Music Reviews
Peeping Tom - Sucker (song)
“Sucker” is a Peeping Tom off of their album “Peeping Tom”. Peeping Tom is just one of the many associated acts and bands that Mike Patton either formed or contributes to. What made me want to review this particular song “Sucker” is that it quite oddly features the beautiful …
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man (Album)
Knife Man is a 2011 album release by Andrew Jackson Jihad. The one thing that really stuck out to me about Knife Man after going through a couple listens of the record was that the band really chooses to embrace different sounds throughout the album. Though the traditional and …
She and Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward)
She and Him is the name of the band formed by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. I first heard the vocal stylings of actress Zooey Deschanel in the movie “Elf” where she sang “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” with Will Ferrell. It immediately struck me that she had a stone …
Coldplay
My favorite genre of music is alternative, and one of my most favorite bands ever is Coldplay. Their songs are often my soundtracks to the things I do everyday. I have a favorite Coldplay song for when I feel sad, when I’m running, when I’m driving, before …
Postal Service
If you love the sound of Death Cab For Cutie, then you’ll enjoy Ben Gibbards otehr project The Postal Service. What makes the postal service a little different than deathcab is the electronic sound and beats within their songs. In most cases the songs could not be recreasted in …
The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave (Song)
Shallow Grave is a song by The Tallest Man On Earth which appears on his record Shallow Graves. The track opens up with an intricate pattern which actually reminds me of a sound that Mumford And Sons would come up with. The vocals come in quickly and I think …
The Hunting Party, by Linkin Park
I’m just like any other Linkin Park fan; I loved Hybrid Theory and Meteora, I had mixed feelings for Minutes To Midnight, and the other two releases — the names escape me — are forgettable, although some of their songs were catchy enough to be memorable. The Hunting Party, …
Disintegration, 1989 Album by The Cure
This album is a very interesting form of musical art. This is one of the deepest and pompous albums that have ever been recorded. There is a song called The Same Deep Water as You on this album, and I think that the concept of depth is really crucial …
Less Than Jake- Anthem/ Live performance
Less Than Jake are a ska/punk band from Gainesville and Anthem is a great release. Great horn sections good vocals, crunching guitars, bass and drums.
The first track is calling all people who felt they have never fitted in with life its called “welcome to the new south” and …
Days Of Elijah by Paul Wilbur
I like the sound of trumpet on this song Days of Elijah. It is truly splendid and was really messianic in touch as Paul Wilbur gets back people on the time of Israel’s King and forever will be reining King who is Christ Jesus.
The lyrics talk clearly about the …
picture to burn
Picture to burn by Taylor Swift is a song about how a girl is upset and is going to burn the picture of her ex boyfriend. I understand what the song means on so many levels because there are some people’s pictures I still have, I’ve thought of burning …
Price Tag (song) Jessie J Featuring B.O.B
The first time I heard this song I thought it was a new song from Blu Cantrell, then I realized she sounds like Pink. And then I realized that she is a different person when the DJ in the radio called her Jessie J. I do not know Jessie …
Lady Gaga - Dance In The Dark (Song)
Dance In The Dark is a song by Lady Gaga which appears on her album The Fame Monster. The track opens up with a fairly annoying introduction which unfortunately seems to remind me of the music of the 1980s. Gaga’s vocals come in soon enough with more of a …
Candlebox - Far Behind (song)
“Far Behind” is quite possibly Candlebox’s biggest single. In fact, it is the only song I actually know by them off hand anyways. The song reached the Billboard Top 20 in July of 1993 but wasn’t officially released as a single until 1994. The song appears on their self …
If I Were A Boy video (Beyonce)
I have never really been a huge fan of Beyonce’s. But I am at least glad that she is breaking from some of that choppy singing that she does. In this song, she muses over the possibility of what it would be like if she were the …
Just Like Heaven by The Cure
