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were available for instant download for only ninety-nine cents and albums for less than ten dollars. ITunes changed the way music was distributed and marketed. With the release of iTunes, music consumers could now download music digitally with the click of a button. Consumers no longer had to leave the comfort of their home to buy or listen to a song or an album. Before iTunes and digital music, consumers had to buy a complete album or

himself. Kendrick Lamar had utilized the first three types of conflict when he released his first three albums, which portrayed the social injustice and struggles of his African American community, and contained very controversial themes such as violence among black people as a result of their environment, discrimination by society, and the unethical treatment of blacks through the generations. These albums have received widespread critical acclaim and have assisted in spreading the awareness of the issue

IT.” (Schwartz) While everyone was still in shock, the other four continued on with the tour and finished it out. Later the four of them released an album called Made in The A.M., that was good, but not the same without Zayn. In January, He released his first single as a solo artist it was called Pillowtalk which was a hit, then he dropped his album in March called Mind of Mine. The remainder of the group decided to take a “break” and do solo things in their life now. ”Many months after Zayn had

The new Sidestepper’s album, the sixth of their twenty-year history, is also their most significant one. Not simply because Supernatural Love comes after seven long years of silence and even ten years after their latest work composed by original material…but because it represents a decisive and mature turn in their career, which will easily help the British-Colombian electro-cumbia collective to spread its name and sound all over the world. The musicians, who almost disappeared after the release

Volume 1” were highlights of the year in Heavy Metal and Hard Rock, I prefer Metallica returning from hiatus with their album “Load”. Load was released on June 4th of this year, the album went on to sell 680 thousand copies in the first week, although not without some negative critic feedback as the band departed from their thrash metal style to more

the start of a new world for us, a more colorful world," the band stated. This new project will mark The 1975's second album; their first album was released two years ago. The band's self-titled debut featured the singles "Sex," "Girls," "Settle Down," "Robbers," and "Heart Out." The 1975 peaked at Number 1 in the UK and Scotland. It also reached Number 28 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, and charted in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, and Switzerland. The band also dropped

While from the outside Rachel Platten’s album “Wildfire” which was top five on the Billboard 200 charts. Might look like a common pop album, it is really Platten experimenting with different styles to find what she wants her sound to truly be. Throughout the album Platten seems to have been using the different genres and styles that she had been influenced by to create the different sounds that are present throughout. Throughout "Wildfire" Platten goes from a mellow pop sound in “Speechless,” to

As with many Death/Doom bands of the early 2000's, many accredit their influence to such acts as My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost. This is the case for band Swallow the Sun, who in 2000 and 2003 became a catalyst in the Doom/Death Field with their unabridged adaptations of Death, Black, and Funeral Doom Metal and welcomed a dark and menacing approach. With their ep in 2003 titled "Out of this Gloomy Light," Swallow the Sun was already a band that was hard to categorize, and the fans loved it. Swallow

and Everywhere” by The Beatles. The album starts off with “Nikes,” a slow, hypnotic song, featuring high pitched vocals from Ocean, and a very dreamy sound, somewhat creating a mood for the rest of the album. The next songs, “Ivy” and “Pink and White,” are polar opposites about love, where in “Ivy,” Ocean talks about how he failed to keep a relationship going on, and in “Pink and White” he sings about intimate love and good long-term relationships. The album also contains skits like “Be Yourself”

Matt Pelissier, and later joined by Iero, the band signed to Eyeball Records and released their debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002. They signed with Reprise Records the next year and released their major label debut Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge in 2004. Shortly after the album's release, Pelissier was replaced by Bob Bryar. A commercial success, the album was awarded platinum status over a year later. The band eclipsed