Music Reviews
Sigur Ros - Takk [CD]
Ever since I started listening to Sigur Ros, I have been entranced by their music. Large, sweeping guitar lines and fragile vocals that could be likened to whale song, their music ought to be the very definition of the recently-dubbed genre they are attributed to: ‘landscape rock’ [though also …
Vol.3 (The Subliminal Verses), Slipknot Album
I think that this album is a disappointment. I started listening to this album as soon as it was released, in 2004. And even then I immediately disliked what I heard. The music simply did not impress me then. I felt untouched and uninterested by the music I heard. …
My Heart Belongs to You - Hayley Westenra
I was looking for a wedding song for my cousin because she asked me to do so. I just love music so my cousin relied on me in which song could be appropriate for her wedding reception.
Then I searched the internet. I just want to find good songs with …
Vertigo (song by, u2)
U2 is an Irish rock band and they brought out an album a while back named “How to dismantle and atomic bomb.” This albums has some good music on it and one of the songs on this lineup is entitled Vertigo.
Vertigo starts off with the lead singer of …
Cannibal Corpse - Force Fed Broken Glass (song)
“Force Fed Broken Glass” is quite possibly my favorite Cannibal Corpse song off their 1994 album “The Bleeding”. This happens to be the 9th track on the album which is the second to last song. It’s kind of weird that they put such a good song towards the end …
Mo Thugs Family Scriptures CD
Mo Thugs Family Scriptures is the first and probably best Mo Thugs album to ever be released. This album features Krayzie and Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs N Harmony. I really enjoyed this album. The beats and music sounds very powerful as well as mystical. Mo Thug Family Scriptures …
The Close Lobsters - I Kissed The Flowers in Bloom (song)
The Close Lobsters are probably a band that a majority of you haven’t heard of. Hell, if it wasn’t for Pandora Radio, I’d probably would have never heard of them either. They are originally from Paisley, Scotland and did have a rather short lived career. Despite that, I feel …
Radiohead - All I Need (Song)
All I Need is a song by Radiohead which appears on their 2007 release, In Rainbows. The song opens up with a section that I consider to sound very dream-like due to the heavy use of synthesizers and the very laid back rhythm created by the drums. Yorke comes …
Type O Negative October Rust CD
Type O Negative’s brand of music has always been hard to digest for listeners like me and modern rock radio and the band’s October Rust CD is not helping to solve the problem at all. Not only the album will alienate the band further from mainstream music but might …
Metallica - Garage Inc. (Disc 2)
Overview - Garage Inc. (Disc 2), is the second disc of the all cover album, Garage Inc. Unlike disc one, which had newly recorded covers, disc two is made up of covers that have already been recorded previously somewhere in the band’s career. Some covers date back as far …
Ibanez RG770DX
Ibanez has yet again created another guitar made for the guitarist in you! It is an RG770DX 1987 reissue that comes in either Ruby red or Lazer blue. The Neck is a Wizard neck that is thin for just gliding through easily with double octave or 24 frets. The …
“Decade” An Album By Neil Young. Music
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 …
American Gangster by Jay-Z
The lyrics in American Gangster by Jay-Z can be quite disturbing for those with a faint heart. But I took a peep and listen to them anyway the other day. Was not that bad. The songs are actually based on the same movie title. Talking about …
Children Sing for Children: 25 Christmas Songs Audio CD
Children Sing for Children: 25 Christmas Songs is a great purchase for this holiday season. I bought an audio CD of Children for Children and indeed the kids at home are having great time listening to this. I myself and the whole family do also enjoy the song …
Ablum : Tracey Bonham - Masts Of Manhatta (2010)
I missed this album when it was first released last year, but recently i had a chance to check it out and i’m pretty glad i did. I hadn’t really heard much from Tracey Bonham since she hit the charts with the song Mother Mother, so i really didn’t …
Willie Nelson (singer)
The first time that I heard of the popular American country music singer and songwriter Willie Nelson was a few years after my family just got cable television when I just entered high school. I can remember that quite a few country singers were having something for him and …
4-2-10 Awake Tonight tour (TobyMac, Skillet, House of Heroes)
The first band, House of Heroes, played a very short set (only 4 songs) and didn’t seem to catch the crowd’s attention very well. They had an energetic show, just not a lot of stage presence. I had done my homework and learned the words to some of the …
