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 …

This is probably one of the most heartbreaking, tear-wrenching songs I have ever heard. It is based on a true story, and one of Tay’s rare songs that doesn’t sing about boys and one-sided love. It tells of a young mother’s groundbreaking sorrow of losing her beloved youngest son …

In 1991, GG Allin collaborated with ANTiSEEN, a prominent punk band of the day, to record “Murder Junkies”. Featuring one of GG Allin’s best backing bands and demonstrating GG Allin’s move toward crossover thrash, “Murder Junkies” is no doubt the best album in GG Allin’s discography.
The recording quality on …

Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Timbaland
Video: Get On The Bus
Album: “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/The Writings On The Wall
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Earle Sebastian
“Get On The Bus” is a single and music video off of the original motion picture soundtrack to the 1999 film “Why Do …

Ciara
“And I”
Goodies
LaFace Records
Director: The Fat Cats
Finally, Ciara does a music video by herself and without any guest artists featured in it. Sweet. This is the fourth and final single/music video from the “Goodies” album, titled “And I”. The song is a slow R&B ballad and is a unique departure …

Another White Singer (Little White Glove) is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second release, Danse Manatee. I can thankfully report that in comparison to the previous two tracks on this record, the sound is far less dissonant on Another White Singer, but this is not …

If you’re a resident of Atlanta (or metro Atlanta) then you have probably heard of the event Sol Fusion which takes place on the 4th Friday of each month. Furthermore, if you’ve been lucky enough to attend one of these parties, then you’ll know who DJ Jamad is. …

Tell Me (You’re Coming Back) is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their self-titled debut record. Tell Me starts off with a nice acoustic guitar part which has a tone which honestly makes me think of Jimmy Page’s tone from Led Zeppelin. Jagger comes in with …

Take Meta Mars is a song by the Flaming Lips and the fourth song to appear on their fourth release, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with some guitar feedback, the drums and bass enter the mix and set a pretty moderate tempo for the track. Coyne comes …

I like the sound of trumpet on this song Days of Elijah. It is truly splendid and was really messianic in touch as Paul Wilbur gets back people on the time of Israel’s King and forever will be reining King who is Christ Jesus.
The lyrics talk clearly about the …

Cat’s Squirrel is a song by Cream which appears on their debut record, Fresh Cream. I should mention right now that this track is basically an instrumental (There is a very brief section with vocals, but they aren’t actual lyrics which is why I still consider this song to …

Every now and again, a song comes along that has so much energy and life to it that it becomes a timeless monster of music. Driving guitars often populate these songs with hard chords being slammed out in a progressive manner, as the drums beat out creative rhythms that …

Steal this Album! Is unfortunately my least favorite of the System of a Down albums, but that doesn’t make it a bad album; it’s still a fairly good album, because even when System of a Down is at their worst, they’re still fairly good.
The first is Chic’n Stu which …

I have been a fan of this band ever since they started and I must say that this CD is a work of art. I bought it at a special price of $10.00 the day it came out and I couldn’t of been happier. As soon as I opened …

I have to admit that Cyanide is one track from Death Magnetic which I’ve had quite an interesting relationship with. For those of you who followed Metallica the summer before Death Magnetic was released, you’ll know that they performed this track at Ozzfest live and this was the first …

Overview —“ Insomnia, the lead-off track of Megadeth’s eighth record, Risk, is certainly a track that sounds quite a bit different than any song on the previous seven Megadeth records. In fact, pretty much all of Risk had a different sound and feel to it than the previous Megadeth …

The Lemon Song is a track by Led Zeppelin which appears on their record Led Zeppelin II. The track starts off with a fairly slow riff coming from Page which sounds to be quite blues-rock influenced and the overall tempo of the song thus far seems to set up …

A big radio hit by the rock group Kings of Leon is something you’ve probably heard somewhere whether it be on the radio,parties and events,or even a band you saw that covered it. This song is called Use Somebody. I first heard this song when a band at my …

Probably one of the craziest glam bands out there in the eighties that wasn’t very popular back in the day was the glam metal band nitro. They had everything from the highest pitch sreaming from screamer Jim Gillette and the blazing guitar work of Michael Angel Batio. One of …

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 …

My wife were watching our nightly episode of the show Destination Truth on Netflix Instant Watch last night and, when it was done, realized it wasn’t even 9 yet. Since it was too early to go to bed, we looked for something else to watch.
At first, I thought we …

Naomi is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their first full length release, On Avery Island. Opening up with a strumming guitar pattern and simple percussive rhythm, Magnum comes in with the vocals for the first verse pretty quickly and I must say that I like …

Octavarium is a rock music CD by Dream Theater. Although it is not my favorite of their CD’s it is still very good.
I always like how Dream Theater can start with one instrument and gradually add instruments into a great rock sound. However, this effect was overdone …

Man Of Peace is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Infidels. The song start off with a pretty generic rhythm played by drums along with a guitar and an organ. Like many of the other tracks that Dylan wrote around this time period, the lyrics …

