All Entries in the "CD Reviews" Category
Alexx Calise – In Avanti
As I returned to work Friday afternoon after picking up my corporate lunch at McDonald’s, I opened my e-mail to find an album awaiting me from a young lady named Alexx Calise. I read over the e-mail to make sure it was from an actual person and not the usual shady spam mail on how [...]
Framing Hanley – A Promise to Burn (CD Review)
Too often nowadays, it seems like a new album release from a favorite band is a bit like a date with me. The early promises sound terrific, and it seems like it has the potential to be something special, but you quickly discover underneath all the eye candy, there’s not much depth. After a while, [...]
Throwback Thursdays Volume 4-Nevermind-Nirvana
Nirvana’s “Nevermind” was released on September 24, 1991. The first single released from the album was “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” In the age of hair metal and pure 80′s pop, this single was something completely different. With influences ranging from punk to pop rock, self taught guitarist/vocalist Kurt Cobain and Bassist Krist Novoselic along with [...]
Throwback Thursdays Volume 3 – “The Beatles Anthology 2″
Hello Everyone! It’s been a while, but I’m back with you’re weekly music nostalgia column. This week the album in review is The Beatles Anthology 2. Now, I know I said I don’t like greatest hits records or records that take previous recordings and release them- most of the time if it wasn’t good enough [...]
Throwback Thursday Volume 2 – Bel Biv Devoe
I checked what was next on the list of number one albums only to find out it was a greatest hits album. While greatest hits albums are nice to have, I feel that they should be exempt from lists because I see them as a cheat. What I mean is the band/artist just took their [...]
Throwback Thursdays: Volume 1 – Boys II Men II
So you are probably wondering why I decided to review an album from 1995 in an article in 2010, right? Good question. The answer is this: there is so much music out right now and with brand new music coming out every Tuesday, its easy to forget about the great music that came before. Of [...]
Heath Ledger Directed Music Video Released Today, iTunes Sales Go To Charity
It is hard to believe that we are coming up on almost two years since the tragic death of Heath Ledger. But the beloved actor lives on. Not only does he have a film coming out this year, Terry Gilliams “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” but his directorial debut was released today ion the form [...]
‘Who Said We’re Wack?’ The Lonely Island’s Incredibad
Here is the first thing you need to know about the guys in The Lonely Island, they are going to have some stuff that will make you scratch your head. You are going to listen to a song like “Punch You in the Jeans” and be baffled by why anyone would think that song is [...]
