From the runways of Gucci last fall to the grand scale Chanel haute couture presentation, La roux’s tracks have reverberated across fashion shows and though the songs sound oddly familiar, it takes a few replays to munch and absorb all the ear-splitting synth pop beats then you start to …

I was surprised to see Star Buck’s Coffee Shop selling C.D.’s. I was more surprised to find the Martin Scorsese Soundtrack of ‘No Direction Home’, with Bob Dylan’s music, there. I bought one, in a hurry! In the 60’s, I was in high school, going to college, getting married, …

Overview —“ World Long Gone, the second music video and single released by Scars On Broadway is pretty much a performance music video, however there’s an audience to this performance, and these audience members carry the meaning of the song. I like this concept because it isn’t just a …

My kids think I’m old school because I mostly prefer country music now days. However every now and them I shock them when I listen to songs like ‘Stair Way to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin. What they don�t realize is I was a kid once too. That I …

Three Peaches is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their debut record On Avery Island. Opening up with a short horn introduction, Magnum comes in with the vocals of the track with a delivery that seems to have a slightly sad tone to it which matches …

Oneness by David & Steve Gordon is simply incredible. I think it is just about my favorite relaxing and calming audio CD that I have as part of my collection. The wind chimes, temple bells, traveling streams, flutes and more are just some of the instruments and sounds employed …

Bad Kids is a song by Black Lips which I initially heard on the soundtrack to the film 500 Days Of Summer. I will admit that I’m not that familiar with this band so my review will really focus on this song as a whole rather than being a …

Chemicals react is one of my favorite songs of all time. This is done by my favorite sister duo, Aly & AJ. This song is about having a chemical reaction with someone. This is considered a love song, and it’s a darn good one at that; if you like …

Desire is a song by Slayer which appears on their album Diabolus In Musica. The track starts off with an eerie sounding clean guitar part with a light drum rhythm behind it. This clean guitar continues to go on to play a very unpleasant and dissonant sounding riff which …

Hurt is a song by Nine Inch Nails which is the final track on their concept album, The Downward Spiral. Something to note about this song was that it was covered by Johnny Cash before the time of his death, but I’ll be focusing on the version by Nine …

Children Sing for Children: 25 Christmas Songs is a great purchase for this holiday season. I bought an audio CD of Children for Children and indeed the kids at home are having great time listening to this. I myself and the whole family do also enjoy the song …

“Move Along” by the All American Rejects is just an average album. To be quite honest, I kind of wish that I had not spent the money on this song. My overall opinion of this album is that there are a few good songs on the album but the …

I listen to a lot of musical artists that are around my age because they typically sing about subjects that are more relevant to me. Aly & AJ are a pair of sisters that sing together and have made multiple albums together. Insomniatic is one of their albums and …

For the past couple of months David Nail has been helping me past some really difficult things in my life. This includes accepting change.
This song, Strangers On A Train, will always have such a special place in my heart because no matter where I go in life, it …

Britney Spears has started out her career at a very young age. It was clear that she was always driven and determined to succeed. Her first gig was as a singer in the very successful show at the time The Mikey Mouse Club. Later on she kept on …

The song Critical by the Jonas Brothers, which is found on their new Jonas L.A. album, is a really amazing song. The lyrics of the song are pretty simple, yet cute and touching at the same time. The song mainly features the vocals of singer Nick Jonas, the youngest …

Ticket To Ride is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Help. I’ll say right now that among the earlier records by The Beatles, this track is one of the few which stands out to me as being a very well developed song and certainly a …

So recently i picked up a cd alot diffrent from the music i am usually interested in and decided to review it and tell you all what i thought.
Melanie Gent is a local Folk singer/songwriter that sings straight from the heart with deep insightful lyrics and unpredictable chord changes.She …

Up From The Skies is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on their album Axis: Bold As Love. The track starts off with an interesting rhythm on drums by Mitch Mitchell and a wah-wah riff on guitar from Hendrix along with his vocals singing over all …

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 …

I discovered the folk metal band Eluveitie who are from Switzerland when one of their songs was playing on a heavy metal radio station used to listen to a lot some years ago. At the time, it was my first encounter with folk metal, and I liked what I …

One of my guilty pleasures is listening to dance music rave, euro-dance and euro-pop from the nineteen nineties. I guess it’s a little strange judging from my personality and my other likes and dislikes, but I believe it stems from me hearing it so much, and liking the dance …

Well, here it is folks….. I am happy to declare that Awaken The Guardian by Fates Warning is one of, if not THE best progressive metal in the history of the genre.
At the moment i am trying to quickly re-listen to each and every one the …

The band Type O Negative perhaps are just trying to be funny and they certainly don’t lack in the humor department. Perhaps that what makes the Drab Four different from other goth band, they make doom and gloom music so damn fun. They open up their Bloody Kisses …

When I was much younger, one of my favourite singers was the woman Tina Turner. These days, I still appreciate her and her music, but my appreciation just is not as strong as it was back in the day.
There were several things I had admired about this performer …

