Friday, August 28, 2009

dead by sunrise

Going to start out with reviewing the new Dead By Sunrise single "crawl back in"...while we've heard a few songs off youtube from some live shows, this is the first studio album we've heard. It's great. While some may say the vocals are a little over-processed I don't see a problem with them. It isnt my favorite song that i've heard from DBS so far, but its got definite potential to be a hit single on the charts.

next single for DBS is going to be "let down" the song debuted back in 2005. a great, but melancholy song that's music video looks to be real interesting. Another good song that could definitely do well on the european charts (i believe its going to be a single in europe)



DBS' debut album will be out October 13th!

Monday, August 17, 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

updates coming soon


Just a heads up. Work's been insanely busy for me. so the blog will be up and running with all sorts of new music updates in a week or two. Got some awesome ones planned



mJ

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

NEW LP DEMO FROM 1999


wow, what a great day. sorry for not updating this in awhile, works been real real busy.

Anyways, today i got a demo cd download from linkin park while they still were under the name "Hybrid Theory". This cd is probably from 1998-1999. While everyone has heard most of these demos from the Hybrid Theory EP, but i'll review the new song that we're all hearing for the first time now.


"She Couldn't" This is a really different song for Linkin park. It samples another song, a first and last among LP songs. It's a slower song, but still sounds like an LP song that could've fit on any album. It really is a very good song. Musically real laid back and lyrically a masterpiece. Im not a huge fan of the sampling of the other song, but this is an awesome song that is a must download for any big music fan.

Rating 4/5

Monday, June 22, 2009

An Album Review/Tour Schedule, A few random Recommendations and Video/Song of the Week

As my first album review I'm going to take a look at taking back sunday's new album titled:

Album Title: New Again

Song title:

1. New Again- Interesting, upbeat song. It was the first single off the album. Solid guitars and a real good message behind the lyrics. Definitely a good way to start off the album
rating: 3.5/5


2. Sink Into Me- I know this is one of the singles off the album, but this song doesn't do much for me. There's nothing terrible about it, just simple guitar chords and while the lyrics are solid, the song is lacking in the excitement needed to consider this song a "hit".

rating: 2/5

3. Lonely, Lonely- Real good song. Right from the beginning you get the feel that this is going to be an awesome song. Musically a great song with a great feel in the lyrics behind the obvious message.

rating 4.5/5

4. Summer, Man- Definitely a good song. However, it sounds really similar in the guitar/drum pattern that many of their songs are like. Anyways, It's still a pretty good song. A good summer song (pun intended). Blast it in your car with the sunroof open.

rating 3/5

5. Swing- Great song. A different sound by TBS, but still sounds like TBS. Really cool song here. Instantly one of my favorite songs by them. Musically and lyrically very well written.

rating 5/5

6. Where My Mouth is- A slower song, but still pretty good. Lacking a bit in the lyrics department, but makes up for it with quality guitar/bass/drum tracks.

rating 2.5/5

7. Cut me up Jenny- Cool song, but not great by any means.

rating 3/5

8. Catholic Knees- This is one song I'd really like to hear live. I think this song would be real good to play in front of a crowd. Definitely an energizer song written great lyrically and solid musically.

rating 3.5/5

9. Capital M-E- Sounds real similar to many TBS songs. Same pattern musically. Still pretty good, but not real catchy. Lyrically it is pretty well written

rating 2.5/5

10. Carpathia- The guitars in this song, for whatever reason, during the verses, really bother me. The chorus' are a general TBS style chorus. Decent song, but not one of the better ones on the album for sure.

rating 2/5

11. Everything Must Go- TBS closes out this album on a good note. This is a song TBS die-hards probably like more than I do. The chorus' are a little bit annoying, but still a pretty good song.

rating 3/5

Overall, I believe TBS succeeded with this album and it will be immensely successful and produce a few singles and maybe even reach towards the top of the charts. I don't think the album or songs will top the charts, but they'll both certainly be there.

Overall rating average-- 3.2/5

Moving on,

Taking Back Sunday is touring all summer all over Europe and America. For a full schedule visit http://www.takingbacksunday.com/tour

I'm going to post a few recommendations by readers/followers of the site as often as I can/update the blog. If you'd like to recommend something leave a comment or email me or let me know somehow.

Reader recommendation of the day:
Andrew Malia recommends "The Ballad of Sal Villanueva" by Taking Back Sunday


Lastly,

As many people know, Linkin Park, my favorite band that im sure you'll see a lot of on this site, wrote the song, "New Divide" for Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. While many people, deservedly so, think the song is too much like "What i've done", it's still a pretty damn good song. Lyrically it's awesome and the instrumental part in the middle of the song is pretty fucking badass. Many people who aren't really fans of Linkin Park at all have commented to me on how good the song is.

So, my video of the week is "New Divide" by Linkin Park. One of my favorite videos of any band!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSxxIqKNN0

That's it for now

mJ



Sunday, June 21, 2009

Intro


This blog is going to focus on everything about music. From reviews, recommendations, songs or music videos of the day/week. I might also put up videos of local or unsigned bands if you want to promote your or your friend's bands. Concert schedules or album schedules are other idea's i've had as well. I'll add more ideas as time goes on i guess. I'll try and update this as much as possible. that's it for now. No recommendations or anything til the next update.


-mJ