Christopher McArdle Music News, Reviews, and Poetry

People In Glass Houses... "Stones" by. Manafest Album and Track Review Hello readers! Let's take a look at the artist up for review this weeks blog/video. Chris Greenwood operating under the stage name "Manafest" . This is a Christian hip-hop, rap-rock, hard rock, and alternative rock act. And yes, he has done an entire album in each different genre, and mixed a couple of them together on quite of few songs. So he has a lot to work with when approaching a new album, there are a lot of tools and things he has learned from each project. With "Stones" being his ninth album. Let's get down to the review, I have the best of expectations for this album. Unlike the new "Reputation" album from Taylor Swift, which I will be featuring next week. Keep an eye out for it. "Stones" A Brief Album Breakdown 1. Stones: The title track off of this album, also the one that I will be digging into deeper down below. So get down to...

Wait, Taylor Swift? Am I really doing this again? Call It What You Want by. Taylor Swift Review Here we go again. I am reviewing another Taylor Swift song. For the second week in a row. Well, n o pun intended, but you can  "Call It What You Want" . But I will never run out of things to say about Taylor Swift. So, this time, I will save my rant for the end of this review. But I will say that if you are a Taylor Swift fan, then you might be triggered by what I have to say about her, and this song. With that being said, you have been warned, let's jump right into this review.  Verse One:  Here we go again Taylor. What is it with you and the never ending saga of trashing those who rub you the wrong way. Even in the slightest.  "My castle crumbled overnight. I brought a knife into a gunfight. They took my crown, but it's alright"  Ah yes, your never ending beef with Kanye West. Will you ever stop using that in this album? But I do have to give h...

Now Look What You Made Me Do! Ready For It by. Taylor Swift Review Are you ready for it? I think I am. This week I am going to be tackling the latest single by the giant known as Taylor Swift. You know. The woman you don't want to "offend" , date, or make "angry" , lest you feel the wrath of her "song writing" skills. If you could call it that. Seriously, this woman hardly can keep any personal matters to herself. Just take a look at Katy Perry , Kanye West , or any insert celebrity here that has crossed her path the "wrong" way. I mean, I wouldn't even want to be a janitor for her. Because one wrong toothbrush out of place and I could end up being her next hit single.  Taylor isn't stopping at ex-lovers though. As this song suggests, it may be inspired by her current boyfriend "Joe Alwyn". If that is so, then what's up "New" Taylor Swift? How are you doing? Oh, wait, you're still the same. No ma...

Do You Have A Passion For Clickbait? Passion by. AWOLNATION Review Ladies and gentleman the boys in AWOLNATION are back! And this past week they put out a single titled "Passion", off of their upcoming third studio album that is not yet named. Needles to say, all of us who are fans of the group are excited for it. Even if it has only been a year since their latest release. So I can't wait to dive in, breakdown the lyrics, and review this song! So, let's get to it! Verse One: The narrator seems to be speaking to someone who has either very little passion, or has lost their passion. " I found a potion for fixing passion.  Go tell your home-girls, get their reaction.  Out on the ocean for satisfaction.  Go tell your home-girls, what's their reaction?"  As these lyrics begin, they narrow it down to the narrators subject being a female one. This could be a current, former, or future lover. The person has a lack of passion, and the narrator thinks the...

We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat  EP By. Til Death Do We Part Review and "Buttons For Eyes" Reaction Video Welcome to another installation of my music review blog series. This week I am keeping with the YouTuber/Musician theme. This one comes from the duo of Johnie Guilbert (Solo Acoustic. He is also a part of the Collab Channel "Our World Away) , and Jake Bateman aka. "Your Brand New Obsession" (Solo Alternative). Together they formed a side project known as "Til Death Do We Part" . A sort of Pop-punk/Easy-core and Electro/Alternative two piece group. The two Just released their debut EP titled "We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat" last Friday, October thirteenth, along with the second music video for the song "Buttons For Eyes" . This following their only single from the EP titled "Curiosity Kills"  a track that I did not review but I will now regret that as it gave a lot of insight in to what the EP was goi...

What Would You Do Of You Found A Dollar In The Woods? Dollar In The Woods By. Keemstar (DramaAlert) Review "Yo! I'm about to burn down this house are you f****** ready? Are you ready? I'm going to spill f****** bars like diarrhea! (oh s***) I'm about to nuke the whole city like North Korea! Are you ready?" Well... Hello Keemstar, you created a song. Cool. But why did you create the song? What was the purpose for the lyrics? What do you want the listeners to take away from your song? If the message you are trying to get across is that you are just like every other YouTuber who decides to make a "song" because you wanted to, or "Because I can", then you have succeeded. If your goal was to create a song full of the same nonsense, self promotion, and empty, meaningless lyrics as half of the rap songs on the market today? Then again, you have succeeded. If you wanted to brag about your Yeezys, and ho...

YouTube's Demon(etizing) Problem And How It Effects It's Creators As you can tell this is not going to be a normal music review blog. In this issue I want to talk about a problem with the YouTube platform and how it goes about the monetizing and demonetizing the videos that are uploaded to the platform. Now, you might be thinking "What does monetizing  have to do with your music review blog and YouTube channel"? And to that I say that it means everything. As I will explain here in this brief article, through an example.  Now before I get into this example I need to give you some context about the ad-pocalypse that the YouTube platform went through. There is a lot of speculation about who or what started the ad-pocalypse in the YouTube community. But the truth is that this was coming along well before any of the recent events. Ad companies have for some time now been looking at  how their ads are placed on creators content, and what type of content the ads g...