The Vox AC15 CC is a 15watt class A tube amp that is something of an amalagam of previous AC 15 models. The amp is fairly big, and very heavy, weighing something in the neighborhood of 80 pounds, but it’s still easier lugging around than a halfstack.
The AC15 CC …

R. Kelly
“Feeling On Yo Booty”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
Director: Billie Woodruff.
We open in a R. Kelly’s bathroom inside his mansion to a close-up of him trimming his beard, then he’s sipping a drink while leaving his hair half-braided and half afro as he sits around a pool in his drawers and sings …

I thought Elliot Yamin got robbed in the American Idol when he was booted out at the top five of the competitions. Now after releasing his debut album, which has sold over seven million copies in America and more worldwide. I think the real America has spoken.
I love Elliot …

Anyone who’s seen the show “A Different World” (hit 1987 spinoff of sitcom, “The Cosby Show”) probably remembers the earthy, bohemian airhead named Freddy. Her real name is Cree Summer, and when you hear her slightly whiny, yet melodic voice on her debut album “Street Fairie“, you’ll …

‘Silent All These Years’ is a haunting and awakening song. The lyrics sing the tale of a young woman who has is down on herself, everyone is always on her case, and she never seems to live up to their expectations. Although the song was originally released in 1991, …

Who Wrote Holden Caulfield is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Kerplunk. The track opens up with a quick guitar riff and Armstrong’s vocals joining in quickly enough. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the guitar’s tone on this track because I sounds very …

Burning Bridges is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their record Obscured By Clouds. The track starts off in an extremely mellow and melodic mood with a very light organ melody primarily leading the song as it first starts off. Something interesting about the vocals of this …

“Everybody Plays the Fool” by The Main Ingredient is easily one of my favorite songs of all time. From the first time I heard it on the radio, the song clicked with me. It is so very true to the way love works that it causes me to tear …

I am a die hard metal fan, and so, like many die hard metal fans I love listening to the band Pantera, even though they have not been together for the longest while. Their albums from the early nineties remain my favourite too, and one of these albums is …

The song Jolean was sung by Dolly Pardon. This song reminds me of how several men cheat on their wives and how the wives will fight to keep their man. I’m not sure of why the women would want to fight for a man that cheated on them because …

Faaip De Oiad is a song by Tool which appears on their record Lateralus. The song starts out with some synthesizers and background noise which sets up a very eerie atmosphere which surrounds this entire album. Thus far the sound is very unsettling and once the chaotic drum pattern …

If you like Jazz, then this is a must buy. Rather than getting Billy Holiday or Nina Simone go for something a bit older. Fats Waller was one of the Jazz greats of the 20’s and 30’s and this double compilation CD shows exactly why. Don’t …

One of my favourite musicians when I was much younger was the musician Sheryl Crow. At the time though, I didn’t know what her name was and so I spent years upon years trying to figure out who it was that sung her songs. In fact, I didn’t even …

Marching Theme is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their debut record On Avery Island. Something I should point out about this song right away is that it’s an instrumental which is a song type the band has utilized twice thus far in their career (There …

Mean Disposition is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Voodoo Lounge. The track starts out in a typical rock fashion with a guitar riff and a driving drum pattern as well. Jagger quickly joins in with the vocals with an average melody which doesn’t …

Contra is the sophomore album by New York indie rock band Vampire Weekend. The opening track “Horchata” contains a rather calm verse that is occasionally punctuated by energetic drumming that reveals similar African roots as on their previous self-titled album. “White Sky” is a bouncy and whimsical track that …

This magical show was filmed at Wembley Arena back in April 2004 and the DVD was released in November 2005. I bought a copy as soon as it came out and I have to say that I haven’t stopped watching it since. I must have watched it a million …

Bounce is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second album, Toxicity. Right from the start the song is extremely aggressive and Tankian matches the intensity of the music with his own vocal delivery. The track is pretty hectic, although to no extreme sense, it …

P. Diddy ft. Usher and Loon
“I Need A Girl, Part One”
The Saga Continues…/We Invented The Remix
Bad Boy Entertainment
“I Need A Girl, Part One” serves as a third single and music video from P. Diddy’s third album “The Saga Continues…”, following “Let’s Get It”, “Bad Boy For Life”, and “Diddy”, …

When The Earth Moves Again is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Bark. The track opens up with a mix of violin, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and drums so as you can imagine, right from the start of this track the song has …

The Day That Never Comes, the first ballad on Death Magnetic, certainly is yet another good example of Metallica were being truthful when they said they let past records influence them on this album. Whereas the first half of this ballad (Let’s remember that the first half of Metallica …

The second cd by rapper “The Game” was titled “The Doctors Advorcate” but the title was deceptive since it included no tracks which were actually produced by Doctor Dre. The cd included the single “One Blood” which became a hit on the streets of New York and LA almost …

Rascal Flatts is one of the best country music groups that modern times have seen. They have a clear cut set of values when it comes to the music they record which gives them an awesome reputation along with the a very successful career. I love Rascal Flatts from …

Overview - Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan’s fifteenth effort, is a much better record than the past few records Dylan had put out at that time. The majority of the lyrics on this record are done from a storytelling point of view which Dylan proves he is still …

