The Ceremony: Pet Sounds in Review
Jesse McCawley, Staff Writer
November 25, 2011
The Players: Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston – vox. Additional Personnel: The Wrecking Crew: famous session musicians whose careers were built on playing on this album If there is one album that should be required to all fans of music, if only once, it... Read more »
The Ceremony: Mylo Xyloto in Review
Jesse McCawley, Staff Writer
October 31, 2011
The Players: Chris Martin – guitars, keys, & vox Guy Berryman – bass Jonny Buckland – guitars Will Champion – drums Only a real Coldplay fan would have been anticipated among millions of others for the release date of Mylo Xyloto. It can’t be said the new Nickelback album... Read more »
J. Cole Releases His Debut After a Two Year Wait
Ethan Woy, Staff Writer
October 14, 2011
For a while, the question wasn’t when J. Cole’s debut album was coming out, but rather if it was. Signed in 2009 as Roc Nation’s first artist, Jermaine Lamarr Cole showed his immense talent in both rapping and producing with two critically acclaimed mixtapes in “The Warm Up” and... Read more »
The Ceremony: “… Baby One More Time”
Jesse McCawley, Staff Writer
October 14, 2011
In a much different world, the Swedes captured Britney Spears and programmed her to sing for the Swedish in their language. The fact is The Swedes made the album. For this reason, the writing and production credits should read “Written and Produced by the Swedish.” Wunderkind Max Martin got his big... Read more »
The Ceremony: Daft Punk’s Discovery in Review
Jesse McCawley, Staff Writer
September 28, 2011
The Players: Daft Punk: Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo: production & songwriting, guitars, keys & synths, bass, samples, programming, & vox (including vocoders) With appearances by: Romanthony – vox on One More Time & Too Long Todd Edwards – vox on Face to... Read more »
The Ceremony: Meddle in Review
Jesse I. McCawley, Staff Writer
September 16, 2011
The Players: Roger Waters: bass, guitars & vox. David Gilmour: guitars, bass, & vox. Richard Wright: keyboards & vox. Nick Mason: drums & vox. Anyone looking to fill the rest of his or her time listening to The Wizard of Oz after using up Dark Side of the Moon, should know that Meddle... Read more »
Best New R&B Artists
Ethan Woy, Staff Writer
August 27, 2011
About 18 years ago, a young R&B artist who went by the name R. Kelly left his group, Public Announcement, to release his first solo album, 12 Play. The received mixed reviews at first, then received mostly positive ones later on. It is easily one of my favorite albums of all-time. He followed that... Read more »