Promise (2006): Ciara
Ciara
“Promise”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: Diane Martel
“Promise” tops Ciara’s previous single and video with its mid-tempo falsetto R&B ballad which depicts a girl in search of her one perfect man, she’s single, lonely, and looking for love. She’s ready to commit and willing to spend her life with him. Ciara …
The Flaming Lips - Hold Your Head (Song)
Hold Your Head is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their album Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with some noise effects, actual instrumentation begins to come in after around twenty seconds to create an atmosphere which sounds pretty empty and confusing in …
No Doubt (band)
Even as my tastes in music have changed over the years, the band “No Doubt” has remained one of my favourite bands. This is because I find their music to be quite usual and an interesting mixture of many of the other types of music I have been interested …
Scars On Broadway - Insane (Song)
Insane is a track by Scars On Broadway which appears on their self-titled debut record which came out a few years ago. Unlike the previous two tracks, Exploding/Reloading and Stoner-Hate, Insane is much more similar to Funny because it’s very moderately paced and it features Malakian singing in a …
Megadeth - My Last Words (Song)
My Last Words is a song by Megadeth and is the final track on their record Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? The track opens up with an eerie sounding clean guitar riff by Mustaine before a distorted rhythm comes over it in a somewhat dissonant fashion which leads to …
Use Your Heart (1996): SWV
Artist: SWV
Video: “Use Your Heart”
Album: New Beginning
Label: RCA Records
“Use Your Heart” is the second single and music video from SWV’s second album called “New Beginning”, following the previous single and music video titled “You’re The One”. “Use Your Heart” continues the trend of maintaining some of the most attractive …
The Way I are
I have heard this song a million times and have never once gotten sick of hearing it. It’s one of my favorite songs right now. It’s great to dance to or to sing to. I think one of the main reasons I like it so much is because it …
Lungs by Florence and the Machine
It has been a while since I have been pleasantly surprised by a musician or a band, which is why I was so happy to discover Florence and the Machine. Much like so many good musicians over the years, Florence Welch hails from the UK and brings …
3 Inches Of Blood Fire Up The Blades
This is the Canadian band’s third album, and second album for Roadrunner Records, released in 2007 with producer Joey Jordison of Slipknot, Fire up the Blades won me over. The band stated that the album is influenced by low quality beer and bong hits and listening to black metal …
Take a Look in the Mirror, 2003 Album by Korn
I think that this album is really good. I would not say that the whole album is perfect, because it has some minor weird components, from my point of view, but the majority of stuff on this record is really good, and it sounds truly convincing. I think that …
Iron Maiden - The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg (Song)
The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record A Matter Of Life And Death. The track opens up with a melodic guitar lead over a clean guitar part as well as a mellow bass line from Harris. The vocals start in …
Bob Marley - Legend
This is the best reggae album ever created in my opinion. It features all of the best songs from singing legend and reggae king Bob Marley. There isn’t a person on this planet who hadn’t heard of this guy by now, even after his tragic death many years ago, …
It’s your love by Tim McGraw
It’s your love by Tim McGraw and faith hill is a song I love. It talks about how this guy wants to leave but can’t because how strong this woman’s love is for him. He now wants to stay with her because her love changed him. This song is …
Diva (2009): Beyonce
Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Diva”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Melina Matsoukas
“Diva” is the third single and music video from Beyonce’s third album titled “I Am… Sasha Fierce” (following “If I Were A Boy” and “Single Ladies - Put a Ring On It”), it was filmed and released simultaneously with “Halo, …
Smash Mouth (band)
I remember in the late nineteen nineties and early two thousands I had begun to discover pop rock. I was still very young, not even a teenager as yet and so I didn’t know where to get new music especially new music from the pop rock genre since that …
Brunswick Mahogany Baritone Ukulele
I recently purchased a Brunswick Mahogany Baritone Ukulele. After playing the ukulele for a year I was looking for something more than just a cheap beginner’s instrument and the Brunswick certainly delivered more than that.
