In March of 2010, Dreamworks released How to Train Your Dragon; a film about a boy named hiccup on a viking island where killing the dragons which raid the city is almost everything. Hiccup, however, is no ordinary boy and, unlike everybody else, is not strong and does have …

Must Be The Ganja is a song written by Eminem which appears on his album Relapse. To begin with an overview of the album and my general thoughts on it, I felt that it was certainly a shift in the overall sound and songwriting for Eminem compared to his …

After all of the fuss over Arnel Pineda’s You Tube performance that won him the honor of becoming Journey’s new lead singer, I bought the album to see if he could carry the title.
I have mixed feelings about the recordings. I’m forever a loyal Steve Perry fan, so there …

Aaliyah
“Rock the Boat”
Aaliyah
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Hype Williams
Aaliyah reunites with another big-time music video director, Hype Williams, and close friend/dance choreographer, Fatima Robinson, for this second video outing from the self-titled album, “Aaliyah”. “Rock the Boat” depicts Aaliyah dancing on a tropical beach (this portion was said to be inspired by the …

Rhinestone Eyes is a song by The Gorillaz which appears on their album Plastic Beach. The track opens up with an electronic intro which has an interesting rhythm to say the least. The vocals soon come into the track and are delivered in a tone that sounds almost lethargic …

The Spy is a song by The Doors which appears on their album Morrison Hotel. The track starts off with a lazy sounding guitar riff in the right channel accompanied by a piano and bass line which give some depth to the song. Morrison comes in with the vocals …

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 …

I’ll start by saying there are relatively few contemporary artists, emerging in the past few years, that I’ve taken much interest in. By and large, I’m much more inclined to listen to older records and artists than newer ones-which may be odd, since I’m only 25 and the majority …

Whaddit I Done is a song by Animal Collective which is the final track to appear on their record Sung Tongs. Opening up with an odd musical passage accompanied by a vocal section, the track somewhat feels like a song similar to Sweet Road in my opinion due to …

Uprising, a very recent single released by Muse for their latest record The Resistance, has an extremely catchy vocal melody along with excellent lyrics and musical parts to go with it. Uprising starts out with a very space-like vibe and sound due to the synthesizer and the bass riff …

Mountain Side is a song by the Flaming Lips and is the ninth song on their fourth studio album, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Returning to a more distorted and aggressive sound than the preceding track on the album, Mountain side opens up with a driving rhythm due to …

Overview - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the most, if not the absolute most, praised records The Beatles ever released during their career, and for obvious reasons. The song has a nice balance between Lennon and McCartney as well as between feels and energies. This track …

This is a great collection, showcasing the best of Rob Zombie’s work, both with White Zombie and as a solo artist. With 19 songs, you certainly get your money’s worth. But as with all greatest hits collections, if you’re a big enough fan of the singer, you …

Birdman aka Baby’s latest album entitled “5 Star Stunna” was a big disappointment to me when I first heard it. The production on the album was good, but the lyrical content just wasn’t there. It’s a shame that the beats that Birdman selected went to waste. …

Desire is a song by Slayer which appears on their album Diabolus In Musica. The track starts off with an eerie sounding clean guitar part with a light drum rhythm behind it. This clean guitar continues to go on to play a very unpleasant and dissonant sounding riff which …

Irchirin no hana is a Japanese song with a dark heavy metal beat to it. I, as a American, find this song fascinating. Never before have I heard such a dark melody of love played out in this strange fashion. Written by High and MIGHTY COLORS, This strange …

Without question, not Eminems best track and yet it remains a classic, why? Because My Name Is was the track that seemed to really announce Eminem on the world stage.
It wasn’t his first song or from his first album but it was the one that captured peoples attention and …

Let’s all be real, only teens and fangirls went crazy for One Direction. In reality, nobody takes their music seriously. They have been releasing numerous radio-candy songs but they’re all bad in quality. Not that radio-candy songs are automatically bad (see Katy Perry), but their songs have been tryhard …

NOTE: Album very explicit. Mature audience only.
Released on February 10th of this year, this is the debut album of the comedy group The Lonely Island, which includes such SNL alumnus as Andy Sandberg, Chris Parnell and Justin Timberlake.
I found this album strictly by accident. A friend sent me a …

Seal Eyeing is a song by Animal Collective and the final track on their EP Water Curses. Easily the most relaxing track on this record and one of Animal Collective’s most calming songs in general, Seal Eyeing places a pretty well balanced amount of focus on the music and …

The AT&T Presents Stormy Weather CD is taken from a 1998 concert that was a benefit for the Walden Woods Project and the Thoreau Institute. The performers are all environmental activist to a degree. It’s certainly an interesting mix.
The CD leads off with Gwen Stefani singing Almost Blue. …

Harder Better Faster Stronger is one of my favorite songs, with very catchy lyrics, and very simple beats. I love how Daft Punk uses a talk box along with their electric guitar to make the robot voices. Whenever I listen to this song, I just felt like the music …

Solitude Is Bliss is a song by Tame Impala which appears on their debut record, Innerspeaker. The track opens up with a guitar intro which has an effect on it which gives it a psychedelic tone that works nicely with Tame Impala’s overall sound. The vocals come in after …

I was a fan of Sevendust way back in my NU-Metal days. Their debut album was really good sans a few forgettable tracks, and at the time different from most of the music being released. Their vocalist, being R and B Soul singing trained, is able to present a …

While skimming through this website I came across a couple of reviews of the Top 10 Best Grateful Dead Songs of all time. Even though there is truly no right top 10 list, I was inspired to right this after seeing someone post the track list from Skeletons …

