Overview —“ Welcome Home (Sanitarium), the second of what I would consider to be considered Metallica’s —˜ballads’ is the fourth track on Master Of Puppets. I know that Metallica was criticized for putting Fade To Black, their first ballad, on Ride The Lightning and this song is pretty much …

Aaliyah
“Don’t Know What To Tell Ya”
I Care 4 U
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Marlon Boss
“Don’t Know What To Tell Ya” is the second single and video from Aaliyah’s first posthumous album, “I Care 4 U”, following “Miss You”. The song depicts a broken relationship where Aaliyah talks about a man who can’t trust …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Bills, Bills, Bills
Album: The Writings On The Wall
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
Ah yes, this was the era of ‘male-bashing’. First, TLC came onto the scene with “No Scrubs” in early 1999 and then a whole bunch of similar sounds followed shortly after - “Where My Girls …

“Red Rubber Ball” by The Cyrkle is pretty much the only song from this group that appeals to me. It is a pity that this song is on the short side with a running time of around two minutes and twenty two seconds and in that two minutes and …

Aerie (Gang Of Eagles) is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Long John Silver. The song starts out with some guitar leads along with an electric violin and I must admit that the introduction of this song has a very nice sound to it, multiple …

Another favorite grunge type band of mine is Soundgarden. Soundgarden’s A-Sides is a sort of greatest hits CD that will take you through a journey of music that is inspiring and lovely, all at the same time. Soundgarden A-Sides contains my personal favorites such as Rusty Cage, Burden In …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Downtown”
Album: It’s About Time
Label: RCA Records
“Downtown” is the fourth single and music video off of SWV’s “It’s About Time” debut album, following “Right Here” (as well as “Right Here - Human Nature Mix”), “I’m So Into You”, and “Weak”. “Downtown” is filled with both sexual and sensual …

Overview —“ (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth is the fifth song on the first album released by Metallica which strikes me as an extremely strange move to even include this song on their debut record. For those of you who don’t know what this track is, this will become very clear …

Fryin’ Up is a song by The Flaming Lips and appears as the seventh track on their album Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with a very catchy distorted guitar riff, right from the start of this song the band do an excellent job of having a very catchy rhythm and …

Laffy Taffy by D4L is a awesome dance song. My favorite lines in the song is when he says he is as hard as a jolly rancher and you can suck him long time. To me that is really funny. This song is dirty but clean in it’s own …

I stumbled upon this amazing album recently. About 3 months ago I was just searching youtube and came across, You Only Get What You Give. That was their biggest hit and is an amazing song. The band was short lived due to Gregg Alexander not liking the high life, …

2000 Light Years Away is a track by Green Day which appears on their album Kerplunk. One thing I’ll note that I like right away about this song is that the bass is extremely prominent in the mix and you can also definitely hear this sense of energy coming …

In my opinion, Sebastian Bach is one of the best singers on the planet. His days with Skid Row birthed some of the most memorable vocal performances in modern rock. It’s no secret that he was booted from the Row, and it’s no secret that a reunion …

I recently came across a featured video on youtube by a hardcore band named Revocation. The song Is called Dismantle the Dictator and even though im not a big hardcore kind of metal guy. Im more into the classic rock style and some other styles of rock. I really …

The Rolling Stones are old. Some people say they were far too old to be playing at the Super Bowl a few years back. I say leave them alone. They have earned the right to age, they have put in their time as young people, but their music lives …

Paramore is a relatively new emo band that has released multiple albums and received recognition for a few of their hit songs like “Crushcrushcrush” and “That’s What You Get”. A lot of their music is played in a retail store called Hollister and that is where a lot of …

This album was released in 1994 on East west records and produced by Terry Date. The album features a controversial image of a man being drilled into his forehead, the album’s original artwork depicted a person being drilled in the anus and had to be changed to the drillbit …

Miley Cyrus is a very popular Disney Channel star whose show was based around her being a singer and leading a double life. This show has brought her into the real world of being Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana and it has also brought about the release of her second song, …

Celine Dion: All the Way … A Decade of Song CD is a combination of some of her greatest hits as well as 7 new songs at the time of release in 1999. The liner is on sturdy paper stock and it includes lyrics, though only for the …

Gypsy Blood, originally released in 1980, is the second album by the Scottish post-punk group Doll By Doll and one the Great Lost Rock Albums few people have ever heard of, much less heard. Doll By Doll’s biggest asset was lead singer Jackie Leven, whose soaring, swooping vocals could …

R. Kelly
“Thank God It’s Friday”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Director: Hype Williams
“Thank God It’s Friday” is the third single and music video from his self-titled second solo album, “R. Kelly”; it follows “You Remind Me of Something” and “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”. Considering the previous success of “Down Low (Nobody …

East Jesus Nowhere is a track by Green Day for their record 21st Century Breakdown. The song opens up with some various noise from sources of media like the radio and television before leading into the main track of the song which starts out with just a clean guitar …

Being a successful singer, did not always have to have a beautiful voice or be able to demonstrate excellent vocal quality. Sometimes with a lot of limitations, a singer capable of providing the best and can be enjoyed by the fans. Dido is one of the singers, who know …

Dominated Love Slave is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Kerplunk. Something I should mention immediately about this track is that it certainly does not have the traditional sound of Green Day. For one thing, the instrumentation and music on the track certainly doesn’t have …

I first saw this band performing live on Saturday Night Live. I was interested in the music right away; this music was right up my street. The band performed two songs. The first one was Comeback Kid, and I loved this tune the first time I heard it. …

