Mansard Roof is the opening track of Vampire Weekend’s self-titled debut record. The song opens up with a definitive rhythm and catchy vocal melody before gradually building up until it really picks up around thirty seconds in and establishes a driving rhythm. What I particularly like about Mansard Roof, …

The Akai MPC 2000xl sampler is one of the best pieces of equipment available on the music production scene. This piece of equipment is used by most of the top producers especially in the rap/hip-hop genre.
I have used this machine now for a couple of years and it has …

Sound Peace - David & Steve Gordon is a fairly enjoyable audio CD that offers a combination of flutes, guitar chords, harps, wind chimes, piano melodies and more. All of the instrumental music that appears on this CD is gentle and soft, and is arranged in a way that …

Jay-Z
“Imaginary Player”
In My Lifetime, Volume 1
Roc-A-Fella Records
Jay-Z spends a lot of time at a lounge with his homeboy and producer Damon Dash during most of this official third single and music video “Imaginary Player” from his second album “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″, following “(Always Be My) Sunshine” and …

Honestly, if you’re a fan of Nirvana, you probably already have all their other CDs, so there’s no particular reason to buy this one unless you’re a stickler for owning every version of a song ever recorded. The one advantage to this CD is that it’s great for …

Once again, Muse have dropped their seventh studio album in true Muse style. Beginning with an album cover that re-visits their earlier stylistic approach (similar to albums like ‘Black Holes And Revelations’ and ‘Absolution) through to their musical style that take the listener on a historical journey. Not only …

The Bleeding is Cannibal Corpse’s fourth album, and last to feature Chris Barnes on vocals, who is now the vocalist for Six Feet Under. The album was released in 1994 on Metal Blade Records, and produced by Scott Burns. The album is not as fast all the way through, …

Whitesnake back groundbreaking rock music industry after more than 10 years, a break without releasing an album. Still carrying the same theme music, the eleventh album from Whitesnake, dominated the music sounding mid tempo, which has become characteristic of Whitesnake. Apparently not in the young age, David …

This is one of the most romantic songs ever recorded as far as I am concerned. Engelbert Humperdink was well known for his romantic songs. This is absolutely the love song of the century. Engelbert has one of those voices that had the ability to melt women’s hearts. He …

Another great and talented singer would be Katy Perry and in One Of The Boys by Katy Perry; the title of her album, I can’t help but to compare her voice to Gwen Stefani of No Doubt. But she has her own identity voice and not quite Gwen. …

Toxicity is the title track of a record by System Of A Down. Toxicity starts off in a very melodic way with Malakian’s guitar work which the band comes back to periodically throughout the song, but for the rest of the song, it’s quite an aggressive track. I also …

Overview - Led Zeppelin IV, largely considered the greatest rock album of all time, takes a blend of everything Zeppelin had done up to that point - electric, fast, acoustic, ballad, epic, long, short, simple, complex, energetic, and mellow, and merges it into a single record. As you can …

R. Kelly & Public Announcement
“Dedicated”
Born Into The 90s
Jive/Zomba Recordings
R. Kelly & Public Announcement follow up their previous hits, “She’s Got That Vibe”, “Honey Love”, and “Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)” with “Dedicated”, the fourth and final single and music video from their album, “Born Into The 90s”. The song …

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 …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Rain”
Album: Release Some Tension
Label: RCA Records
Director: Darren Grant
“Rain” is the final single and music video from SWV’s third album called “Release Some Tension”, following “Can We” and “Someone”. Released in the Spring of 1998, Darren Grant directs this time around, taking a more low-key and mellower approach …

I recently purchased the new CD, Bone Palace Ballet, by hardcore veterans Chiodos on Equal Vision Record. Their sophomore release takes the band to new levels, and really shows us how the band has grown and matured. The songs are …

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 …

Taylor Swift, wow words cannot describe her talent. Just when I thought her music couldnt get any better . . . shes done it again. This song has every quality amazing music has plus more. This song is pretty self explanitory. Its about an ex or someone you temporarily …

These days, I am not even in the slightest bit interested in both Christina Aguilera’s music and Christina Aguilera herself; however when Christina first became popular years ago in my early years of high school, I had been interested in her music and she since was also one of …

I bought this as a back up bass so i had a spare bass lying at work for after work rehearsals.The Rockbass is Warwicks entry level range so although it is good it isn’t quite in the same league as a Warwick!
This cost £270 from an online music shop …

The world music awards was an average music show to watch, it was not anything out of the ordinary, i really expected more than what they showed for the night.
One of my favorite performances was the opening act which was Rhianna , she came out as usual …

This seemed to be quite a heartfelt song from Freddie and Queen. His vocals seem quite relaxed certainly at the start but you can feel him building.
What he songs is very true. It’s as though he just can’t believe how people act on earth. What I do find interesting …

This song by Stone Temple pilots off their latest self titled album release. It is the last fast rock type song on the cd before the album ends with the two ballads called Maver and Last Kiss on Mars. This song like the others is very catchy. It …

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 …

In 1998, a lone musician was featured on the soundtrack for the movie “Good Will Hunting”. Several songs were featured by this artist in the movie, including the ending theme, “Miss Misery”. That artist was Elliott Smith.
Elliott was known for his depression and drug abuse, and that melancholy reflected …

