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 …

Ciara
“Promise”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: Diane Martel
“Promise” tops Ciara’s previous single and video with its mid-tempo falsetto R&B ballad which depicts a girl in search of her one perfect man, she’s single, lonely, and looking for love. She’s ready to commit and willing to spend her life with him. Ciara …

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 …

Midian is the fourth album by Cradle Of Filth, released on Koch Records on Halloween of 2000, produced by John Fryer. This is one of Cradle Of Filth’s heaviest albums, the album is sort of a concept album, drawing inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft, and the Clive Barker Novel Cabal. …

The Spice Girls were one of my favorite popular music groups when I was younger. In fact, even though my best friend now seems to feel embarrassed about it, I can remember that we had our own mini Spice Girls group when we were eight and nine years old. …

Lonely Day is a song by System Of A Down and is the penultimate track on Hypnotize, the second half of their double album Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Something to take note of is that Daron Malakian takes lead vocals on this track and this really isn’t a song to be listening …

From the moment I first heard “All About the Bass” more than a year ago, I instantly fell in love with Meghan Trainor. She gave something that not only reminded me of the 80’s but also the fact that she’s a newcomer, and with a concept that she’s trying …

The obscure titled “I Was A Teenage Hand Model” closes out Queens of the Stone Age’s debut self titled album at track 11. What makes this album so weird is that it was released on Roadrunner records which I am most familiar with them releasing Soulfly albums, which are …

Drug Machine In Heaven is a song by the Flaming Lips and the opening track on their third release, Telepathic Surgery. Opening with a distorted guitar riff, the drums and bass enter the song to give the overall tone a sound which is similar to several songs the band …

Haushinka is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Nimrod. Opening up with a quick rhythm comprised of all three musicians, Armstrong’s vocals soon join in the mix with a simple verse melody which fits well with the music behind him. Though I didn’t love the …

Lablakely Dress is a song by Animal Collective and the penultimate track on their second album entitled Danse Manatee. To begin, let me just say that after following Ahhh Good Country on the track listing, Lablakely Dress has quite an act to follow, but I will be clear and …

Undertow is the reason for the success and rise of the band in the early days.Point Blank, Tool paints an abstract picture with sound experimentation.Each arrangement is meant to provoke thought and expression.The band utilizes unique talents that blend into a dark reality.This band is not for everybody.Sure they …

Every now and again, a song comes along that has so much energy and life to it that it becomes a timeless monster of music. Driving guitars often populate these songs with hard chords being slammed out in a progressive manner, as the drums beat out creative rhythms that …

I love Timbaland, and he’s always so sensual and melodramatic sometimes when it comes to his songs but they’re really wholesome, and when I heard Katy Perry was going to sing her too I was very ecstatic as I love her, and although they might have come off as …

DJ Tomek ft. Lil’ Kim and Trooper Da Don
“Kimnotyze”
Beat of Life, Volume 1
Sony BMG
This is probably the only music video that I have seen thus far where Lil’ Kim actually looks more desirable and less like thrash which she has portrayed herself as in many of her past music …

Overview —“ Until It Sleeps, the first music video released by Metallica for their album Load, is significantly different from any of the previous music videos that they had released up to this point in their career. In fact, just about everything about not only the video but also …

Strawberry Jam is an album released by Animal Collective to follow their prior record entitled Feels. To begin, I will say that after Animal Collective released Sung Tongs followed by Feels, they had quite an act to follow, but I can thankfully say that I think they did a …

Overview - Help!, The Beatles’ fifth effort, is the final album that I would consider just average before they launched into their truly great period with albums such as Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s, The White Album, Magical Mystery Tour, and a few others. The thing about Help is …

It is probably not very often to encounter for a band like the Cure to be criticized, or even to not be praised, but I think that some of their albums are not very good, and this one, their 1979 debut Three Imaginary Boys is such a record.
I think …

I think this is one of the best cds they have out. It had a combination of different mood songs. “This Love” is basically a bittersweet love song. I can’t stop thinking about this song. “Popular” is a good club song. It’s catchy, has …

Def Leppard are one of Britain’s most successful rock bands. They were one of the pioneers of the 80s hard rock sound, achieving massive, million selling success in the 1980s. In the 1990s, their music was no longer fashionable and their career took a slump. They changed their sound …

“These Are My People” Is a song by popular American country music artist, Rodney Atkins. Country Music in general is a genre that I enjoy thoroughly in every aspect of it, from the memorable lyrics to the up-beat and catchy tunes, guitar riffs and the voices. There have been …

The Future Sex/Love Sounds Album of pop idol Justin Timberlake, or JT for short, is to me simply the best he’s had in the music industry. This was JT’s second album, released in 2006.
I have followed JT’s career from the very start, right back to his struggling —˜N …

Say what you will about her as a trainwreck of a celebrity - Courtney Love knows how to rock. There were always rumors and whispers that her band Hole was only ever popular because she’s most famous as the widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. But Love …

This album is amazing. Even though the two previous Pixies records were really good, this one was even better in some crucial respects. I think that what this album turned out to be is simply unpredictable, if you look at what the previous records were. There must have been …