Spanish Castle Magic is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on their record Axis: Bold As Love. The track starts off with a very energetic guitar riff coming from Hendrix as Mitchell and Redding come in as well and definitely give the track an excellent rhythm, …

Sabaton is a heavy metal band that mainly sings in the same type of style and speed as other bands like Iron Maiden, or Metallica. I don’t know why they aren’t heard of any more than they are.
Sabaton can …

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 …

I’ve been recording music for about a year now in my house. I use the Tascam US-122 Interface and it works beautifully. On it you can control your headphones and Mic outputs. You can plug up to 2 mics into it and also any instrument such as keyboards, …

I received a “Lost Highway” cd by Bon Jovi for an early birthday present. I am a Bon Jovi fan from way back around when they first came out, I was in my teens.
I am aware this CD has been out since 2007, yet I have not got …

On Korn’s 1998 third album they hired Tod Mcfarlane to do the album artwork, the have a number of guest musicians including Fred Durst, Ice Cube, Tre Hardson of Pharcyde. The hidden track at the end of the album there is a cover of the Cheech and Chong song …

One of my all time favourite albums. The debut album by the jesus and mary chain. This album is a masterpiece, beautifully crafted pop songs covered in feedback and hidden behine a couple of walls of white noise. There isn’t another album like this, its filled …

See Emily Play is one of the early singles released by Pink Floyd which never appeared on a studio record but did show up as a single and then on some reissues of early records or compilation albums. The track starts off with a nice psychedelic sound organ lead …

This is the Canadian band’s third album, and second album for Roadrunner Records, released in 2007 with producer Joey Jordison of Slipknot, Fire up the Blades won me over. The band stated that the album is influenced by low quality beer and bong hits and listening to black metal …

Sounds of the Earth: Waterfall - Sounds Of The Earth Series is an audio CD that does not sound like much as it only offers the constant sound of waterfalls. However, I find that listening to the sound of falling water to be quite relaxing and pleasant. The recording …

When I watched the movie Step Up 3d there was a scene in which the actors where all breakdancing and the main actress and actor were showing their moves together, and the song had a really beat to it and it really stuck on my mind. I searched for …

Mono is a post-rock band from Japan that has amazed the fans of Mogwai Godspeed You! Black Emperor etc with their powerful mixture of guitar cascades and symphonic soundscape beauty. Karelia begins in the lowest possible tempo, but rises slowly to a ravaging sound, not the tiniest bit angry, …

Led Zeppelin took a chance with this album by including a folk influence that features interesting acoustic guitar and musicianship.This was about the time Led Zeppelin truly started to progress from their already popular brand of music.Over The Hills And Far Away features a distinctive feel and sound that …

Who could have blamed those who denied hope of any future for Nightwish? With Opera metal hidden so deeply in the Finnish shadows, surely anybody would feel threatened by a band with power metal guitar chords, techno inspired keyboard tunes and a lead singer trained in the style of …

I Don’t Live Today is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on their album Are You Experienced? The track opens up with an interesting play-off between a lead guitar line and an interesting drum pattern. Hendrix comes in with the vocal melody pretty much immediately and …

Before I truly got to listen to any of the band “Atreyu’s” music, I used to hear their name being thrown around a lot on several rock and metal music radio stations, as well as a on certain music cable television station. Something someone said to me one time …

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 …

Canadee-i-o is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Good As I Been To You. The track starts off with an acoustic guitar part as Dylan comes in with the vocals of the track. The thing that I’m noticing about Dylan’s voice …

Produced by Erik Rutan and Cannibal Corpse, released on Metal Blade Records in 2006, this is the band’s 10th album, and first not to feature explicit artwork, they decided to put the artwork intended for the cover on the inside of the album. Unlike most albums by the band …

Taylor Swift has done it again, with her Speak Now single. It is so amazing to listen to it. It is emotional yet funny. I can sense a genuine sincerity in her voice as she sings this song. The artist is known for spilling her …

Taylor Guitars have been a highly respected and trusted guitar maker for the last four decades. Since 1974, Bob Taylor and company have been making quality, high-end guitars. That is still true today with the Taylor GS guitar line. As a long time acoustic guitar …

I love music, and I love music videos. Lady Gaga has gotten a lot of exposure lately and she happens to be on my top list of good artists but her latest video has me wondering.
Love game is her latest video. Anyone notice the similarities between her and …

One More Weekend is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album New Morning. The starts off in a lazy and laid-back fashion with a blues sounding rhythm with Dylan coming in with the vocals. I don’t like the use of background vocals on this track as …

One band I have always liked is the band Marilyn Manson. I first fell in love with them in my early years of high school in the early two thousands, and I was especially excited when I was in my first year of high school and they released a …

The End Of Heartache is Killswitch Engage’s third album, second album on Roadrunner Records, and first album to feature vocalist Howard Jones as Jesse Leach’s replacement. The album was released in 2004, and like the last 2 albums was again produced by drummer Adam Dutkiewicz. If you are looking …

Soundgarden’s Flower is an aboslute must-have for any Garden fan, or any fan of rock music! The single contains two other fantasic songs: Toy Box and Head injury.
Released in ‘88, this three-track mini super album from Soundgarden is an absolute classic. Chris Cornell’s voice rips through the speakers, …