Music Reviews
INXS: Switch
I’d never heard INXS before i saw the TV show Rockstar:INXS. I liked the show very much and now i see them on TV with this new album Switch. So i decided to try them out. I don’t feel sorry for buying the CD, infact, i love the set …
Neutral Milk Hotel - Snow Song Pt. 1 (Song)
Snow Song Pt. 1 is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which is the second song on their EP, Everything Is. Similar to the opening track on this EP, the band sticks to the fuzzy sounding tone which has slowed down on this song and sounds a bit darker. …
Three Wooden Crosses
Three Wooden Crosses is a country music song sung and made famous by Randy Travis. It is a song about four people from different backgrounds that take a bus ride in which three of them die. The fourth one was a hooker and does not quite understand why she …
Pain Is a Warning, Studio album by Today Is the Day
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 …
Stumblin’ In
I came across a tune, from listening to an online radio station, called “Stumblin’ In”. It’s a duet from Suzie Quatro and Chris Norman. Both are known very well in North America, but widely known in Europe and Australia. This song captivated me as I heard it for the …
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Overview - The Madcap Laughs, Syd Barret’s first solo record after departing Pink Floyd, is an album that sounds absolutely nothing like the work Barrett did with Pink Floyd, it’s surprising that it’s even the same man to be honest. Not only is Barrett’s songwriting a lot simpler and …
The 1975, debut album
Flavored synth pops and 80’s inspired rock beats coated the self-titled debut album of The 1975, an indie-rock band formed in England.
Quite an underrated band, I dare say. In a musical world crowded by popular acts and mainstream rock bands (such as One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer), …
Shortie like mine
Shortie like mine is a song by bow wow ft. Chris brown is a song about how this guy is saying that there is no other girl like his girl in the whole world. He says his girl is one of a kind and he loves her or just …
Paparazzi by Lady Gaga
I was watching the MTV VMAs this year and finally got a chance to see Lady Gaga show what she’s working with (so to speak.) Anyway, I realized that she has a lot more talent that I first thought she did. She performed “Paparazzi”—”a song about the …
Weezer - The Odd Couple (Song)
The Odd Couple is a song by Weezer which appears on their most recent release, Death To False Metal. Cuomo comes in with the first verse with a very characteristic catchy vocal melody and fun lyrics to go with it. As with most Weezer songs, the music itself may …
Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon
A big radio hit by the rock group Kings of Leon is something you’ve probably heard somewhere whether it be on the radio,parties and events,or even a band you saw that covered it. This song is called Use Somebody. I first heard this song when a band at my …
Jefferson Airplane - Bark
Overview - Bark, Jefferson Airplane’s sixth effort, makes it clear that the band really isn’t what they used to be and don’t exactly have that same type of wonder that they used to. Bark features a lot of new concepts including a violin in a few tracks, a track …
The Grateful Dead - Far From Me (Song)
Far From Me is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Go To Heaven. The song starts off some sustained guitar chords along with a piano before the main rhythm of the track comes in. The vocals to the track have a melodic feel to …
The Flaming Lips - Hell’s Angel’s Cracker Factory (Song)
Hell’s Angel’s Cracker Factory is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their third studio album, Telepathic Surgery. I’ll note right now that this track is quite an ambitious piece of music and that it’s track listing is just over twenty-three minutes long. Because of its extreme …
Stampeders Canada Day Concert
I have been a huge fan of the 1970’s Canadian rock band, The Stampeders my whole life. My parents loved them before I was born, so I grew up listening to them, and for the last 5 years I have been blessed to see them each year at the …
Muse - City Of Delusion (Song)
City Of Delusion is a track by Muse which appears on Black Holes And Revelation. Although I do not consider City Of Delusion to be quite as good as some of the other tracks on this record such as Take A Bow or Map Of The Problematique, I certainly …
Sunshine
The song ‘Sunshine’ is a simple sort of song performed by John Denver. It has a very good melody that makes you want to sing along. It reminds me of camping along side of a lake and waking to the sun rising over the water. Then when it rises …
Stealing Cinderella by Chuck Wicks
I haven’t liked much by Chuck Wicks, but this is one of my favorite songs. Songs about fathers always get to me since I lost mine when I was a young teenager. I will never get the chance to experience moments like these with my father, so this song …
Nightwish - The Poet and The Pendulum
Without a doubt Tuomas Holopainen adores the same dark playfulness of a Danny Elfman score as I do. Many people debate the creditability of Nightwish’s new album “Dark Passion Play” and the band’s new singer Anette Olzon. I believe if people …
“Death Church” by Rudimentary Peni (LP)
Six years after releasing 2 phenomenal hardcore-packed EP’s, “Rudimentary Peni” and “Farce”, Rudimentary Peni released “Death Church”, one of the darkest, gloomiest, bleakest punk records ever pressed and by far their most solid release to date.
