Music Reviews
Elephant Man (dancehall deejay)
Most people who know me know that I am generally not interested in the particulars of dancehall music. However, when the dancehall deejay Elephant Man went solo a few years ago after he left the infamous dancehall music group the “Scare Dem Crew”, I could not help but notice …
The Black Crowes Lions
The Black Crowes released the studio album,”Lions,” in 2001.The CD received mixed commercial success due in part to singles like “Lickin’” and “Soul-Singing”.I found the album to combine elements of Southern Rock, Gospel, Blues, and Folk influence.The album succeeds in using all of these elements for a solid listening …
Soft Rock 103.5Qm FM Radio Station in Surrey, Canada
I spent the whole day listening to 103.5 Qm FM on Friday, January 1, 2010. I had listened to this station before many times, but this date was very special. The DJs were just busy dishing out their top 50 countdowns, which I found quite irresistible at …
Yamaha F-310 (Accoustic Guitar)
This Yamaha F-310 Accoustic Guitar is made from mahogany kind wood and wood for made string from wood rosewood, varnished so that this guitar prettier and good to embrace it.
If compared with another guitar kind much the same to the wood, Also the paint. But voice Yamaha F-310 clearer. …
Marilyn Manson Holy wood
Holy Wood (in the shadow of the valley of death) is the band’s fourth full length album released on Interscope Records in 2000. Holy Wood was the first album since the Columbine Massacre in 1999, he took a lot of controversy for no reason, and this was his way …
The Cranberries - Stars (2002)
Most of my friends own a copy of this by now. I don’t know, it just seems perfect for any occassion as a present. It’s also the best starting point to listen to The Cranberries, since no album sums up their career more, than this one has. Most best-of …
In The Air Tonight (2001): Lil’ Kim ft. Phil Collins
Lil’ Kim ft. Phil Collins
“In The Air Tonight”
Urban Renewal
WEA
This must be Lil’ Kim’s attempt at an epic music video that has some sort of plot to it aka a mini-movie. R. Kelly has done it, Puff Daddy has done it, and Michael Jackson has certainly done it. My guess …
AC/DC Back In Black
Back In Black is AC/DC’s most popular album to date.It is the debut of front man Brian Johnson.This album follows a very simple formula that soul’s intent is to rock your socks off.Back In Black succeeds in driving home the rhythm and offering great guitar playing.Angus Young is the …
More than a Woman (2002): Aaliyah
Aaliyah
“More Than A Woman”
Aaliyah
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Dave Meyers
Dave Meyers follows in the directing shoes after Paul Hunter and Hype Williams for this third music video outing from the self-titled album, “Aaliyah”, called “More Than A Woman”. This video was actually shot a month before the second previous video, “Rock the Boat” …
Death Cab For Cutie - Death Of An Interior Designer (Song)
Death Of An Interior Designer is a song by Death Cab For Cutie which appears on their record Transatlanticism. The song opens up with an odd drum rhythm before a calming guitar pattern comes in over the top and a subtle bass rhythm can also be heard in the …
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Side I)
Overview - Side I of The Wall, Pink Floyd’s most complex and detailed concept record, introduces the main character of this record and also explains a bit about him. Surprisingly, after re-listening to this side of the record I’d honestly have to say that for the most part, it …
Cannibal Corpse - Staring Through The Eyes of the Dead (song)
“Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead” is the opening track on Cannibal Corpse album “The Bleeding”. This right here is probably about as mainstream old school Cannibal Corpse has ever gone, besides their brief stint on Ace Venture Pet Detective. Although “Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead” …
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 (Song)
Holland, 1945 is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the sixth track on their album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. Though the song opens up with an acoustic guitar pattern, the band goes electric pretty much immediately before launching into the first verse which has an …
Lifehouse CD
Who We Are, is absolutely an Amazing album.
If you love song lyrics, you will love Lifehouse Lyrics.
Great songs, if your not a fan now, you will be.
I have not had just ” one favorite band ” in a long time now I do.
