Overview —“ Sweet Children, Green Day’s third EP, is surprisingly what I would consider their worst release yet. I figured that since it was released later than either of their first EPs, 1,000 Hours or Slappy, the songwriting would’ve improved and everything like that but this wasn’t the case …

Infinite Dreams is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. The track starts off in a melodic fashion being led by a guitar solo before leading into the verse of the track. Although the track is pretty laid-back during the …

Four Minute Warning is a song by Radiohead which appears on their album In Rainbows. Opening up with a noise effect that is basically a gradual fade in, Four Minute Warning begins by establishing a very empty and void-like atmosphere before having some instrumentation finally join in and Yorke’s …

Fast Car is a folk rock song from Tracy Chapman from her self titled album. I first thought that Tracy is a woman but when I saw her face in the net I have doubts if she is really a woman. Even in the internet, people are being confused …

U.F.O. Story is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their third studio record, Telepathic Surgery. The track opens up with a recording of someone talking about their experience seeing a U.F.O. which goes fittingly with the title of the track, but this does get dragged out …

Overview - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, the debut album by Pink Floyd, is an album that I would categorize as being extremely experimental, layered, complex, psychedelic, and even spacey at times. Surprisingly, the band did not really go for any commercial appeal with this album at …

One of the things I bought online for my band awhile back is the PG24 wireless microphone by Shure. Since Im a guitarist, a very big part of the band is singing back up vocals and being able to sing harmonies with power and more volume I needed a …

Pillow Music - Natural Deep Sleep by David & Steve Gordon is something that I find to be very valuable. The reason I find this audio CD to be quite valuable is because it helps me to sleep on nights that I simply cannot turn off my mind. If …

The Kids Quartet is a track by MGMT which appears on their first record, Climbing To New Lows. The song opens up with a very odd opening, there’s an odd vocal effect along with a drum rhythm which leads into what sounds like a synthesizer coming in and out …

The song “Coat of Many Colors” was written and sung by Dolly Pardon. The song is so beautiful and is a great representation of a mother’s love for her child, in that she made her a coat from rags because they could not afford to buy one from a …

Overview —“ Macy’s Day Parade, the final music video released by Green Day in promotion of Warning is a video that I really don’t understand the point of. I honestly hope that I’m missing something huge about this video because after just watching it a few times, I just …

It’s the way you make me feel is one of my favorite songs of the band Steps. I first saw this video in MTV and I really like it from the start. Since then I’ve always been a fan of steps and became even more upon hearing this song. …

As a lady, listening to Reunion by Black Sabbath takes a good amount of courage from me, I have to say. I was given this track as a birthday present last year and I’ve yet to find out who the “mystery” user was up till now. The …

Chris Norman may not exactly be a household name these days, but let me assure you that no matter who you are there is a good chance that you have heard at least one or two of his songs in your life. The main one would be LIVING NEXT …

I love the title of this album, The Alternative to Love by Brendan Benson pretty much. The album has a kind of oldies-sound or rather indie-sounding and very infectious. I love tracks like Alternative to Love, Feel Like Myself, Between Us and many more. Imagine an Oasis …

The Buffet E11 Clarinet- The standard-issue clarinet that schools give out (if they can afford better than a Yamaha or Jupiter).
First Impression: My first thought when I saw the E11 was that it had a nice build to it- it looked a lot sleeker than it’s predecessor. I …

From playing gigs to five people, to selling out shows in Japan. + has gained Ed Sheeran worldwide recognition.
Sheeran has come a long way from his days of couch surfing and the release of his first ever EP The Orange Room. He’s toured with the likes of Example …

The Vandoren Clarinet Lip Protector is a long sheet of special wax paper than you can cut into pieces. After cutting, simply fold them into the desired shape for your mouth and place it onto your lower teeth. It protects against sharp teeth stabbing the inner lips.
Upon first …

Metallica’s S&M album is a live album recorded by Metallica, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, recorded on 21 and 22 April 1999 at Berkley Community Theatre. The orchestra was conducted by Michael Kamen who also composed all the symphonic accompaniment. S&M, wich is an abbreviation for “Symphony and …

Christian’s Inferno is a song by Green Day which appears on their album 21st Century Breakdown. Christian’s Inferno certainly has a unique sound to it and it’s significantly different than the other track thus far on the record. For one thing, Christian’s Inferno starts off with this very dark …

Water Curses is an EP released by Animal Collective in 2008. Made up of songs that were written around the time of Strawberry Jam, Water Curses is comprised of four tracks which strike a nice balance to the album overall. While the two starting tracks of the EP are …

Chemicals react is one of my favorite songs of all time. This is done by my favorite sister duo, Aly & AJ. This song is about having a chemical reaction with someone. This is considered a love song, and it’s a darn good one at that; if you like …

Paper Planes by M.I.A. is a song that I like a lot. Paper Planes is a song you can not pass up and the song is just fantastic. The words make very little sense to a lot of people but not to me. The song talks about how this …

The Who’s sixth album, a double album released in 1974, this is a concept album based on a schizophrenic teenager named Jimmy, the album looks back over several days of events that leads the boy to his current gloom. A really interesting album by the who, Jimmy has four …

Sometimes, the best things are found in the strangest of places. From the midst of the often incredibly angsty underground music scene comes a completely unexpected ray of sunshine in the form of a band with a typically ironic name — Cheap Seats.
The band at first glance is rather …

