The Clash’s 1980 album Sandinista! in my opinion topped London Calling by far, at the time of release it was a triple album, 36 tracks this was unheard of at the time of release, the band took a loss of royalties (the didn’t get paid for the first 300,000) …

As You Said is a song by Cream which appears on their record Wheels Of Fire. Interestingly enough, the song opens up with a string section before a guitar also comes into the mix before the vocals also come in. The vocal melody that Cream has on this song …

Uptight is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Nimrod. The track starts off with a quick bass line accompanied with a drum rhythm and a slight guitar part as well. Armstrong comes in pretty quickly with the vocals singing in sort of a delicate and …

Rat Attack are a party punk band from England who were founded in 2010 by band members Mike Hodges (vocals), Charlie Wesson (guitar), Dan Wilson (bass) and James Flavell (drums). They played on the Rock/Lock-up stage at Reading and Leeds festival in August 2013.
It’s always great seeing a …

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 …

I think this is another great effort from Eminem and it had a great music video to go with it. Most men would love this simply because he has used both Megan Fox and Rhianna in this video but there are deeper meanings for those who wish to look.
Eminem …

“Crazy Love” by Michael Buble is the latest album by a young man who has been quietly building a reputation as a modern-day Frank Sinatra. He draws upon a similar body of music and brings to it a freshness that it surprising in a canon which most observers would …

The Documentary by The Game was one of the best Hip Hop cds that I have heard in a very long time, when it was released in 2005 people thought that it would not be any good but this was not the case at all. It included the singles …

Frogstomp was officially released in 1995, but the algum ideas were already half-done in 1994.
Frogstomb is the first album from the band Silverchair.The members were only fifteen, but the album maturity does not look like coming from teenagers.In my opinion, this album is their best in general, becaus the …

From playing gigs to five people, to selling out shows in Japan. + has gained Ed Sheeran worldwide recognition.
Sheeran has come a long way from his days of couch surfing and the release of his first ever EP The Orange Room. He’s toured with the likes of Example …

She’s A Rebel is a track returns to the feel that previous songs on American Idiot had like the title track and Holiday. To put it very simply and briefly, the songwriting is simple, the lyrics aren’t amazing, the vocal melody is catchy, and somehow everything just comes together …

The way Tre Brown uses his lyrical gifts is a dissapointment.
It is typical gun and drugs hip hop that causes me to shake my head.
His tone is nice. His looks are top shelf, but his focus on the typical gutter view that so many rappers have cashed in on …

This was a very lovely and wonderful song that really reminds me how blessed I am and I tend to appreciate my life everyday as God is the one that sustains every thing I need.
The Song Forgiver was sung beautifully by Becky Lucas who is the lead vocalist of …

This is System Of A Down’s fourth album released in 2005 and produced by Rick Rubin, the album is part of a set, released in May with the other half of the material released in November. Soldier Side intro is the intro to the song Soldier Side, with the …

Bad Romance is the first single of the album Fame Monster by Lady Gaga. It has a more pop vibe rather than other electropop songs of Lady Gaga.
The music video is so crazy that everybody shocked when they saw. But in my opinion it is a very creative and …

Overview —“ Side I of The Who Sell Out introduces the first half of this concept record with a group of seven songs which seem to work nicely together and actually pass by quite quickly. After listening to the first two tracks, I was thinking this record was going …

What has happened to Michael Learns To Rock lately..? They have not been making any music; not that I know of. They are an icon personally to me and it would be a real great loss in the music industry if they are really not there anymore. …

Weekend Wars is the second track off of MGMT’s second release, Oracular Spectacular. When I first started listening to MGMT, Weekend Wars was one of the first tracks to really jump out at me. I will say that compared to Time To Pretend, Weekend Wars changes much more, and …

This Gone with the Wind soundtrack CD is labeled as ‘The New Recording of Max Steiner’s Classic’. It was done with LaserLight Digital technology. It has one big plus and one big minus in my book.
The big plus is that this music is as wonderful as ever. …

Although not well known in the United States until her song “Possibility” was featured on the “New Moon” movie soundtrack, Swede Lykke Li was already well known in her native country.
An independent musician, Li could best be described as a living, breathing work of art. If I could define …

Your Love Never Fails started with the lead guitarist Chris Quilala as he is the also lead vocalist of this beautiful song. “Nothing can separate, even if I ran away, your love never fails”. It was so smooth and mellow when he sang it.
The song talks about how great …

The 21st century began with great news on the music world with the incarnation of some hard rock supergroups like “A Perfect Circle”, “Velvet Revolver” and “Audioslave”. This last one was created on 2001, when the remaining members of Rage Against the Machine (after Zack de la Rocha left …

The tracks on this CD are some of the best works of Celine Dion’s career. This is the best collection of songs ever put together on any CD. From the ever powerful “It’s all coming back to me now” that is literally thunderous, to the title track “Falling into …

Hustling (Life On The Nickel) is a song by Foster The People which appears on their debut record Torches. The track opens up with an unconventional opening comprised of an electronic intro before other instrumentation joins in the track and a rhythm is actually established. Though the band takes …

I have put off writing about the musician Bruno Mars for so long, but after reading one or two reviews on Reviewstream.com about his music and how the reviewers thought he was such a great musician, I decided that I might as well give my input. Let me begin …

