Rihanna seems to be absolutely everywhere these days. With her ever-changing brightly colored, quirky hairstyles, it is very hard to miss her. She is constantly being played on the radio and featured on the front cover of every magazine on newsstands. I definitely understand all of the hype about …

Four Sticks is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their iconic record Led Zeppelin IV. The track starts off with a pretty famous guitar riff from Page and you should also take note of Bonham’s rhythm behind Page as it strikes me as an interesting rhythm and …

Across The Universe is a track by The Beatles which appears on their final record, Let It Be. Across The Universe starts out with a pretty stripped down instrumentation, just Lennon and an acoustic guitar, and it’s pretty much like this throughout the entire track although some other sounds, …

Overview —“ Turn The Page, Metallica’s cover of Bob Segar’s song, stays somewhat true to the original song but it’s clear that Metallica adds their own heavy touches to the song. I have to say that although Hetfield was praised for his work around the time of The Black …

The Luniz album Operation Stackola is probably one of the best bay area albums to ever come out. This album is great and it is the album that has the hit song I Got 5 on It. This song was big on the radio and everywhere that people heard it. …

Lateralus is an unrelenting journey into the psyche of originality.Their expression is so beyond words that it’s quite humbling trying to find decent adjectives,nouns, or verbs to piece together to form a description.This music is cerebral, profound, and full of artistic vision.This band succeeds at truly experimenting with sonic …

White Light/White Heat is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album of the same name. Right from the start, a listener should get a very classic rock feel from this track and if I had to come up with some examples of very early classic …

After Van Halen Split up David Lee Roth still pulled off an excellent solo career wih an ep like Crazy From the Heat and the 1986 release of Eat’Em and Smile. One of the tracks that most people are familiar with is the song Yankee Rose which is a …

The American Idiot album sparked up alot of controversy because of its political messages. Many people think they won’t like it because of this. However, if just once you listen to the album, you will immediately change your mind.
While the first three songs (American Idiot, Jesus of …

Whatever you like by T.I. is a song that seems like a fantasy to me. What guy would actually give a girl whatever she likes even if he was rich. There are some but not many. The music video for this song is a little weird because it starts …

Low by Flo Rida ft. T-pain is a new rap song that is out which I like a lot. I know the words by heart and I have learned the dance. My one friend not long ago asked me to sing the song because I told him I knew …

The Vandoren V12 Reeds are a slightly new type of reeds that supposedly last longer, sound better, and are easier to play.
First impression: There was no real surprise when I opened the box- the only difference was the color of the box and the packets. However, as soon …

Frustration is a song by Metallica and Lou Reed and is the seventh on their collaboration album Lulu. Opening up with an intro which is more eerie than it is melodic, Metallica soon comes in with a riff which has a wonderful rhythm to it and is one that …

Deer Dance is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second album, Toxicity. The track opens up with an extremely heavy rhythm from Malakian’s guitar and the drums and bass further add to this heavy riff. The track then goes into this sort of sliding …

The Chickenfoot Live Dvd Get Your Buzz on! is one of the Dvds I’ve been waiting for awhile and when the supergroup finally released a copy at best buy I picked it up and couldn’t wait to finally watch it live. When I saw this dvd it was actually …

I have always loved the Eagles and this song is one of my all time favorites. After the Thrill is Gone is such a true story about love and how wonderful it is when it starts. It then seems to die down and there is no thrill left to …

Overview —“ War, as it’s name suggests is a song all about War, a topic that System Of A Down has explored multiple and various times throughout their career, probably at least once on each album. Generally I’d get sick about listening to the same topic if it kept …

Hand Of Fate is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Black And Blue. The song opens up with a slightly distorted guitar riff which goes pretty quickly into the first verse with Jagger singing over this riff along with the bass line and drum …

U2 is an Irish rock band and they brought out an album a while back named “How to dismantle and atomic bomb.” This albums has some good music on it and one of the songs on this lineup is entitled Vertigo.
Vertigo starts off with the lead singer of …

Aaliyah
“If Your Girl Only Knew”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Aaliyah returned to the spotlight in 1996 with her second album, “One In A Million”, promoted by her debut single and video from the album, “If Your GIrl Only Knew”. This song and video is one quite funky jam which stands out …

I started watching American Idol only in Season Two so I didn’t have the chance to see Kelly Clarkson, Season One’s winner. Although I’ve heard her sing a few times before I bought her album, I wasn’t really a big fan of her’s. But I’ve heard many positive things …

I’ve never heard of Chris Daughtry nor his band Daughtry. But when I heard the song ‘Home’, I came to appreciate his music.
Then, there was a radio station which played ‘Over You’. Upon hearing that music, I admired Chris Daughtry’s music all the more.
The way Chris Daughtry interprets the …

If your looking for a real blazing guitar instrumental, Then check out Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson. Its one of those guitar tunes that will probably inspire you to learn this song to impress many people that hear you play it. Although Im more of a guy who …

Jack Tragic & The Unfortunates were punk band from Connecticut, USA, who released full-blown, phenomenal hardcore during the time punk was on its way down. These guys were just about as obscure as they got and seemed to surface a couple years late. Their 1983 single, “I Kill Hippies”/”Mind …

