Elvin’s Tales are a rising star in the world of European folk music. They have been around for just a year and half, but their music has already drawn the attention of the public.
Their compositions are not just your everyday Beer Pub Songs - their meaning goes deeper into …

Before I even knew the name of their band, U2 was already one of my favourite rock bands back in the nineteen nineties when I was a little girl. All this was possible, thanks to the songs on their album “The Joshua Tree” which came out in the late …

Few people outside of the professional musical theatre world have yet to experience “Bright Lights, Big City.” Although some productions of this new show (a rock-musical with music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman) have begun to spring up in such cities as Philadelphia, the off-Broadway run of this …

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 …

Greyhoundredux is a song by MGMT which appears on their first record, Climbing To New Lows. What’s interesting about Greyhoundredux is that it’s an instrumental track which surprised me to be honest. I mentioned in my review of Honey Bunny that you really can’t expect a young new band …

I have been a huge fan on Troye Sivan ever since he released his debut single “The Fault in Our Stars” a few years back. His voice is eternally soothing, he’s not in for the great vocals you’ll find in Ed Sheeran or Bruno Mars songs but there’s definitely …

I like when singers perform they act accoustic because it’s shows to their fans about their real vocal quality. Like this one, Nobody’s home singing by Avril Lavigne. I don’t know where’s Avril Lavigne perform accousticly, I just hear it in bonus track in her second album, Under My …

I do not usually get very excited over indie bands, and indie rock music on a whole, but after hearing a few songs from the Canadian indie rock band “The New Pornographers”, I decided that not all indie rock bands are monotonous after all.
One of the biggest …

The Dance, sung by Garth Brooks, holds different meaning to different people. For me, it is about the death of a child. To others, it is about lost love. It truly can be whatever you want it to be about. This is one of my favorite Garth Brooks songs. …

“The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey” is a song by the Bloodhound Gang. This song appears off their album “Hooray for Boobies”. “The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey” is one of the later tracks on the album, at being number 17.
The song you might notice is 10 …

System Of A Down is the band’s self titled 1998 debut album, produced by Rick Rubin and released on American Records. The album is dark, fast, loud and tight, the album is by far heavier and angrier than System Of A down’s future albums, the future albums feature more …

The first song I heard off this album was Heads Will Roll. It took place a rather long time ago. I was lying on the sofa, watching TV, MTV, and this song came on. I was probably in my second or third academic year at the university. When I …

Another talented person in my eyes would be Tracy Chapman. You just need to listen to Our Bright Future by Tracy Chapman to know that she is a real singer and the real deal. Most of her songs are about life and love in general and sometimes about …

I feel very lucky to have this guitar amplifier. I get this amp in the former used musical instrument shop, good for me this amplifier is still in excellent condition.
First time I see this amp directly fall in love, and take my guitar and start playing.
Extraordinary! The characters sound …

Lonely Day is a song by System Of A Down and is the penultimate track on Hypnotize, the second half of their double album Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Something to take note of is that Daron Malakian takes lead vocals on this track and this really isn’t a song to be listening …

In The Flowers is a song by Animal Collective and is the opening track on their record Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up gradually, In The Flowers starts out with random noises here and there before a more definitive rhythm is established in the song for the vocals to come …

There is something to be said for a song that seems to at first say one thing, through its music and lyrics, then completely changes up the tone of the entire song using a slight variation of those same lyrics and same music. It surprises you initially, then you …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Anything”
Album: It’s About Time/”Above The Rim” Soundtrack
Label: RCA Records/Interscope Records
“Anything” is the fifth single and music video from SWV’s debut album “It’s About Time”, following “Right Here” (including “Right Here - Human Nature Mix”), “I’m So Into You”, “Weak”, and “Downtown”. “Anything” is also a single and …

First time I hear ‘Walking On a Dream’ from Empire of The Sun, I really want to listen to this song more and more. First, I don’t know who sing this good song, until i search on Google with some part of lyrics as a keyword and finally I …

I have a certain fondness for folky pop music, and an even greater fondness for female rock singers. Eisley is an amazing example of both these qualities, and “Invasion” is one of my favorite songs in their catalog. Making a song in the folk/pop genre as interesting as this …

Holy mother of God, out of nowhere one of my favorite alternative/hipster band twenty one pilots dropped a new song! And not just a new random song, it is a song for one of my most anticipated films this year Suicide Squad! Guys, if you haven’t heard it, I …

In the song Montana off the Apostrophe album Zappa explains his life as if he were a cattle rancher in the state of Montana. The vocals in this song are interesting because Frank utilizes a lot of metaphors like dental floss being compared to rope it’s kind of funny. …

As one of the most popular country music songs between the years 2003 and 2005, the song ‘Sweet Southern Comfort’ by the first ever ‘Nashville Star’ winner Buddy Jewell is one that I will never be able to shake from my mind.
This wonderfully written song follows country music …

This song came out a couple years ago when I actually liked Rihanna. Now, I just can’t stand her music. This song is really upbeat and is a great song to play in a club or at a school dance. I like music that I can have fun dancing …

I first heard about the group “A Perfect Circle” in my final years of high school. At that time I didn’t consider them as my favorite band, or even one of my favorites. However, I did love the few songs I heard from them which as the time …

