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 …

Freight Train Blues is a song performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his self-titled debut record. The track opens up with a fairly hectic harmonica section and I will say right away that compared to other songs on Dylan’s debut album, Freight Train Blues has a bit more …

It isn’t uncommon for actors to make the jump from screen to a musical career, most of the times with a disastrous ending after a few hits (anyone remember Lindsay Lohan?). Well, on 2007 sexy Scarlett Johansson decided it was her turn to get her very own record but …

Escape, one of the later tracks on Ride The Lightning, is a track that I’ll admit sounds forced and written for the radio in my opinion. Supposedly the story is that the record company wanted Metallica to write a track like Escape, due to …

One of the greatest progressive bands Rush, released their album 2112 on 1976. This was their fourth album that peaked to gold on the Billboard chart. This album features a eponymous seven-part suite written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson with lyrics by Neil Peart. Te first song on …

Lady Gaga’s “Heavy Metal Lover,” from her latest album “Born This Way,” deserves a second chance. The first time I heard the song, I was only half-interested in what I was hearing. The first lines—”“I want your whiskey mouth all over my blonde south”—”caught my immediate attention, and I …

I am sure this one sounds far out, but yes, Kuff is the name of a song by an artist named Shelley Thunder who is a dancehall artist or queen. It is now a song which we would call Old School here in Trinidad and a few other Caribbean …

There is barely anything I can say about this album that hasn’t been said by critics over the past 10 years or so. Released in September 2004, The beautiful thing about this album is that this was something I didn’t necessarily enjoy on first listen but for me I …

This is a great first album from this new pop punk band. More on the pop side than punk but still there. The lead singer embodies that sort of upper middle class dissolute rakish character and it works well. They’re certainly not the most intellectual band …

R. Kelly ft. The Isley Brothers
“Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Director: R. Kelly
R. Kelly follows up “You Remind Me of Something” with “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”, the second single and music video from his self-titled album, “R. Kelly”. R. Kelly decides to expand his horizons …

If you are a DMX fan you will not be dissapointed in his second cd, also if you are looking for some real hard core hip hop music then I suggest that you pick this up because of the hard content on this cd which includes. “No Love For …

Ever since I first heard about them “Alice in Chains” has been one of my favourite bands, and whenever I listen to them, I regret the fact that I never knew about them in the nineties even though I was a little girl. Therefore when I discovered their old …

I was introduced to the music of the English singer Birdy by one of my closest friends. To be honest, I wasn’t too thrilled with her music when I first listened to a number of her songs since I thought that she was unbelievably boring, especially after listening to …

Like the band’s name Groove Armada, their song sounds groove too. Like this song ‘My friend’, it’s not a new song from them, but I really like it, because whenever I listen it sounds new for me.
The song sounds easy listening, it can calm down your mind when …

Don’t Tread On Me, another one of the more aggressive songs from The Black Album, isn’t exactly a song which I enjoy too much, and ironically, James Hetfield supports this. Don’t Tread On Me isn’t a terrible song, but it does sound slightly forced in my opinion and it …

Breathe by Michelle branch is a song about how a girl is trying to decide if she wants to stay with her boyfriend or leave but it seems to me like she wants to stay. I found this song on a site called Pandora but you can find it …

R. Kelly & Public Announcement
“She’s Got That Vibe”
Born Into The 90s
Jive/Zomba Recording
This is where it all started for R. Kelly, with a group called Public Announcement. This is their very first single and music video titled “She’s Got That Vibe” from the album, “Born Into The 90s”. This was …

Overview —“ Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the Black Sabbath album which I personally used to consider my favorite. After listening to this record and Paranoid within a few days of each other, I have to say that it’s definitely a tough contest. Part of me really likes Paranoid because …

Off of the second Led Zeppelin album, Led Zeppelin 2. The song Moby Dick is a four and a half minute jam by the band but mostly a solo spot for drummer John Bonham. The song has a pretty short musical intro, but that riff that John Paul Jones …

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 …

Sick And Tired/Sick And Tired is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the sixth track on their second album, The Hill Sheep. Returning instruments to the mix, I can thankfully say that Sick And Tired/Sick And Tired is not only an immense step up from the preceding track, …

“Man in the Box” is the song that garnered Alice in Chains attention in the early 90’s. The song was released on their 1990 album “Facelift” but was released as a single in 1991. Alice in Chains without a doubt is considered the heaviest band out of the Big …

I began listening to this amazing band quite some time ago (even though they haven’t been around for all that long) and I must say, as sadly often is the case with other bands, the sound of their music has NOT faded the tiniest bit. I can listen to …

If “4 Minutes” is any indication of how the new Madonna CD is going to sound, I think I’ll pass. While this song, produced and sung by Timbaland, Madonna and Justin Timberlake, has a few catchy beats, it can’t be compared to any of the artists earlier hits. The …