“Not the Half Has Been Told” CD by Monica McCoy is one music album that uplifts my soul and spirit. The selections are filled with blessings! Each time I’d hear this music album it made me think that singing songs for Jesus is a worshipping experience. It is not …

Hero Of The Day is a song by Metallica which appears on their album Load. The track starts out with a clean guitar riff which has a very melodic feel to it with Hetfield, Ulrich, and Newsted coming in very lightly on vocals, drums, and bass respectively. The verse …

You need not be a die hard Mary J. Blige fan to appreciate some the rare gems on her albums. On the “Mary” album released in 1999, there is one song in particular that really caught my ear. It’s called “Beautiful Ones” (not to be confused with …

I remember Keanu Reeves started in this video as the man replacing the boyfriend of Paula because he died in a car race against him. The video is about teenage love, like the Teenage dream of Katy Perry but this one is more conservative. It is part of Paula …

I’m not trying to be biased or anything but I think people should ought to know that I am among the biggest fans of Mumford & Sons in this planet. I literally own all of their albums, as well as other live performances because their music is so much …

I like when singers perform they act accoustic because it’s shows to their fans about their real vocal quality. Like this one, Nobody’s home singing by Avril Lavigne. I don’t know where’s Avril Lavigne perform accousticly, I just hear it in bonus track in her second album, Under My …

I think that the 1999 Issues is Korn’s greatest work. It is the first album by them that I got hold of, and I was strongly impressed by the music. I was rather young when I got a hold of this record, it was before their 2002 release Untouchables, …

I love listening to music and my favorite kind is hair bands from the 1980’s. To me this the music from the ’80’s says something different than what artist are trying to say now. Music from the ’80’s has depth and style and every song sounds different, …

Memory of A Longing Love or also what it is called as ‘Memori Sekuntum Rindu’ is very poignant, sweeping and sad. I have teared a few times whilst listening to this song, sung by the band Spoon.
Unfortunately, the lead singer of this band Spoon had been killed …

I’m So Tired is a track by The Beatles which appears on their self-titled album, or The White Album. Unlike the rest of the album, I’m So Tired is actually a very laid-back track, and as the name would imply, it has a very sleepy feel and tone to …

I do not like this album by the Cure, and it is probably not going to be easy to explain why, because one could find numerous reasons to like this album, one could mention various facts and features of this album which make it better and stronger than the …

Off his Victims of the future album hard rock and blues guitarist Gary Moore did a cover of Shapes off Things by the yardbirds. His version he does is a cool hard rock style rendition of the track. Gary really jams hard on this one I like his awesome …

As far as my musical taste goes, I would say that I am more of a soul, and rap type of guy, but there are always about four or five songs from all genres that I really enjoy and thus add to my collection.
Of all the genres though, I …

Captor Of Sin is a song by Slayer which appears on their EP Haunting The Chapel. The song starts off with a rapid solo right from the start of the track, and to be honest, this makes me very discouraged for the song that’s coming up to be honest. …

Ain’t No Telling is a track by Jimi Hendrix which appears on Axis: Bold As Love. This track is extremely short at only two minutes in length and the song wastes no time getting right into the bulk of the music. I can describe the track as being very …

Meet The Light Child is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second record, Danse Manatee. Opening up with somewhat of a lazy drone-like sound, Meet The Light Child shares a problem with some of the tracks on Animal Collective’s previous album in that the vocals get …

I Love You is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their recorded Loaded. Something to take note about this track is that it’s a demo so what you hear really isn’t a finalized version or anything, it was included on this record in demo form for …

Produced by Erik Rutan and Cannibal Corpse, released on Metal Blade Records in 2006, this is the band’s 10th album, and first not to feature explicit artwork, they decided to put the artwork intended for the cover on the inside of the album. Unlike most albums by the band …

OneRepublic’s “Dreaming Out Loud” is a stellar debut album, in my humble opinion. OneRepublic is a rock band that recently became very popular on the radio, MTV, MySpace, and pretty much everywhere else in the music scene. It came out awhile ago but I just recently picked it up …

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 was a time when Alabama ruled the airwaves of country music and Alabama: When It All Goes South CD displays one of the reasons why. The title track itself has always made me chuckle since it starts with a scratch of music from Alabama with another song. …

Within the past decade, music from video games have developed into a genre all for themselves. Its not as if they have just become popular. Dating back to the 1980’s, the melodic themes for The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros, and Metroid engrained themselves into the …

You Got Me Floatin’ is a track by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on Axis: Bold As Love. The track starts off with some backwards guitar effects to give a psychedelic tone to the song, but overall I’d say that this is more of just a rock driven …

Vempire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein is a 1996 E.P. by the black metal band Cradle of filth. This was released on cacophonous records to fulfill the band contractual obligation. This is the band’s second release, it is better then the previous album in some ways, the vocals are …

For the past couple of months David Nail has been helping me past some really difficult things in my life. This includes accepting change.
This song, Strangers On A Train, will always have such a special place in my heart because no matter where I go in life, it …