While many think of pop music like Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias when they think of the Latin-tinged music that has become increasingly popular in the last five years, there are a few bands out there who can rock out at Ozzfest while also pounding on the conga drum. …

When this album was released many people were disappointed with it. To be honest, I was a little shocked when I first heard this record as well. The thing is, this album sounds almost nothing like the debut album by this band. Their previous album, released in 2005, sounded …

One of my favourite alternative rock bands since I discovered my love for rock music in high school is the band Chevelle. I discovered them in high school when I saw one of their music videos playing on MTV one day after school, and I fell even more in …

John Denver sings the song ‘Rocky Mountain High’. He sings about how they destroy the forest and burn it to make way for more people to move further and further out into what used to be the wilderness which scars the land and ruins the natural beauty. This song …

The Youth is the third track on MGMT’s second album, Oracular Spectacular. MGMT has frequently been called a neo-psychedelic band and I think that this track really demonstrates that, particularly the lyrics of the song. Listening to the first lyrics of the song, a listener should immediately get a …

I bought this CD when the song “So Cold” was playing on the radio everywhere. I really loved that song with its haunting melodies floating above a hard rock edge. Unfortunately, the rest of the CD fails to live up to the promise of that song. It’s …

What Happened is a song by Sublime and the fifteenth song to appear on their debut album entitled 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening up with a clean guitar part, other instruments soon join in the mix as well and I must say that the percussion section does a nice …

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, a track written primarily by John Lennon for The Beatles’ record Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band would have to be one of the more psychedelic tracks which the band has written, or at least one of the tracks most heavily associated with …

The liner notes are essentially just the lyrics, but it is pretty thick considering that there are 16 songs on the CD. I do wish they were easier to read. Give me old fashioned LP records when you didn’t need a magnifying glass to read lyrics.
Treat Her …

Of all the current young male singers, Josh Groban is the one that I admire the most. He has an impressive career, which I can only suppose was not easy. The lights apparently started shining on him when music producer David Foster first noticed his unique gift, …

Overview —“ Lonely Day, a second single and music video released by System Of A Down for Hypnotize, the second half of their double album, Mezmerize/Hypnotize, is a track which is primarily led from start to finish by Daron Malakian. All throughout Mezmerize and Hypnotize, Malakian had began to …

As one of the earliest songs from Circa Survive, “Handshakes at Sunrise” remains one of my favorites, if only for its sentimental value. Displaying a sound that would become standard for the band, you get a feel for where they started, and how the sound of their early music …

If you are a jazz-lover and you love the vintage songs of George Gershwin, you should purchase this CD.
This CD is a mixture of bebop jazz, free-form jazz, and classical piano music.
Hancock’s original arrangements make this music experience unique.
The old Gershwin vocals: “The Man I Love” and “Summertime” sung …

It seems to me that the rock song ‘You Belong to the City’ that became popular in the mid 80’s (1985, to be exact) tries to tell something and not just merely describing in a reflective way by using some sort of a second person address (like talking …

Lucky Ali is one of the good soulful composer than we have in Indipop world. His debut album Sunoh (which means ‘listen’) is a nice collection of melodic songs. There are songs on different subjects, and all of them have been blended beautifully by soulful melodic music. Ali has …

Donny Osmond: This is the Moment CD has some jazzy elements to it. I’ve always loved Donny and I’ve seen him perform many times. It’s always a pleasure.
The title song from the CD is also a favorite song of mine. His version is much softer than …

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 …

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 …

If you’re a beginner guitarist trying to switch from acoustic to electric, I’m sure you’re searched and asked for many guitars that will suit you.
I have been playing guitar for some months now, and I’ve recently purchased a Squier Bullet Stratocaster electric guitar. This is one of the most …

I bought the CD Hopes and Fears basically because of the song “Everybody’s Changing”. I just fell inlove with it the first time I heard it, so I told myself I have to buy the CD. Hopes and Fears is Keane’s debut album and contains 12 songs. I must …

Black Sabbath is my all time favorite band. I own EVERY Black Sabbath album which Ozzy Osbourne features on, and many Vinyl’s I still have in my attic of some of the most legendary songs and records of all time. They are the true pioneers of Heavy Metal, and …

While this release is being marketed as an electric-blues album, the actual truth is that it’s a bit of a mixture. Across the album Damon Fowler flirts with a few different kinds of blues like swamp blues, delta blues and electric blues, but also adds some honky-tonk country elements …

This is probably the best album I have heard in a long time. It is pretty rare that I buy full albums anymore, since getting single songs is so much less expensive and makes my itunes playlist a whole lot less messy. But I had to get the …

Donuts is one of the most imaginative and important CDs of the last decade. Although it is very unnoticed and underground, I consider it to be a classic and very important. It’s extremely imaginative and I’m positive in the near future, maybe in another decade or so, J Dilla’s …

A great live DVD by a great progressive band is the Rush live in Rio DVD. This is a really good live DVD. It features the three virtuosos playing a big set in Rio and the crowd just goes crazy especially for the big Rush songs like Tom Sawyer, …

