Here is another album from one of America's most overrated artists. I don't agree with the idea that Springsteen is one of the greatest rockers ever. His stuff is mostly folk music with some pop stuff tossed in and some alt. country music as well. Here we have Wrecking Ball his latest piece of work which has him reaching for his Born To Run sound while keeping his so called modern sound. The opening song is just another Bruce tune that goes absolutely nowhere new and lacks a memorable chorus.
I'm sitting here listening to the new Accept album with the biggest smile I can muster. It is a continuation of their last album which is nothing but glorious in my opinion. I'm sure because it is a quick follow-up most won't hold it in as high regard as 2009's awesome Blood Of The Nations and I will agree that it isn't on the same level as songwriting goes overall. But this album is a kick ass metal air punching fest and that is why we are all listening to Accept. 
I was listening to this Canadian oldie from 1976 and after listening the high quality rock music that played I was inspired to review the album or more so put a little spot light on a forgotten gem. The band were labeled a progressive rock band in the day but they were more of a sunshine pop group with progressive leanings.
I was anticipating this album for awhile and with that said lets see if they lived up to said anticipation. The mentally agitated vocal melody of "I Come Alive" satisfies my ears completely then the running chorus drops into a dub-step breakdown of sorts which actually works to effectively drive the theatre of The Used. The band have always been more of a audio stage play than anything else and I think that's why I like them so much. 
A new band that Nickelback's facebook page posted about so I check them out. I'm sure glad I followed that advice because this band is pretty good. They are compatible to Panic! @ The Disco, JTX, Hedley & Good Charlotte with the pop side of Our Lady Peace as well. Never Look Back kicks off with a manic "Don't Stop" which didn't grab me to be honest. But I kept going and was rewarded with "Beautiful Mess" a decent pop song that comes together with a good chorus and catchy enough hook.
Electro-pop band Donkeyboy have returned with their second album which starts off a little slow with the title track and their first single release from Silver Moon. The songs improve once you get to track four "Get Up" that has a nice airy feeling that reminds me of Owl City. The group continues to improve on the next track which is good because I was about to toss this one. The bands second single "Pull Of The Eye" has a vocoder chorus that is reminiscent of Eiffel 65. But the song isn't as good as anything on that bands most successful record. 
This band completely missed the boat on their new album. The songs are weak from structure to pop hook to being even drivel. When they were recording this record it sounds like they forgot who they were and wanted to be the indie version of some band that listens to way too much Jack Johnson. Even when they come up with a decent idea for a song it fails as with "Bleed Into Your Mind". The song goes absolutely nowhere as it climax's into some sort of Beatles psychedelic piece. 
Overall later era Madonna has been my favorite incarnation of her. She's been on fire since "Ray Of Light" and "Beautiful Stranger". Her last album was a good collection but it paled in comparison to the last few before it. Her return is welcomed as she usually teaches all the current crop how to make a modern dance record. Here on MDNA the mighty one uses more of Robyn's styled electronic pop than she would probably care to admit. The album starts off with the second single and the supposed to be controversial "Girl Gone Wild" as it is now tied to a lawsuit from the idiot who created the DVD series of similar name. Let's focus on the song itself and what we have is an ok pop song that lacks a true hook. The chorus isn't great even if the verse sections of the song have a nice dance floor groove.
Shinedown profess their love of flowers in the title of their new album Amaryllis. As we all remember the last record kicked off with a straight up hard rock tune that was awesome. This album follows the same formula with "Adrenaline" it isn't as good but it is a good hard rock song that rocks balls out. The first single follows the tune and is a great song with a very positive and strong message about ant-bullying. It's one of the best songs with that message to date and is not only catchy it rocks. Reminds me a lot of the underrated Saigon Kick. The title track has a fantastic melody and is one of the bands best songs so far into their short career.
The sophomore effort is upon us and the question is can this band pull it together for an entire album this time around. The question is answered pretty much by track six of thirteen and it is once again no they cannot. They seem to have one really catchy up tempo tune and then surround it with pedestrian pop rock that isn't much different from Hedley or The Jonas Brothers. Sure the lyrics are a little dirty in topic but they sound like they were written by horny fifteen year old boys much of the time.