The Bone Thugs “Ressurection” cd is one which was long awaited by Bone Thugs fan when the group announced that they had broken up in 1999. It was thought that the cd would never come out but this was not the case, Ressurection was released IN 2000 to awaiting …

Overview —“ Walking Contradiction, the fourth music video released by Green Day for their album Insomniac shows the band in yet another hilarious music video. The music video for Walking Contradiction sort of reminds me of the music video for When I Come Around because both of the music …

Jay-Z ft. Pharrell
“Blue Magic”
American Gangster
Roc-A-Fella Records/Island Def Jam
Director: Hype Williams
“Blue Magic” is the first single and music video off of Jay-Z’s tenth album titled “American Gangster” which contains music that was inspired by the Ridley Scott film “American Gangster” (2007). Jay-Z reunites with the Jedi Master Yoda of music …

Simple Plan, a band who came from Canada, released their third album. The album titled, Simple Plan and consists of eleven songs. On this third album, the group has members such as, Pierre Bouvier (vocals), Jeff Stinco (guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Sébastien Lefebvre (guitar-vocals) and David Desrosiers (bass), still …

This is the 21st Century is a song by the progressive rock group Marillion, which was first released in the 1990s but which has had several further releases since that time, some of them in a (to my way of thinking) considerably inferior acoustic version that was cut to …

A-Punk is a song by Vampire Weekend which appears on their self-titled debut record. As with more Vampire Weekend songs, the track opens up with a very light-hearted guitar riff which simply radiates with feelings of youthfulness and playfulness. The vocals soon come in with the first verse and …

Astronomy is a track which was originally written by the band Blue Oyster Cult but for this review I shall be reviewing the cover version which Metallica reordered and placed on their cover record, Garage. Inc. I’ll waste no time in this review and state right now that out …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Sweet Dreams”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Adria Petty
Beyonce ditches the black and white cinematography formula for color once again ( as she did for “Halo”). I’m not sure if a dream with Beyonce would be a nightmare or a sweet dream, it depends - If it …

This song is one of my favorite songs from Hillsongs Australia. It was a very touching song that really sings from the soul. It talks about the love of God for us that He has given His only Son for us to be save.
Darlene Zschech is the popular female …

I grew up in a house full of music. My father is a Grammy-award winner. We were raised on good music. I believe one of the pioneers of music today is definitely the band Bon Iver, led by Justin Vernon. I’ve seen a lot of great indie concerts over …

Overview —“ Black Metal, the second album released by Venom, continues in the very heavy and fast sound that Venom introduced on Welcome To Hell and once again proves why they’re considered so influential to both the thrash metal and black metal genres. I think that out of all …

Toby Keith has been one of my favorite country music singers since he came on the scene. Many people take offense to his sometimes “rowdy” appearances in songs such as “Who’s Your Daddy” and “How Do You Like Me Now?”. These songs are just a small part of what …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 18″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Chapter 18 of “Trapped in the Closet” is here and no longer are we trapped in the godawful restaurant that we have been trapped in for the past four episodes. Sylvester and Twan are on their way driving back from the …

Overview —“ Brain Stew/Jaded is a music video that combines two tracks from Insomniac and makes them appear as if it is one song in the music video. Just as the songs sound different in tone and feel, the music videos for the two music videos are quite contrasting …

Shaved Gorilla is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their third record, Telepathic Suicide. Opening up with a sampling of what sounds like a classic Disney film, Shaved Gorilla opens up with a very lighthearted mood and innocent sound. Once this opening sampling ends, a moderately …

“Play Hard” is a song by David Guetta on his album “Nothing but the Beat 2.0″. The album is fairly new being released less than 2 months ago and already there is a billion different remixes of it because artists these days milk the general public of everything they …

Beyonce hit the nail on the head for millions of women when she recorded this song. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it), has a great dance beat and more women than men probably like the song. I absolutely love this song from start to finish. Beyonce has a …

Overview —“ Insomniac, Green Day’s fourth effort, continues with the sound that they developed on Dookie as they try to become better and better with songwriting. If I had to give a general pattern for this album, I’d say it gets progressively better as it goes along with some …

If I ain’t got you from Alicia Keys is a song that can become a lifetime soundtrack in my life. Though the song is pretty long ago, but it still great to listen it everytime.
The lyrics and the music both is so great and touch. Like the other …

I know that the band’s name is somewhat hard to pronounce (I even heard one time my classmate said, “Cheveches” and I was like, what?”) but really, it’s just pronounced as “Churches”, they’re just probably bad in the spelling department!
But thankfully enough, their music is nowhere near as bad …

Miracle On 42nd Street is a song by the Flaming Lips and the sixth track on their third studio album, Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with random samples, Miracle On 42nd Street establishes its rhythm fairly gradually with a bass guitar part entering the track in a progressive fashion. Although …

Hurricane is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Desire. One thing I should point out about Hurricane as it’s quite a long track, around eight and a half minutes, so if you aren’t really a fan of longer songs, this track may not be that …

One of my favorite songs and one I suggested with my friend who was suffering from a break up with her boyfriend. Over it is a song about moving on with confidence. She is trying her man to believe that she can stand up after a fall. This song …

I hate this album. I hate it just because this is the last Pink Floyd album, for good. That’s the only reason, other than that, this is the first Pink Floyd album I got to listen to as a whole, and the song that made me listen, was High …

Well I have been following this band for some time and I must say that they have impressed me. This latest CD as well as the first, contain mostly covers but it is still a great work of art. It contains covers of Metallica, Pantera, Sepultura, and Faith No …