The lyrics to afew of the songs …
Common- Finding Forever
Common’s Finding Forever marks the second album that will be released under Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music, and will be largely produced by Mr. West himself. J Dilla, DJ Premier, and Bilal also make appearances on the CD’s production and guest singing. There are no other rappers with Common on …
Tool Laterlaus
Tool’s Lateralus is the band’s third studio album released in May of 2001, the artwork and album packaging is really cool and different from most as like most of Tool’s artwork, this features a plastic sleeve, inside the album there is a booklet of plastic pages detailing the human …
Metallica - Blackened (Song)
Blackened, the opening track of Metallica’s fourth record, opens in a similar fashion to Fight Fire With Fire, the opener from Ride The Lightning, and Battery, the opener from Master Of Puppets. In fact, now that I think about it, Blackened also seems to share a common lyrical theme …
The Gorillaz - Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey’s Head (Song)
Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey’s Head is a song by The Gorillaz which appears on their album Demon Days. The track opens up with a groovy rhythm which is accompanied by a spoken word section over it which sets up the song. Though the spoken word section doesn’t …
Bon Iver - Lump Sum (Song)
Lump Sum is a track by Bon Iver which is the second track on the band’s debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago. The track opens up with an airy atmosphere before an acoustic guitar comes in and establishes a more definitive rhythm, though some background voices help to maintain …
Handshakes at Sunrise - Circa Survive
As one of the earliest songs from Circa Survive, “Handshakes at Sunrise” remains one of my favorites, if only for its sentimental value. Displaying a sound that would become standard for the band, you get a feel for where they started, and how the sound of their early music …
The Show Music Video by Lenka
Lenka is a new artist from Australia whose music has been featured on television shows and is quickly becoming more popular. I first got hooked on her hit song called “The Show” and have since downloaded her entire album. I love every track on it. It is very rare …
Beautiful Mine - The Butterfly Effect
As a fan of most kinds of rock music, I find myself scouring the internet for bands I have never heard of, and songs I have never heard before. Sometimes I will spend hours and hours just looking for new music, and while I find something truly amazing sometimes, …
Iron Maiden - From Here To Eternity (Song)
From Here To Eternity is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Fear Of The Dark. The song opens up with a pretty catchy rhythm due to a nice guitar riff and a simple drum rhythm which continues for a while before a lead guitar part …
Megadeth - Black Swan (Song)
Black Swan is a son by Megadeth which appears on their record United Abominations. The track starts off with a fairly paced melodic lead guitar line which slightly reminds me of Iron Maiden. The verse soon comes in with a nice riff but the track unfortunately has a very …
The Rolling Stones - Hot Stuff (Song)
Hot Stuff is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Black And Blue. Right from the start of the track you definitely get a funk feel out of this song just because of the rhythm of the instruments and then the vocal pattern which Jagger …
Coldplay: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
In early 2007, there was news that Coldplay will release an album that will be different from the three previous albums. I was afraid, that this experiment will be a problem for Coldplay, who has become the leading band. However, after hearing that there are 10 songs on the …
Baz Luhrman - Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscrean) - Single
When Baz Luhrmanns Wear Sunscreen became a hit when I was in my late teens I was amazed. How could this be a song. It was someone talking and it had been played to be music. I couldn’t quite fathom how such a performance had been so popular with …
Bob Dylan - House Of The Rising Sun (Song)
House Of The Risin’ Sun is a traditional song which is performed by Bob Dylan on his self-titled debut record. I’m sure that just about everyone has heard some version of this song, whether it be the original or just a cover of it from some artist as it’s …
Fender Stratocaster Standard 2009
I just recently bought the 2009 Fender Stratocaster Standard (Made in Mexico) and so far I have few complaints. Fender is known for its quality and this stratocaster is no exception.
