Music Reviews
Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint
Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint is a full-length album composed by minimalist/experimental composer Steve Reich. It was released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. The pices are both long (Different Trains| about 27 mintutes long, Electric Counterpoint| 15 minutes long), and are both divided into three movements. Different Trains was composed in …
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (Music Video)
Overview —“ 21st Century Breakdown, the latest music video released for the album of the same name is a music video that goes with an approach that Green Day never went with previously, they approach it by animating the video through graffiti. The music video still follows the traditional …
The Beat of My Heart by Hilary Duff
This song makes no sense, but then again, it’s being sung by a teenager who knows nothing really about love. Not only that, this song really annoying due to that fact that it’s hard on the ears. The majority of this song is repeating itself over and over again …
Bob Dylan - In My Time Of Dyin’ (Song)
In My Time Of Dyin’ is a traditional arranged and performed by Bob Dylan for his self-titled debut record. The song starts off with a folk sounding acoustic guitar riff primarily in the right channel and Dylan comes in with the vocals of the track primarily in the left …
Sounds of the Earth: Waterfall - Sounds Of The Earth Series
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 …
Mumford And Sons - White Blank Page (Song)
White Blank Page is a song by Mumford and Sons which appears on their debut album Sign No More. The track opens up with an acoustic guitar pattern which also has some nice bass fills throughout the intro as well before the vocals also join in the track. Following …
Billy Gilman: One Voice CD
Billy Gilman: One Voice CD is the CD that started it all for this country singer. I have always been very impressed with Gilman. He had the right attitude as a young boy, apparently thanks to parents who kept him grounded and had the right kind of …
Goodies (2004): Ciara ft. Petey Pablo
Ciara ft. Petey Pablo
“Goodies”
Goodies
LaFace Records
Director: Benny Boom
Newcomer R&B female singer Ciara blows it up with her first single and music video, “Goodies”, an interesting combination of crunk and R&B. The song refers to virginity and female empowerment. The female refuses to be an object as a complex beat booms …
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
If anyone in the United States of America or the United Kingdom hasn’t heard of Kings of Leon by now then you must have been living on another planet for the last 12 months! For those of you that have no idea who Kings of Leon are, they are …
Album : Damon Fowler - Devil Got His Way (2011)
While this release is being marketed as an electric-blues album, the actual truth is that it’s a bit of a mixture. Across the album Damon Fowler flirts with a few different kinds of blues like swamp blues, delta blues and electric blues, but also adds some honky-tonk country elements …
Slayer - Haunting The Chapel
Overview —“ Haunting The Chapel, Slayer’s first EP, is three tracks which pass by incredibly fast and all have an extremely aggressive feel to them. The drumming by Lombardo, who is one of the few drummers who I actually tend to pay attention to, is excellent as always and …
Album : Protest The Hero - Scurrilous (2011)
No band in the last few years has been the center of so much debate as Protest the Hero. On one side of the fence there is the haters that will not give them a fair go bacuae they have some ties with the metal-core landscape. But on the …
Bob Dylan - The Man In Me (Song)
The Man In Me is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record New Morning. This song is actually pretty well known not so much because the album was good, as it wasn’t, but because it’s the opening song for the film The Big Lebowski. As a …
Stand up for Love (song) from Destiny’s Child
Stand up for love is an inspirational song coming from Destiny’s Child. I feel goose bumps every time it is playing. The message of this song is truly for the victims of Hurricane Katrina although it was written even before the hurricane happens. It makes my heart soft and …
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (Song)
The Downward Spiral is the title track for a record released by Nine Inch Nails. The track starts off with just some noise in the background which gradually grows louder and certainly helps in creating a very dark and eerie mood which is really just rampant throughout this entire …
“Feelin’ It” (1997): Jay-Z ft. Mecca