Begs and Achin’ is a song by The Flaming Lips and the final song on their third record, Telepathic Surgery. Like the band has done in some of the preceding tracks on this record, the general sound of Begs And Achin’ is somewhat of a punk rock sound, but …

I’m aware that I’ve been stating that many of the songs on The Black Album seem to be driven much more by Hetfield’s voice rather than the music itself, but I believe My Friend Of Misery is an exception to this. Whereas many of the previous tracks on this …

No Prayer For The Dying is the title track of a record put out by Iron Maiden. The song starts off right away with a melodic guitar lead which I swear I’ve heard before in another Maiden song but I can’t remember exactly where it came from, it reminds …

Knowing that I have wanted to learn to play the drums for years, my daughter and son-in-law bought this set for me for Christmas a couple of years ago. I don’t know what they paid for them since it was a gift but I know that they have been …

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 …

Over and over again by Nelly and Tim McGraw is a song that is a mix between rap and country music. It is about how these guys girl friends are leaving them but they say they can’t get over the fact about who they were going out with now. …

Somebody please, give this girl some water! She is literally out of breath repeating the words “ella ella ella” over, and over, and over again.
Yes, I understand that Rihanna wants to shield her friends and lovers under her umbrella till the end, but what is up with the …

50 cent twenty one questions is about how this guy is in love with a girl and he asks her questions and he hopes she has answers for them. He is going into jail and he hopes she sticks by him. That is why he is asking these questions. …

If you have ever seen the new line up of Guns N’ Roses, you may know a guitarist by the name of Richard Fortus. I recently saw the band live and they sounded amazing. Axl Rose was late as usual, but it was amazing to see them and …

Last Of The American Girls is a song by Green Day which appears on their latest record, 21st Century Breakdown. This song starts off with a bass line by Dirnt before Armstrong comes in with the vocals of the track with yet another vocal melody which works incredibly well …

Overview - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the most, if not the absolute most, praised records The Beatles ever released during their career, and for obvious reasons. The song has a nice balance between Lennon and McCartney as well as between feels and energies. This track …

This is Marilyn Manson’s 5th full length album, released in 2003 on Interscope Records. Tt isn’t really a concept album, but it does have a theme, this being the swing era of the 30’s, the golden age, the lyrics are based around this theme as well. This is the …

Aaliyah ft. Ginuwine, Timbaland, and Missy Elliot
“One In A Million (Remix)”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Director: Paul Hunter
Remix singles have the potential to do many things for listeners, but remix music videos are a hit and miss game when it comes down to it. The remix for Aaliyah’s signature hit, “One …

Mahogany Dust is a husband wife acoustic duo that does most spoken soul performances. But they just released an album called “Experience” that I was quite surprised by. That is because there is more production on the song that I expected. There are …

The famous East African, Kenyan born boy band, Sauti Sol are at it again with their new track ‘Melanin’ featuring Patoranking. The song, released only this week, caused a lot of frenzy on social media as it led to sweet and sour opinions about the music video.
‘Melanin’ is a …

This is Slipknot’s second Album, produced by Ross Robinson and released in the summer of 1999. The band includes 9 members each of them going by a number rather than a name. the band has a vocalist, 3 guitarists a bassist, 3 drummers, a dj, and a keyboard/sampler. All …

Sexy Can I by Ray J and Yung Berg is a cool song that you can play all day and just chill ton the beat. One day I listened to this song for three hours straight and I still wanted to hear it again. There are a few cuss …

I do not usually get very excited over indie bands, and indie rock music on a whole, but after hearing a few songs from the Canadian indie rock band “The New Pornographers”, I decided that not all indie rock bands are monotonous after all.
One of the biggest …

For those of you who don’t already know, Children of the Corn (not to be confused with the Stephen King book/movie) is a rap group that was formed in the early 90’s in Harlem, NY. This group consisted of Camron, Ma$e, Big L, Herb Mcgruff and Bloodshed. “Biscuits and …

Josef K were a short-lived four-piece post-punk band. The paranoia and brittleness implicit in their namesake, the protagonist in Frank Kafka’s “The Trial” was echoed by their sound. They played spare, taut, danceable discount funk. For those looking for comparison, this can be likened to Fear of Music era …

Artist: Mariah Carey feat. Trey Lorenz
Video: I’ll Be There
Album: MTV Unplugged
Label: Columbia Records
“I’ll Be There” is a single and music video (featuring Trey Lorenz) off of Marey Carey’s MTV Unplugged album. “I’ll Be There” is a reenactment of the Jackson Five song of the same name but with Trey …

Seek And Destroy, the penultimate track off of Kill —˜Em All, has to be one of the most well known songs from Metallica throughout their whole career and certainly, along with The Four Horsemen, the most well known song off of Kill —˜Em All. …

Right now, this is my favorite dance song. This song features the words and melody of a slower song at points but then when you add in Flo Rida the different points in the song blend to create a great dance and party song. My favorite line is “I …

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 …