Any Van Halen fan knows one of their worst selling albums with David Lee Roth is Fair Warning. The reason it didnt sell as much but still charted some hits on the billboard was because fans loved what they did with this album but it didn’t appeal to many …

One More Cup Of Coffee is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Desire. The song opens up with a simple acoustic guitar strumming pattern accompanied by a brief bass fill before a violin comes in which stays constant throughout the majority of this song. Thus …

The new Jay-z American Gangster album is Jay-z 10th solo studio album. The concept of the album title and album itself is from the movie American Gangster. With jay-z being such an hip hop legend, and a great artist I expected nothing but the best from him. So as …

Jay-Z
“Girl’s Best Friend”
“Blue Streak” Motion Picture Soundtrack
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Girl’s Best Friend” is a single and music video off of the motion picture soundtrack for the Martin Lawrence-led crime/action/comedy film “Blue Streak” (1999). Is it me or does Jay-Z always get picked to record for some of the dumbest, stupid, and …

The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Self Portrait. The first thing to take note of on this track is that it is a live track so the production isn’t quite as good as the rest of the album …

The Buffet E11 Clarinet- The standard-issue clarinet that schools give out (if they can afford better than a Yamaha or Jupiter).
First Impression: My first thought when I saw the E11 was that it had a nice build to it- it looked a lot sleeker than it’s predecessor. I …

This is one of my theme songs at the moment. This song is contagious and once you hear it, it is stuck in your head for quite a while. I could care less because this song represents incredible music that is hard to get the words to describe. I …

The Fallen Angel is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Brave New World. The best way that I can describe the instrumental opening of this track is that it has a very driving sound to it both from the three guitarists, Harris’ galloping rhythm, and …

Remember both of these singers and girl group band..? They are Eternal and R&B singer Monica. I love the song that both of them have sung and that is called Angel of Mine.
Eternal is a UK band and they have sung this Angel of Mine version …

Attak is a great piece of music. If you haven’t yet heard about this album, and about the band KMFDM, it is quite possible that not many roads will lead you to this piece of music, but that would be a real loss for any music lover, and I …

Mahogany Dust is a husband wife acoustic duo that does most spoken soul performances. But they just released an album called “Experience” that I was quite surprised by. That is because there is more production on the song that I expected. There are …

Gavin DeGraw is an American singer which specializes in the rock and pop rock genres of music. He is a very talented individual as far as I am concerned and his new song entitled “In Love with a Girl” seems to be very popular.
The first time I heard this …

People II 2: Still Peoplin’ is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad which appears on their 2011 release, Knife Man. Opening up with a light vocal section, an acoustic guitar rhythm can be heard strumming along before the first verse comes in which features a vocal delivery where the …

P. Diddy ft. Keyshia Cole
“Last Night”
Press Play
Bad Boy Entertainment
“Last Night” is the third single and music video from P. Diddy’s fourth album titled “Press Play”, following “Come To Me” and “Tell Me”. All I have to say is this is the best single out of all of them from …

Many people would say Lady Gaga’s new album “The Fame Monster” is not a good album. I can see where they are coming from. There are only eight different songs, and it is hard to understand any of them. However, to me, it is quickly becoming one of my …

More than a year ago or so, everyone was so devastated to hear that the heartthrob member Zayn Malik of the highly-popular band One Direction decided to leave the band. At that point, no one was sure why he decided to leave a band so popular. However, just a …

As I mentioned in a couple other reviews, I like dance and electronic music. However, at one point in my life, I had a love for eighties dance and new wave music. Now most of what I would hear would be from listening to songs being played on the …

Pantera released “Official Live:101 Proof” in 1997.It showcases the band’s awesome live performance and delivers in every aspect.Many bands dread recording the live album because it captures their music in it’s most vulnerable state.However, Pantera succeed at doing this because they stick to raw materials to begin with.The live …

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 …

Sweet Home Alabama is a song done by Lynyrd Skynyrd. This is one of the songs that most popular when I was a teenager. We used to listen to it the most when we would go roller skating. It is not a bad song but most of …

For someone that grew up watching re-runs of 1950s, 1960s and 1970s situation comedies, westerns and cop shows, this audio CD is fun to listen to. Nowadays, theme songs seem to be a dying breed, with more and more television shows abandoning an opening and instead opting for nothing …

Stovokor has some interesting sounds and I could relate to this death metal music but at one point, I did get “disgusted” and felt that the music were all kind of ill-tempered and definitely harsh and filthy. But I would like to take the benefit of the doubt …

If I had to quickly sum up the song “Jesus of Suburbia” by Green Day, I would have to say that it is a teen angst anthem surrounding the lives lived by most suburban teens.
The song was featured on the “American Idiot” rock opera album and has spawned a …

This is one of my favorite songs at the moment. As an artist, Jason Derulo is catching my eye more and more with every song he realeases. He is what I consider a matured Justin Bieber, his songs are really matured but they are still cute songs about that …