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Song of the Day – 1/13/11

Annie — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:59:18 +0000

Heyy y’all, sorry I havn’t updated Dazed and Reviewed in a while, I went back to school last week and have had a lot of work to do. However, I thought I would just give you something to think about! Today’s song of the day is The Royal We by Silversun Pickups.

Song of the Day – 1/3/11

Annie — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:43:38 +0000

Although P!nk is not one of my favorite artists, this spunky, Pennsylvania native, pop sensation definitely has some serious talent. She released her first album, Can’t Take Me Home, in 2000, and watched it as it soared to the top of the charts. Try This, her third album was considered less successful then the rest of her work; the funny part is, it still sold over THREE MILLION copies world wide, and earned her a grammy! yea, thats definitely unsuccessful right there…. totally kidding! Needless to say, every award this woman has been given was completely earned! Two grammies, 10 “Billboard Hot 100″ singles, number one Pop Artist of the Decade from 2000 – 2008, number 13 overall Artist of the Decade, five MTV Video Music Awards, and many, MANY more. (As I am sure there are more to come.)

Bottom line is, her new album Greatest Hits… So Far!!! really does a great job showing her insane talent and success over the years. It is a compilation of both old songs, and new ones such as the number one hit Raise Your Glass, and my personal favorite, F**Kin’ Perfect!

United State of Pop 2010 – BACK FOR MORE!!!!

Annie — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:44:06 +0000

As anyone who has visited this site before, you will remember that the very first article I wrote was about one Jordan Roseman, more commonly known as DJ Earworm!!! I can never thank this man enough for letting me interview him before I even launched this blog, and I’m not sure if i would have had as much success as I have without his help (:

Every year around New Years, DJ Earworm comes out with another musical masterpiece consisting of the year’s top 40 or so hits. This years compilation just came out and it is better than ever!

Check out his site http://djearworm.com/ to hear United State of Pop 2010 (Don’t Stop the Pop), amongst many other phenomenal mashups. And if you have not already checked out the interview I got to have with him a year ago, be sure to check that out in the “interviews” section of this site!

Song of the Day – 12/31/10

Annie — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:56:17 +0000

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! I hope you all have great plans tonight whether it be with family, friends, loved ones, just get out there and have fun! I know I will be (:

My song of the day is Closer to the Edge by 30 Seconds to Mars. This band from Los Angeles released the first album, 30 Seconds to Mars, in 2002. Closer to the Edge, was released in 2009 on there latest album This is War, which also featured songs like Kings and Queens, and Hurricane (amongst many other great tracks).

Song of the Day – 12/26/10

Annie — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:27:06 +0000

Take Me Out by Atomic Tom

I have been listening to this song on repeat for a few hours now and I LOVEE ITTT!! Tomorrow is my 16th birthday so im not sure if I will have time to put up a new post, nevertheless keep your eyes and ears open (: oh, and go buy this song!!!

All You Need Now Is…. Vinyl?

Annie — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:08:57 +0000

Yea, thats right. Vinyl is slowly making a HUGE comeback thanks to Duran Duran’s latest album All You Need Is Now. Most people won’t remember first hand having a record player in their living rooms, and having that as their only source of musical entertainment (besides live concerts, of course). As a matter of fact, that was even way before my time… This phenomenal blast from the past has made the music industry re-think how music is being distributed, and how it has taken away much of the finite details, which in the last century gave music its own character.

In this day and age, everything is done digitally. The internet has taken over, magazines are dying, newspapers, books, and even CD’s! All dying, and letting the digital world take over. What people don’t realize is how this is also changing the quality of music we listen to. In order to download a song from iTunes, or whatever music sharing program you may be using, the song must first be compressed into a file small enough to be transferred to computers all over the world. If you were to go back and compare the sound of an original vinyl record to the exact same song downloaded from iTunes, I assure you there will be a difference. In order to compress this music, all of the finite details that were played so greatly by some of our world’s music heros all those years ago have been taken out completely! The quality of the music we listen to has progressively gotten worse and worse, for the sake of adapting to the modern, digital age of convenience.

However, thanks to Duran Duran, one of rock history’s finest legends, Vinyl records have made a tremendous comeback. When listeners compared their copies of All You Need Is Now, and compared it to the original recordings from their earliest albums (Notorious, Rio, Duran Duran, etc.), they finally realized what is going on, and started listening to records again. Who knows, maybe with this flash back in time we can even bring some of the greatest leaders of Rock and Roll history back to the stage while were at it (: i guess Vinyl’s are a start!