Nick Blinko’s vocal style changes yet again; here it is a lot like …
Linda Davis: Shoot for the Moon CD
First off, I want to say that Linda Davis: Shoot for the Moon CD has a great liner jacket. On quality paper, all of the lyrics are printed in a readable fashion, with a decent font and light background. Better still for her fans, when you open …
City Escape - The Dear Hunter
I really like music that mixes a few good genres into something that is a nice swirl of both. Among my favorite combinations of genres is the mix of rock with jazz inspired pieces. There really is something about a piano, and sometimes horns, in a band that really …
Radical Something’s album “We Are Nothing”
A new band has recently come onto my radar–Radical Something. They are a three man group composed of rapper Loggy (whose lyrics are meaningful and thought-provoking), singer Josh Cocktail (whose voice is smooth as silk), and producer Big Red (who does a great …
Ozzmosis, 1995 Album by Ozzy Osbourne
I probably would not have been prompted to write a review of this album in particular, if I hadn’t gotten to stumble upon quite negative reviews of this album online. If you go by the reviews that are online, you will definitely form the impression that this album is …
A Truck Driving Son Of A Gun by Red Sovine
The song A Truck Driving Son Of A Gun by Red Sovine is an up beat tempo song. It was a song that my dad used to play all the time when I was a kid growing up. My dad typically would play it when we were driving back …
Myley Cyrus - 7 thing
For a young artist, miley cyrus is pretty talented, she can act and sing. First time I thought that she can’t sing, but after her song, I think its good enough though I don’t like her behaviour, her song is goog enough to listen. Like this one, seven things.
This song …
Dio
Dio is an American heavy metal band which was formed by the former Black Sabbath vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Many heavy metal fans would be familiar with their song “Holy Diver” which has continued to be seen as a classic in the heavy metal community around the world. …
Bob Dylan - From A Buick 6 (Song)
From A Buick 6 is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Highway 61 Revisited. The track starts off with a pretty energetic and the instrumentation sounds extremely full, similar to how it did on the title track for this record. Dylan’s vocal performance matches with …
Van Halen - 1984
Overview —“ 1984, the final album that Van Halen released with David Lee Roth, was definitely not a disappointing final record with the original front man. I’m not a huge fan of Van Halen, although I do like some of their records and I actually managed to see them …
Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper
One of my favorite artists is Michelle Branch (solo or with The Wreckers). When her album Hotel Paper came out seven years ago, I immediately bought it. Even though it’s seven years old, I still find myself listening to the songs today. The album has many …
Carrie Underwood - Smoke Break (Song )
I have been a huge fan of Ms. Carrie Underwood. She won the fourth season of American Idol a decade ago and since then she’s become the most successful Idol winner ever, and for all the right reasons!
Despite the fact that her genre is kinda local to the US …
WhiteSnake - Here I Go Again On My Own - Single
I just think that this is pure class as a song. The male vocals are really good. They are passionate and have real emotion after what is quite a steady start to the song.
