The Elvis Presley: Elvis The Alternate Aloha CD is the recording of the dress rehearsal for the famous Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii TV concert. Well, it sort of is. The liner jacket actually gets very specific on how this digital recording was put together, and it’s both …

Fireworks is a song by Animal Collective and is the fifth track to appear on their record Strawberry Jam. Transitioning straight out of For Reverend Green, Fireworks opens up centered around a guitar part before other instruments join in as well as the vocals for the track. Like all …

The band’s eight studio album and second on Virgin Records, the second without Brian Welch, and the first without drummer David Silveria. The band used Terry Bozzio, Brooks Wackerman and Jon Davis on drums. The band Re-Recording most of The Matrix’s tracks for the album, weeding them out entirely. …

Electioneering is a song by Radiohead which appears on their third record OK Computer. I’m going to say right away that Electioneering truly isn’t like the rest of the songs on OK Computer, or really like many of the songs by Radiohead for that matter. This isn’t to say …

Well, its official. Miley Cyrus has grown up. Which in terms of Disney divas means she got a push up bra, some hot pants and sexuality. Of course, while some Disney stars move on and get their wings, after seeing this video I guess Miley takes …

Sydney boys The Sunpilots mix Indian Carnatic music, courtesy of frontman Raj Siva-Rajah, with Australian alternative rock provided by Bob Spencer, Anthony Soole and Rob Ewan.
The Sunpilots have received phenomenal amount of hype from all quarters. Their first single, Spotlight In The Sun - a taste of the album …

Lil’ Kim
“Whoa”
The Naked Truth
Queen Bee Entertainment/Atlantic Records
As far as I can see, Lil’ Kim is the only rap artist I have across who doesn’t favor having too many singles and music videos out from an album. “Hardcore” had “No Time”, “Crush On You”, and “Not Tonight”; “The Notorious K.I.M.” …

Candy Says is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their self-titled record. The track starts off with a very melodic sound with a clean guitar and a light drum rhythm with Doug Yule rather than Lou Reed singing lead vocals. Although to no major extent, the …

It may just be my personal preference for acoustics, but this song is just beautiful and breathtaking. Especially when I can relate to it.
From my point of view, this song depicts the loneliness and pain of having to live separate from your loved one, a.k.a a long distance …

Donnie Brasco is a film directed by Mike Newell which stars Al Pacino as a mafia member named lefty who takes in the character Donnie Brasco, played by Johnny Depp. This film is based on an actual undercover plan by the FBI where a secret agent, Brasco, infiltrated a …

Ring Them Bells is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Oh Mercy. Ring Them Bells is a pretty laid-back track and primarily just features Dylan singing along with a piano behind him in a pretty serious and somber tone in his voice in my opinion. …

P. Diddy ft. Black Rob and Mark Curry
“Bad Boy For Life”
The Saga Continues…
Bad Boy Entertainment
It was made apparent from the previous “Let’s Get It” and the current “Bad Boy For Life” music videos that P. Diddy had come back strong, stronger than ever. “Bad Boy For LIfe” is the …

On Avery Island is an album by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the first LP released by the group. Up at this point in this career, the only music listeners could judge this band by appeared on their EP Everything Is. In comparison to the songs on that EP, …

Coldplay has yet again created another positively brilliant album! Although this one has a completely different sound from any of their other albums.. It will literally make you so happy you will feel as though your head is about to explode! Ha, love, love it. So to those people …

Who can forget Barry White? I’m sure his songs have touched everyone at some time or other. I know he has touched me. I grew up with Barry White. Barry’s music is so soulful, and truly says something.
Barry’s music just put’s you in the mood for love. His husky, …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Bug a Boo
Album: The Writings On The Wall
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
Wow, um, was Destiny’s Child second album, “The Writings On The Wall”, mostly centered around male-bashing in general? Geez, first “Bills, Bills, Bills” and then this came out. And I thought TLC’s “No Scrubs” had …

The American Idiot album sparked up alot of controversy because of its political messages. Many people think they won’t like it because of this. However, if just once you listen to the album, you will immediately change your mind.
While the first three songs (American Idiot, Jesus of …

Daddy’s Girl by Red Sovine was a song that my dad used to play all the time when I was a little girl to me and my younger sister. I particularly remember the part about him wanting a boy and getting a girl. Now that I am older and …

Alejandro is the third single of the album Fame Monster by Lady Gaga. The video of Alejandro was released on 8th of June online worldwide.
And i think it is one of the greatest and craziest videos of Lady Gaga. There is monster theme again. The dancers, choreography, the outfits …

She’s Leaving Home is a track which appears on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. Although the track is credited to Lennon/McCartney, for some reason I feel like McCartney had more influence in the songwriting of this track and I have to say that I’m extremely …

Earlier this year, Nine Days fans finally got what they were much anticipating — new music from their favorite band. With their own record label, the band put 6 songs as part one of an album called “Slow Motion Life.” I have gotten the impression that the …

These words by Natasha Bedingfield is about how she is saying these words all are her own not some ones else’s. she just wants to be left alone so she is saying no one else can take away what she wants to say even though they may say …

Although I am not a fan of R&B and soul music, I know old music groups like “The Spinners” because my parents have been fans of soul music for years before I was born. I also am familiar with the group “The Spinners” because I have heard their …

Overview —“ Showbiz, the debut album by Muse is my first time really listening to the band. I’ve heard various tracks from scattered albums but I’ve never really sat down and actually listened to a Muse record —“ after listening to this one, I’m glad I did. I enjoyed …

Long way to go by Cassie is a song about how this girl is saying this guy has a long way to go before he can even date her. This song is another song I like by cassie because it’s about a girl making a guy wait because he …