That Was Just Your Life, the opening track to Metallica’s latest record Death Magnetic, certainly has a feel and an energy that I don’t believe the band has had since 1991, the days of The Black Album. I’ll admit that when I first heard this album, this track honestly …

Stacie Orrico is a contemporary Christian singer and songwriter from Brisbane Australia. She became popular in 2003 with the song Stuck on you. Stuck on you became popular and top the charts on the same year. I like four of her songs Stuck, Promise, I’m not missing you and …

I love this track from Eminem. To some just a good track to listen to, for those who look deeper a real insight into Eminems life and the rap industry.
It goes into detail with regards his feud with Ja Rule that included 50 Cent and Dr Dre. You can …

April 8th is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the penultimate song on their debut album On Avery Island. Though Three Peaches, another song on this album, had a pretty dark and sad sound to it, I must say that April 8th is easily the darkest track …

R. Kelly ft. Winsin & Yandel
“Burn It Up”
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
If you can find something that distinguishes R. Kelly’s “Burn It Up” music video from Faith Evans’ “Burning Up” music video, other than the fact this is like a male-led version, you will get a date with any of the …

Hip-hop Veterans delivers flawless work
The old boys from The Roots has for 17 years defined how the hand played hip-hop should sound without compromising with their artistic integrity and desire to explore the genre’s possibilities. With drummer and producer, Quest Love as the captain of the hip-hop flagship The …

Overview —“ 39/Smooth, Green Day’s debut album, introduces the band and showcases their sort of raw and aggressive punk sound. Though I personally find the album is just decent for the most part, the band honestly does show me quite a bit of potential from this album and the …

Money is a song by Serj Tankian which appears on his debut album away from System Of A Down, Elect The Dead. Money opens with a piano part which moves very quickly and actually has a pretty interesting rhythm as it first starts up. The piano continues to play …

Aaliyah’s last, self titled album “Aaliyah” hit the store shelves July 2001. It was long anticipated since her successful “One In A Million” album. Aaliyah took a new direction with it. The album opens up with the first single, “We Need A Resolution” featuring long time …

Ice Cube is one of the best rappers to ever hit the west coast. He has many great CDs under his belt and he has been able to release some great albums with the WestSide Connection. He is one of the most hardcore and great rappers to ever touch a …

Bizzy Bone is a member of the Grammy award winning group Bone Thugs -N-Harmony that released the smash hit “Da Crossroads”and has come up with a new concept to release mini cds via his website for $10 with productions being limited and the music being all new and original …

When Blink 182 had their fallout and Tom Delonge went his way, Travis Barker, and Mark Hoppus went their way, and formed this band with a friend. When Your Heart Stops Beating is an impressive album, after the failure of Blink 182’s last album I thought they had …

James Blunt seems to be about one of my favorite singers when it comes to being sad and down, because he can just help me get all of my emotions all out at once. His songs are amazingly accurate, about how most people feel after break ups, extreme hardships, …

All Along The Watchtower is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on John Wesley Harding. All Along The Watchtower has ended up becoming quite a well known track and extremely popular but not so much because of Dylan but more because of Hendrix’s iconic cover of the track. …

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 …

I am hooked on Katy Perry’s repertoire these days. What got me started was her hit single, California Girls. At that time, about a month ago, I had no idea if this girl had much wider capability. As I heard her other songs however, I began …

The movie, “Summer of Sam” was released in 1999. The actual events taking place in the movie occurred during the 1970’s in New York City. Listen to the soundtrack for this great Spike Lee film, and you’ll hear nothing but sublime entertainment. Whoever organized the …

Today I will be speaking about a west coast classic album. And that is the Thug Lords album recorded by Yuk Mouth and C-bo. I must say that I love everything about this great album. The beats the lyrics and flows are all great. I think C Bo and Yukmouth …

Toombul music is a shop in Centro Toombul, Brisbane. They are a music and entertainment stores.
They sell stuff from C-d’s, DVD’s Music instruments, Television sets, surround sound systems,Toombul Music also sponsor music acts that comes to Brisbane and in the past they’ve had Guy Sebastian, The wiggles, Atomic Kitten, …

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 …

Make way for the new symphonic metal that will replaced Nightwish (after Tarja’s leaving the band to pursue a solo career it’s not a cool band anymore..). This dvd contains power-packed performance by the band. If you had seen The Silent Force Tour dvd you’ll be more mesmerised to …

I am not a fan of soul music, but the reason I know of the music group “The Stylistics” is because they are one of my father’s favourite music groups and he would play their music over the years.
A couple years ago, one of my father’s good friends gave …

“Mule Variations,” though maybe not his most appreciated album, is probably in my top five by Tom Waits. It’s gritty, folk-based, but not really limited to genre. While not every track did it for me, the ones that did nailed it. And of course, with any album by Waits, …

At the introduction of this song, I am imagining an Indian woman dancing like that of Remember the time video of Michael Jackson. However, it sounds sexy, modern and pop once the chorus is being played. What makes this song remarkable is the blending of voice of the vocals …

Creeping Death, another one of Metallica’s more well-known songs, due to the fact that it was the opening song to so many of Metallica’s live concerts in the past few years, has to be one of my favorite Metallica songs on any of their albums and certainly on Ride …