Album Review: Keane, “Under The Iron Sea” (2006)

I’ve honestly never paid much attention to Keane. Sure, I remember liking Everybody’s Changing and loving Somewhere Only We Know, but the band never really made it on my radar. Then, one day I passed their latest album, Under The Iron Sea, at Best Buy,…

Album Review: Incubus, “Morning View” (2001)

I’ll admit it now…few of the CDs that I purchased when I was 14 or 15 still remain in rotation in my CD player. One of the exceptions is Incubus’ fourth album, Morning View. I purchased the album sometime between those teenage years, and fell…

Album Review: Elizabethtown (Original Soundtrack) (2005)

I’ll admit that the only reason I bought the Elizabethtown DVD was because I wanted another excuse to stare at Orlando Bloom for two hours. The movie itself turned out to be decent…at times moving, funny, and romantic, and at times, slow-paced and annoying (well,…

Album Review: Jack Johnson, “In Between Dreams” (2005)

Jack Johnson’s name has often come up in conversations about music among my friends and me. I had never heard any of his music in the past, and my friends would often tell me, knowing my music taste (namely my love for artists like John…

Album Review: Mandy Moore, “Wild Hope” (2007)

It’s been eight years since Mandy Moore first appeared in the music scene. She debuted as just another young teen pop star; her first album amounted to nothing more than a dreadful collection of bubblegum pop, but still, I knew Moore had something about her…

Album Review: Britney Spears, “Oops!… I Did It Again” (2000)

It’s hard to imagine that it’s been almost exactly seven years since Britney Spears released her sophomore album, Oops!…I Did It Again (the CD was released on May 16th, 2000). It’s even harder for me to imagine that I was only thirteen then- right at…