female alternative performers in the last half century.
Amos (real name Myra Ellen Amos) is the daughter of a preacher who was considered a piano prodigy and was admitted …

This has got to be the most creative way to ask someone to marry you, but I have to admit that it is a bit weird. But Jagged Edge makes weird sound really good. I know that if someone asked me to marry them like this and they sounded …