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 …

Ally McBeal was one of TV’s quirkiest comedies ever, only it wasn’t a comedy, it was a drama. Well, it was a comedy. Maybe dramedy describes it best. There was a lot of discussion about this at the time it aired in the mid-90’s, and …

The Cranberries was one of the most famous rock bands of the 90’s. On 1999 they released “Promises” as a single of their “Bury the Hatchet” album. That song was a major hit and is my favorite Cranberries song and one of the best songs from the 90’s.
The song …

The song Busy Man was a hit for country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and it’s a song I have loved since its release. In some ways, it’s not unlike Harry Chapin’s Cats in the Cradle, only it has a happier ending.
Composed by Robert Joseph Regan and George Gustav …

Whiplash Smile is Billy Idol’s third solo album, and (at least until 2005’s highly disappointing Devil’s Playground) the final Idol album to feature both guitarist Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey. While not quite up to the level set by the preceding Rebel Yell (what is, really?), it’s still …

I was unimpressed by this release to a rather high extent. I think that the band did not go anywhere with this album, and it sounds rather backward and also kind of boring. Many of the songs on this album are cheap and forgettable, very easy to see through. …

Kashmir is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their album Physical Graffiti. The track opens up with an extremely famous part which I’m sure most fans of Zeppelin, or even classic rock in general, have heard at some point or another. The part is primarily driven by …

Sunshine is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the fifth song on their first album, No Randy No. Transitioning fluidly out of Love Songs Are Dumb Songs, Sunshine opens up with a group of cynical lyrics sung by a chorus of voices. Personally, I’ll say right now …

The first time I heard the song I can say the song is an average song until it is use in the movie Confession of a Shopaholic as a theme song. It fit the two characters in the movie and I begin to like it. Stuck with each other …

The Mirror Has Two Faces CD is the soundtrack for the movie of the same name which starred Barbra Streisand and Jeff Bridges. It’s a love story about two very unlikely lovers. It’s about beauty, inside and outside, and the notes of the instrumentals reflect that beautifully.
Streisand …

Wesley Willis is one of those weird musicians that I’ve heard. He was a guy who made random albums over a five year period using mostly keyboard sampling. There pretty funny because most of them sound similar and they use beats that sound the same. He also uses …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Independent Women, Part 1
Album: Survivor/”Charlie’s Angels” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Francis Lawrence
“Independent Women, Part 1″ is a single and music video off of the original motion picture soundtrack to the 2000 film adaptation of “Charlie’s Angels”. You know something, looking back on 2007’s “I …

Everything Is is the first EP released by Neutral Milk Hotel which is comprised of four tracks: Everything Is, Snow Song Pt. 1, Aunt Eggma Blowtorch, and Tuesday Moon. In terms of the diversity of the record, I would say that the EP does do a pretty good job …

System Of A Down is the band’s self titled 1998 debut album, produced by Rick Rubin and released on American Records. The album is dark, fast, loud and tight, the album is by far heavier and angrier than System Of A down’s future albums, the future albums feature more …

Knock-Down Drag-Out is a song by Weezer which appears on one of their self-titled albums, otherwise known as The Green Album. The track starts out with a very catchy vocal melody and this doesn’t let up anywhere throughout the song. The songwriting on this track is very basic, it’s …

I Might Be Wrong is a song by Radiohead which appears on their record Amnesiac. The track opens up with some echo-like effects before the main guitar riff comes in. I must say right here that if you want to listen to this song, you’ll either have to enjoy …

Well I have been following this band for some time and I must say that they have impressed me. This latest CD as well as the first, contain mostly covers but it is still a great work of art. It contains covers of Metallica, Pantera, Sepultura, and Faith No …

I remember when Drake was just this little kid on the Degrassi show filmed out of Canada. I would watch it every time it was on. He was the kid who ended up in a wheelchair after he got shot pretty much for no reason. During the show, there …

Going To California is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their fourth record, Led Zeppelin IV. Opening up with an intricate guitar pattern, Robert Plant comes in with a gentle and melodic vocal delivery which fits perfectly with the music behind him. Thus far, the instrumentation is …

The Hypnotize Album is the last album that System of a Down released before going on indefinite hiatus. I am not sure when the band will be back, but luckily this was one hell of an album to release before leaving.
Attack is the first song on the album. Immediately …

Believe it or not, this was the first song I had ever heard from the band named Gorillaz and was instantly hooked it and them! I had first heard this song on a local radio station and was pretty shocked when I learned Gorillaz was a “cartoon band”
Feel Good …

Smile! Why Not? Is a song by Sledding With Tigers which is the penultimate song on their debut release, No Randy No. Opening up with a melodic interplay between an acoustic guitar pattern and humming vocals over the top, this track seems to drive the album in the direction …

If you have heard the “I Fly Above” song by Kandi Burruss, you’ll know that this song is about her ability to shake off the people in her life who don’t wish her the best. Kandi Burruss is a singer from the former girl group, Xscape. …

Cobwebs is a song by Animal Collective and the third track on their 2008 EP, Water Curses. Opening up with a random collection of sounds, Tare joins in the mix and the song seems to try to create a hypnotizing atmosphere which works nicely to some extent. Although I …

I first heard Taylor Swift’s “You Belong with Me” in my boyfriend’s iPod, and he was singing along with it like some lunatic so I just had to listen to it for myself to know what the hype was all about. Then wow, I was instantly hooked.
Personally I …

