The mid-nineties was a strange era for rock music. Grunge was in complete control, and it was being commercialized so heavily that it was destined to burn itself out quickly. While it had started as a small scene, it had become the brand of rock, and even music in …

Gee, i have been listening to so many singer/songwriter type albums this year that it’s getting a little ridiculous. But due to the fact that i try and check out most music that is released i feel there will be many more to come.
One of the latest singer/songwriter …

Primer 55 isn’t a very well-known band, although I believe they had a song on a popular soundtrack, perhaps the Resident Evil movie? But this CD is quite a solid effort, maybe even great if you’re into the kind of hardcore tinged with funk sound they bring. …

“Mule Variations,” though maybe not his most appreciated album, is probably in my top five by Tom Waits. It’s gritty, folk-based, but not really limited to genre. While not every track did it for me, the ones that did nailed it. And of course, with any album by Waits, …

Sabaton’s first alnum Primo Victoria has stroken me as really good, although not at all original, when I finally saw the seond album in the store, I didn’t even think twice before taking my wallet out.
The Artwork looks really nice, but I’m not the kind of a man that …

Belle Isle is a traditional song which was arranged and performed by Bob Dylan for his album Self Portrait. If you’ve read my review of other songs which appear on this album you’ll see that I constantly am bothered by Dylan’s voice and openly admit that it’s certainly a …

YES are another one of those bands that help to prove that the seventies was the creative peak of music as we know it. I’m not one of those people that thinks new music is bad, i just know that the expressionism in music is nowhere near today like …

Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased) is a song by Radiohead which appears on their record Hail to The Thief. If memory serves correctly, this is one of the singles released for this album which is slightly surprising to me because I don’t personally feel like it has …

Don’t blink by Kenny Chesney is a song about how if you blink your whole life can go faster than you think. It’s like telling you not to waste a minute of your life because you never know what you may miss and you don’t want to miss a …

Indescribable by Chris Tomlin is a song that sums it all up. Indescribable is just the word to describe what god is. He is hard to explain and in so many ways you can’t explain him that’s why I agree he is one hundred percent Indescribable. I like this …

There is something really special about this album. There are many people out there who do not appreciate Limp Bizkit that much. But I am guessing that those people will find less of the stuff they could object to on this record. For me personally, this album is probably …

My aunt sent me this CD because she was given it for christmas, and absolutly hated it. i have to say, Im with my aunt on this one. i really like differnt music, i thought i really liked Fiona aple. i was very wrong. this CD is just…weird. I …

Devil’s Dance is a track by Metallica which appears on their second half of the double-record, Reload. I will be honest and admit that for the most part, I don’t like too many of the tracks on either Load or Reload, but I will say that I believe Devil’s …

Mykel and Carli is a song by Weezer which strays away from their typical power-pop sound and strikes me as being a bit more developed. Opening up in a very acoustic fashion with just an acoustic guitar and a simple harmonica pattern, the rest of the band soon comes …

Tired Of Sex is the opening song on Pinkerton, the second album by Weezer. What strikes a listener immediately about this track, compared to any of the songs on Weezer’s debut album, is that it has a much rougher sound to it and isn’t quite as pop sounding. This …

Wait is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Rubber Soul. The track opens up with the vocals coming first before the rest of the instrumentation coming in to join the vocals on the song. Though a listener can certainly hear the unique sound of the …

Gates Of Tomorrow is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Dance Of Death. The track opens up with a pretty upbeat sounding guitar riff, which Harris’ bass reinforces, before leading into a slightly more aggressive section which has a slight galloping riff to it. The …

Musicnotes.com is an awesome website for anyone looking for sheet music. You install I small program (musicnote player) on your computer and then you can download the sheet music digital. Most songs cost between $4-$6. You print out the pages and then off you go. …

‘Life in a Northern Town’ is a classic song, written and performed by the English folk group The Dream Academy.
The song’s wistful sound passes off a sense of melancholy over the amazing chorus chants and lyrics that transport listeners back in time. The song speaks of a a small …

The Black Angel’s Death Song is a track by The Velvet Underground which appears on their first record, The Velvet Underground And Nico. This song starts out in a somewhat dissonant fashion due to an electric viola being played and then Lou Reed’s vocals coming in pretty abruptly, I …

Elvis Presley’s album Almost In Love is just another example of the King of Rock at his finest. If you’re anything like me, you appreciate all great music. And there’s none so great as Elvis.
Almost In Love features ten great tracks from this legend. Released in 1970, It contains …

This song came out a couple years ago when I actually liked Rihanna. Now, I just can’t stand her music. This song is really upbeat and is a great song to play in a club or at a school dance. I like music that I can have fun dancing …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Rain”
Album: Release Some Tension
Label: RCA Records
Director: Darren Grant
“Rain” is the final single and music video from SWV’s third album called “Release Some Tension”, following “Can We” and “Someone”. Released in the Spring of 1998, Darren Grant directs this time around, taking a more low-key and mellower approach …

Sexy Can I by Ray J and Yung Berg is a cool song that you can play all day and just chill ton the beat. One day I listened to this song for three hours straight and I still wanted to hear it again. There are a few cuss …

The Beatles were great, they innovate and just reinvented music. There are lots of Beatles songs I love, but there are some I like the best. One of those songs is “The Ballad of John and Yoko” written by John Lennon. The song is a smooth rock n’ roll …