I’m not trying to be biased or anything but I think people should ought to know that I am among the biggest fans of Mumford & Sons in this planet. I literally own all of their albums, as well as other live performances because their music is so much …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Independent Women, Part 1
Album: Survivor/”Charlie’s Angels” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Francis Lawrence
“Independent Women, Part 1″ is a single and music video off of the original motion picture soundtrack to the 2000 film adaptation of “Charlie’s Angels”. You know something, looking back on 2007’s “I …

One of the songs by Hard Rock Band Tesla off their first Album Mechanical Resonance, is a cover of Little Suzi’s on the up by Pop band Phd. The Tesla version is alot better in my opinion then the original song. The original is really boring and is way …

The very first song I heard from Corinne Bailey Rae was —˜Trouble Sleeping’ and I immediately fell in love with it. All the better that it was dominating all types of radio stations, not just soul and pop, but even those that are known more for their up beat …

John 5:The Devil Knows My Name DVD by metal bluegrass guitarist John 5 is a pretty cool DVD that shows you how to play some of his most complex licks from some of his songs on The Devil Knows My Name solo record album. This DVD is really weird …

Going To Stockton is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the third track on their third release, The Arrested Cats. Opening up with a drawn out acoustic guitar chord, the vocals quickly come into the mix and return the sound to a slightly more energetic feel in comparison …

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 …

Clint Black: D’lectrified is an album done without the use of any electrical instruments; hence the title of the CD.
I’m not a huge fan of this country music singer, but I think I liked him better before he did the Celebrity Apprentice. He was a nice guy, …

I was scared off by Slipknot for a long time, I think because they’re one of those bands that wear masks. Even though I like hard rock, for some reason, masks will make me not want to listen to a band every time. But I’m glad I …

40 Oz. To Freedom is the debut album released by Sublime. Comprised of twenty-two songs, Sublime does a good job of covering quite a lot of musical ground and I’m sure there is at least a couple tracks on here that every listener could enjoy. From their more classic …

Although I do not think that many young people my age will recognize the name of the band “Steppenwolf”, I think very highly of them and believe that they should also be thought very highly of in the metal world of music as well, since I personally believe that …

So Simple by Stacie Orrico is a very nice catchy song and I love listening to this particular track each time. The song is actually about renewed freedom and having a new elixir to life. I love the song, including the video clip as well, and if you …

The White Stripes is a band that has gained growing popularity over the last few years in Austin. It is funny because when I visit Seattle, White Stripes is huge there, so I feel that I am in kindred company. I had heard some airplay of their songs on …

The Future Sex/Love Sounds Album of pop idol Justin Timberlake, or JT for short, is to me simply the best he’s had in the music industry. This was JT’s second album, released in 2006.
I have followed JT’s career from the very start, right back to his struggling —˜N …

Parabol is a song by Tool which appears on their album Lateralus. I’m not extremely familiar with Tool’s music but I’ve been trying lately to see how they are so we’ll see how this goes. The track starts off with what sounds to me to be a bass playing …

I bought this CD, Now 71 by Various Artists the other day and boy is it good. I enjoyed myself tremendously and there are just loads of nice songs like from my favorite band; Coldplay, and The Verve.
There is a little mix of here and there; alternative …

Overview —“ The ESP/LTD Ex-400 is a guitar that is modeled after the Gibson Explorer but is given a bit more of an aggressive look to it. Many of the specifications of the guitar are pretty similar to other guitars in the LTD 400 range and with a pretty …

I Just bought MGMT’s new album, on the strength of their single ‘Electric Feel’, which I like very much. Having listened to the first track, I want to like it and do like the sound; I just find the lyrics a bit hard to swallow. I am not sure if …

Bluish is a song by Animal Collective and the sixth track on their release Merriweather Post Pavilion. Though the song opens up somewhat empty, the track then moves into a synthesizer-led part which makes me feel almost as if I’m listening to a far more psychedelic version of MGMT, …

The sophomore jinx? No, not for this band. Soundgarden’s second album, Louder Than Love is a testament to their domination over pretenders at the time. And one song says it better than any: Big Dumb Sex. The title alone is intriguing enough that it warrants a listen.
There are some …

Overview —“ Machine Head, the sixth album released by Deep Purple, is the album that I would have to say is my favorite out of Deep Purple’s entire career. The album gains most of it’s recognition for being the album which has Smoke On The Water, a song which …

The CD American Idiot by Green Day is a rock music album that insults the Bush administration in every song without ever saying his name. Lyrics such as “another protester has crossed the line to find the money’s on the other side”, “the company lost the war today”, …

Sweet song, this is; Don’t Forget To Remember Me by Carrie Underwood. I enjoyed myself listening to this song pretty much each time and when I watch the music video, I know understand why Carrie was chosen by the judges or rather, the viewers out there in American Idol. …

I had never heard about Trinidad James and randomly came across his ‘All Gold Everything’ music video on YouTube.
Since I had no clue about him and his music I watched the video till the end and I was wondering what just happened?? The visuals were so distracting that the …

Enrique Iglesias is my favorite singer, and I love all of his songs. I have all of his sings, and I was waiting for a long time for this album called “Insomniac” to release. And when it got released in the mid June of 2007, I was pretty much …