B.Y.O.B. the opening track of System Of A Down’s double record Mezmerize/Hypnotize is what I would consider to be among their most aggressive work throughout the past few records. The song opens up with a guitar riff by Malakian which is quite aggressive and quick before giving way to …

Love Songs Are Dumb Songs, But I Like —˜Em Anyway is a song by Sledding With Tigers and appears as the fourth song on their debut album, No Randy No. In contrast to preceding songs on this record, Love Songs Are Dumb Songs, But I Like —˜Em Anyway actually …

Artist: Beyonce ft. Shakira
Video: “Beautiful Liar”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Jake Nava
I would love to see the director’s cut of this music video where Beyonce and Shakira do the things that we are not supposed to see with our public virgin eyes. “Beautiful Liar” is the fifth single and music video …

One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning is a song by the Flaming Lips and the second song to appear on their sophomore effort, Hear It Is. Opening up with an incredibly somber sound, the band does a good job of establishing a very dark atmosphere …

Often times, concept music is a genre that just seems to do nothing but turn me off. For the most part, I find music that tells fictional stories to be insufferable, as they seem to always fall into the same boring tones regardless of who is performing it. This …

My kids think I’m old school because I mostly prefer country music now days. However every now and them I shock them when I listen to songs like ‘Stair Way to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin. What they don�t realize is I was a kid once too. That I …

By the time I was about thirteen or fourteen and still in high school, rock music had become one of my favourite genres to listen to. One of my friends who had the same taste in music introduced me to a band called “The Vines”. They eventually became one …

Billy Gilman: One Voice CD is the CD that started it all for this country singer. I have always been very impressed with Gilman. He had the right attitude as a young boy, apparently thanks to parents who kept him grounded and had the right kind of …

The Great Destroyer is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album Year Zero. The song starts out with a synthesizer and an electric drumkid which gives the song a pretty artificial sound to be hoenst, and not exactly in a good way. Reznor comes in …

If you asked me two years ago who the singer Freddie Jackson was, I would not be able to tell you anything about him or even to put a face to the name, even though I was able to tell you even though I was still familiar with a …

Sweet Home Alabama is a song done by Lynyrd Skynyrd. This is one of the songs that most popular when I was a teenager. We used to listen to it the most when we would go roller skating. It is not a bad song but most of …

I know that the band’s name is somewhat hard to pronounce (I even heard one time my classmate said, “Cheveches” and I was like, what?”) but really, it’s just pronounced as “Churches”, they’re just probably bad in the spelling department!
But thankfully enough, their music is nowhere near as bad …

I am a HUGE fan of Carlene Carter! She is a country singer, and being the daughter of June Carter of the legendary country band The Carter Family, you have no choice but to expect EPIC musical masterpieces and heartfelt lyrics from this lady’s mouth, and she does NOT …

‘It’s Me Again Margret’ is another one of Ray Stevens many greatest hits. I sometimes wonder how he comes up with so many great songs. This song though is about a very important issue in our society. It makes it out to be funny but stocking can be …

I had spent nearly 5 hours of tireless internet research before settling on the Tycoon Percussion Ritmo Bongos for my first personal set of hand drums. I had never owned a set of hand drums before, but had used various types of drums (all different sizes, uses, and sounds) …

Susie Q is a cover performed by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album 12 X 5. As I said, the track is a cover, of a pretty well known song I may add, so I will just be talking about the execution of this song. I believe …

I usually don’t like listening to the new reggae songs because many of them tend to have lyrics and sound which just don’t appeal to me. Nevertheless, I am still into the older reggae music and artistes, especially some who had internationally popular songs in the nineteen eighties. One …

Oh, My Pregnant Head is a song by The Flaming Lips and the third song on their album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Returning to a more melodic sound, the track opens up with a somewhat relaxing tone which Coyne really reinforces when he comes in with the vocals. …

Overview - Fear Of The Dark, Iron Maiden’s ninth effort, follows with the traditional standards I have for an Iron Maiden album: great vocal performance, excellent guitar riffs, harmonies, and solos, and just great songwriting in general. Most of Fear Of The Dark follows through on these standards aside …

Worried About You is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on Tattoo You. Worried About You is a pretty slow ballad which starts out being led primarily by Jagger’s voice and then a heavy bass line to go along with him. At first I didn’t think it …

Hearing Barry Manilow sing songs from the 70’s was spine-tingling. He’s not only a musical product of the 70’s himself, but he chose some very popular songs of that era to sing for this CD. All the songs are familiar, yet more-so with Barry’s warm vocals. The songs seem …

The Bigger Picture - When Western Trap Is No More Fun
I have had an extremely pessimistic attitude towards trap music for a long time. The position on this is clear: this genre does not have a big future, it is difficult to develop, and due to the huge number …

In the era of gangster rap; guns, violence and murder, came Kanye West who stood for totally different morals and values. After being a producer for Jay-Z for a few years, he finally had his chance to shine as an artist. He was signed to Roc-A-Fella records as an …

I love the remake of this song by Fall Out boy and John Mayer which was originally sung by Michael Jackson.
The new beat it song falls under the Rock genre of music and keeps the lyrics of the original song. I just love how it starts off with the …

No More Mister Nice Guy is a cover performed by Megadeth which appears on their record Hidden Treasures. The track starts off with that classic riff from Alice Cooper’s track but certainly with a more aggressive tone and just sort of more an electrified tone coming from Mustaine. Although …

