Two cents, and then some

Taking this thing back to the dark side for a bit. Nothing like slow, trudging drum work mated with foreboding piano and distorted guitar and heavy bass. Now pair that with Chino's eerie/haunted vocals and you've got a creepily good combination. They do feature a fairly heavy instrumental break at the end, and, to top it all off, they've got some cheesy b...

4 person band featuring a simple drum set, a piano and bass guitar nothing really too fancy. Again, with this band the awesomeness lies in the instrumental work (yep this is yet another non-vocal piece). You have one set of piano laying the theme down in its jazzy glory. The other track is insanely riff filled, ornamenting all over the place. Weave in fil...

4 piece band featuring a simple drum set, a Wurlitzer, bass guitar, and electric guitar, nothing really too fancy. The awesomeness lies in the instrumental work (yep this is a non-vocal piece). The name actually captures part of the wonders of the song, there are examples of counterpoint and stretto all over the place, which ironically clashes with the ja...

Simply put, this is easy-listening at first glance. The guitar work starts with picking, transitioning to simple rhythm with supporting fill and riffs in between verses. The drum work is, for lack of a better word, rather heavy in the verses: it's rather like heartbeats, using alot of bass drum, transitioning to much more upbeat work in the bridge and cho...

Where to begin. Delicious slap-bass. Muddy drum work. Vocals reminiscent of the 80s, with alot of those chorus fills and chimes of also late 70s funk. So much funky goodness. Starts with funky slap-bass and muddy drums and builds up as it goes with Bowie meets Prince meets Stevie Wonder brass fills and guitar riffs. Mate the bouncy bass work with a guitar...

mach1neshop's random song spotlight: Deftones - Tempest from Koi no Yokan

Gotta admit, this one's one of those darker, sorta post-grunge/experimental/alternative tracks that I'm rather fond of. Starts off with rather foreboding keyboard and guitar riffs and crescendos with guitar, keys, and bass. I rather like the mix of the industrial style with abstrac...

mach1neshop's random song spotlight: Linkin Park - "The Messenger" from A Thousand Suns

Okay, let's see. Definitely not their old sound that's for sure. Anyway, there's not much to this song instrumentally and vocally other than what is presented, and personally, it's not what's presented as much as how it is....

Okay, gonna give this blogging thing a shot, mostly so I can dump all my music track reviews some place where I can keep track of what I've done.

Feel free to comment or ignore, whatever, take your pick.

Rather old one, but dumping:

mach1neshop's random song spotlight: Muse - "Feeling Good" from Origins of Symmetry
Notes on spotlight song: Okay, a long time coming, but new review (ah who am I kidding, bet'cha no-one besides me reads this crap anyhow). Taking it a bit old school with this one, some classic Muse brought to you from...