Hots On For Nowhere is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their album Presence. The song starts off with a lighthearted rhythm played by Page accompanied by Jones and Bonham before Plant comes in with the vocals. I like the flow of the music on this track …

Sunroad is one of the hottest hard rock bands from Brazil.
Formed by Fred Mika and his cousin, Danillo Vee, in the heat of Brazil in 1996 and influenced by many top-notch heavy metal/hard rock bands such as Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Eloy and MSG (and more), this band has produced …

No More Mister Nice Guy is a cover performed by Megadeth which appears on their record Hidden Treasures. The track starts off with that classic riff from Alice Cooper’s track but certainly with a more aggressive tone and just sort of more an electrified tone coming from Mustaine. Although …

If you have ever seen the Movie Tommy you may know that there was a song on the soundtrack named Pinball Wizard. It’s by the classic rock group The Who. The song relates to what the movie is about. A kid who is deaf,dumb, and blind but somehow …

Truly, Madly, Deeply, By Savage Garden is a song I like but now don’t listen to much after I found it on this one persons myspace page who is so mad at me I have no honest clue why. The song has a cool soft beat to it and …

The Foo Fighters came about when the grunge band Nirvana ceased to be due to Kurt Cobain’s untimely death. I have always loved the Foo Fighters and the relationship to Nirvana has absolutely no bearing on my opinion of this cool band. I have seen them in concert as …

Record Exchange
1600 Spring Garden St
Greensboro, NC 27403
(336) 273-6300
If you like music, then you will be a fan of the record exchange. This psuedo independent record store on west market street is a music lovers dream. One of the greatest features of this store is taht they have musicians come …

This is the second album by the Canadian metal band 3 Inches Of Blood and the first on Roadrunner Records it was released in September of 2004 and produced by Neil Kernon. The style of the band could be compared to Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate, and other classic metal …

Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, and Pink
“Lady Marmalade”
Moulin Rouge!: Soundtrack
Interscope Records
Director: Paul Hunter
Does anyone have a mini-bar? I think I need a stiff drink after watching this trash of a music video. This new reincarnation of “Lady Marmalade” was recorded for the “Moulin Rouge!” Soundtrack by Mya, Pink, Lil’ …

Overview - “Master Of Puppets”, Metallica’s third album is the album that truly proves Metallica was just more than some band playing fast. They were a group of truly talented musicians who fit together perfectly to craft some of the best thrash metal songs of that era. The group’s …

“See You” is the 8th track off of the Foo Fighters multi platinum album “The Colour and the Shape” released in 1997. Dave Grohl himself admits that it is his favorite song off the album, and it was almost not included had he not redone the drum track for …

Jay Z is getting ready to release his new album which will be called “American Gangster” much like the movie that is currently playing and he will attempt to recover from the bad performance he gave us in him last album but making somgs on this album to fit …

I admit that I was reluctant to listen to this album. Ever since his release of the Recovery album, I really didn’t know what to expect from Marshall Mathers. So, I didn’t want to be disappointed.
The first song of the album, “Bad Guy”, shattered my doubts about Em. This …

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 …

Are You Sure Hank Done It This way is by Waylon Jennings. It seems like he is asking a question about how Hank made it big because he is trying to copy him. I personally don’t think anyone needs to copy how someone else made it to be successful …

There are certain recording artists whose music is criticized by many of the people who consider their own taste in music to be very well refined. Ke$ha so happens to be one of those artists. As a pop star, she has found a lot of success, but she has …

Linkin park is one of my favourite bands.They are just too good.their 1st album was Hybrid theory.it was a super hit album….specially the song in the end………,crawling,etc were awesome.then came the album Meteora.it was also a very good album.Numb was one of its best song….Their latest …

The first Cam’ron cd which was titled “Confessions Of Fire” was released in 1998 after he had made appearences on many mixtapes and led him career off with songs like ” Horse And Carriage” featuring Mase (former best friend) and “Pimp’s A Pimp” featuring Jermine Dupri off So So …

This is one of the most underrated album of the 1990s. I am sure that many people have heard it. And I have talked to many people who have heard this album, and everybody I talked to seems to like this album a lot. But somehow, there are many …

For those who are unaware who Jim Jones is, he is an executive at Diplomat Records as well as an artist who performs along with Cam’ron and Juelz Santana also known as The Diplomats. Is third cd which is titled “Hustler’s P.O.M.E.” and features the smash hit “We Fly …

Pretty Peggy-O is a traditional song which is covered by Bob Dylan that appears on his self-titled debut record. I’ll say right now that the version of this song which I was always familiar with was the version by The Grateful Dead, a version which I actually enjoy quite …

Ariana Grande has been dubbed as this generation’s Mariah Carey but in my opinion she doesn’t even come close. In terms of vocals, Ariana is slightly ahead most of her peers, and I agree that she really has big vocal ability but comparing her to Mariah she looks like …

I used to sing with the band. Well, I can say that I really enjoyed every moment that I am in front of so many people and it gives me so much confidence whenever people gave me a warm applause.
I sing a variety of songs, from 50’s …

MK Ultra is a track by Muse which appears on their most recent record, The Resistance. MK Ultra starts out in a very electronically-driven sound and basically keeps this throughout most of the song. The lyrical topic of the song deals with a CIA operation and the basic structure …