Remember the band Sixpence None the Richer? The really super cool band with their main female lead singer and I bought their CD recently titled, The Best of Sixpence None the Richer. There are close to 20 songs inside and it brings me down to memory lane just …

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 …

Summer love by Justin Timberlake is a real romantic song about how this guy dates this girl for the summer but he don’t want what they have to be just summer love. It is the perfect song for young couples who fall in love during the summer and …

C-Bo is one of the best rappers from the west coast to ever touch the mic. He has such a great flow style and voice. He captures the true essence of real west coast hip hop. He has made some really great albums that show he is one of …

Lucifer Rising is a song by the Flaming Lips and a bonus track to appear on their fourth studio record, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with a heavily distorted introduction, I’m slightly reminded of a sound that Radiohead would go on to embrace many years after this …

It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) is a song by Bob Dylan which is the penultimate track on his album Bringing It All Back Home, one of my favorite Dylan albums. I’ll say right now that you should get used to the opening guitar riff you hear on this …

Hots On For Nowhere is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their album Presence. The song starts off with a lighthearted rhythm played by Page accompanied by Jones and Bonham before Plant comes in with the vocals. I like the flow of the music on this track …

Dusk And Her Embrace is Cradle of Filth’s second album released in 1996 on Music For Nations. Most of the album is Vampire themed, the vocals are nearly impossible to understand anyway though. The last track features Cronos from the band Venom. There was a limited edition version of …

Neil Young is probaably one of the most famous artists in music today. Neil Young ha been around since the ’60’s and is one of the artist which I heard all the time growing up. My parents both love him and though I think that some of his songs …

That’s The Story Of My Life is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their third and self-titled record. The song starts out in a very lighthearted mood and it has almost a childish tone to it in my opinion due to the very light guitar riff …

She’s Leaving Home is a track which appears on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. Although the track is credited to Lennon/McCartney, for some reason I feel like McCartney had more influence in the songwriting of this track and I have to say that I’m extremely …

She’s Always in my Hair is the B-side to Prince’s 1985 single, Paisley Park. It is an amazing track and has always been my all-time favourite B-side of the Purple One. I used to have the 12″ vinyl back in the day but in a fit of …

Sonic Youth is a remarkable band. As an experienced fan I have kind of gotten to taking their music for granted, being well familiar with it. But when I take a step aside and take a more analytic look at their music, I sometimes begin to feel a little …

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 …

What is it with female vocalists thinking that they have to sing every word in the highest possible register? This fact has annoyed me for a long time now and really causes me a lot of frustration when i find symphonic and melodic metal bands that would otherwise be …

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 …

Before this album was released I simply couldn’t believe that the band are going to be able to create such great music as they did on this album. I thought that it was very unlikely that the guys are going to have as much inspiration as they used to …

Underwater Love is a song by the band Faith No More. This appears as the 7th track off of their hit album “The Real Thing. At the time Faith No More faced plenty of controversy with Red Hot Chili Peppers. For one they sound very similar, featuring prominent bass …

This is Pantera’s fourth album released in 1996, produced by Terry Date and Vinnie Paul, includes guest vocalist Seth Putman of AC. This album was recorded with the instruments being recorded and Phil doing vocals alone in a different studio because the band and Phil could not get along …

Invisible Touch by Genesis is a classic album from the 1980s. Released in the late 80’s the popular rock group Genesis, this album became popular very quickly. I remember waiting in line to buy the tape cassette when it came out. I was very enthusiastic about …

Billy Talent The Album
This self-titled album was also the debut album for Canadian band Billy Talent. The album is about 45 minutes long and I bought it for about $10. I think this is the greatest of their three albums. It has the brash, harsh punk sound which seems …

Blizzard of Oz features the astounding guitar work of Randy Rhoads.This album sounds completely different from any other Ozzy album because of one man.This album features Randy in all of his artistic glory.The songs on the album are rocking and extremely well performed.It’s sad that such a prodigy was …

I feel the true spirit of Christmas with this song. It is a single by Mariah Carey as part of her fifth album Merry Christmas. I also like the video of it, where Mariah Carey is spending Christmas in the snow with many presents and family. Her ex-husband made …

Nothing Else Matters, the second ballad on Metallica’s self-titled record, is another one of the stronger songs in this record in my opinion. If you notice, the stronger songs on this record actually went more in the melodic direction which emphasizes the change that Metallica went through from And …

Garth Brooks put together a couple of party songs during his career. Ain’t Goin’ Down ‘Til the Sun Comes Up is one of them. Partying in the country generally means that you aren’t going to stop until you see daylight. You may not even stop then. That is what …

My Apocalypse, the final song on Death Magnetic, should certainly remind listeners of Metallica used to close their records with songs like Damage, Inc. and Dyers Eve, or at least that’s what this song certainly does for me. For those of you who have heard the two aforementioned songs …

