Sucioperro is a band from Ayrshire, Scotland in the UK. If you like rip-roaring indie-rock with a bit of funky soul then I’ve no doubt that you will love this band. That may sound like an odd description for a band’s sound but honestly it’s accurate. They are …

It was my first time to hear Melissa How on this song as she leads the song Nothing Holding Back. It was one of the most favorite songs I have which the band Jesus Culture started.
The song started on the cymbals of the drummer as it counts the introduction …

Albums of the 11th Madonna released, could be described as an ambitious project from Madonna. 12 songs with up-beat tempo, many include elements of hip-hop, although still strong in the style of Madonna. Perhaps collaboration with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, and Nate “Danja” Hills, will bring a fresh …

This Wheel’s On Fire is a song by Bob Dylan And The Band which appears on an album of unreleased songs, The Basement Tapes. The song opens up with a pretty simple guitar part before a piano and drums come in to join the track which makes the song …

Ain’t Too Proud To Beg is a cover which is performed by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album It’s Only Rock —˜N Roll. I’m not familiar with The Temptations’ original version of this song but we’ll see how The Stones’ version of this track goes. The track …

I can’t even begin to explain the excitement that I felt when I heard that Opio from the Hieroglyphics crew would be dropping a solo release. He has always been one of my favorite rappers from the Hieroglyphics crew. The first time I heard word of his solo album …

This album contains one of the most difficult songs to sing. “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going”, was originally sung by Jennifer Halliday in the Broadway hit Dreamgirls (1982). She won the Tony Award for her performance and since then the song was headed to the …

Paul Gilbert is not new musicians in the rock music industry. Guitarist who had a concert with Joe Satriani in the G3 project, releasing an album in early April 2008. Album titled Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar, contains 11 instrumental
tracks, which has a fast tempo, which is characteristic …

My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade. An album that is part of many people’s adolescence, at least when it comes to my generation (I’m 26). They were pretty popular between goths/emos/punks at the time, which after all isn’t all that long ago, and “The Black Parade” was the album …

The Fragile is the title track of a record released by Nine Inch Nails. The track starts off with Reznor singing along with a simple drum rhythm in a somewhat eerie fashion as a bass line can also be heard gradually getting louder in the song. Reznor’s vocal delivery …

The first time I heard this song was at an open air food court while having supper with a friend. I liked it a lot, and after that I went straight to get an MP3 copy of it from the Internet, burnt it into a CD and have been …

Alive is what happens when a band, their manager and their record label decide to take a chance on something they believe in. And rock and roll was never the same afterwards!
Alive was considered suicide during its 1975 release as live albums really didn’t sell well but KISS insisted …

R. Kelly
“I Wish”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“I Wish” is the first single and music video from his fourth solo album titled “TP-2.COM”. “I Wish” is a heavy string ballad about his deceased mother and other loved ones as well. This is another one of those celebrity-whining joints, complete with a children’s choir. …

Use Your Illusion II is the second half of a double album released in 1991 by Guns N’ Roses. The album cover is identical except for the color layout. The album features an alternate version with alternate lyrics of Don’t Cry, the original is on the first. There is …

Overview - The Freewheelin’, Bob Dylan’s second effort, showcases more of Dylan’s original works rather than covers and traditional songs, which is what most of his debut album was made up of. Right from the start you can tell that Dylan has a knack for poetic lyrics and just …

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 …

Oxford Comma is a song by Vampire Weekend which appears on their debut self-titled record. The song opens up with a very simple yet definitive rhythm before the vocals come in for the first verse. One thing about Oxford Comma is I find it incredibly hard to not enjoy …

Jigsaw Falling Into Place is a song by Radiohead which appears on their album In Rainbows. Opening up with a mellow drum pattern along with an acoustic guitar, the track soon changes to take on a far darker mood once the acoustic pattern shifts, the drum beat changes, and …

See Emily Play is one of the early singles released by Pink Floyd which never appeared on a studio record but did show up as a single and then on some reissues of early records or compilation albums. The track starts off with a nice psychedelic sound organ lead …

In the midst of the golden years of Sludge Metal, pioneering Sludge band Eyehategod released their explosive, grinding debut, “In The Name Of Suffering”- a masterpiece that created Eyehategod place in the history and sound of Sludge Metal for the rest of its existence.
A sloppy, slow-paced mess of ultra-low …

The second album from the British alternative rock band and it is an experience. From the opening chords of Bittersweet Symphony the single that propelled the album into the limelight you know you are in for something good. But I think you will be surprised …

I saw Biffy Clyro at Sheffield 02 Academy on Friday 30th April. They have grown significantly in popularity since I first saw them play. In fact, in the UK, you can hardly switch on the radio for 5 minutes at the moment without hearing a Biffy song.
Since …

This is Papa Roach’s third studio album, released in 2004, the band took a step away from Nu Metal and Rap Metal, and delve deep into the emo scene, Getting Away With Murder is a really good title for such an album, because they are in a way, they …

California Gurls video is sweet. It has a lot of candies, jelly, chocolate and sexy girls. According to my research, the video is inspired by the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland. Actually Katy looks like Alice that is wandering in Wonderland. I had fun …

I remember I bought the CD from Amazon and I couldn’t believe that it was sold at a very cheap price. I bought it right away and was happy to receive it. I like it because aside from the price, I love Mariah Carey so much she’s my idol …

Coldplay is a British band specializing in the Alternative rock genre.
One of my favourite songs from them is named “What If” from their X & Y album release.
I like how this song begins with a piano playing and the singer, Chris Martin, immediately begins to sing after the first …

