February 2012
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Indie Rock Pt 2
Welcome to Pt. 2 of the Indie Rock article. Last time we were here, we ended with the 90s, and how Indie Rock wasn’t the draw it used to be. But something happened, and it was in reverse notion. Indie bands stopped trying to be modern, and went back to the sounds of Led Zeppelin for some, and the Cars for others. And all these bands, for a brief time, got insanely popular. We had The...
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Indie Rock
Note: For any English readers, we are referring to the American form of Indie Rock, meaning on an independent label, and not the English form, as a byword for Alternative music.
At a certain point in most genre’s lives, the genre stops really existing, and becomes an umbrella for all that sounds slightly similar. For example, Metal. Metal as a genre doesn’t really exist anymore,...
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Alone: a Song Review
Well, it’s the day after Valentines, and you know what that means. Actually, you don’t since I just made it up, but every Valentines week, I review a love song, old or new. And I decided I’d start it off with one of the most well known love songs ever, and one of the biggest sellouts ever. Today, we’re reviewing “Alone”, by Heart. Let’s talk about Heart...
Spiderland: an Album Review
Together, in the 90s, there were about two bands that truly launched completely new genres. In 1994, KoRn released their self titled, which created nu-metal. But three years before, when Nirvana made Grunge commercial, Slint released Spiderland, considered the creator of the genre of Post-Rock, which I still don’t understand. Consisting of 6 songs, the album was a poor seller, but...
Top 10 Bands Ruined by Singers
A band is best when a singer and the band are in perfect balance with each other, working with each others strengths for a unified sound. Sometimes, an excellent singer can pull up a band from being just good, and it doesn’t matter how bad the rest of the band is. But if you have a terrible singer to contend to, it’s very hard to be good. People are always immediately drawn to the...
An Apology to Nickelback
Happy Super Bowl Sunday, everybody. Now, I was originally planning to do something about Madonna, due to her singing in the half time show, but there was something I have to say for everyone. We’ve all been guilty of this in the past; it’s just something that we all seem to fall into from time to time. So now, I am going to say this. Nickelback, I apologize for the internet. In case...
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Ass: a Song Review
Currently, Kanye West is one of the biggest stars on the planet. And he has every right to be, what with his last album being one of the greatest albums ever made. But then he had to make others famous. So, like Lil Wayne, he made his own label, G.O.O.D. Music. But don’t let the name be a full indicator. While there is talent on board, like Kid Cudi and Common, there are others that seem to...
January 2012
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Nu-Metal
Nu-Metal is a very controversial genre to most music fans. On one hand, at this point in time, the only nu-metal band you’re still allowed to like are the Deftones, who people say aren’t even really nu-metal. But on the other hand, almost half of the young metal fans around these days started out listening to KoRn and Limp Bizkit, no matter how hard they pretend they didn’t. But...
Top 10 Queen Songs (Besides Bohemian Rhapsody)
I’ve already made it very clear that I am very tired of constantly hearing “Bohemian Rhapsody.” But I never said that it was a bad song. On the contrary, it really is one of the greatest songs ever written. But I just wanted to get some other Queen songs up to the forefront. So these are my choices for:
The Top 10 Best Queen Songs (That aren’t Bohemian Rhapsody)
10. Keep...
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Katy Perry: An Outside Analysis
There are some artists that just create hatred within me. These artists are for the most part obvious, with your typical list of Nickelback, BrokeNCYDE, and Justin Bieber. But there are some artists that, rather than hate, make me very angry. Some are artists that have talent, but don’t use it to their full potential, like Drake or Ke$ha. Then they’re the artists that I absolutely...
Heresy: a Song Review
I felt bad for this. In my The Downward Spiral review, I put in a note about the fact that I did not own “Heresy”. Well now, I’ve decided to finish the review after a week, with a short text review.
3. Heresy
In “Heresy”, the main character of the story rejects god, with one line of the chorus being a repetition of “God is dead.” This is a far cry from...
Top 10 Songs Destroyed by Overplay
In my opinion, nothing destroys anything faster than overplay. Many otherwise fine movies have been destroyed by overplay, such as Borat or Mean Girls. But this blog is not about movies. It’s about songs. And that’s why today I’m giving my Top 10 Songs Destroyed by Overplay.
Some guidelines before we begin: 1. No Christmas Songs. 2. Songs must be good in the first...
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Album Review: The Downward Spiral
I would consider myself a Nine Inch Nails fan. Sure, most of the recent stuff is rather lackluster, but back in the 90s, only one person could personify pure anger as well as Trent Reznor, and that was Billy Corgan. And most people tend to agree that Reznor’s masterpiece is The Downward Spiral, considered the greatest industrial record ever by people who’ve never actually listened to...
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Look at Me Now: A Song Review
I made a grievous mistake in the past. You see, in my list of the Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2011, I had not listened to most of the songs that came out this year. And this was one of the songs that I had skipped over. It wasn’t until after I had published both lists that I was aware of this songs existence. And dear god, do I feel awful for not including it on the list. And this isn’t...
Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2011
I don’t care for most pop music. However, even if most of it ranges from bland to intolerable, there’s always songs that manage to not only be good, but unique enough to stand out from the sea of mediocrity. And these are the songs that I feel manage might actually stay good even a year after they came out. So, here we have…
Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2011
10. Stereo Hearts - Gym...
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Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2011
Looking at the hit songs of the year, 2011 was not a very interesting year for music. Pop music was at its most generic this year, mostly staying with club anthems and songs about how teenagers should feel better about themselves. However, among the mediocrity, there are a few songs that managed to stand out, for better or worse. And today, we look at the worse, with a special New Years post:
The...
December 2011
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Top 10 Albums of the Year
2011 was a year where music was set by club music for most of the time. Look at Billboards Top 100 songs of the year. Most of the songs are basically about dancing and having sex at clubs. I don’t care for club songs. And typically, no one cares about the albums those songs came from. So these are my choices for my best albums of the year, which I feel manage to not be “singles”...
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Album Review: In the Court of the Crimson King
Prog Rock has two main influences in albums; Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Quarrymen, and Days of Futures Past by the Moody Blues. Both brought very important qualities of prog into rock music, with Sgt. Pepper bringing the concept album and the concept album, and Futures Past with a symphony. But Prog truly started in 1969 with King Crimson’s first album, In the Court...
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Lil Wayne: An Outside Analysis
Lil Wayne is a controversial subject in music today. Many have called him a musical genius, a man to shape rap as we know it. Others call him a talentless idiot who makes all his talentless friends, like Drake and Nicki Minaj, fellow superstars. I am in neither of these groups. Mostly, I don’t care either way about Lil Wayne or his Young Money Roster. I am an outsider in this subject. So,...
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Top 10 Most Overrated Songs
No one has the exact same taste as anyone else. This is a fact. Not even The Beatles are universally loved at this point in time. So I know that next to no one will fully, or even partly, agree with this list. But these are my opinions, and no one will change these choices. But please wait to send your hate-filled comments until the article is finished. So, lets begin this list.
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100 Greatest Guitarists (Rolling Stone)
Rolling Stone’s “Greatest Guitarists” list has the “privilege” of being called the worst list that they had ever made. While people will complain about their other lists, but none has received the raw, unnerving hatred from nerds on the internet than this. So what could could Rolling Stone do but release a new version. And somehow, the new version is actually worse....
This Is My New Blog
Hello. This is my new blog, Another Music Blog, where I talk about music. Here, I will review music, examine the past of artists and genres, and basically anything that I think of music related. I’ll try to keep things fresh around here, so wait for the first actual article. It’ll be up soon enough.