Jay-Z ft. Mecca
“Feelin’ It”
Reasonable Doubt
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Feelin’ It” is the final single and music video from Jay-Z’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt”, it follows “Dead Presidents”, “Ain’t No Playa”, and “Can’t Knock The Hustle”. This time, Jay-Z decides to sample “Pastures” by a jazz music artist named Ahmad Jamal. Jay-Z is …
These Are My People - Rodney Atkins
“These Are My People” Is a song by popular American country music artist, Rodney Atkins. Country Music in general is a genre that I enjoy thoroughly in every aspect of it, from the memorable lyrics to the up-beat and catchy tunes, guitar riffs and the voices. There have been …
MGMT - Pieces Of What (Song)
Pieces Of What is a song by MGMT which appears on their second release, Oracular Spectacular. At this point in the album, the previous six tracks have all been brilliant, but unfortunately I’d say Pieces Of What is where the album goes from brilliant to just sort of solid. …
We are broken- Paramore
When you heard about Paramore, I’m sure you will feel emo with this band, with their song or their style. They made many song that really rock when I hear it. This song, we are broken is different compare with the other song. It’s melodic is slower and don’t …
End Of An Ear music shop Austin TX
If you love music, as I do, you will regularly be hunting down not only brand new music, but looking for the older stuff, too. hey, I am not too proud to say that I own a turn table and can listen to actual records! A lot of my …
Josh Groban Awake Live DVD
The Josh Groban Awake Live DVD is awesome. It was the taped, but edited, performance of Groban’s Salt Lake City concert. Apparently, he’d performed there on his first tour and wanted to return and tape this live performance. The only reason I pointed out the edited …
Santamental by Steve Lukather and friends
Backing by musicians such as Slash, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Greg Bissonette, Simon Phillips, Sammy Davis Jr. and Lenny Castro, there is no reason for you to feel scared listening to the roar of guitars played by Steve Lukather and his friends.This album is dominated by …
Plain White Ts band
When I first heard about the band Plain White Ts I was a bit hesitant to listen to their music as I usually am with a lot of these young, modern and popular bands. This is because I think that many of these bands seem to have a very …
OK Computer, 1997 Album by Radiohead
This album is of course very influential. It became very popular, and many bands tried to copy its sound. But, as far as I am concerned, I do not think that this album is perfect. For me this album consists of several elements, and while some of them are …
Mistah FAB
Mistah FAB is a great rapper. I really like and enjoy his music. He is a good rapper from the city of Oakland CA. He is known as the freestyle king because he is a great battle rapper who destroys rappers on the mic. He is part of the Bay …
Fergie’s song Big girls don’t cry
Big girls don’t cry is by Fergie. It is a song about a woman talking about her boyfriend breaking up with her and she is saying big girls don’t cry because she is not crying. She figured it would happen. The woman also in the song talks about …
True Grit (2010 Film)
True Grit is a 2010 film directed by the Coen Brothers which stars Jeff Bridges as a United States marshal hired by a fourteen year old girl, Mattie Ross, to help her track down the killer of her father, Tom Chaney. In more recent months, it seems as if …
Warbringer- “Waking into Nightmares” music album
Warbringer U.S. debut a year ago the album “War Without End.” I remember how I got him to describe, not knowing quite what to expect. The wave of retro-thrash bands that inspired the old masters are trying to boards of their power in the now very popular genre might …
Cherry pie by Warrant
Cherry pie by Warrant is a song that most guys I know now days still like cause of the lyrics even though it seems perfectly harmless it’s not sorry. This song is another one that if weren’t for my friends I would have never grown to like it as …
AFI Miss Murder and Prelude Music Video
I love A Fire Inside’s Music video for Prelude and Miss Murder. Davey Havok and Jade Pudget are so hot.Davey Havok is a great poet. I love they way he writes he lyrics. The Prelude song is like a lullaby. The girl putting the paper in her mouth, and …
Tainted Love (song by, Soft Cell)
I remember when I first heard Tainted Love on a radio station when I was visiting the United States. I was immediately hooked to this song but little did I realize it was quite an old song already. About 16 years old or just a bit more really.
