Never buy a Fender unless you buy something equal to or better than an American Standard Stratocaster. ALL other Fenders are terrible. I hate them, it’s as if they don’t even try, they don’t even put Humbukkers or anything. Just a solid chunk of plastic and wood that you …

Overview —“ High Speed Dirt, a music video released by Megadeth for their fifth effort, Countdown To Extinction, is a song and music video focused all about skydiving. It’s interesting that Megadeth chose to not release this song as a single yet still make a music video for it. …

Brother Sport is a song by Animal Collective and the final track to appear on their 2009 release, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up with a quick and lighthearted feel, the song immediately reminds me of Lion In A Coma because of this. Despite this, Brother Sport lacks the somewhat …

I have most recently developed an attatchment to another song that starts off with a slow,flowing, and a tune created by an acoustic guitar. This may seem tedious to an audience who is exposed to almost a million songs that is written about a “sappy” moment in our lives. …

Overview —“ King Nothing, the final music video released by Metallica for their album Load, continues to the band’s original trend of shifting between clips of them playing the song and then a story to explain and accompany the lyrics to the song. Despite the similarity in structure and …

Your Bruise is a song by Death Cab For Cutie which appears on their debut record, Something About Airplanes. Opening up with a repeating and simple guitar pattern, the song establishes a pretty brooding atmosphere which the vocals thankfully take advantage of with a vocal delivery that is both …

Of all the bands to come out of the garage-rock revival of the early 2000s, The Strokes were probably the best — at least in their initial effort. Regarded as the then-newest saviors of rock and roll, The Strokes fashioned distinctly post-modern rock and roll. The dueling guitars, a …

Sweater Weather is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the second song on their 2011 split release with Kids. Opening up with a tone that’s similar to the preceding track, Sweater Weather starts out with a sound that’s almost country in nature. The vocals enter the …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Use Your Heart”
Album: New Beginning
Label: RCA Records
“Use Your Heart” is the second single and music video from SWV’s second album called “New Beginning”, following the previous single and music video titled “You’re The One”. “Use Your Heart” continues the trend of maintaining some of the most attractive …

Television’s Greatest Hits - Volume 5: The 60’s and 70’s is a collection of 65 TV themes on CD. Talk about fun. This CD transports the listening back in time to visit with old friends in all genres of television. A minute ago I listened to …

Lil Wayne —“ The Dedication 3
Lil Wayne dropped the dedication 3 in 2009, and it was definitely a letdown, coming from a Lil Wayne fan. Lil Wayne performed well on the mixtape but the members from his entourage failed to shine.
Firstly, DJ Drama, the mixtape DJ, talks and yells …

Misty Mountain Hop is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their iconic record, Led Zeppelin IV. The track starts off with an electronic piano part which Page soon comes in to double with his guitar as Jones also comes in with a steady drum pattern. Page’s voice …

Soundgarden’s Flower is an aboslute must-have for any Garden fan, or any fan of rock music! The single contains two other fantasic songs: Toy Box and Head injury.
Released in ‘88, this three-track mini super album from Soundgarden is an absolute classic. Chris Cornell’s voice rips through the speakers, …

In 1983, I attended a concert with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band playing. It was a wonderful concert. The best concert I had been to in a very long time. Fully enjoyed myself. It was my pleasure to once again get to see …

Rudimentary Peni released “Farce” the same year as their debut self titled EP. I really enjoyed their first release, however with this one I am not so impressed. With that being said, every RP record is excellent and above par for punk, and this one is no exception. I …

The album “Like Swimming” By Morphine is not what I expected from such an odd sounding band. When I really listen to this song, it is amazing. The voice that I hear makes me want to relax, sit back, and enjoy the music. Of course, I would not recommend …

Good Lovin’ is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Shakedown Street. Good Lovin’ is a cover but I’m sure that The Dead has added their own unique tastes to this song. The track opens up with a very definite rhythm which stays constant throughout …

World Of Pain is a song by Cream which appears on their record Disraeli Gears. The track opens up with the vocals taking center stage immediately, though the rest of the band can also be heard behind these vocals as well. Though I personally thought this opening first verse …

Sting is a very famous singer in the world. But in China, most of people don’t know him well or even don’t hear his name. As a Chinese, I heart his name from the film ‘Leon-The Professional’. Sting sang the theme song ’shape of my heart’ about it. I …

My World is a song by Metallica which appears on their record St. Anger. The song opens up with a pretty heavy guitar riff which is unfortunately dominated by the terrible snare of Mr. Lars Ulrich. The track then goes into a bit of a faster riff, which is …

Cheap Trick is a band that has been around since a few years before I was born yet they seem to reinvent themselves just enough to stay around.
They have quite a few decent newer songs but, when I listen to them, I still prefer the classics like “I want …

This album is the album that allowed The Offspring to enjoy mainstream success, and for good reason! This is easily one of their best albums with some of their best songs. This album and Americana are my absolute favorites from this band. This album has some really classic stuff …

I thought The Bird and the Bee managed to make a great sequel to their first album! Inara’s voice is absolutely beautiful and subtle. There is a great variation of sounds, and yet you can always tell that each is a Bird and Bee creation. Many of the songs …

Sweet Amber is one of the tracks which appears on arguably Metallica’s worst record, St. Anger. Although I do sound very pessimistic just from the opening line of the review, I want to make it clear that St. Anger just wasn’t a good album at all. I know that …