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 …

Hello, I Love You is a song by The Doors which appears on their album Waiting For The Sun. The track opens up with a quick drum burst before leading into the main rhythm which is certainly quite distinctive and unique and has come to be associated with The …

All The Love In The World is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album With Teeth. The song starts out with some electronic drums playing in a rhythm which stays throughout the majority of the song. Reznor joins in with the vocals pretty quickly on …

Lips of an Angel is one of my least favorite songs of all time. When the song was first released, everyone I knew was playing it constantly. Every time I called one of my friends, it was their ring back tone and most of the people I knew set …

Black Label Society’s Mafia was one of the best metal albums of 2005 if not the best, the album comes on strong with Fire It Up, one of the bands fiercest songs followed by the bluesy slightly mellow (in no way mellow at all) Whats In You, a short …

Oh how I am falling in love with Chris Brown. To me, his songs are actually music, not just top 40 radio drivel. There’s a lot of stuff out there I consider drivel, but not his music. My fiance and I are even dancing to his single ‘Forever’ for …

No band in the last few years has been the center of so much debate as Protest the Hero. On one side of the fence there is the haters that will not give them a fair go bacuae they have some ties with the metal-core landscape. But on the …

Burnt Ice is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album United Abominations. The track starts off with an extremely quick guitar solo and a pounding rhythm behind this solo. The solo isn’t that great but I guess it’s an alright way to start off the song. Mustaine …

Aaliyah
“I Care 4 U”
Aaliyah
Blackground/Virgin
Director: LIttle X
I have to ask, why bother? Seriously, this has to be the worst Aaliyah music video ever, ever, ever made. This isn’t Aaliyah’s fault though because she was already dead at the time, it’s director Little X’s fault for not coming up with something …

This record is truly fantastic, and it is very diverse as well. There are several types of songs on this album, all of which sound appealing. This album has something to offer for all music lovers. I think that thematically this album can be divided into two parts, with …

Miracle On 42nd Street is a song by the Flaming Lips and the sixth track on their third studio album, Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with random samples, Miracle On 42nd Street establishes its rhythm fairly gradually with a bass guitar part entering the track in a progressive fashion. Although …

Elvin’s Tales are a rising star in the world of European folk music. They have been around for just a year and half, but their music has already drawn the attention of the public.
Their compositions are not just your everyday Beer Pub Songs - their meaning goes deeper into …

I have always tried to keep in the loop with artist that i have enjoyed in the past and sometimes it can lead to some very interesting discoveries. This odd little album from David Lowery is one of the latest things that i have ended up with and i …

Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their record A Saucerful Of Secrets. The track opens up with a light guitar riff in the right channel which begins by playing an eerie riff as additional instrumentation gradually begins …

Plastic Jesus is a song by The Flaming Lips and the ninth song to appear on their release Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Just as a note from the beginning, this song is a cover rather than an original. Featuring one of the most simplistic sounds throughout the entire …

I think this is a good video for anybody to watch. It has a great calming feel to it and I think it could be watched many times. I kind of do that myself. I love repeating the video over and over and over again, but I never get …

I must have listened to Lauren Wood’s Fallen single a million times since the movie Pretty Woman introduced me to it, and in my opinion it is peerless. Wood is an American singer-songwriter who began her career in the late —˜70s, formed a band, and shot to fame …

I thought that the 1994 Illmatic by rapper Nas was a classic and is one of the best hip hop albums of all time. At the time, Nas was a relatively unknown artist and west coast gangsta rap artists were dominating the hip hop scene such as Dr. Dre, …

I have always been the kind of person who admires music. Not only is it an art, it finds a way into your soul. Music is able to be related to and in the moment when you find a certain song, you feel like you are no longer alone …

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 …

Hail to the Thief is a really good record. I personally see this album as a return to form for Radiohead after some slightly dodgy albums, like Kid A and Amnesiac, in particular Amnesiac. The problem with those two albums, from my personal point of view, is that, when …

Mouth Wooed Her is a song by Animal Collective and the tenth song on their record Sung Tongs. Opening with a calming acoustic guitar pattern, the vocals enter the mix after about thirty seconds with a melody that initially didn’t win me over, but is one that’s grown on …

This video used the most simple scenes to make the video so extra special. It gave me a feeling of happiness whenever I watched it and it filled my head with good memories when I was in high school. I wouldn’t think a video by Katy Perry would be …

Tikiwid is a song by Animal Collective and the second track on their 2006 EP entitled People. In contrast to the previous title track on the EP, Tikiwid returns the band to a more traditional sound which actually has a solid structure and a proper vocal performance. After listening …

Despite its significant commercial success and continued airplay, I still consider Billy Idol’s second solo outing to be one of the most underrated albums ever recorded. For me, every single track on Rebel Yell is a winner, and they still sound as fresh today as they did a quarter …