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 …

What Separates Me From You by A Day to Remember is their best album yet. The songs are a little bit different than their original works, but definitely in a positive way.
The tracks are more clean-cut and sound far better than any album A Day to Remember has …

I am really touch by the song entitled ‘Home’ by the band Daughtry. I only heard it from Chris Daughtry’s performance in American Idol.
Honestly, I am touched by the song. I was once in a strange country and I really feel homesick. It is totally difficult being alone and …

Use Your Illusion II is the second half of a double album released in 1991 by Guns N’ Roses. The album cover is identical except for the color layout. The album features an alternate version with alternate lyrics of Don’t Cry, the original is on the first. There is …

I have always been upset that I missed Woodstock and missed most of the 60’s. I have been jealous of those people who lived through that decade of peace, love and rock and roll. My music tastes, and sometimes even my taste in fashion and lifestyle have trended toward …

Jay-Z ft. R. Kelly
“Guilty Until Proven Innocent”
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Paul Hunter
“Guilty Until Proven Innocent” is the third and final single and music video from Jay-Z’s fifth album “The Dynasty: Roc La Familia”, following “I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)” and “Change The Game”. …

Puff Daddy ft. Mario Winans, Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir
“My Best Friend”
Forever
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Paul Hunter
Puff Daddy closes out his second album “Forever” with his third and final single and music video titled “My Best Friend”, following “P.E. 2000″ and “Satisfy You”. You can get any …

Black Label Society released their studio album,”Mafia,” in 2005.The album propelled the band to superstar status.Zakk Wylde had already received stardom while performing with legendary singer Ozzy Osbourne.However, Black label Society was Zakk’s own music, and songwriting.When Mafia was released it solidified the guitarist/singers own artistic endeavors.Black Label Society …

Stupid Girl is a track by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Aftermath. Stupid Girl opens up with a quick drum part before developing a very light-hearted rhythm which stays pretty much constant throughout the song, or at least some variation of it. I’ve read a few …

In 1997, Michael O Domhnaill and Windham Hill Records produced “Celtic Christmas III: A Windham Hill Sampler.” The compilation includes twelve favorites from previous Celtic Christmas compositions, such as “The Wexford Carol,” “Circle of Joy,” “A Raven in the Snow,” and “Coinnle an Linoh Losa.” The soothing melodies and …

This is the third CD by Taylor Swift. I have been listening to it on repeat for the last three weeks. I have fallen in love with it, and there are plenty of reasons why.
First and foremost, Taylor has proved that she is not just someone who will …

I only got introduced to the singer Elise Estrada after I heard her song entitled Lipstick on the radio. I thought, what great song it was, it has all the feelings of a young woman who pretends she is not in love with a man to whom she …

50 cent is a Rap star who is signed to Eminem and Dr. Dre on Aftermath Records and he has given the world such hits as ‘Wanksta’, ‘P.I.M.P.’ and �Heat�. I have been a 50 cent fan since 1997 and so when he signed his record deal I …

I love soulful songs. Songs about love, heartbreak or fun given with passion always drew me in . I also love an old school flavour in my music. I was told i have an old soul because of it. This album by Cee Lo is an fulfils both sides …

In Response To All The Songs Erich Beckmann Writes is a song by Sledding With Tigers which appears as the third track on their debut release, No Randy No. Opening up with a chorus of voices starting the track off with a quick pace, this song returns the overall …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 18″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Chapter 18 of “Trapped in the Closet” is here and no longer are we trapped in the godawful restaurant that we have been trapped in for the past four episodes. Sylvester and Twan are on their way driving back from the …

I think that The Bends is the album that best defines Radiohead. Of course one could find numerous reasons why OK Computer is a better record, but to me personally The Bends will always be on a par with OK Computer, even though it is lacking in some features …

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 …

Overview —“ Mama Said, a third music video released for Metallica’s album Load, is the music video for a song which honestly doesn’t strike me, and I’m sure most people, as a Metallica song. I mean even just thinking about the title and the artist, having the word Metallica …

Don’t buy this CD; it is really tasteless. Not to mention I am not really a big fan of this artiste anyway. But he is really talented I have to claim that. For this particular album, the songs are not that nice and I couldn’t relate to …

Overview —“ Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols, the first and only album put out by The Sex Pistols, is an album that I am now just starting to see why is considered so influential and why The Sex Pistols are so highly praised. Before re-listening to …

Hole was a mostly female hard rock band that was popular in the mid to late nineties to early 2000s. It contains one of my favourite female hard rock singers, Courtney Love, who acted as the vocalist for Hole.
I am not sure if the reason the band is …

Oh Comedy is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their second album In the Aeroplane Over The Sea. Something that I should point out about this track is that it’s the longest song on the album at a bit over eight minutes long and I believe …

For starters, I’m not a fan of pop music. But I am a dancer. So of course I’m inclined to dance to pop music every once in awhile. I picked up Britney Spear’s album “Circus” and the best song on there is clearly “Mannequin.” It’s …

Delta is the newest CD that is released by singer/songwriter Delta Goodrem. The album being released in 2007, has many new and fresh songs by Delta.
I do believe the album is unique to the older ones, I have seen many different styles in the new album. Some of which …

Lullaby For Wayne is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled debut record, otherwise known as the Blue Album. Opening up with just some light guitar feedback, the rest of the band soon comes in and establishes a rhythm which is characteristic of Weezer in that a …