The Buffet R13 is a standard issue clarinet for all clarinetists that want to play the clarinet throughout their lifetime- not just to be used through your school years and put aside forever. There are two types- the silver plated and nickel plated keys. It is made of premium grenadilla …

Take It As It Comes, a track from The Doors’ self-titled debut record, is certainly one of the more well-known tracks on this album, although I could say that about a lot of the songs on this record, and I can easily see why. The track is an extremely …

The CD The Beatles 1 is a compilation of 17 of the Beatles’ hit singles. With about 80 minutes of music, and only the good songs, this was a great value for the money. Beatles music is something that I never get tired of, and …

The Ceiling Is Bendin’ is a song by the Flaming Lips and the sixth song on their album Oh My Gawd. Opening up with a drum and bass part which fades in and out repeatedly, Coyne comes in with the vocals of the track which thankfully has some character …

Essplode is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second album, Danse Manatee. Opening up with a more traditional sound, I’m somewhat reassured by this and hope that the band doesn’t push the song to a dissonant extreme as they’ve done already with two tracks on the …

I was 16 (now I’m 21) when I started listening to The Cranberries. They were the ones who made me like music in general, and they’re the ones I’ll probably always hold in my heart. And that is why I’m really biased when it comes to this particular band, …

This guitar pedal by digitech has to be one of the best investments I have made in my musical life. I love how you can play a nice simple scale on a regular clean setting and then immediately stomp on the pedal, yielding a more sustain and distorted sound. …

Yesterday’s Papers is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on Between The Buttons. Something interesting about Yesterday’s Papers is that the track has sort of a psychedelic sound to it. For one, the background vocals seem to have sort of a fade in and out effect which …

Supermassive Black Hole is a track by Muse which appears on their album Black Holes And Revelations. I’m sure that many more people know this song now than when it first came out due to how it’s now featured on the soundtrack for one of the Twilight films, but …

George Michael is a musical legend who first gained his success in the band Wham! I was a big fan of Wham, and still listen to most of their work to date. However, I am a bigger fan of George Michael�s Solo work, most notably, Spinning the Wheel and …

E-40 is a very talented rapper that is coming out of the Bay Area. He is one of the most famous rappers ever to come out of the Bay Area. I really like his fast and lyrical rap style. He is a really good business man as well. E-40 has …

Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their record A Saucerful Of Secrets. The track opens up with a light guitar riff in the right channel which begins by playing an eerie riff as additional instrumentation gradually begins …

Only, another track by Nine Inch Nails for their record With Teeth, is an interesting track which deals with a mental personality disorder which is reminiscent of films such as Fight Club, Secret Window, or Shutter Island for those of you who have seen these. Only opens up with …

Someone Is Waiting is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which is the third track to appear on their debut release, On Avery Island. Picking up immediately where the previous track, You’ve Passed, left on, the vocal performance of Jeff Magnum abandons the Lou Reed-like sound which I seemed …

“Duel of the Iron Mic” appears off of GZA debut album “Liquid Swords”. For those of you whom are unfamiliar, GZA is part of super group Wu-Tang Clan. In the early 90’s it was safe to say that the Wu-Tang Clan had a respectable ensemble of members in their …

All The Love In The World is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album With Teeth. The song starts out with some electronic drums playing in a rhythm which stays throughout the majority of the song. Reznor joins in with the vocals pretty quickly on …

Eleanor Rigby is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Revolver. McCartney takes lead vocals on this track and I’m actually pretty surprised about this because this song always struck me more as a Lennon composition. I say this because Eleanor Rigby is extremely well developed …

The song Forty Acres by Red Sovine makes me think of something I would sing. I can definitely relate to this song when I was learning how to drive a five ton truck and deuce n half for the National Guard. When I first learned how to drive a …

Being a fan of this band for some time now I have started to notice that each album they release is more experimental and less heavy, it’s the same with this album, while the musicianship and skill on the album is great I find it hard to believe this …

Behind Blue Eyes is a song by The Who which appears on their record Who’s Next. Unlike the traditional rock and roll sound that The Who had throughout their career, Behind Blue Eyes is certainly a ballad which carries with it a much different atmosphere and mood compared to …

Weekend Wars is the second track off of MGMT’s second release, Oracular Spectacular. When I first started listening to MGMT, Weekend Wars was one of the first tracks to really jump out at me. I will say that compared to Time To Pretend, Weekend Wars changes much more, and …

Ivy Boy is a song off of the album “Music of The Adventures of Pete and Pete”. Polaris was a side project involving members from the band Miracle Legion, writing songs for the hit show at the time “The Adventures of Pete and Pete”. Among these songs I find …

I like this album a lot. And there are numerous reasons for it. I think that Korn managed to intensify their emotional strength on this album. Their previous album was rather dark, and very aggressive, of course, and it dealt rather well with serious emotional subjects. This album does …

It is ten years ago now since Eminem released his first studio album in the form of The Slim Shady LP. The album was ground breaking in a number of ways, but for me personally it was the first rap album that I ever listened to. Back in 1999 …

Lord I believe in You is a song popularized by Crystal Lewis. I have a copy of this song of hers. A friend shared to me her MP3 of this popular song of Crystal Lewis. The copy is very clear and vivid.
What would I say of this song? Well …