It is a song that you need to give a little time because it does warm …
Job for a Cowboy
I first heard the song “Entombment of a Machine” from the American Death Metal band “Job for Cowboy” a couple years ago on an online radio station called “L.A. Metal”. I was still newly into the heavy metal and death metal genre, and even though many fans might scoff …
Green Day - She (Song)
She is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Dookie. She opens up with a drum rhythm along with a bass line by Mike Dirnt before Armstrong comes in delicately with his vocals which have a pretty mellow sound to them during the verse of the …
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
I have no idea how I started listening to this band. I think it was because of the style they were playing, dubbed shoegazing, and that sounded pretty interesting. I was thinking, what can shoegazing be, or what sort of a music is that, and so, I stumbled upon …
Pet Shop Boys (music group)
One genre of music that I can certainly say that I love is “Electronic Dance Music”. Of course this is a bit unusual for someone like me who is mostly into hard rock and heavy metal music. However, it is something that I have been interested in from I …
Album : Devildriver - Beast (2011)
I have had a bit of an interesting relationship with the music of DEVIL DRIVER since they first came onto the scene. See, i like Dez’s previous band Coal Chamber a little bit, but i never really embraced them as i wasn’t real big on the whole Nu-Metal phase …
The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
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 …
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown (Music Video)
Overview —“ 21st Century Breakdown, the latest music video released for the album of the same name is a music video that goes with an approach that Green Day never went with previously, they approach it by animating the video through graffiti. The music video still follows the traditional …
Me, Myself and I (2003): Beyonce
Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Me, Myself and I”
Album: Dangerously in Love
Label: Columbia
Director: Johan Renck
“Me, Myself and I” is the third single and music video from Beyonce’s solo debut album called “Dangerously in Love”, following the previous singles and videos, “Crazy in Love” with Jay-Z and “Baby Boy” with Sean Paul. This …
Batman: The Animated Series Original Soundtrack Volume 1
After 16 years, the music from the critically acclaimed “Batman: The Animated Series” is available. You won’t find this cd in stores, on Amazon, or even iTunes. To order it, you’ll have to go to www.lalalandrecords.com.
This 2 cd set does not cover the whole series, no not …
Karma, What goes around comes around (song) from Alicia Keys
Karma is a song from American R&B signer Alicia Keys. It is one of the single from her album The Diary of Alicia Keys. All of her singles are well loved by fans because she has a different style and she is multi talented. I like the fact that …
Anberlin: Cities
I have been a fan of Anberlin since they formed many years ago, and I have been looking forward to their third album since they announced it would be released.
Cities is Anberlin’s third, and by far their most mature, album. For those that have followed them from their …
The Rolling Stones - Under The Boardwalk (Song)
Under The Boardwalk is a track by The Rolling Stones which appears on The Rolling Stones No. 2. I’m aware that this song is a cover so I cannot really comment on the structure of the actual songwriting of the track so I’ll be focusing on the execution of …
The Flaming Lips - Five Stop Mother Superior Rain (Song)
Five Stop Mother Superior Rain is a song by the Flaming Lips and the fifth track on their album In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Opening up with an acoustic guitar pattern, Coyne comes in with the vocal melody to the song which takes on a far more somber tone …
Life in a Northern Town, a song by The Dream Academy
‘Life in a Northern Town’ is a classic song, written and performed by the English folk group The Dream Academy.
The song’s wistful sound passes off a sense of melancholy over the amazing chorus chants and lyrics that transport listeners back in time. The song speaks of a a small …
I’ve Seen It All by Bjork and Thom Yorke
‘I’ve Seen It All’ is a song interpreted by Bjork in duet with Thom Yorke and is part of the musical ‘Dancer in the Dark’, directed by Lars von Trier. I must admit I liked the whole movie but the song has touched my heart more than anything …
Metallica - Damage Case (Song)
Damage Case is a cover performed and recorded by Metallica for their album Garage, Inc. The original version of this song is done by a band known as Motörhead who I also really enjoy so I know their original version of the song pretty well. The song starts off …
CD KISS SOLO ACE FREHLY
ACE FREHLY
Ace’s solo album is widely considered the best of the KISS solo LP’s. (well, John Denver’s sappy music was better than the other three solo KISS LP’s!)
You have to give Ace credit for really letting his talent shine through. This looks like a project he spent a …
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