Taylor Swift is known for her music’s raw honesty, and her latest album, is everything fans would’ve expected and more. Speak now came out on October 25th, and takes everyone through the journey of her past two years, with earnest-sounding words and beautiful music to match. The CD starts has some very catchy and romantic tracks, titled Mine, Speak Now, Sparks Fly, and Enchanted; that sound just lovely with a…

The music video for the song “bully”, opens up with the song title, and then the silhouette of a man with an iron bar, swinging down at the floor, or possibly, a person. A noose hangs in the background. That picture basically sums up what bullying does; it hurts people, and can possibly kill them. Aside from that, the song is defiantly one of Shinedown’s more aggressive songs as far…

Streetlight Manifesto (music review) There are a lot of different reasons somebody might like a certain kind of music. Maybe it’s the catchy tunes, the cool singer, or the crazy guitarist. Streetlight Manifesto is a very unique genre of music called Ska. Ska is different because it uses brass instruments, and in Streetlight Manifesto’s case, a few saxophones. Ska is sort of a mix between reggae and jazz but really…

Coldplay really hit the spot for me with their most recent studio album, “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.” I was mesmerized by the refreshing guitar chords, amazing voice, and mysterious and meaningful lyrics from Chris Martin, lead singer and frontman of this English rock band. “Life in Technicolor,” the first track, immediately captures you with its fresh feel created by a breezy melody, accompanying guitar and…

“The Love Below” is Andre 3000’s half of Outkast’s new album, “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.” Although categorized as rap, this album is mostly singing. The disc begins with a nice slow song with piano, strings and timpani – similar to something you would hear on “The Sims” – then fades into distorted guitar with a bit of whammy bar action. The drums are next, giving order to the chaotic lead guitar,…

Coming from the mastermind behind Tubular Bells, comes an album title you shouldn’t confuse for Ragnarok. This hour long song/album is nothing but atmosphere, instrumentals and progressive rock in general. If you all DON’T know by now, I love progressive rock because of the technicality, what you can do with it, some of the stories;if any, and the atmosphere behind it all. Mike Oldfield surely gets a reward for all…

Harry Styles On His Own and Making it Big After about one year of constant waiting and wondering what happened to their favorite band, One Direction fans finally were presented with new singles and albums by their four favorite people. However, these new releases were not music by One Direction, but as works solely by Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Harry Styles. Though Niall, Louis, and Liam wrote…

With the mention of piano music, the thought of classical and the image of Beethoven’s face pops up for most. Not many would visualize a 33-year-old pianist performing at sold-out concerts and touring in Europe and Asia. Yiruma, a composer and pianist from South Korea and raised in England, gained popularity after releasing his first album in London and being invited to perform at a world-renowned music festival in France….

Insane Clown Posse-Bang! Pow! Boom! “Bang! Pow! Boom!” is one of ICP’s latest albums. But before I get too far into this, let me tell you that ICP is no little band. In this album all the songs are similar but have there own special touch add to them. “You wait for death to happen, you looked a bloody wreck, even when there heart still works you yank it out…

Jedi Mind Tricks is an underground, Philadelphia-based group that is one of the best bands today. Their genre can be described as “heavy metal rap.” They seem to talk about religion a lot too. It’s a unique mix of classical music as well as rap beats. “Violent by Design,” the group’s second album, was released in 2000. It was unlike anything I’d ever heard. Some of the lyrics are extremely…