Just Like Heaven is a song by The Cure that I have always liked. This song came out on the wave of the new, alternative rock and the end of the new wave genre. Just Like Heaven’s sound is soft contains a lot of blended synthesizers, but it also …
Winner at a Losing Game
Rascal Flatts singing about heart break is also heartbreaking. They know how to get their audience to feel emotion and that’s extremely important for singers to do. This song talks about how hard it is to love someone who does not love you back. Even if you can’t relate …
Jason Mraz Mr ‘A-Z’
Jason Mraz is a singer/songwriter from San Diego has been releasing his second album Mr ‘A-Z’(taken from his last name Mraz). In his single of the album ‘Wordplay’ he shows about his selflessness when he said in the song “Im the wizard of oh and fa la la” indicating …
Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves (2017 Song)
“Wolves is a journey about finding love,” while that description feels cliche for all the countless songs that shares the same theme, Wolves does indeed sound like a journey. This is Selena Gomez’ second EDM (electronic dance music) after her successful collaboration with Kygo for “It Ain’t Me” earlier …
“U Saved Me” (2004): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“U Saved Me”
Happy People/U Saved Me
Jive Records
R. Kelly delivers us the second and final single and music video from his double solo album “Happy People/U Saved Me” titled “U Saved Me”. I’m surprised R. Kelly cut this album’s music video lifespan short with only two of them (”Happy …
Slipknot Iowa
Iowa is Slipknot’s third album and second album on Roadrunner Records, produced by Ross Robinson and Slipknot and released in August of 2001. The first thing people notice about this album is it’s artwork, it really is something I’ve never seen before, they used a shiny metallic looking mirror …
Jimi Hendrix: Axis Bold As Love
Axis Bold As Love is Jimi’s hand crafted expression brought to life.The songs on this album represent a powerful kind of beauty that is unimaginable.Castles Made Of Sand paints a unique portrait of artistic measure.This album displays the beautiful landscape that existed inside Jimi’s heart and soul.It is purely …
Haste The Day: Dreamer
I recently picked up this CD because I am a huge fan of the band Haste The Day. I was very disappointed however when I listened to it. I really don’t like how the band has gotten away from the style that made it good in the first place. …
Garage Inc. (Album)
Garage Inc. is the eight studio album by heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on 1998, after Metallica’s Re-loaded album. This one is filled with cover versions of various heavy metal, trash metal and hard rock bands like Misfits, Mercyful Fate, Black Sabbath, Motorhead and many others. Garage …
Slayer - War Zone (Song)
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 …
Kenny Rogers: There You Go Again CD
The Kenny Rogers: There You Go Again CD is labeled as enhanced and purports to offer some extras when listened to on your computer. One of the things I like about it is that when the home screen appears, instrumental music from the title track plays. When …
Funeral by Arcade Fire
This truly is an astonishing debut. Arcade Fire are a group of ten canadian musicians led by Win Butler and his wife Regine. They include amongst their ranks, pianists, violinist and harp players. Clearly this is not your average rock group and yet when they play live, they invest …
The Resistance by Muse (CD)
I have been a fan of Muse for a little over two years. Until recently, my favorite CD of theirs was Black Holes and Revelations. Now, they have proven that they can even top that!
The Resistance is a great CD for any Muse fan to have for a mumber …
“White House” by Taylor Swift
“White Horse”, by Taylor Swiftis by far one of the best songs she has ever written. I didn’t even know that she wrote her own songs until just recently! She is so young and talented and this just really came as a surprise to me. Most artists have other …
In The Air Tonight (2001): Lil’ Kim ft. Phil Collins
Lil’ Kim ft. Phil Collins
“In The Air Tonight”
Urban Renewal
WEA
This must be Lil’ Kim’s attempt at an epic music video that has some sort of plot to it aka a mini-movie. R. Kelly has done it, Puff Daddy has done it, and Michael Jackson has certainly done it. My guess …
Baduizm by Erykah Badu
Looking at the CD cover of Baduizm by Erykah Badu, I am totally amazed. There is no close singer like Erykah Badu and I think her image is totally unique and very original. She is unpretentious and there are just so many good things about this CD album.