This musical album is really good on several levels. It offers not a single thing to the listener, but it has several good sides.
This album is inspired by stories of Edgar Allan Poe. And in this way it is rather more than a conventional rock record. It should definitely …

Revenga is a song by System Of A Down which appears on the first half of their double record Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Revenga opens up with some clean sustained guitar chords played above a pounding kick drum rhythm. The song then transitions into a much faster and more aggressive section which …

Mercy, Mercy is a cover performed by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Out Of Our Heads. The track starts off with a nice sounding clean guitar part before shifting into a distorted riff which Jagger starts so sing over. To be honest I love the rhythm …

The Dream —“ Love Me all Summer / Hate Me All Winter
The Dream’s debut album was definitely one of the best albums of the year. The lead single “Shawty is Da S**t” is a cute and playful track which features witty lyrics from Fabolous. The second single, Falsetto, is …

Falling Away With You is a song by Muse which appears on their record Absolution. The song opens up with an extremely melodic synthesizer rhythm which an acoustic guitar lead soon comes in over. Bellamy’s vocal melody pretty much mimics this acoustic guitar part but it works well nonetheless …

Lil’ Kim
“Whoa”
The Naked Truth
Queen Bee Entertainment/Atlantic Records
As far as I can see, Lil’ Kim is the only rap artist I have across who doesn’t favor having too many singles and music videos out from an album. “Hardcore” had “No Time”, “Crush On You”, and “Not Tonight”; “The Notorious K.I.M.” …

Chica Me Tipo is a song by Sublime and the thirteenth song on their first release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening up with a simple guitar riff, I must admit that I actually find the introduction of this track to be one of the more interesting moments on the …

I just love this cd, this man is sooo talented and i would recommend eveyone to go and get this for your collection!!
His smooth, soulful voice is so powerful and unique.
A mixture of smooth soul and funk with maybe a little jazz in there too.
My favourite track on this …

Pick ‘Em Up, Lay ‘Em Down by Toby Keith is the complete opposite of what we have been used to hearing from Toby Keith throughout his career. The song is about a man who doesn’t just go play around with whatever woman comes along and then forget about her. …

Decadence, codeine, autotune - what does DS2 sound like, the key album of the last five years.
In hip-hop, an immutable scheme of the evolution of meanings in the lyrics of any successful rapper has developed: from “how bad to live without money” to “how awesome to live with money.” …

“Endless Cemetery” is the last song on Cryptopsy’s 5th album “Once Was Not”. One thing to mention is that this is the first album that features the original vocalist Lord Worm since Cryptopsy’s masterpiece album “None So Vile”. Unfortunately, this would also be Lord Worm’s last time appearing on …

Though I do not consider myself to be as obsessed with John Mayer as many other girls that I know, I am a moderately enthusiastic fan. I enjoy his music and would definitely hear it live if given the opportunity. I recently purchased his “Battle Studies” album. After already …

Since you’ve been gone is one of the single of American Idol first winner Kelly Clarkson. I have known her as a woman who sings high pitch and gives outstanding vocal performance every time she sings. One of the best songs she had ever done is this song and …

In truth, I’m not sure why I purchased Victoria Shaw: Old Friends, New Memories. I know she did a duet with Ty Herndon, who is one of my very favorite singers, and I might have been hoping to find him on this CD (he’s not). It’s possible …

Corporal Clegg is a track by Pink Floyd which appears on their second record, A Saucerful Of Secrets. Something interesting about the first two albums by Pink Floyd was that the first album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, was primarily filled with the music of Syd Barrett …

The Life Aquatic is a pretty good movie. I’m sure you’ll agree with me, especially if you’ve seen it. It follows well in the tradition of the Wes Anderson movies. And one of the hallmarks of his (or their) films is they always contain a stellar …

Overview - Houses Of The Holy, Led Zeppelin’s fifth effort, is an album filled with songs that all have something unique about each one of them, a crucial reason as to why I enjoy this album so much. A lot of times bands can put out an album filled …

Here I Go is a song by Syd Barrett which appears on his first solo record, The Madcap Laughs. The song starts off with some simple guitar chords which Barrett sings over in somewhat of a gloomy manner, but still retaining that sort of lighthearted feel from Barrett. Once …

Oh Gin is a demo by The Velvet Underground which appears on the second disc of their album Loaded. The song starts off with a fairly paced tempo that has a steady rhythm for Reed to come in with the vocals of the track. The lyrics of the song …

To be completely and totally honest I am not a huge, die-hard country fan. I am the type of person who likes a mixture of music. That being said several years ago I was in walmart when I saw Toby Keith’s album “How DoYou Like Me Now”. If memory …

Wish You Were Here, the title track of Pink Floyd’s record Wish You Were Here is an example of one of the best songs I believe that Pink Floyd has written throughout their entire career. Wish You Were Here is driven primarily simply by vocals and an acoustic guitar, …

This album is all but a display of what a good pop/electronica album should be. A friend bought me this record last year, much to my surprise. I knew I liked “Here In Your Arms”, which had been introduced as a single beforehand, but I didn’t know any of …

After the very successful album War, released in 1983, U2 have managed to release another great record so quickly afterwards. I think that this album, The Unforgettable Fire was an album which escalated their skill and level as musicians. I think that this 1984 album demonstrated how much and …

She Don’t Use Jelly is a song by The Flaming Lips and the fourth track to appear from their album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Although this album is filled with quite a lot of catchy songs, particularly the first two opening songs of the record, She Don’t Use …