My cousin, John, has a gamut of a collection of CD’s and DVD’s. One time while we were out for lunch he announced that he had to go to a near by music store because he wanted to buy the latest release of Josh Groban under Warner Brother Records: …

This is Jerry Cantrell’s 2nd solo album released in 2002 on Roadrunner Records, the album is a reissue of Degradation Trip, reissued as a double album. The set was released as sort of a tribute to Layne Staley, I checked it out because I love Alice In Chains, and …

My World is a song by Metallica which appears on their record St. Anger. The song opens up with a pretty heavy guitar riff which is unfortunately dominated by the terrible snare of Mr. Lars Ulrich. The track then goes into a bit of a faster riff, which is …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Ego”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Frank Jr. Gatson and Beyonce Knowles
What is it with Beyonce and her two female back-up dancers? Are they having lesbian threesomes? Is Jay-Z even included in any of the action? After having the both of them in three to four videos …

My favorite hip hop artist of all time is the Big Dog, Snoop Dogg. I have the collection of all his albums and I think I can acclaim myself as one of his biggest fans of all time.
There was a time when I was really into Snoop’s stuff, I …

The Spontaneous Combustion Of John is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on the band’s third effort, Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with a dark clean guitar riff right from the start, a lead guitar enters the track and comes in now and then which does a nice …

Peaceful Moods is a CD that is a collection of various artists, such as Celtic Fayre, John Williams and Ryuichi Sakamoto, to name a few of the many talented artists that bring music that is beautifully peaceful and amazingly soothing. Every composition, all eighteen of them, offers a soothing …

Saliva is one cool music group with a whole lot of talent. First off these guys look like true blue rockers and the lead singer has such an awesome rocker look to himself but his. He is often sporting a cool looking goatee and in fashionable rocker clothes. His …

R. Kelly ft. Usher
“Same Girl”
Double Up
Jive Records
“Same Girl” is a rather refreshing breath of air in R. Kelly’s chronology of singles and music videos. Big time. This music video is of “Dow Low (Nobody Has to Know)” and “Trapped in the Closet” caliber. “Same Girl” is the second single …

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 …

Heresy, one of the darkest sounding Nine Inch Nails tracks throughout their entire discography, is a track which appears on what is considered the band’s best work, The Downward Spiral. I just finished reviewing the track Only which I reviewed as being pretty eerie but not so much of …

You probably know Joe Budden from his hit singles “Pump It Up” and “Calm Down” which are included in his debut self titled cd released by Def Jam Records in 2003. Since then he has released almost no new material until he released his Mood Musik 2 mixtape …

The Sun is a song by The Flaming lips and the third track to appear on their album Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with a melodic introduction, Coyne comes in with the vocals of the track which start out promising again. Although not a wonderful …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 21″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Part 21 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” series opens with Sylvester and Twan paying a visit to a mobster named Joey. Sylvester tells Joey about some type of ‘job’ that can pull in a lot of money for all …

EXP is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on the album Axis: Bold As Love. EXP opens up this record and starts off with a very brief guitar bit which is basically the same thing as Stone Free. The song then quickly shifts into a sort …

‘Decode’ from Paramore is the song that become the soundtrack of movie ‘Twilight’. I love this song so much and everyday I almost listen it. Usually I listen it in record version, like in the mp3, CD, or cassete.
One day I hear ‘decode’ from my local radio station, bt …

No One Else is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled debut record, otherwise known as The Blue Album. Opening up with a fast guitar riff, Rivers Cuomo comes in with the vocal melody nearly immediately and I must say that if this is your first time …

The Weeknd is definitely one of the most popular hitmaker right now. In case you are not familiar with his name, he was the one responsible for the huge hits “Can’t Feel My Face” and “The Hills” which were streaming giants when they were released. He also contributed to …

Well, I think that this album is good, but not as good as other BRMC albums, like their first record, “Take Them On, On Your Own”, and, of course, “Howl”, the latter, from my point of view, being their very best album.
To appreciate and assess this album (Baby 81), …

White Rabbit is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their record Surrealistic Pillow. The song is one of the more well known songs by the band and certainly with good reason. Sometimes tracks can be extremely well known but they just really aren’t that good in reality, …

God Walks Among Us Now: Jesus Song No. 6 is a song by the Flaming Lips and the seventh song to appear on their fourth release, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. In contrast to the two preceding songs on this record, this song returns the band to a …

First love is one of the timeless classic that I remember hearing when I was young. I am not aware about love before I just love the song. Until I grew up and this song is up to now playing in the airwaves and it still capture the hearts …

Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. The track opens up with Dylan starting the vocals right away with a notable piano behind him and the tempo having the tempo of …

One of my sisters favorite male country singers is Keith Urban. It is for that reason that she bought me one of his cd, hoping that I would not like it and would give it to her. The album that she bought me was his self titled album “Keith …