I actually …
The Hangover (Film)
The Hangover is a film directed by Todd Phillips which focuses on a bachelor party gone completely wrong in Las Vegas where three friends lose their friend whose getting married. I’ve seen the movie twice and to be honest both times I thought it was pretty funny. I will …
Demi Lovato - Skyscraper (Song)
I never really pay attention to Demi Lovato. All of a sudden, her new single released and it was everywhere. It also went straight to #1 on itunes. I was so surprised so I did a little research and found out she had eating disorders, cut herself, and went …
Korn Issues
This 1999 album was recorded in Hollywood California and in Atlanta Georgia, released just a year after their last “Follow The Leader” and this time features album art by the winner of a contest, 4 different cover art was available, inside there are a bunch of runner ups. The …
Album : Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
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 …
“I Believe I Can Fly” (1996): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“I Believe I Can Fly”
“Space Jam” Soundtrack
Jive Records
Director: Hype Williams
R. Kelly decides to put away the sex-me-up attitude and persona for a little while and does a PG gig for a change. Seriously, I would love to know who on planet Earth thought R. Kelly and “Space Jam” …
ReLoad by Metallica
This is a heavy metal genre, and my brother have a lot of CDs like this, or other CD albums from the popular band, Metallica.
This CD Album could be bought for about $15, and the songs inside are somewhat metal to me, and there’s not really a special track …
Deeply In Love by Kate Spence Music
It was a song by Hillsong but this particular song was sung by Kate Spence. A very good singer with a tranquil voice that will make you sing along as the melody gives smooth to the ears when you listen to it.
I like how soft the guitar strum is …
Darius Rucker
This guy is awesome. If you don’t remember, he’s the guy from Hootie and the Blowfish. He came out with a country album and it’s amazing, simply amazing. His voice is so on the money; it’s unique and beautiful and rich. I really and truly do not like country …
Curtain Call by Eminem
Eminem’s final album, “Curtain Call” was a bit disappointing. It was short and it didn’t have many new songs on it. Some of the new songs are cool and have good beats, like “Shake That” featuring Nate Dogg.
Another new song is F.A.C.K is fairly entertaining, but also kind of …
Pink Floyd - Poles Apart (Song)
Poles Apart is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their record The Division Bell. The song starts off quietly before the volume gradually increases to reveal Gilmour’s guitar part as well as some keyboard parts from Wright. Gilmour takes lead vocals on the track with a melody …
B.C. Rich Metal Master Warlock
Normally B.C. Rich doesn’t compare to other big time companies like Fender, but with this guitar it beats Fender any day. Some of its features include: Wrap-around bridge, A great paintjob that will take forever to wear out, and Dual BDSM Humbukkers. Not to mention it is INCREDIBLY light …
The Rolling Stones - Factory Girl (Song)
Factory Girl is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Beggars Banquet. Factory Girl starts off with a nice acoustic guitar pattern which actually reminds me of Led Zeppelin for some reason and then a tabla, an Indian percussion instrument comes in, which further reminds …
Stuck by Stacie Orrico
Part of the lyrics, ‘I hate you, but I love you’ from the song, Stuck by Stacie Orrico. I think she’s half Latin or something. She looks kind of gorgeous and this song is super amazing. Something that I have listened to over the years but seemingly …
Tina Mark-Where I Belong
Tina Mark-Where I Belong
Tina Mark has an ordained an album in the last 10 years. And now herself imposed semiretirement is over and all of her fans are extremely excited about the fact. The long anticipated album where I belong is a true masterpiece And a True emotional …
Metallica - Blitzkrieg (Song)
Blitzkrieg is a cover from the metal band called Blitzkrieg which Metallica recorded sometime during the early 1980s as a B-side for Kill —˜Em All, if memory serves me correctly, and officially released on one of the disks for Garage, Inc. I have to say that if Metallica were …
Untouchables, 2002 Album by Korn
It is strange for me to realize that this album was released more than ten years ago now. It makes me realize how my teenage years are rather far behind way in the past now. I just remember buying and listening to this album as if it was really …
Along Came Jones
The song ‘Along Came Jones’ by Ray Stevens is a classic type of song. It seems to be modeled after an old western movie where the bad villain takes a hostage and is foiled by a hero. The hero typically saves the hostage and is able put …
Abba Gold (Greatest Hits)
Abba has been one of my most favorite groups in the world of music. Their Greatest Hits collection has 19 of the best tracks ever recorded. From Dancing Queen to Waterloo, you will be overwhelmed with rich and powerful music with hours of enjoyment. Polar Music International did not …
The Doors - The Crystal Ship (Song)
The Crystal Ship is a song by The Doors which appears on their self-titled debut record. The song starts off with Morrison singing a few words before the rest of the band joins in with him. His vocal tone on this track is extremely melodic and has that very …
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