Hot Stuff is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Black And Blue. Right from the start of the track you definitely get a funk feel out of this song just because of the rhythm of the instruments and then the vocal pattern which Jagger …

When I first heard the song, When You Say Nothing At All by Ronan Keating before a few years back, I thought ain’t that bad, and I was already guessing it was the voice of Boyzone member Ronan Keating. Don’t know whether they are still around or not. …

It’s a Sin is one of the best known of all the Pet Shop Boys’ 1980s smash hits, and although it is perhaps not quite as famous now as it was in its heyday, it is still an excellent track that I feel is more than worth a listen. …

Untitled is a song by Animal Collective which is the third track on their debut record Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished. Opening up with a mess of instruments, the song is characterized by a very hectic and even dissonant tone in my opinion. The noise that was present …

R. Kelly
“Skin”
Untitled Ninth Album
Jive Records
“Skin” is R. Kelly’s second single and music video from his yet-to-be released untitled and ninth studio album, it follows with the previous “Hair Braider”. This latest music video from R. Kelly depicts him involved with a woman whom he is having sexual relations with …

Everytime I listen this song, I feel all the emotion is blend become one. This song is really unique, the mix of hip hop, jazz, swing, and dance are come in one melody in this song. But I think mostly the genre is hip hop, but the sound of …

Holiday is a song by Vampire Weekend which appears on their second album, Contra. Though I’m sure many listeners are already familiar with this song due to the advertisement from Honda as well as various other companies and possibly the radio playing it so often, it’s still a fun …

Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves starred in Point Break, a surfer movie in part and a cops and robbers flick in another part. Swayze was the surfer bank robber and Reeves the FBI agent who chases the surfer and becomes part of the culture himself.
Point Break - Music …

Mastermind is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Cryptic Writings. The song opens up with a heavy guitar part before giving way to a nice bass fill with the guitar rhythm coming back in and out. The guitar itself soon doubles up on this bass fill …

The Deftones released their fourth album the self titled Deftones, in May of 2003, the album was produced by Terry Date and The Deftones. Hexagram is the band in their classic style, the perfect mix of loud and mellow. Needles And Pins has a darker feel that reminds me …

I remember when I first heard Tainted Love on a radio station when I was visiting the United States. I was immediately hooked to this song but little did I realize it was quite an old song already. About 16 years old or just a bit more really.
I actually …

I’ve noticed a pattern with the Donny Osmond: Christmas at Home CD as far as the liner jacket is concerned. The lyrics are there, but they are so hard to read. It’s all jumbled together into crowded paragraphs. I’ve seen it before on other liner jackets …

Lonely Day is a song by System Of A Down and is the penultimate track on Hypnotize, the second half of their double album Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Something to take note of is that Daron Malakian takes lead vocals on this track and this really isn’t a song to be listening …

Overview —“ Side III of Tommy would have to be the side of the record where I feel that the tracks all connect the best together and the story really starts to pick up here. I had an understanding of what the concept behind Tommy is but this is …

In the song Montana off the Apostrophe album Zappa explains his life as if he were a cattle rancher in the state of Montana. The vocals in this song are interesting because Frank utilizes a lot of metaphors like dental floss being compared to rope it’s kind of funny. …

R. Kelly
“Slow Wind”
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
It’s the sequel to “Fiesta”, it’s another “Four Page Letter” from Aaliyah, no wait, it’s “Slow Wind”! The third single and music video from R. Kelly’s solo album TP3 Reloaded, following “Trapped in the Closet” and “Playas Only”. It looks almost like a watered down …

If I Needed Someone is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Rubber Soul. Something important about Rubber Soul is that it certainly acted as an indication that The Beatles were really starting to move away from the traditional pop-rock sound that they had into a …

Ten Fourty-Five is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the fourth song on their album The Hill Sleep. Opening up immediately with the vocals to the track, the instruments join in after the vocals lead the track by themselves for about ten seconds. One thing particularly nice …

Vienna Teng is an independent singer from San Francisco, USA. She has been selling independent records for a few years, and details to purchase her albums are on her official website: http://www.viennateng.com
Vienna’s latest album is titled ‘Dreaming through the Noise’. Just from the title, it’s easy to tell it …

Songs with a slower pace than most rock songs are ones that I typically enjoy, usually because these songs tend to be more creative on average. When a song moves slowly, it almost forces the songwriters to work a little harder at making the song interesting, as they do …

I came across this song on MySpace and was quite drawn to the singer. She has a tone that kind of reminded me of Amy Winehouse, but without all the gravel in her voice. The song’s lyrics kind of confused me at first. But then …

You have to wonder how some people manage to get a song in the charts, especially high in the charts and for me this is one of them.
Barbra Streisand by Duck Sauce I just feel is a little pointless. Why Barbra was chosen as the focal point for …

Alberta #1 is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Self Portrait. The track starts off with a very blues sounding rhythm before Dylan comes in with the vocals for the track. As far as I remember, Self Portrait was one …

Days of the New released their self titled debut album in 1997.At the time songwriter and front man Travis Meeks was only 15 years old.Regardless of age, the album displays musical maturity delivered through an intensely creative performance.The album was the first to be considered an all acoustic Heavy …