It isn’t uncommon for actors to make the jump from screen to a musical career, most of the times with a disastrous ending after a few hits (anyone remember Lindsay Lohan?). Well, on 2007 sexy Scarlett Johansson decided it was her turn to get her very own record but …

Whitesnake back groundbreaking rock music industry after more than 10 years, a break without releasing an album. Still carrying the same theme music, the eleventh album from Whitesnake, dominated the music sounding mid tempo, which has become characteristic of Whitesnake. Apparently not in the young age, David …

Random yet consistent. Any fans of Vampire Weekend know that these two words describe the band pretty well. They also describe the A-punk music video. Even though the video is very simple and has a low production value it can’t help but grab your attention and …

Cave is a song by Muse which appears on their first record, Showbiz. The track opens up with an interesting sound led by a distorted guitar riff which has a space-like sound to it. Bellamy comes in with the first verse about forty seconds into the track with a …

Watered-Down Love is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Shot Of Love. The track starts out with a very upbeat sound, as do many of Dylan’s songs from his religious period, and Dylan sings in a melody which sounds unnaturally poppy in my opinion. To …

Many know Rush for their over the top progressive music with Geddy Lee on Bass with his crazy bass fills and high voice as well as his synth playing skills and of course Alex Lifeson with his awesome guitar tone and phrasing in many unusual scales as well as …

I have never been a huge fan of folk music. I never was particularly interested in it even though of course I’m a huge music fan, and I do not mind any genres by themselves. But it was very rare that my heart would be drawn by itself to …

Wildest Dreams is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their album Dance Of Death. Wildest Dreams starts off with a pretty powerful guitar rhythm which has a pretty driving feel, it doesn’t seem to be all that aggressive but it certainly lends itself nicely to Bruce Dickinson …

One of the tracks off of the Appetite for Destruction album that is underrated by many people but known to GNR fans is the song, Mr.Brownstone. This song is a pretty killer track and it has a heavy punch with an average tempo to it. The song starts …

Tool’s 10,000 days has been a welcome addition to my music collection, in early 2006 I picked this album up soon after it’s releases, the album packaging was immence, a digipak with 3d glasses and matching booklet, I have never been as impressed with album packaging as I was …

Lips of an Angel is one of my least favorite songs of all time. When the song was first released, everyone I knew was playing it constantly. Every time I called one of my friends, it was their ring back tone and most of the people I knew set …

Of all the bands to come out of the garage-rock revival of the early 2000s, The Strokes were probably the best — at least in their initial effort. Regarded as the then-newest saviors of rock and roll, The Strokes fashioned distinctly post-modern rock and roll. The dueling guitars, a …

Stevie Ray Vaughan possessed a fire in his guitar playing that is unmatched.If Jimi Hendrix invented guitar playing than Stevie Ray Vaughan showed what emotion could do on the basis of your fingertips.Couldn’t Stand The Weather is a great showcase of SRV’s heart and determination.His playing is beyond fluid, …

Metallica Finally a wise decision to release the album, which may be therapeutic disappointment after the album St. Anger in 2003. Albums that can be included in the category of very bad and makes fans ask about what happened with that metal music icon. Although this album can not …

“Shook Ones Pt. 2″ is the number 1 single by Mobb Deep. This was the reason you bought “The Infamous”. What made it even more enjoyable is that the album happened to be just as fantastic as the song. “Shook Ones Pt. 2″ is the number reason that put …

Skillet’s seventh album “Comatose” brings out all the things I love about this band. Their deep and meaningful lyrics and incredible sound and music style that’s all their own. “Rebirthing” is the perfect mix of everything Skillet. The melodious string arrangement. The edgy rock sound …

Willie Nelson does this song called If I can Find A Clean Shirt. My first thoughts were that it was an odd name for a song. I thought it was a song about someone who feels sorry for Willie Nelson because he couldn’t find a clean shirt. …

If I had to quickly sum up the song “Jesus of Suburbia” by Green Day, I would have to say that it is a teen angst anthem surrounding the lives lived by most suburban teens.
The song was featured on the “American Idiot” rock opera album and has spawned a …

I love the album Faster Pussycat by Faster Pussycat. I had never heard of this 1980’s hair band until about 4 years ago when my boyfriend bought a DVD that had one of their songs on it and I fell in love with it.
So my sister gave me …

R&B Sensation Trey Songz released his 5th album in August 2012, titled “Chapter V”. It debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. Trey Songz has been on a span of hit records since the Step Up 3D Soundtrack single “Already Taken”, to the singles for this album which …

Stand In Line is a song by The Flaming Lips and appears as the sixth song on their fourth album, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with a somber atmosphere led by an acoustic guitar pattern and Coyne’s vocal performance, Stand In Line is interesting in that it …

Ride The lightning was Metallica’s sophomore effort.It came with a studio polishing that the first album lacked.However, the music was arranged with an intelligent quality and the overall thunder created a sound that was then unheard of.There is much debate as to which album is Metallica’s best but I …

I was in my friend’s kitchen when I heard one of the prettiest songs ever. It was called “Wanna Be,” and I could easily imagine the song being in a romance movie. It was the last song on a CD called The Madding Crowd, by Nine Days. …

This is another of Chris Cornell’s solo albums but very different from anything he has ever done before. He worked with Timbaland on this, so already you’ll know it doesn’t sound like Soundgarden, Audioslave or even his other previous solo work.
I’m a huge Chris Cornell fan, so I …

They Sure Are Going All Out For Labor Day This Year, Aren’t They? is a song by Sledding With Tigers and their final contribution to their 2011 split release with Kids. In a predictable fashion, the band open up with yet another song that has an incredibly moderate tempo …