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Whatever. Today is a happy day, the reason being my birthday. For that occasion alone, I've wanted to do a post I've been wanting to do for a little while, to talk about a few songs which have the ability to really cheer someone up, or to feel motivated, or something. Like the title says, uplifting. This is going to be a laid back article, and I probably won't be putting up any links that

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For the few of you reading, you may have noticed our daily posts have abruptly stopped. I have written this post to tell you that this IS NOT out of sudden laziness by our staff of two. The reasons we have failed to post include: Adams new job An unavoidable circumstance I have to tend to over the next week A lack of editors If you are fed up with a temporary (We will get up to speed later this

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  Release Date: July 6Length: 44:40Genre: Nu-Metal Since the late 90s nu-metal has been one of metals most controversial sub-genres. Many people have called it "fake metal" because it has a mixture of hip-hop and metal which has never really sat well with many die hard metalheads. Korn, a nu-metal band from California, has been no exception to the backlash. Since they hit success they've had

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If you went up to a random person on the street and asked them if they could name a folk metal band, most of them would look at you like you have four heads. However, folk metal is one of metals fastest growing sub-genres. Its popularity is growing among Metalheads all around the world but especially in Europe. It is one of the most unique types of metal ever to come onto the scene combining

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I'm going to be putting new releases up here every week now, to kick off the more news-y feel we're going to be transitioning towards eventually (Along with giving attention to albums that sneak up on us). These dates come directly from Metacritic. 19 July Monday RPA & United Nations Of Sound [The Verve's Richard Ashcroft]RPA & United Nations Of Sound 20 July Tuesday Big

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Release Date: July 10Length: 39:18Genre: Funk, Rock, Pop Other than George Clinton, I've always considered Prince to be a 'king of funk', having the greatness of 1984's Purple Rain along with his long lasting career to attest to this. One of the things I've admired so much about his work is that he seems to keep his overall style (in most respects) as it did in the 80's, even as music moved

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Release Date: May 25, 2010Length: 40:35Genre: Groove Metal, Nu-Metal Soulfly for years has been one of metals biggest bands. They've been known for their mixture of heavy music and traditional Brazilian sounds which have always come together to make a very cool and powerful sound. Lead singer Max Cavalera who left the band Sepultura in 1996 to form the band took the underground fame that

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Release Date: June 15Length: 61:07Genre: Rap/Hip Hop/Various I really wish hip hop would stop getting such a bad repertoire when being judged as a genre. Every time I glance at a Facebook page of some musically inept person, it will typically read "I like everything except rap and country", or even worse, having a list of artists that are now used to represent these two displaced

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  Release Date: July 13th, 2010 Length: 41:31 Genre: Electronic, Hip-Hop, Experimental  M.I.A. is a British rapper who has been in the mainstream since around 2005 when she put out her first album, "Arular" and was an accomplished visual artist by 2002. This album came out on July 13th (Although I got it a few days early thanks to the power of the

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By Alex C. Looking at video gaming and film, it's not out of the ordinary for many releases to be anticipated for rediculously long periods of time (sometimes up to two years). However, most album releases are pushed under the rug for the mainstream until just a month or so before release. It's not like the album hasn't been announced, but advertisement isn't being pushed anymore, and honestly,

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Release Date: MarchLength: 43:00Genre: Electronic  Giving Life to the Dead is the 2009 debut album of Ocean's Next Victim, a not-so-well-known amateur musician and composer. With a style of music combining the piano with the synth, the only possible way of classifying this music would be to call it a love child concieved between a video game score and a concept album of trance-infused hip

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For those of you who don't know, this blog is a fresh start from my failed "website", Alex's Quill, a personal webpage devoted to my writing. However, the entire thing was a pain in the ass to navigate, and I've decided to just start fresh, only reposting my already completed reviews from this year (Note, the order I posted these reviews was most recent -> oldest, meaning the post beneath this

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Release Date: September 2008Length: 43:28Genre: Country Today I want to tell you about a little band called Hootie & The Blowfish. It was a popular band throughout the 90's, and even if you don't think you know who they are, you probably do. Just look up the band on Youtube or something...........yeah, that band. Well, after the band split in the last few years, their lead singer, Darius

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Release Date: January 12 Length: 36: 49Genre: Rock I could never get into The Beatles. I can understand why people enjoy their work I guess, but nothing beyond the song Let it Be has ever impressed me enough to give them an honest listen. I was however interested when drummer Ringo Starr was going to put out a new solo album, as he seemed to be the Beatle who recieved the least attention, and

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Release Date: March 23Length: 50:09Genre: Alternative Rock As you may know, I have certain affections for pop bands of the 1990s. I honestly love them, because it's what I grew up on. Yeah, some (read: most) of it was bubblegum pop, but I still click with it. I have noticed an interesting trend among pop groups in the 1990's. After they all faded in about 2002, they became less and less pop

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Release Date: February 23 Length: 32:21 Genre: Americana In Johnny Cash's final nine years being alive (1995-2003) , he has transformed entirely as a musician. Once known as the freight train Man in Black of country rock legend, he turned into a reflective 70 year old man warning sinners about the nature of God, as well as singing about the beauty of the life he once lived. It's actually

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Release Date: March 16Length: 1:26:19Genre: Celtic PunkLet's see........I openly started listening to music maybe........five years ago. That's about right. There are a few bands I remember being a part of that: Fall Out Boy (urgh), Sean Paul (ehhhhhh), Live, and Dropkick Murphys. Of these bands, Dropkick Murphys is the only one I have managed to still enjoy. The style of punk being fused with

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Release Date: February 1Length: 49:37Genre: Electropop For a band that has been around since the turn of the millenium, I am surprised Im not aware of these fellows from Great Britain. I actually found this record because an acquaintance of mine recommended I see a sweet music video by them (And yeah, it is pretty sweet. I'll link it at the end of the review). With so many albums now on my plate

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Today, Im going to be doing some mini reviews for some albums I've listened to but don't want to write full reviews for. Expect a long-ass text wall out of this. Enjoy. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)Release Date: March 3Length: 56:46Genre: Electropop/Hip Hop As a big release, one would probably want to know why I didn't decide to give this album a full review. My reason is simple: this album

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Release Date: July 6Length: UnknownGenre: Alternative As a person who reviews music, it may be slightly surprising that one of the bands that got me into music was in fact, Live. Although the band is widely known for their use of bubble gum pop based tunes, something has continued to strike me about their music, particularly the video for the song Lightning Crashes. Among a swarm of music

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Release Date: October 22Length: 45:03Genre: Modern Rock You know, I've never considered myself to be a fan of System of a Down. With the mixture of two genres Ive always tended to dislike (alternative metal combined with modern progressive rock), the music of this band (and its singer) had been constantly drowned out by my earlier adolesence as "Typical Hot Topic bullshit". In recent weeks,

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