Love him or hate him, Steve Austin knows how to make music. And when it comes to releasing the ninth and hopefully not last record, Pain is Warning, I am reminded on how much of a creative genius Steve Austin can be. Think of Austin as an underground music …

I am a huge fan of Toby Keith and there are very few songs of his, if any, that I don’t like. As Good as I Once Was came out and at first I thought I didn’t like it much. It did eventually grow on me though. It is …

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Dylan. Apparently this song is a cover which is actually something that I was not aware of, but then again, I do remember that at least a few tracks on Dylan were cover …

We all know that when it comes down to great singers, gospel singers are among the best. Almost all the major artists out there have their roots in the church. But Anthony Evans is definitely an exception. He is not just a talented singer, but he himself is a …

This song is excellent we can’t deny that. Actually, this song has been recommended as one of the top 10 graduation song of all time. The message of the song allows us to reflect on how we deal with separation. Some may ask why is it suitable for a graduation …

Overview - Beatles For Sale, the Beatles’ fourth effort, is just packed with fourteen songs, both covers and originals, of excellent vocal performances, very natural flowing songs, and a steady energy throughout all the tracks. It’s hard for me to review an early Beatles record in full because after …

The God That Failed is actually a song that I didn’t have a great memory of, probably because I never really listened to this song very much, but after listening to it again, it isn’t too bad of a song. The thing about The Black Album is that none …

Aaliyah & DMX
“Come Back In One Piece”
Romeo Must Die: The Album
Blackground/Virgin
“Come Back In One PIece” is another single and video from the soundtrack of the smash hit action/martial arts thriller “Romeo Must Die”. This one features Aaliyah and DMX performing together in an urban setting around Yonkers, New York. …

Overview —“ The Saints Are Coming, a music video and single released by Green Day in collaboration with U2 for the victims of Hurricane Katrina is certainly a power song and a power video to go with it. Although I really like Green Day, I’m not a huge fan …

It’s All Over Now is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album 12 X 5. The song is a cover so I can’t talk much about the parts themselves but I can talk about the execution of the song. The track starts out with a …

I like listening to the music everyday especially rock music. This band, Flylaf is so rock!!. All their song express all the emotion and feels in the rock sounds. I like their song I’m so sick. It become very hits in their first album.
I’m so sick is tell about …

I’ll Be There is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Risk. I’ll Be There starts off with a very fast guitar riff which really is just noise at an extremely frantic tempo before leading into a synthesizer part which actually sort of has an Eastern sound …

Something a little different to some of their newer releases. Patience. A slower track, clear but very easy to listen to.
It’s not so directly about love this time. I think it’s probably about a relationship break down that has the potential to be reignited.
The reason why I like this …

The Hill Sheep is the second album released by Sledding With Tigers. Although I will say that some of the tracks on this album felt similar to some of the songs that were present on the band’s debut release, No Randy No, I can thankfully say that this album …

Train Of Consequences is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Youthanasia. The track opens up with a heavily palm-muted riff by Mustaine before a very ehavy bass line comes in beneath this. Mustaine comes in with the vocals which certainly has that characteristic snarl of his …

This is not the new song from Christina Aguilera but this is my favorite song. In this song she also play with Alicia Keys, a very talented R n B singer too. So, I think this song is very interesting because of the two wonderful singer play in a …

The self titled album named Aaliyah by Aaliyah was released to the public in July of 2001. Much anticipated, it came out and it didn’t disappoint me in the least. Today, you can still hear her wonderful music still being aired on the airwaves all over the world. Listed …

Switchfoot is a fairly new indie band that is emerging quite well in my area. I do not know if the rest of the country, or the world, for that matter, are aware of Switchfoot, but I really like this band and see them as a great up and …

Shania Twain is one of those musicians that I grew up listening too. While admittedly she is not my favorite female artist she is one whose music I have come to enjoy and appreciate over the years. ” The Woman In Me” was released in early 1995 and my …

Aaliyah
“Don’t Know What To Tell Ya”
I Care 4 U
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Marlon Boss
“Don’t Know What To Tell Ya” is the second single and video from Aaliyah’s first posthumous album, “I Care 4 U”, following “Miss You”. The song depicts a broken relationship where Aaliyah talks about a man who can’t trust …

“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 …

Make no mistake about the tracks in Decade In The Sun by Stereophonics. If you have the interest of an Indie band style type of music and you are really looking for nice type of tunes; with a slow-rock bit of an influence, kind of country indie rock, I’d …

Rich girl by Gwen Stefani is about how a girl wishes she was a rich girl that way she could have all the money in the world. She also wishes to have maids and go to all the places in the world. This song is four minutes and five …

Nickelback’s album “All The Right Reasons” is my favorite album ever. Honestly, I can’t think of any other album in the world that I like more than this one. What do I feel so strongly about it? The fact that every song on it is great! I don’t mind …

Everyone in Texas knows about ZZ Top unless you have been living on another planet in the last 30 years. ZZ Top is Texas spun and homegrown, southern fried rock and roll that everyone from young to old loves to sing and dance to. ZZ Top came out with …

Alicia Keys is the R&B songstress that won the MTV ” Artist Of The Year” award in 1999 for bringing you hits like “A Womens Worth”, “You Don’t Know My Name”, “Fallin” and “Karma” and in 2005 MTV released the cd “Alicia Keys Unplugged” which is a live …