Kelly Clarkson is a former American Idol who recently came out with an album entitled “All I Ever Wanted”. Overall, it is a pretty good album that has produced some solid hits that have been played on the radio a lot.
“All I Ever Wanted”, the song that the album …

Outlaw Blues is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Bringing It All Back Home, one of my personal favorites from him. Although Outlaw Blues is still pretty basic in instrumentation, although not quite as stripped down as many of Dylan’s other songs, the rock driven …

I’m a fan eversince of Ms. Regine Velasquez the Asia’s songbird and with that I really really loved to play her songs whenever I’m at home or while driving because it inspires me all the time and it brings back memories as well. She launched a new album produced …

Whenever there is a singing contest it never happen that there is no Whitney song that the contestant will not sing. It is always present. Maybe because Whitney has the best vocal range among the singer in the US and if you can be able to sing her song …

OJ Da Juiceman hits the scene with his debut album —˜The Otha Side Of The Trap’, and proves that he is ready for mainstream success. This album is not for everybody, as a majority of the songs are “trap” songs, and a majority of the CD is about selling drugs …

I have heard this song a million times and have never once gotten sick of hearing it. It’s one of my favorite songs right now. It’s great to dance to or to sing to. I think one of the main reasons I like it so much is because it …

Long time, no see. The boys from sweden show their work once more.
This is an album wich many of the new listeners will find attractive, though old ones will find rather dissapointing. It´s more cliché than ever, leaves you with a feeling you have listened to the whole album …

Holy mother of God, out of nowhere one of my favorite alternative/hipster band twenty one pilots dropped a new song! And not just a new random song, it is a song for one of my most anticipated films this year Suicide Squad! Guys, if you haven’t heard it, I …

I really tried to like this singer. She’s absolutely beautiful. A café au lait woman with and interesting eclectic style. She’s been around for awhile on the Neo-Soul scene, and I have yet to connect with her music. Her voice is buttery …

Overview —“ Sugar, a second music video and single released by System Of A Down for their self-titled debut record is a track that I feel represents the band a bit better than how the first music video, Spiders, did. From the start to the finish of this track …

Female country music singer, Martina McBride is one of my favorite singers. She has a habit of singing songs that are about strong women rather than the whiny songs that most country singers have a tendency to sing. Her music makes women feel as though they have the power …

Hey Light is a song by Animal Collective and the second to appear on their fourth record, Here Comes The Indian. Continuing in a similar way to the previous track on the record, Hey Light opens up with a somewhat chaotic sounding introduction, but thankfully the band doesn’t go …

I can’t break free of this song. It’s not so much stuck in my head as I am just strangely addicted to it. It’s incredibly catchy. I don’t know what the draw is because at face value it’s a techno song that sounds a little like …

Man Of Constant Sorrow is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan for his self-titled debut record. The track starts off with an acoustic guitar pattern primarily in the right channel of the song and Dylan’s vocals to the track primarily in the left channel. Dylan still …

Metallica’s debut 1983 album Kill Em All was going to be titled “Metal up your ass” but the record company made them change it before it’s release. This could be Metallica’s most impressive album, technically. The parts are faster then most anything by Metallica, the solos are huge, and …

Overview —“ Scars On Broadway, the debut album by the band of the same name, is Daron Malakian’s first release after leaving System Of A Down. After listening to Serj Tankian’s album many people were extremely curious to hear how Malakian would compare, and I was no exception. I …

There is not a year that goes by that I don’t happily listen to my Bing Crosby Sings Yuletide Favorites CD. This is classic holiday music, and it’s done with simplicity and a joy of the season. For the most part, it’s the crooner doing what he …

Rock music seems to have sprouted an absolute ton of different genres over the years, and one of these more current genres is the mixing of a metal like sound with a younger, almost pop sounding singer. Most of the time, it creates music that seems out of place …

Overview —“ Brain Stew/Jaded is a music video that combines two tracks from Insomniac and makes them appear as if it is one song in the music video. Just as the songs sound different in tone and feel, the music videos for the two music videos are quite contrasting …

This is Nirvana’s debut album released in 1989 on Sub Pop Records and produced by Jack Endino who also produced the album Screaming Life by Soundgarden. The album takes it’s name from an AIDS campaign telling heroin users to bleach their needles. Bleach is a good album, it features …

I’m Going Down is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Metamorphosis. The song starts out in sort of a generic rock sound which I swear I’ve heard from The Rolling Stones and various other bands countless times, but I’ll move on from here. Jagger …

I saw the movie Never Say Never, I was a big Justin fan in the summer and it kind of wore off. I did not notice this song in the movie that much, but when he came out with this song on the album I was absolutly blow away. …

I remember in the late nineteen nineties and early two thousands I had begun to discover pop rock. I was still very young, not even a teenager as yet and so I didn’t know where to get new music especially new music from the pop rock genre since that …

This Bone Thugs “Greatest Hits” cd is one of the best custom cds to ever be put together. If you are a Bone Thugs fan then you know that summer after summer they have been consistant in putting out great music which may lack radio play but has a …

Discipline is a track by Nine Inch Nails which appears on The Slip. Discipline opens up with a very drum beat and then gives way to some synthesizers which obviously add that industrial and electronic feel which I typically associate with Nine Inch Nails. The vocal melody to Discipline …