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 …

This keyboard was produced in 1998, and was one of Yamaha’s first keyboards to focus explicitly on re-creating DJ, club, dance, and hip hop sounds. As you scroll through the many pre-programmed beats in the machine, you’ll hear samples of “Lady” (D’Angelo), “Rapper’s Delight”, and even a …

This album has a weird title, and God knows this is a rather bad one. I like Oasis a lot. I love their first three records. And I love the singing of Liam Gallagher. Liam is a very gifted singer. His voice is a gift from above. But this …

“Beginning of what’s about to happen HWY 74″ is the opening track on the debut album “Wretch” by the band Kyuss. This is very well my favorite song on “Wretch”. This song being that it is off their first album, features all the original members of the band. That …

The Best Of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary Special! Original TV Soundtrack is a soundtrack that I was disappointed in somewhat. I think several musical pieces are more deserving to be on this soundtrack than what was ultimately decided on and I would not consider this soundtrack to represent the …

Nine Heavens, the second album by Niyaz, a group comprised of former Vas vocal Azam Ali, instrumentalist Loga Ramin Torkian, and DJ Carmen Rizzo, is an ecstatic 2-CD compilation. The first of these contains 9 electronically mixed songs, and the second repeats the same songs except one in an …

Hypnotized by Piles ft. Akon is a song that a lot of kids I know like to dance to all the time. You can also find this song on the soundtrack for step up 2 the streets. This song is just awesome even though the lyrics are pretty dirty …

Tiny Dancer by Elton John is a beautiful song to which every time I listen to it the song still amazes me how soft and beautiful the words are sung. This guy has an awesome voice which lures me to sleep almost every night because that’s how much I …

Pop music has never been the same since Michael Jackson came along. I have enjoyed Michael Jackson’s music since I was just a small child. He was a child as well and the Jackson 5 were one of the biggest music groups around at the time. Eventually, Michael went …

Your Bats is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album Embryonic. The track opens up with a guitar playing with a wah-wah effect before the drums and other instrumentation also abruptly and awkward join into the mix. Interesting enough, all of this instrumentation drops out …

Jay-Z ft. Mecca
“Feelin’ It”
Reasonable Doubt
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Feelin’ It” is the final single and music video from Jay-Z’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt”, it follows “Dead Presidents”, “Ain’t No Playa”, and “Can’t Knock The Hustle”. This time, Jay-Z decides to sample “Pastures” by a jazz music artist named Ahmad Jamal. Jay-Z is …

Cosmic Charlie is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their record Aoxomoxoa. The track starts off with various guitars playing simultaneously, along with the bass, which has a nice sound and builds up very well for the verse of the track. Garcia comes in with a …

There is something about this song, “too little too late”. I personally have enjoyed this particular music track so much, and there are a few remixes to it.
Personally, Jojo, the singer to the title song, “too little too late” has really captured my heart and I …

Overview —“ Welcome Home (Sanitarium), the second of what I would consider to be considered Metallica’s —˜ballads’ is the fourth track on Master Of Puppets. I know that Metallica was criticized for putting Fade To Black, their first ballad, on Ride The Lightning and this song is pretty much …

Godzilla Flick is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their album Hear It Is. Opening up with an acoustic guitar pattern, the vocals to the track come in pretty quickly and although I can hear hints of Coyne’s typical tone, it seems as if I’m listening …

I think that this is not a very good full length album for a band like Modest Mouse. I remember how I first started listening to it after I listened to their first full length album, and I did not enjoy this record at all. It was because I …

First Release, Second Album by Thicke. There are two versions of the song and one is a remix version featuring artist Ludacris. Both the original and remix versions of the song are very nice. I always pegged Robin to be a one-hit-wonder, but I have to say that he is …

I have known Moby as a well respected electronica musician who has been in the music business since the early nineties. His music climax, in my opinion, was this very album, “Play” (1999). (In fact, this album saved his career!) I have listened to this album since about 2005 …

(What A) Wonderful World is a song by The Flaming Lips and the tenth song on their fourth release, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with a melodic guitar pattern, Coyne comes in with the iconic vocal melody for this cover in a slightly broken manner which works …

“In a world without heroes, there’s nothing to be. Its no place for me” is one of my favorite lyrics from “Music From the Elder” by KISS. I feel it is a very powerful line. It comes from the song “A World Without Heroes”, which …

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 …

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 …

I am sure that some people might not understand the beauty of the music on this album but I personally do find beauty in this music and below I will try to explain why the nine songs that were released by Sonic Youth in 1983 are attractive to me …

This is the second pop album by Lucky Ali. After the mega success of his debut album Sunoh, Ali came out with this one. It didn’t came anywhere close to the success of Sunoh, but still this album has got some really good collection of melodies. This is …

Aaliyah
“Try Again”
Romeo Must Die: The Album
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Wayne Isham
Aaliyah and choreographer Fatima Robinson reunite once again for “Try Again” which is off of the soundtrack for 2000’s “Romeo Must Die”, a great action/martial arts thriller which starred Aaliyah and Jet Li, who also appears in this music video. The video …

I discovered Megadeth only a couple years ago when I still had access to the cable television channel Fuse and the television shows Slave to the Metal and Uranium were hosted by a woman who called herself Metal Mistress Juliya. The thing about both of these shows were …