I first discovered the band Korn in I think about 2000. It was when had seen the video for Freak on a Leash on MTV, and I remember thinking it was the heaviest type of rock music I had ever heard. I thought the video was amazing and mystifying …

Empty Heart is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on the EP Five By Five. Empty Heart opens up with a guitar riff along with a simple moving drum rhythm which gives the track a pretty traditional rock and roll sound and this is only reinforced once …

I’m not a real Major Lazer fan. I’ve only been really listening to them since 2013, a little before I went to see them in concert for the first time. While I do like a few of their songs, I have to say that I’m not as hugely invested in …

Overview - Dark Side Of The Moon, the album considered to be Pink Floyd’s best work and one of rock’s greatest albums in history, is primarily a record more on the mellow side, although still a very powerful album. Roger Waters did a lot less songwriting on this album …

For a fan of Bobby Sherman, this CD is a real winner. Bobby Sherman: Greatest Hits CD is just that, a selection of this one time teen idols’ hit songs, and he had several. There are 12 hit songs plus a 13th bonus selection from his …

“Tonight She Comes” was a previously unreleased song by the band The Cars. The song appeared on their 1985 Greatest Hits album. Just the thought that they knew the song would be a hit, and the nerve to put it on a “Greatest Hits” album is just amazing. How …

Graduation overall sounds very laid back. It’s a bit more relaxed, than what you might be used to but it’s defiantly an album that you are going to want to buy if you love Kanye.
This is a solid and enjoyable collection. There are no skits or fillers that make …

You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Blood On The Tracks. The song starts off with an energetic harmonica part accompanied by an acoustic guitar pattern and a steady bass rhythm as well. Dylan comes in with …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: 8 Days of Christmas
Album: 8 Days of Christmas
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Sanaa Hamri
“8 Days of Christmas” is a promotional single and music video off of Destiny Child’s 2001 Christmas album of the same name. Directed by Sanaa Hamri (who also directed “Nasty Girl” for them), the music …

If there is any common knowledge among Dan Swano fans, it’s that he is a man who can compose a song under virtually any genre and make it sound fresh, original, and exciting. “Twilight,” a song he wrote with his former band Edge of Sanity, is a whirlwind of brutal …

Sister, by Sonic Youth is an album that one has to learn to like. Its beauty does not reveal itself at once, but one has to understand the music before it becomes possible to enjoy it.
When speaking about this album, for me personally, two tracks stand out head and …

Kill Rock —˜N Roll is a song by System Of A Down which appears on the second half of their double record Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Kill Rock —˜N Roll is a very short track, at about two and a half minutes long, and it’s also a track which feels short as …

The To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar soundtrack CD is pretty representative of this extraordinary movie which starred Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Legazamo as drag queens. While not every track is a hit for me, several of them are.
The movie, and the CD, opens …

Two Soldiers is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his album World Gone Wrong. The song starts off with a nice and melodic acoustic guitar pattern which goes on for a while before Dylan comes in with the vocals a bit under a …

After spending years with the Misfits writing and recording some of the greatest punk to ever be pressed, Glenn Danzig formed his second band, Samhain. Their debut record, “Initium”, was released in 1984, and it showed that despite the Misfits officially disbanding, Danzig was determined to continue putting out …

This is an okay CD, but it was greatly disappointing in light of Ill Nino’s previous release Revolution/Revolucion. Their first effort was a seamless mix of hard rock and Spanish rhythms. But for this CD, they left most of their Latin flavor behind in favor of generic …

Stacie Orrico is a contemporary Christian singer and songwriter from Brisbane Australia. She became popular in 2003 with the song Stuck on you. Stuck on you became popular and top the charts on the same year. I like four of her songs Stuck, Promise, I’m not missing you and …

Led Zeppelin IV is the band’s most popular effort to date.With the success of “Stairway To Heaven”, the band was immortalized as true pioneers of popular music.I love every song on this album and consider it a testament of their artistic innovation.Everyone I know considers this band a major …

Already Gone by Sugarland is a song about how this girls mother already knew her daughter wasn’t going to listen to her so she let her make her mistakes and learn from them. It’s a lot like that now days because a lot of kids think there parents have …

Suite-Pee is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their self-titled debut record. Malakian opens the track with an interesting riff which focuses on the use of natural harmonics before going into a traditional System Of A Down rhythm which is characterized by a heavy rhythm …

Too Soon is a song by Animal Collective and is the final track on their fourth studio album entitled Here Comes The Indian. The impression I get from Too Soon is that Animal Collective yet again tries to recapture the relaxed sound that they had all throughout Campfire Songs …

Going To Stockton is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the third track on their third release, The Arrested Cats. Opening up with a drawn out acoustic guitar chord, the vocals quickly come into the mix and return the sound to a slightly more energetic feel in comparison …

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 Osmonds: Gospel Favorites is yet another incarnation of these wonderful brothers. They combine in different groupings depending on what is happening in their lives. For this religious album, the four singing brothers are Alan, Merrill, Wayne, and Jimmy. Jay must have been trying a solo …