To …
Lady Down on Love
Lady Down on Love is a song by Alabama. This song is about a girls first experience with love. The song is fairly good but what it reminds me most of was the year that my family went to Fan Fair in Nashville Tennessee. I was about 12 …
Mobb Deep - Eye for a Eye (song)
“Eye for a Eye” is the 4th track on Mobb Deeps album “The Infamous” This song has a lot slower flow than most of the other tracks on this album, but in no way does it make it a bad song. It’s cleverly written track which actually has 2 …
“Thank God It’s Friday” (1996): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“Thank God It’s Friday”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Director: Hype Williams
“Thank God It’s Friday” is the third single and music video from his self-titled second solo album, “R. Kelly”; it follows “You Remind Me of Something” and “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”. Considering the previous success of “Down Low (Nobody …
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Sad Songs (Song)
Sad Songs is a track by Andrew Jackson Jihad which is the tenth track on their latest album, Knife Man. Opening up with a catchy rhythm, the vocals quickly come into the song with a melody that is just as catchy as the rhythm itself. Something to note about …
Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar (Song)
Have A Cigar is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their album Wish You Were Here. The song opens up in a fashion which is interesting to describe. Though I can hear experimental influences throughout the instrumental sections of the opening of this track, they aren’t the …
Neutral Milk Hotel - Three Peaches (Song)
Three Peaches is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their debut record On Avery Island. Opening up with a short horn introduction, Magnum comes in with the vocals of the track with a delivery that seems to have a slightly sad tone to it which matches …
Deja Vu (2006): Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Artist: Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Video: “Deja Vu”
Album: B’Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Sophie Muller
Okay, we get it, Beyonce, you and your husband are on top of the world, he makes you very horny, and you would do anything for him. Oh boy, I got flashes of her…horrid… Sasha Fierce image in this very …
Let It Snow! (Bonus Live Track) by Michael Buble
I found a real good Christmas album in Let It Snow! (Bonus Live Track) by Michael Buble. This is a great buy for this season. I was not wrong when I bought this album of one of my favorite singers. I am dead over hills over …
Radiohead’s Creep Video
An incredibly moving and well laid symbolic interpretation of the song ‘Creep’ by Radiohead. I was blown away by the quality of the flash movie, but more than this (and you will have to wait until the end to see what I mean if you haven’t seen it before), …
Metallica,Black Album
Before they were one of the greatest bands of all time, there was the black album.
Opening the album is the heavyly rotated “Enter Sandman”. This track begins with mouth crunching guitars and drums. Throughout the entire track you are wondering if the boogyman himself …
Anberlin
I first discovered Anberlin about three years ago when I went to visit my family in Wisconsin. I remember being in an F.Y.E. store in one of the local malls and seeing a white album with a statue’s head on it and there were blue flowers growing out of that …
Humbug, 2009 Album by Arctic Monkeys
I would not say that this album is superb but I think that it is quite good. It is definitely good enough for Arctic Monkeys. All the songs on this album are a lot more mature than the songs that the band used to perform on the previous albums. …
A R Rahman
A R Rahman bagged two Oscars this year for his music in Slumdog Millionaire. He is one of the best musicians from India. I am listening to Rahman’s music since my childhood and have a full collection of his recording in my computer and ipod.
He is the best because …
Mo Thugs Family Scriptures CD
Mo Thugs Family Scriptures is the first and probably best Mo Thugs album to ever be released. This album features Krayzie and Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs N Harmony. I really enjoyed this album. The beats and music sounds very powerful as well as mystical. Mo Thug Family Scriptures …
Album :Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
i have nothing but the utmost respect for everything that Ozzy Osbourne has done for the world of rock & heavy metal over the years. But being the godfather of metal doesn’t actually mean that you aren’t judged on each individual thing you do.
For example, i think his …
Bonnie & Clyde (2002): Jay-Z ft. Beyonce Knowles
Jay-Z ft. Beyonce Knowles
“‘03 Bonnie & Clyde”
The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Chris Robinson
Although it borrows heavily from Tupac Shakur’s song “Me and My Girlfriend”, “03′ Bonnie & Clyde” is a pretty entertaining remake. This is Jay-Z’s first single and music video from his seventh album …
Forever Music Video by Drake
Drake seems to have a lot to prove. As a rapper who started out as an actor on a Canadian TV show called Degrassi, he has taken a huge step from one world to another. His character on Degrassi seems to be the furthest thing you can get from …
Megadeth - Endgame
Overview - Endgame, Megadeth’s latest release as of 2009, is an album which introduces new guitarist Chris Broderick to the band and tries to recapture the essence and sound of Rust In Peace. Now although Megadeth doesn’t succeed at making Rust In Peace part II, obviously, they still …
Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard Of Oz
Blizzard of Oz features the astounding guitar work of Randy Rhoads.This album sounds completely different from any other Ozzy album because of one man.This album features Randy in all of his artistic glory.The songs on the album are rocking and extremely well performed.It’s sad that such a prodigy was …
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