While I’m not a huge Queen fan, I do like several of their songs and believe their music is perfect for when I’m in the car trying to stay awake on my drive to work.
That’s why I was glad to find their Greatest Hits album on sale at Wal-mart …

The Lantern is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Their Satanic Majesties Request. I’ll say right now that The Lantern has an extremely odd structure which makes describing this song somewhat difficult because the track is extremely unpredictable and is constant changing in ways …

I myself do enjoy listening to several Christian hymns. Not always due to the fact that they are religious, but to the fact that I love the sounds of the music and the voices, it makes me very relaxed and calm. I have been looking all over the internet for …

Interpol fans awaited this release with much anticipation. Kings of all things austere, New York based Interpol have previously honed its taut guitar rock into an art form. I fear this album will disappoint eager disciples. This time around they’ve opted to minimize the drum and bass and replace …

Though the movie was great, the soundtrack was truly amazing. The soundtrack is comprised of:
Desolation Row by: My Chemical Romance
Unforgettable by: Nat King Cole
The Times They Are A-Changin’ by: Bob Dylan
The Sound of Silence- by: Simon and Garfunkel
Me and Bobby McGee …

Overview —“ Hero Of The Day, the second music video released by Metallica for the album Load, continues in the sort of strange symbolism that the band first introduced with Until It Sleeps. I don’t mean to come off as sounding as if symbolism is bad in music videos, …

A Treasure Chest of Classical Favorites - CD is a four CD set from Reader’s Digest that showcases classical music. Included is a small, thick booklet that walks through the selections, disk by disk, telling us about the composers and the compositions.
Disk One includes the classics, like Rhapsody …

I’ve always loved Ibanez’s line of guitars. I unfortunantly broke the neck on mine over 10 years ago. Recently an RG370DX came up for sale used, in solid black and in mint condition. I had to get it.
it has a maple neck with a rosewood 24 fret board. …

The Day That Never Comes, the first ballad on Death Magnetic, certainly is yet another good example of Metallica were being truthful when they said they let past records influence them on this album. Whereas the first half of this ballad (Let’s remember that the first half of Metallica …

The Line 6 Spider II Amp is a very powerful little system. It has an 8″ speaker, and (7) smart control effects like Flange, Tape Echo, Sweep Echo, Reverb, and more. I use it often when performing at local acoustic gigs. Usually the venue …

Wisconsin Death Trip is Static-X’s first album, it was released in 1999 on Warner Bros records and produced by Ulrich Wild and Static-X. The album is really a heavy album, they call it industrial, I guess you could call it that, the singles are Push It, I’m With Stupid, …

If this is graduation it’s from a 2 year school. The sampling and tired metaphors from kanye west is old. Rap is about bravado but kanye is that times ten. He not only tell u he’s the best at rapping every other sentence he also mentions he’s the best …

American Idiot, Green Day’s opening track to the album of the same name, is a song driven by political fury and those simple and basic punk riffs which the band always embraced. I don’t want to get into detail about the issue of Green Day —˜selling out’, if you …

Another favorite grunge type band of mine is Soundgarden. Soundgarden’s A-Sides is a sort of greatest hits CD that will take you through a journey of music that is inspiring and lovely, all at the same time. Soundgarden A-Sides contains my personal favorites such as Rusty Cage, Burden In …

After 40 years of the legendary group The Beatles, declared dissolved, one personnel from the Beatles, Ringo Starr, did not want to give up the competition in the music industry. While in the Beatles, he was only acting as a drummer, Starr
also has a great contribution as his friends, …

Level was an entertaining album filled with possible radio hits and chart toppers. There simple lyrics about women and typical country stories make it easy to sing along and a perfect background for a party setting. I have personally seen this band live and there CD to …

If you guys have watched National Treasure before, then I’m sure more or less you have been listening to the National Treasure Soundtrack. This is awesome and just in case you have not yet heard the sounds/songs in it, you should. What are you waiting for? I …

Cruelty And The Beast is the third album by Cradle Of Filth, released in 1998 on Music For Nations, the album is a concept album about Countess Bathory. The album tells the true story of Elizabeth Bathory, a countess who would kidnap women to try and gain her youth …

Need some song to make you cheer up again? Listen this song and you will dance automatically. Especially for you who like R&B and rap song.
Like usually, Nelly always bring an interesting rap song, in this song Party People, Nelly take Fergie to colaborete with him. With Fergie, …

Wake Up Dead is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Peace Sells… But Whose Buying? The track opens up with an extremely aggressive drum rhythm before Mustaine’s guitar comes in along with his vocals which are more of a spoken word section which just sort of …

A Manatee Dance is a song by Animal Collective which is the opening track to their second album, Danse Manatee. Opening up with a synthesized introduction, a listener is introduced to the noise-type of music that was somewhat prominent throughout Animal Collective’s debut record, Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve …

The current queen of pop has released her long awaited 3rd album, and at least the cover of the album hasn’t dissappointed “little monsters” I feel this album has left me wishing for more, it doesn’t have the mass appeal or catchy chous’s of the Fame Monster but is …

The Deftones released their fourth album the self titled Deftones, in May of 2003, the album was produced by Terry Date and The Deftones. Hexagram is the band in their classic style, the perfect mix of loud and mellow. Needles And Pins has a darker feel that reminds me …