Coldplay Disappoints

Viva La Vida could be better A few months ago, I wrote an article on the upcoming Coldplay release with eager anticipation. I expected the album to be quite good given the wide range of influences the band was pursuing. The new album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends fell far short of that. This albums shows, once again, how far Coldplay is straying from the ...

How To Make Music Everyone Likes Through the ages, there have been two important elements to music that have lasted and remained relatively unchanged. Although lots of people enjoy different genres and styles of music, there are two main components to songwriting that appeal to almost all people. These are a catchy melody, and a dancing beat. How you go about creating these two or combining them depends on ...

The electronic underground makes a promising return This is the second album produced by Morcheeba without Skye Edwards' jazzy vocals, which was the only reason I started listening to the band. This record is sort of a collection of different singers, with a new vocalist, including a few guys, on almost every track. The beats are still really interesting and worth checking out if you're into slow trance/trip-hop. The ...

Bonnaroo 2008 Will Live Up To The Standard The band lineup for 2008 was announced on the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Website recently. Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 16th at noon. The show includes superstars Pearl Jam, Metallica, and Kanye West. Also, some of my favorites, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Death Cab For Cutie, and Rilo Kiley will be performing, along with lots and lots more. ...