There was so much great music from the hit flick, Dirty Dancing, that a second album was released to include the great songs that they didn’t have room for on the main CD. Thus, we were treated to the More Dirty Dancing soundtrack CD, which begins with an …

Overview - Revolver, The Beatles sixth effort, is the most experimental and creative album that they had put out at that time. Songs were becoming far less pop-orientated and included Indian influences: Love You To, psychedelic songs: Tomorrow Never Knows, and this album also showed McCartney really maturing as …

Artist: Mase ft. Total
Video: “What You Want”
Album: Harlem World
Director: Joseph Kahn
The music video for “What You Want” begins with Mase juggling phone calls from his roster of girlfriends whom all don’t know about each other, sort of taking a page from the film “Def Jam’s How to Be A …

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. …

Can’t Stop The Spring is a song by The Flaming Lips and the ninth song on their second release, Oh My Gawd. Returning to the distorted guitar sound present throughout the majority of this record, Can’t Stop The Spring honestly reminds me of a Flaming Lips song which appeared …

I first heard Our Song by Taylor Swift on one of our local radio stations and became instantly hooked to the song. I did not know it was Taylor Swift who sang this song until I looked up the lyrics on the internet.
The song itself has a country beat …

I saw this music video after the CMT Music Awards. I didn’t think I was going to like it but since it won an award, I figured I would listen to it and see if it really deserved it. I had wanted Carrie Underwood to win for “Cowboy Casanova”. …

To this date, still know as Robbie Williams best ever song, though it’s often forgotten that it never actually reached number 1 in the U.K.
Although this was wrote during his time with Guy Chambers, you would have to question whether this was a sign of what was to come …

Sissy Spacek is simply incredible as the first lady of country music, Loretta Lynn, in Coal Miner’s Daughter. Her speech and singing were right on. She does do all the singing here, and she’s so good that not everyone realizes that it’s Spacek singing and not Lynn. …

Five Stop Mother Superior Rain is a song by the Flaming Lips and the fifth track on their album In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with an acoustic guitar pattern, Coyne comes in with the vocal melody to the song which takes on a far more somber tone …

I Just Had To Die is a song by The Knife which appears on their self-titled record. The song opens up with a rhythm which is sort of interesting at first, but draws slightly annoying after a few repetitions in my opinion. In my opinion, the vocals could’ve been …

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 …

John Denver: Rocky Mountain Christmas CD is a really nice album to play during the holidays especially if you like that crisp, outdoor feel, because that is present all through this record. Denver was known for his environmental beliefs and the song choices for this album reflect that.
It …

War Zone is a song by Slayer which starts off like most of Slayer’s tracks do: very fast and very heavy. I will say that the double bass in the introduction of this track sounds nice but the guitar part just sort of strikes me as generic and doesn’t …

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 …

Annie’s Song is one of John Denver’s famous love ballad’s but it is unique in that he does it in English and Spanish. It sounds so sweet that it can put you in a trans where you can forget your everyday worries or problems. It can mesmerize you with …

If you have never heard of Sonic Youth, if you are not familiar with their music, Rather Ripped is the very best album where you should start getting to know them. Before they released Rather Ripped, Sonic Youth have been an active band for twenty five years, and Rather …

Switchfoot is a fairly new indie band that is emerging quite well in my area. I do not know if the rest of the country, or the world, for that matter, are aware of Switchfoot, but I really like this band and see them as a great up and …

March Of The Meanies is an instrumental track which appears on The Beatles’ record, Yellow Submarine. Let me first start by saying that I really didn’t like many of the instrumental tracks on Yellow Submarine with the rare of exception of one or two, March Of The Meanies being …

This Gone with the Wind soundtrack CD is labeled as ‘The New Recording of Max Steiner’s Classic’. It was done with LaserLight Digital technology. It has one big plus and one big minus in my book.
The big plus is that this music is as wonderful as ever. …

I think this is another great effort from Eminem and it had a great music video to go with it. Most men would love this simply because he has used both Megan Fox and Rhianna in this video but there are deeper meanings for those who wish to look.
Eminem …

Artist: Mariah Carey
Video: Love Takes Time
Album: Mariah Carey
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Jeb Brien and Walter Maser
“Love Takes Time” is the second single and music video from Mariah Carey’s first self-titled album, following the previous single and music video titled “Vision of Love”. Jeb Brien and Walter Maser helm Mariah Carey …

People II 2: Still Peoplin’ is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad which appears on their 2011 release, Knife Man. Opening up with a light vocal section, an acoustic guitar rhythm can be heard strumming along before the first verse comes in which features a vocal delivery where the …

Waterfalls by TLC is a song that is smooth going and sweet. I like the song because it sooths my mind and is not like other rap songs. The song talks about how guys need to stop chasing after things they are not going to get but waterfalls is …

Aaliyah
“MIss You”
I Care 4 U
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Darren Grant
“Miss You” is a beautiful R&B ballad released as the first single and music video off of Aaliyah’s first posthumous album after her death titled “I Care 4 U”. Darren Grant, a music video director who collaborated with Aaliyah on quite a number …