Whats Her Name? Well, We All Know Her as Rihanna…

Annie — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:41:54 +0000

Rihanna has yet again topped the charts with her album Loud, featuring hit tracks such as S&M, What’s My Name, Love the Way You Lie, pt. 2 (which tells the girl’s side of the same story Eminem told on his most recent, hit album the Recovery), and number one on the charts right now, Only Girl. Rihanna has released a total of 5 albums since 2005. The first three of these were filled with poppy, fun, and carefree tracks which every single teenager like myself heard at dances and parties for months. However, her sound changed drastically after her experience with domestic violence and Chris Brown last year. Rated R came out with a bang, all the tracks were deep, and meaningful, and powerful; overall a very different Rihanna we were all so used to, but somehow she was able to make this sound work so well, it topped the charts. Russian Roulette was in the top 1o for weeks, and that album artwork was definitely something people were talking about.

Rated R (2009)

That black and white Rihanna with the dark eye make up, and the hand over one eye; a perfect cross between beautiful and chilling. This new Album Loud, is the perfect cross between the types of music. They have that poppy, club sound we all love, but she has incorporated her new found passion and power that she had in Rated R. Until next time (:

Loud (2010)

Who’s On Top?

Annie — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:44:59 +0000

Here’s whats on my top playlist right now

1. Runaway – Kanye West (feat. Pusha T)

2. These Worries – Kid Cudi (feat. Mary J. Blige)

3. Caribou Lou – Tech N9ne

4. Ghost in the Machine – B.0.B

5. Blow – Kesha

6. Fireworks – Katy Perry (Does anyone know what this song was dedicated to? I do, thats right, the recent teen suicides… This world is nauseating…)

7. Down On Me – Jeremih (feat. 50 Cent)

8. Kimber – Sam Adams

9. Lessons Learned – Matt & Kim

10. The Royal We – Silversun Pickups

11. S&M – Rihanna

12. Testify (Radiohead vs. Kanye West) – Xaphoon Jones

13. There Goes My Baby – Usher

14. Violet Hill – Coldplay

15. Like a G6 – Far EAst Movement

16. Hold On – Limp Bizkit

17. Closer – Nine Inch Nails

18. Whats My Name – Rihanna (feat. Drake)

19. Street Spirit – Radiohead

20. True Love Way – Kings of Leon

21. Zephyr Song – Red Hot Chili Peppers

22. Understanding – Fairline

23. All In – Lifehouse

24. Hate Me – Blue October

25. Touchin On My – 3oh!3

26. Teardrops – The XX

27. Carpathia – Taking Back Sunday

28. Just Say Yes – Snow Patrol

29. Figured You Out – Nickelback

30. Angels and Saints – Neverending White Lights

31. Breaking The Habit – Linkin Park

32. Marijuana – Kid Cudi

33. Get U Home – Shwayze

34. Don’t Cry – Guns N’ Roses

35. Hurricane Haley – Forever the Sickest Kids

36. Vanished – Crystal Castles

37. Dear Maria Count Me In – All Time Low

38. Crawl – Chris Brown

39. Closer – Kings of Leon

40. – The Resistance – Muse

Kanye vs. Cudi – Dark Twisted Fantasy of Mr. Rager

Annie — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:41:54 +0000

Kanye West made his debut in 2004 with his first album The College Dropout. Since 2004 he has had his various ups and downs, nonetheless I have always thought he was an unbelievable artist. I was wrong. Unbelievable does not even nearly cut it for his latest album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, as a matter of fact, I am at a loss because I cannot even think of a word to describe the sensation of this album. After Kanye humiliated himself while destroying Taylor Swift’s moment at the VMA’s in 2009 I was thoroughly disappointed, because I was not sure he would be able make a comeback. However, I am pretty sure anyone who was bitter toward Kanye before, has lost all resentment after listening to tracks like Runaway, and Monster. Yeah Kanye! Look how far you have come in 6 short years!

Wait a second! Just before Kanye’s latest album was released the beloved rapper Kid Cudi released his second album Man on the Moon II: the Legend of Mr. Rager. Cudi told us that in his first album (Man on the Moon) he was bringing the listener into his dreams; in MotM2 he is showing us his reality. Cudi only stepped onto the scene in 2009 with his hit single that topped the charts, Day N’ Night. Now I knew this young man was going to be big, he obviously has talent and passion in his music, but I did not think he was going to become so big, so fast!! This new album is one of the only albums I have ever owned that I can honestly say I listen to every track and truly enjoy each and every one. Talk about rising to fame, this young artist has risen to the top in only a few short years, and who knows what he will bring to the table next! Seems to me the talent this artist has is unlimited, definitely one to watch ;).

Song of the Day – 5/21/10

Annie — Sat, 22 May 2010 03:03:52 +0000

Teardrops by The XX