The coat on the guitar protects it from light scratches. It’s hit my belt buckle a few …
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang soundtrack CD
I love the movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, so naturally I adore the soundtrack from this musical as well. I remember seeing this in the theaters when it came out, and I went on multiple occasions. Dick Van Dyke stars, and he shows such zest, and tenderness, …
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Overview —“ Surfing With The Alien, the second album released by Joe Satriani, is another of Satriani’s albums to be completely instrumental and driven primarily by his guitar work. One thing that I always liked about Satriani is that he wasn’t really one of the shredders who just played …
Papa Roach Getting Away With Murder
This is Papa Roach’s third studio album, released in 2004, the band took a step away from Nu Metal and Rap Metal, and delve deep into the emo scene, Getting Away With Murder is a really good title for such an album, because they are in a way, they …
The Grateful Dead - Go To Heaven
Overview - Go To Heaven, The Grateful Dead’s eleventh effort, is unfortunately an album that I’d have to say is average at absolute best, probably even worse than that to be honest. The opening track made me pretty hopeful for the rest of the album since it carries a …
Metallica - Fade To Black (Song)
Fade To Black, the ballad of Ride The Lightning, is certainly the song where I believe Metallica truly proved that they were much more than a thrash band from the 1980s who were completely driven by energy. I feel like the progression and development …
Lifehouse: Who We Are album
This is probably the best album I have heard in a long time. It is pretty rare that I buy full albums anymore, since getting single songs is so much less expensive and makes my itunes playlist a whole lot less messy. But I had to get the …
“The Joshua Tree” - U2 album
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 …
Viva Forever by Spice Girls
One of Spice Girls song that I love as well would be Viva Forever. It has a certain Italian and Spanish-like sounding quality and Viva Forever by Spice Girls will always be on my mind whenever I have memories of the Spice Girls’ brand of music and wanting to …
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an alternative rock group that I think is just awesome. I saw them in concert the last time they came through town and Nine Inch Nails was amazing! I have really liked their music since the 1990s, and while I am not taken by all …
Green Day - Insomniac ( album)
Green Day has been my favourite band for many years. I first listened to them when i was 14, and that was more than 10 years ago. Even if now I’m not as fan as I used to be, I still think they are a great band, and that …
The Grateful Dead - Rosemary (Song)
Rosemary is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Aoxomoxoa. Rosemary is an extremely melodic track and only features the vocals of Jerry Garcia along with an acoustic guitar which he sings along with. I should also mention that Garcia has sort of an echo …
Carnivore
Carnivore is the debut album by the band fronted by Type O Negative vocalist Peter Steele, this was his second band, and first real release to my knowledge. The album was released in 1986 on Roadrunner Records (back when Roadrunner Records was a metal label) the album fast paced …
The Beatles - Let It Be
Overview - Let It Be, the final studio album of The Beatles, is made up more of melodic tracks rather than just traditional rock songs, although there are still some of those on here, mixed with some great songwriting and excellent vocal delivery. For me, there aren’t too many …
Sepultura - Inner Self (song)
“Inner Self” is a Sepultura song that appears on their breakthrough album “Beneath The Remains” This happens to be the second track on the album. It really starts off slow, but there are plenty of parts where the pace changes and it repeats going back to a slower tempo …
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong (Song)
I Might Be Wrong is a song by Radiohead which appears on their record Amnesiac. The track opens up with some echo-like effects before the main guitar riff comes in. I must say right here that if you want to listen to this song, you’ll either have to enjoy …
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Overview - The Downward Spiral, the second album by Nine Inch Nails, is an extremely dark concept album written about the suicide of a man. Overall, this record is extremely angry and extremely dark, however, Reznor still has some more melodic songs to balance out with this aggression and …
Megadeth - High Speed Dirt (Music Video)
Overview —“ High Speed Dirt, a music video released by Megadeth for their fifth effort, Countdown To Extinction, is a song and music video focused all about skydiving. It’s interesting that Megadeth chose to not release this song as a single yet still make a music video for it. …
Give Up- The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an almost legendary band in the indie rock scene. A collaborative project by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, it is an electronic indie rock band whose one and only album was released back in 2003. Give Up was …
Shooter - Life’s a bitch
Life’s a bitch from Shooter is one of my favorite song that I finally find the mp3 recently. I’m so happy with that because I miss this song so much, it’s becoming hits when I was in high school for about seven or eight years ago. At that time …
Fender Squier Squier Stratocaster
Overview - This Squier Stratocaster is the first guitar I ever owned and I can safely say, speaking from a few years of experience, that it’s okay for a while just to start learning on, but once you get better - you’re going to need something a lot better …
MGMT (band)
MGMT are an electro rock group from America in which I have recently took a liking to. I was at the gym at 17:00 on a treadmill and got a call from a friend saying that someone had backed out of going to a gig and that I …
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