Mistah FAB is a great rapper. I really like and enjoy his music. He is a good rapper from the city of Oakland CA. He is known as the freestyle king because he is a great battle rapper who destroys rappers on the mic. He is part of the Bay …

Taylor Swift has become wildly successful in just a matter of years. In high school, I barely knew her name. Now, she is all over the Billboard charts and wins tons of awards at every single music awards show you can think of. Taylor Swift puts a twist on …

Long Hot Summer Night is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on their record Electric Ladyland. The song starts off with a nice guitar riff from Hendrix in the right channel of the song before the other instruments join in as well establishing a nice sound. …

“Precious Burden” is the 2nd studio album from Swedish pop sensation Sophie Zelmani. Her second album takes a darker turn compared to her debut album (Sophie Zelmani) as it deals with the concept of death and loss.
The album opens with the gloomy “Leaving”, a heartwrenching ballad about a woman …

Here Comes Sunshine is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Wake Of The Flood. The song starts off in an extremely melodic fashion with all of the instruments creating a very gentle and just a very calming sound. Garcia comes in with a vocal …

Little By Little is a cover performed and recorded by The Rolling Stones which appears on their self-titled debut album. The track starts off with a guitar part along with a harmonica before Jagger comes in with the vocals of this track and sings in quite a blues-like delivery, …

When i read that Tasmanian Death metal gods Psycrotic had released a new album i was so excited and ready for something as good as there first 2 albums “The Isle of Disenchantment” and “The Scepter Of Ancients” and instantly went out and brought it, but boy was i …

One of my favorite Albums of all time is the epic Van Halen. This debut album is one of the great albums that influenced 80s metal and rock. The album was released in 1978 and has sold millions of worldwide. It feature the tight bass grooves by bassist Michael …

I think that the 1999 Issues is Korn’s greatest work. It is the first album by them that I got hold of, and I was strongly impressed by the music. I was rather young when I got a hold of this record, it was before their 2002 release Untouchables, …

Homesick is another solid offering from the pioneers of so called “Moshcore”: A Day To Remember.
ADTR have gone through significant changes in terms of musical style over the period of time they have existed, some good, some bad. Homesick is somewhere in between. Right from the very first chugging …

It’s been a while, but Linkin Park, arguably the most popular rock/rap crossover group is back with a new record. It’s just been released today and I’ve got quite a bit to say about this one so let’s get into it. It seems almost necessary to address the whole …

Anonymous does not play music like Faith No More like the previous albums. Kevin Rutmanis absence of a bass player, able to change the concept of music that normally hard, even though the age of the personnel are old enough. Tomahawk lowered the tempo in playing music? Tomahawk …

Actually, what the John Denver: The Best of John Denver Live CD is, is the Wildlife Concert performance that Denver did. It’s often seen on PBS in the United States. The CD also has an interactive extra if you use it on your computer. This is a …

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 …

The first time that I saw or even heard of the rapper “Lil’ Mama” was a few years ago when she released her first hit song “Lip Gloss”. Even though I was not interested in hip hop music, rap and most of the mainstream music around that particular time …

Achtung Baby is my second favorite album by U2 after the 1997 album called Pop. Many critics praise this album. And I do agree with them. Many fans of U2 think that this album is of their best, and they are right. Music, can it be assessed objectively, should …

Actor is a fantastic alternative music record. I totally love listening to the songs on this album. There is so much that this album has to offer. There are such great compositions, the music fields very original, the music is very strong indeed. And even though probably the sounds …

You could not classify Novembre’s “Materia” as metal, nor heavy metal. Though Novembre have a background that is colored in Metal, on “Materia” they embrace their softer side while including traces of their metal history.
Novembre could somewhat be classified as similar to bands like Opeth, Katatonia, and even at …

Overview —“ Painkiller, the 12th album released by Judas Priest, is surprisingly one of my favorite albums ever released by them. I said surprisingly because generally, by a band’s 12th album they really aren’t very good anymore, or at least they’re not all that great, but something about this …

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 …

Off the new Slash album, Nothing to Say by Slash is a song featuring vocals by The M Shadows off Avenged Sevenfold. It starts off with a creepy laugh by Slash and goes into a dark riff that goes into another riff into the verse of the song. I …

Cousins is a song by Vampire Weekend which appears on their second record, Contra. Right from the opening, you hear an incredibly chaotic and energy guitar riff which has the characteristic youthful sound of Vampire Weekend, but it’s far more chaotic in my opinion. Surprisingly, the band comes up …

The 1992 album, The Chronic, by West Coast rapper Dr. Dre is a classic. Even after 17 years, the album still sounds very fresh in my mind and I still play it in my car regularly to this day. The album was famous for three hit rap singles which …

The wave of Disney stars are never very successful at crossing over to the music industry. They always try to mold themselves into triple threats when the main reason they got booked to begin with was just for acting. It has happened with Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, …

Meshuggah is not a household name. Most people will go through their lives never hearing about an experimental Math/Metal band named Meshuggah. They are from Sweden, and are hailed as the Math/Metal gods(aside from Tool). Meshuggah are known for their complex, mind numbing time signatures, and their brutal almost …