Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
Reviewed by James Christopher Sheppard

Teaming up with Nirvana’s Nevermind producer and Garbage founder, Butch Vig, the Foo Fighters return with their seventh studio album, Wasting Light. The reunion between Grohl and Vig comes exactly twenty years after they last worked together on what resulted in being one of the biggest and most influential albums of the 1990s, the aforementioned Nevermind. Last studio album, 2007’s Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, was a UK #1, which furthered the band’s impressive portfolio of Top Ten long-players that currently stands at eight. Following a wait of…

James Christopher Sheppard reviews
the new Panic! At the Disco album
Vices & Virtues

In 2005, Panic! At the Disco burst onto the music scene and rose quickly to the very top of the huge emo/rock genre. Their debut album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, had a theatrical and upbeat fun rock vibe, which went hand in hand with their groundbreaking shows. With lyrics on their first two albums penned by now departed member, Ryan Ross, it’s going to be tough for the new line up, Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith, to match the…

James Christopher Sheppard reviews
Credo
by The Human League

Original new wave band, The Human League, have just released their ninth studio album, Credo, their first release in ten years. Best known for their huge 1981 hit ‘Don’t You Want Me’, The Human League have enjoyed continued moderate success for the past thirty years. Never straying from their new wave synthpop roots, this release should keep fans of their past work happy, but will it offer them anything they haven’t heard before? In a pop landscape where electro synth 80s descendants, Hurts and La Roux are…

Written by James Christopher Sheppard

Following the large amount of attention that my previous short review of the new Within Temptation album received, I decided to write a longer, more comprehensive review, now that I have the album in my grasp.

Within Temptation: In Profile

Dutch band, Within Temptation, have been labeled many things since forming in 1996- gothic metal, symphonic rock, gothic rock; I would say they are flying somewhere between all three. First album, 1997’s Enter, was doom metal and featured a sound far removed from the sound of the band today. 2001’s release, Mother Earth…

Top Artists
1. Kylie Minogue (5,276 plays)
2. Mariah Carey (2,946 plays)
3. Lady GaGa (2,451 plays)
4. Glee Cast (1,429 plays)
5. Hole (1,405 plays)
6. Madonna (1,342 plays)
7. Alanis Morissette (1,300 plays)
8. P!nk (1,131 plays)
9. Patrick Wolf (821 plays)
10. Incubus (514 plays)
11. Adam Lambert (513 plays)
12. Cher (512 plays)
13. Lostprophets (404 plays)
14. Within Temptation (355 plays)
15. Mcfly (323 plays)
16. Placebo (321 plays)
17. Take That (302 plays)
18. Sheryl Crow (295 plays)
19. Beyonce (273 plays)
20. Dannii Minogue (261 plays)

Top Tracks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixQYDeRtzI
1. Kylie Minogue: All…

My most listened to music of 2009!

Top 20 Artists
1. Mariah Carey (2792 plays)
2. P!nk (2596 plays)
3. Patrick Wolf (2427 plays)
4. Kylie Minogue (1887 plays)
5. Lady Gaga (1283 plays)
6. Frankmusic (758 plays)
7. Incubus (743 plays)
8. Within Temptation (655 plays)
9. Lily Allen (626 plays)
10. Madonna (624 plays)
11. Beyonce (548 plays)
12. McFly (439 plays)
13. Girls Aloud (415 plays)
14. Placebo (409 plays)
15. Alanis Morissette (389 plays)
16. Take That (371 plays)
17. InMe (371 plays)
18. All American Rejects (365 plays)
19. Amy Winehouse (355 plays)
20. Fightstar…

Name your top 10 most played artists on Last.fm:
(Updated: 22/06/2008. Last done: 03/09/2007)

1 Kylie Minogue (Moved up from #2)

2 Mariah Carey (Moved up from #3)

3 Within Temptation (Moved down from #1)

4 Dannii Minogue (Moved up from #7)

5 Spice Girls (Moved up from #10)

6 Patrick Wolf (Moved down from #4)

7 Madonna (Moved up from #9)

8 Amy Winehouse (New to Top Ten)

9 Wicked (New to Chart)

10 Alanis Morissette (New to Top Ten)

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

*What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Wind…

Name your top 10 most played artists on Last.fm:

1 Within Temptation

2 Kylie Minogue

3 Mariah Carey

4 Patrick Wolf

5 Enter Shikari

6 Hole

7 Dannii Minogue

8 Cher

9 Madonna

10 Spice Girls

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

*What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
-It must have been 'Celebrity Skin' years ago. I didn't know much about them until I became friends with Crysi who was obsessed with Courtney Love and got me into them when I was about 16.

*What is your favourite album of 2?
-I love the…

So I saw Transformers at the cinema last night and LOVED it! It prompted me to download the soundtrack which movies rarely do and I have to say it is the best soundtrack I have heard in years!

I love every song on there- I even like the HIM track and they are quite possibly my least favourite band in the world of all time.

Some awesome bands on there I'd not heard of before like Idiot Pilot, Mute Math, Amor for Sleep and Julien-K, along with some great tracks from Linkin Park, Taking Back Sunday, Smashing Pumpkins, Disturbed, The…

Sat 14 Apr – Within Temptation

Easily one of the best gigs I have ever been too, I fucking loved every second of it! The whole band were on top form, especially Sharon who rocked with her amazing voice. Cannot wait till Download until I see them again!!

The only thing I would have changed were three song choices: 'The truth beneath the rose', 'Memories' and 'Hand of Sorrow'. Although I enjoyed them, I would have rather seen 'Running up that hill', 'Dark Wings', 'Our Farewell', 'Restless' or 'Forgiven'.