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Peabo Bryson (singer)
One of my favourite soul singers from the nineteen nineties was the singer Peabo Bryson. Although I am not usually a fan of soul music, some of his hits are among the few soul songs I actually like, and most of them were released in the period of the …
Flogging Molly - Salty Dog (Song)
Salty Dog is a song by Flogging Molly which appears on their album Swagger. The track starts off fairly quietly with just an acoustic guitar strumming a chord progression and then a fiddle playing a lead over it before the rest of the band comes in to double this …
Britney Spears: The Remixes
This is a decent remix album. I haven’t listened to a lot of remix albums so I may not know the difference between good and bad, but I know what I like and don’t like and I love this. It’s a great album to work out to for sure. …
Burn by Usher
Burn by Usher is a song I love listening to because it is so deep and heart felt. Every word in the song is like a poem being read aloud and the song has such a melody That anyone can be able to listen to the song over and …
Korn
Korn’s self titled debut was released on Immortal/Epic in may of 1994 and recorded in Malibu California. This album is extremely dark and aggressive, the first song Blind, is about Jonathan Davis’s drug problems and how he felt blind a really aggressive song. Ball Tongue is less interesting but …
Bad Boy For Life: P. Diddy ft. Black Rob and Mark Curry
P. Diddy ft. Black Rob and Mark Curry
“Bad Boy For Life”
The Saga Continues…
Bad Boy Entertainment
It was made apparent from the previous “Let’s Get It” and the current “Bad Boy For Life” music videos that P. Diddy had come back strong, stronger than ever. “Bad Boy For LIfe” is the …
Corrosion Of Conformity In The Arms Of God
Corrosion Of Conformity released,”In The Arms Of God,” in 2005.The album is an experimental effort for Peeper Keenan and Company.They have grown from the early days of Southern Metal influence into a diverse band.In The Arms of God features blistering guitar riffs, odd time signatures, and philosophical themes.The band …
Elvis Presley: Elvis The Alternate Aloha CD
The Elvis Presley: Elvis The Alternate Aloha CD is the recording of the dress rehearsal for the famous Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii TV concert. Well, it sort of is. The liner jacket actually gets very specific on how this digital recording was put together, and it’s both …
Deja Vu (2006): Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Artist: Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Video: “Deja Vu”
Album: B’Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Sophie Muller
Okay, we get it, Beyonce, you and your husband are on top of the world, he makes you very horny, and you would do anything for him. Oh boy, I got flashes of her…horrid… Sasha Fierce image in this very …
Ten Feet High by Andrea Corr
First of all, I am going to talk about Andrea Corr. She is a member of an Irish band The Corrs. The made hits songs like ‘I never loved you anyway’, ‘Summer Sunshine’, and the song which became a soundtract of the movie America’s Sweetheart which is the ‘All …
Dr. Dre 2001- Dr. Dre hip hop album
I had the chance to purchase Dr. Dre 2001, also known as the Chronic 2001 and I thought that it was another classic hip hop album. Granted, it may not have been as good as the Chronic but still the beats were excellent as well as the productions …
The Doors
After the release of their self titled debut album The Doors went on to become legendary.The band held a simple formula for mind expanding performances.Ray Manzerak’s creepy organ playing will always define the world in which Jim Morrison was able to poetically paint.This album is a landmark and very …
Titanic: A New Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording CD
I saw a performance from Titanic: A New Musical on TV and was hooked. It might have been on Rosie O’Donnell’s old talk show, but whatever it was, I thought the performance was solid. Plus, as a student of the Titantic, I had to get this CD …
Bob Dylan - It Hurts Me Too (Song)
It Hurts Me Too is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan and appearing on his album Self Portrait. I’m slightly familiar with The Grateful Dead version of this track so it’ll be interesting to hear how Dylan interpreted it. Dylan unfortunately starts out with a not …
Eagles of Death Metal - I Want You So Hard (Song)
The Eagles Of Death Metal are a somewhat newer band that caught my attention. Being a Queens of The Stone Age fan, I really found this band to be quite different but at the same time very intriguing. It’s kind of hard to describe, it just feels… sleazy when …
Stop This Train- John Mayer
I have most recently developed an attatchment to another song that starts off with a slow,flowing, and a tune created by an acoustic guitar. This may seem tedious to an audience who is exposed to almost a million songs that is written about a “sappy” moment in our lives. …
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 …
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