Lana Del Rey is undoubtedly one of the most polarizing figures in modern music. Ever since breaking it big with “Video Games”, she has faced a decidedly lukewarm reception. One must doubt whether it’s her music or just her over-all aesthetic that her detractors have an issue with. Upon …

Adele comes back with a very strong effort to follow her 30 million selling album 21. Following her age as basis for her album titles (19, 21), her highly-anticipated 3rd studio record is a continuation to that, 25. While 21 focuses on heartbreak tunes, 25 is definitely about making …

I have never really been a huge fan of Beyonce’s. But I am at least glad that she is breaking from some of that choppy singing that she does. In this song, she muses over the possibility of what it would be like if she were the …

When I first heard this song, I felt like I was going to cry. The music’s beat was just like you’re in a dream and you don’t know if it’s a happy song or a sad song because it’s such a happy song that you don’t ever want it …

Eminem’s final album, “Curtain Call” was a bit disappointing. It was short and it didn’t have many new songs on it. Some of the new songs are cool and have good beats, like “Shake That” featuring Nate Dogg.
Another new song is F.A.C.K is fairly entertaining, but also kind of …

Seeing the name of Guy Sigsworth as a producer of Alanis Morissette album, titled Flavors Of Entanglement, I had felt worried. Alanis will lose in style, remember that Guy has been working on albums for artists such as Björk, Madonna or Britney Spears. But after hearing the 11 tracks …

Overview —“ No Remorse, one of the later tracks on Kill —˜Em All, is yet another one of Metallica’s excellent examples of a track which was influential to the development of thrash metal. In fact, you could argue that pretty much of all the tracks which are on Kill …

Jay-Z
“Girl’s Best Friend”
“Blue Streak” Motion Picture Soundtrack
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Girl’s Best Friend” is a single and music video off of the motion picture soundtrack for the Martin Lawrence-led crime/action/comedy film “Blue Streak” (1999). Is it me or does Jay-Z always get picked to record for some of the dumbest, stupid, and …

Gotta Travel On is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Self Portrait. The song starts off with a simple rhythm but it has a nice flow and then Dylan comes in quickly with the lyrics which have a nice vocal melody and he sounds …

Overview —“ Geek Stink Breath, the fourth music video released by Green Day marks the first music video for their forth album, Insomniac. Geek Stink Breath still has that very catchy vocal melody and style that Green Day had on the three music videos from Dookie which were Longview, …

Lately, I haven’t really liked Usher Raymond. I liked him when he first came out in like 2000-2004, around that time. He sang songs taht were genuine and you could really tell that he could sing. Now, everything has changed. He got married, had a kid, got a divorce, …

I had spent nearly 5 hours of tireless internet research before settling on the Tycoon Percussion Ritmo Bongos for my first personal set of hand drums. I had never owned a set of hand drums before, but had used various types of drums (all different sizes, uses, and sounds) …

I must admit, the first time i ever heard there music, I hated it. I listened to ‘ Feeling good ‘ and i thought it was absaloutley WIERD! So i never went near them. It was when my sister told me i would like this song ‘ …

I like finding new old recordings. If I can find an early recording of an artist that I like, I’m ecstatic. Recently I found “Trav’lin’ Light” featuring Peggy Lee and I was in my element. I listened to it twice in a row and enjoyed it immensely both times. …

West L.A. Fadeaway is a track by The Grateful Dead which appears on one of their later records, In The Dark. I will admit that after the first few Grateful Dead records, I didn’t particularly like too much of their music towards the very end of their career as …

Oh! Darling is a track which appears on one of The Beatles’ later records, Abbey Road. Right from hearing the first few bits of the song you should be able to get a good sense that this is certainly a Paul McCartney track, and one of his better ones …

Resistance is a track by Muse which is the title track of their most recent release, The Resistance. Like many of the songs on this record, Resistance is a song which is lyrically inspired by George Orwell’s novel, 1984. As a side note, for anyone who has not read …

“Low” is the number 1 single by the band Cracker. I’m actually kind of surprised that nobody has written a review for such a memorable and catchy song already. “Low” single handedly brought recognition for the band Cracker and significantly boosted their record sales for their 1993 album “Kerosene …

I was really impressed with this two-man band - or should I say, the one man, one woman band. HoneyHoney is comprised of two members and two members only (with the exception of an additional musician or so on stage i.e. a drummer). For some reason, usually …

What do you do when your primary picked vocation winds up eclipsed by a sideline? It’s likely not an issue that Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges contemplates again and again, in fact, considering his rap endeavors and acting tries have certainly each netted him the GDP of a little nation.
Be …

The Potion by Ludacris is a song that has an awesome beginning and I like it a lot. The songs words are a little bit weird but me and my friends love it. The song is most definitely different than most. This song is off of step up 2 …

Munbe Vaa is a fantastic song from Sillendru Oru Kadhal Movie. The music composed by A.R.Rehman. This is one of my favourite songs of A.R.Rehman. Vaali writes the lyrics of this song. The song has very different starting line. Shreya Ghosal and Naresh Iyer …

I was in my friend’s kitchen when I heard one of the prettiest songs ever. It was called “Wanna Be,” and I could easily imagine the song being in a romance movie. It was the last song on a CD called The Madding Crowd, by Nine Days. …

Jay-Z ft. Frody, Gotti, and Niela
“20 Bag Shorty”
The Projects Presents: Balhers Forever
AV8 Records/BMG
“20 Bag Shorty” is a single and music video from Jay-Z off of a compilation rap album called “The Projects Presents: Balhers Forever”. Jay-Z plays a ghost in this music video, no not literally, just as much …