The Truth About Music

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The Truth About Music’s Top 5 “Glee” Songs

By Harris posted June 08, 2010 at 11:00

With Fox’s record-breaking musical comedy “Glee” coming to an end tonight, we thought it would be fun to look back at the show’s 22 episodes and pick our favorite songs. A show that clearly put the music first and the story second, “Glee” has taken over as music’s most important hour on television. Here are our favorite songs from season one. Continue...
The Truth About “Get Him To The Greek”

By Harris posted June 08, 2010 at 08:00

Going into the summer, “Get Him To The Greek” had to stand out as a potential comedy blockbuster. Similar in hype to last years “The Hangover,” the movie demonstrates comedy through means of partying, doing drugs, drinking and having sex. What made the concept for this movie even better was that it was based on characters that Jason Segel wrote for 2008′s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” The movie follows two characters who live in drastically different worlds who somehow find friendship. Right from their first interaction, the thing that made this movie work was the incredible on screen chemistry between Russell Brand and Jonah Hill. Displayed first in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” these two actors have a great comedic timing between them and are such opposites that it works perfectly. Continue...
#musicmoday: K’Naan – “Wavin’ Flag (Celebration Mix)”

By Dave posted June 07, 2010 at 21:00

Dave Hitchings is English born, Hartford located music and tech blogger and web developer. You can follow him on Twitter at @davehitchings. The What: A little over a year ago the iTunes Free Single of the Week was a song by a guy named K’Naan called “Bang Bang”. The song featured Adam Levine from Maroon 5, and is perhaps one of my favorite free downloads I’ve ever received from the iTunes program. From that same album (“Troubadour”) comes another song, this one though selected for even greater merits–the Official Coca-Cola World Cup 2010 song. The song was also recorded separately for Haiti relief earlier this year. Continue...
Review: Can Travie Mccoy Succeed After Gym Class Heroes?

By Harris posted June 07, 2010 at 08:00

Sometimes a single hits your ears and you just have that tingling feeling. Deep down you know that the song is great and you simply cannot wait to hear more from a specific artist. After a successful debut album with Gym Class Heroes, Travis McCoy’s career went downhill as the group released a second less successful album before the group went their seperate ways. Now McCoy is back with his solo debut “Lazarus.” Four years after the release of “As Cruel As School Children” which featured the singles “Cupids Chokehold” and “Clothes Off!” Mccoy is back as a solo artist with a brand new sound. The single discussed above was “Billionaire.” Released in March, the song began a slow and steady climb up the charts peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Needless to say I was pretty exited about what else McCoy could bring us. Continue...
Un-#musicmoday: The Songs You’ll Be Sick Of…

By Dave posted June 04, 2010 at 08:00

Dave Hitchings is English born, Hartford located music and tech blogger and web developer. You can follow him on Twitter at @davehitchings. As I missed my regular #musicmonday column this week, I thought I’d supplement the Truth About Music with a post based on the #musicmonday format. It’s summer, that means time off, road trips and lots of radio listening. The problem? Radio stations have no idea what they do to songs that they play too much. And summer songs seem to bear the brunt of this assault. Think Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” or Jordin Sparks’ “Battlefield.” Continue...
Review: Twilight: Eclipse – The Soundtrack

By Keegan posted June 03, 2010 at 08:00

Keegan Forte is blogger from New York City. On her Blog, Music Is My Forte, she writes about concerts and music industry happenings. You can follow her on Twitter at @keeganforte. There are three groups of people that exist when it comes to Twilight: Team Edward, Team Jacob and Team Who Gives A Shit. But a fourth party has quickly become a vital part of the scene and it’s of course, wait for it, Team I Love The Indie Music Soundtrack. Although I’m absolutely Team Edward (duh) and actually a fan of the movie, it’s really the music that has spiked my interest. The soundtracks for Twilight and Twilight: New Moon were great, the former being much better, but Eclipse trumps them both. Continue...
Review: Is Taio Cruz Hip Hops Biggest “Rokstarr?”

By Harris posted June 01, 2010 at 16:00

After a hugely successful single and a few years dominating in the United Kingdom, hip-hop artist Taio Cruz has finally debuted in the United States. Out in the U.K. since October of 2009, “Rokstarr” came out today with a ton of anticipation building in the tank. Similar to the runs of Jason Derulo and Drake, the success of these artists’ first singles brought them intense pressure to succeed with a debut album. The first thing to look for in an artist like this is how the single measures up to the rest of the album. What worked on this album was apparent right at the start. “Dynamite” leads off this album with a very similar style to the smash single that follows it. With “Break Your Heart” at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the day of the album’s release, the rest of the album’s success will branch on [...] Continue...
Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor Returns With New Band, Carrying The Same Loyal Following

By Robert posted June 01, 2010 at 15:33

Trying to emerge from Trent Reznor’s massive musical shadow is almost impossible. Plainly put, the man doesn’t have a following, he has an obsessive cult who will follow whatever artistic path he may take and will gladly jump into the fire’s central core. In his post-Nine Inch Nails band, How to Destroy Angels, he’s back to a Trent circa Downward Spiral. Not in the sound, but in the eerie feeling it creates when put on in a dark room. The feeling that spiders could crawl out of speakers or a rusty gear could lapse and the machine of life could spin uncontrollably all in time as the world ended. Continue...