Uh Huh Her is an indie electronic pop band made up of Leisha Hailey (of The L Word fame) and Camilla Grey. Common Reaction is their first album release so far, although their second album is apparently completed and is due soon for release, possibly sometime next year in …

Saturday’s Warrior, just an inspiration play that is beyond words, has many memorable songs from it, all from the hands of lyricist Doug Stewart and Lex De Azevedo, who did the music while also serving as the play’s producer. My third favorite song from this play is a …

Song Of The Century is a song by Green Day which is the opening track of their most recent record, 21st Century Breakdown. The song opens up with a bit of noise which is similar to radio static, giving the track a vintage type of feel. Armstrong comes in …

Eric Clapton is a person that I admire for his musical abilities such as song writing, singing and instrument playing. Eric Clapton has produced so many albums over the years, and he has played in a number of bands such as The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek And The …

Bon Iver is the name of a music project started by Justin Vernon of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. For Emma, Forever Ago is his debut album, released on Jagjaguwar Records, after he recorded it in his father’s winter cabin.
For Emma, Forever Ago is a beautiful album, full of Justin Vernon’s …

On A Highway is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their EP release entitled Fall Be Kind. Opening up instrumentally, On A Highway takes about a minute to establish a mood before Tare comes in with the vocals for the song. The issue that I have with …

U2 is an Irish rock band and when I get in the mood I like to listen to their music. I decided I would give their CD entitled “How to dismantle an atomic bomb” a listen today as I have not listened it for a while and felt like …

Listening to this song when Im totally mad about something, it makes you realize what good music really is. It provokes an emotion inside of you, thats exactly what this song does. Eminem may be known for his dirty lyrics and choice language but he is one of the …

Lil’ Kim ft. Mr. Cheeks
“The Jump Off”
La Bella Mafia
Queen Bee Entertainment/Atlantic Records
Lil’ Kim hadn’t made an album since 2000 at this point and that was her second effort, “The Notorious K.I.M.”, which featured such hits as “No Matter What They Say” and “How Many Licks?”. I’m starting to notice …

Def Leppard are one of Britain’s most successful rock bands. They were one of the pioneers of the 80s hard rock sound, achieving massive, million selling success in the 1980s. In the 1990s, their music was no longer fashionable and their career took a slump. They changed their sound …

R&B Sensation Trey Songz released his 5th album in August 2012, titled “Chapter V”. It debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. Trey Songz has been on a span of hit records since the Step Up 3D Soundtrack single “Already Taken”, to the singles for this album which …

The Electro Harmonix Poly Chorus is an all analog effects pedal for guitar. It has four different modes of function, first is the filter matrix, the filter matrix is basically a stationary flanger, you can determine the exact point in the sweep you want to isolate and how …

I have seen John Legend before, during one of his duet performance with Mariah Carey in one of the award show, but he did not really strike me as an outstanding singer until I heard his song - Ordinary People.
I was practically speechless when I first heard it played …

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 …

The Hard Rock band Tesla has always been one of my favorite bands and they were different then most of those glam bands in the Mid 80’s with not only their hard rock looks but with also their Blues/Hard Rock sound. One of the great albums by them …

Right Back is a song by Sublime and is the fourteenth song on their debut album, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening up with a pretty standard reggae rhythm, Right Back unfortunately seems to lose the unique sound that I thought Sublime achieved with the previous song on the record, …

Ebin is a song by Sublime which appears on their debut record 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening up with a nice bass line, Nowell comes in with a vocal performance which at first seems more like fast spoken word. Although this didn’t win me over initially, Nowell soon starts …

The song Sailing On is from the play Saturday’s Warrior. All of the songs lyrics are by Doug Stewart and the music is by Lex De Azevedo, who also produced the play. The version I adore the most is sung by Cam Clarke, who some might know …

Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Bringing It All Back Home. Beginning with an outtake of the band recording, the track soon launches into the actual recording of the track which immediately has some differences to Dylan’s songs on the …

Rascal Flatts singing about heart break is also heartbreaking. They know how to get their audience to feel emotion and that’s extremely important for singers to do. This song talks about how hard it is to love someone who does not love you back. Even if you can’t relate …

As a longtime fan of progressive/experimental music, I often gravitate towards sound patterns that seem to buck the norm, and stand out as truly not heard in mainstream music. Closure in Moscow usually does a pretty decent job of creating songs that sound as though they were never meant …

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 …

The first time i heard this album was around 3 years ago. A friend had bought it after watching Emiliana Torrini live on Youtube and gushing about her for weeks. Previously, i’d only heard a couple of singles from her first album (Love in the time of Science) & …

Overview - Fear Of The Dark, Iron Maiden’s ninth effort, follows with the traditional standards I have for an Iron Maiden album: great vocal performance, excellent guitar riffs, harmonies, and solos, and just great songwriting in general. Most of Fear Of The Dark follows through on these standards aside …

At first, I was going to write a bad review for Placebo’s new track “Battle For the Sun” off the album of the same name. Then I took a chance to hear it for a second time. It wasn’t as bad as the first time I’d heard it when I …