Blog Title: AngieZ. [Writing about Art & the World]

AngieZ.’s Top 10 Albums of 2008

This has been pretty difficult to rank seeing they span a plethora of genres, but here it is!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE, I’m very glad to see 2008 go.  I’ve got an amazing project brewing for 2009! Thanks for continuing to read.  LOVE AND LIGHT TO YOU ALL! xoxo, AngieZ. 01.  Guns ‘N Roses - Chinese Democracy 02.  Nine Inch Nails read more..

“Circus” hits the Clubs!

The new Britney Spears album is HOTTT! She is definitely back. “Circus” is the dance album of the year, after Madonna’s “Hard Candy” of course.  She still has a beautiful voice.  Don’t forgot to watch the Britney special coming on MTV tonight, “Britney: For the Record” at 10pm EST. I DEFINITELY WANT TO GO read more..

808s and Hearbreaks Hits the Airwaves!

The new Kanye West album is very interesting. The new hip-hop sound he creates is bare and cool. He uses a lot of diverse percussion, strings, and sound effects including some interesting voice effects. As always, his voice is beautifully dramatic and his songwriting skills are superb. The new record, “808s & Heartbreak” is a read more..

Guns N’ Roses releases Chinese Democracy *FINALLY!*

The highly anticipated Chinese Democracy has hit our airwaves!!!!  This is probably the most exciting music news since the release of AC/DC’s latest, which is one of the years’ best by the way.  The record is brilliant and very diverse and well worth the wait for anyone who appreciates amazing rock music. It’s a sonic explosion read more..

Smashing Pumpkins [Billy Corgan] *20th Anniversary* Concert Photos Live @ Mohegan Sun 11.16.08

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My Chemical Romance - “The Black Parade is Dead” DVDs are a GOOD TIME!

Today I bought My Chemical Romance’s new DVD, The Black Parade is Dead (the band’s final announcement of the end of the tour) at Hot Topic while shopping for my outfit to wear to the Pumpkin’s show tonight. Yes, I am a My Chemical Romance fan.  They are one of the very few pop/rock bands that read more..

Smashing Pumpkins - “If All Goes Wrong” DVD is simply incredible.

The newly reformed Smashing Pumpkins DVD, Live at the Fillmore is an intimate portrait of the groups’ fantastic residencies in Asheville, NC and San Francisco, CA.  The 2-disc set includes a documentary and full-length (15 songs!) concert of this incredible rock piece of music history. The Fillmore, a historic venue for 1960s psychedelic music couldn’t be read more..

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Instrumental [NEW RARITY! Excellent Vinyl Rip!]

Thanks to Robbie from the phorums we now have an excellent quality vinyl rip of the Running Up That Hill instrumental! It sounds sooo AWESOME with backing vocals included! They sound wild! ** A BIG THANKS TO ROBBIE! **

NIN Gives Away New Full Length Album - “The Slip”

Angie’s BACK! This is far too monumental for me to pass up! One of my favorite bands, Nine Inch Nails gave away their brand new LP, “The Slip” for FREE early this morning on nin.com. Trent [Reznor] writes from LA, “thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one’s on me.” As a thank read more..

Hear Sarah Slean’s new single, “Get Home”

You can download a demo version of Sarah’s new single, Get Home from her forthcoming album if you sign up for her mailing list here. I am loving the song and can’t wait to hear the album. I’ve been reading Sarah’s blog on MySpace and it’s very exciting. Sarah’s sound has matured! The lyrics are nice too.