Paramore by Paramore

After a nearly 4 year hiatus (with the exception of 2011’s digitally downloadable 4-track promotional entitled Singles Club), Paramore is back with a self-titled album that has got everyone’s ears standing at attention. A new sound and a new attitude has earned this reconstructed band both praises and ills from fans of their previous work, while critics contribute overwhelmingly positive sentiments. I will be the first to say that no…

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Garth Brooks – Fresh Horses

Garth Brooks, the legendary country singer, has released yet another excellent album entitled “Fresh Horses.” This record contains multiple top-ten hits: “That Ol’ Wind” and “The Beaches of Cheyenne,” written by this lyrical genius, Brooks, with the help of others. Brooks has a special talent that appeals to almost any listener. Within this ten-track recording, Brooks has more than proven himself as a superior lyricist and songwriter by combining real-life…

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Fiona Apple

I hadn’t even stepped out of the taxibefore scalpers asked if I had a ticket. The line stretched outside New YorkCity’s Roseland Ballroom as hundreds of people of all ages awaited Fiona Apple’ssold-out performance. Celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio, Gwyneth Paltrow and MandyMoore were among the masses. When I entered the dark, smoky ballroom itwas packed. People pushed to the stage, not caring who got crushed as long asthey were as close…

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Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream

“Siamese Dream,” the sophomore effort from the alternative band Smashing Pumpkins, is considered by many to be one of the defining albums of the early ?s. Often obscured by its successors, the epic “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,” this album displays the true ability of the band to create an emotional example of sonic bliss. Arriving on the popular music scene at the start of the ?s, the Smashing…

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Midnight Memories by One Direction

One Direction is one of the most famous Boy bands since “The Beatles.” The boys first audition for the X-Factor in 2011 as indivual artists. Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Naill Horan and Louis Tomlinson. Each Boy had gotten eliminated but at the last minute had gotten called back in with a few other boys. One of the judges had suggested for them to sing as a group. Overall…

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Super Bowl Half Time Show by Katy Perry

Katy Perry’s “Firework” of a Half Time Show With her three headlining tours, four albums, one hundred and sixty awards, and eleven number one songs, many would ask how Katy Perry hasn’t done a Super Bowl half time show yet. This year, during Perry’s performance at the Super Bowl half time show, and she definitely dazzled the audience. This performance is considered an honor bestowed only to the best in…

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Definitely Maybe by Oasis

In 1990, British rock was dying. By then, the glory days of the British invasion were long gone. Traditional rock music was wobbling on its last legs and late ?s American pop and grunge rock were preparing to knock it down once and for all. Popular bands like The Stone Roses and The Smiths went largely unnoticed by the rest of world. Britain began to dry up and descend into…

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Collective Soul – Better Now

I particularly enjoy listening to Collective Soul. They are a nice Clean band that talk about random things. I get sick of all the Romace songs, so it is nice that most of their songs, are not love related. Of course love is a wonderful thing, but It can get annoying to only listen to songs about love, and people breaking up. This Particular song: “Better Now” is one of…

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No Way Out

The highly anticipated album is finally here. I’m talking about Sean “Puffy” Combs’s “No Way Out.” On this album, Puffy shares the spotlight with the late Notorious B.I.G., Faith, Hase, Lil’ Kim, Jay-Z, and Busta Rhymes. Of “No Way Out’s” 17 songs, three are already colossal hits – the double-platinum hit song “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down,” “It’s All About The Benjamins,” and “I’ll Be Missing You” which features Faith…

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Kittie – Spit

Imagine a band that yells as loud as Chino Moreno fromthe Deftones with the looks, lyrics and melodies of Courtney Love from Hole. Noneed to imagine anymore: Kittie has arrived. Kittie is a Canadianband made up of four girls who can rock, yell and keep up with any hardcore bandout there. Ranging in age from 15 to 18, you’d think they’d sing about love andboys like the rest of the…

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