Buy The Crane Wife Featuring a theme loosely based on a Japanese folk tale and eclectic music rooted in many American and British traditions, The Decemberists hit commercial pay dirt with their fourth album, The Crane Wife, released 10 years ago in 2006. All songs on the album were composed by group leader and lead … Read more
Here is Modern Rock Review’s featured list of albums and EPs released during the month of September 2016. September 1, 2016 Unconscious Disturbance Let It Rain EP Music video of “Eye to Eye” Unconscious Disturbance website Buy Let It Rain September 2, 2016 Art of Dying Nevermore EP Buy Nevermore September 2, 2016 Carolina Gold … Read more
Former Blue Öyster Cult bassist Joe Bouchard has released his fourth solo album called The Power of Music. This album is at once a tribute to Bouchard’s talent and reach as well as a nod back to the unique style of hard rock by the band he co-founded and played with throughout their prime years … Read more
A hard rock band from suburban Philadelphia, Winston’s Dog plays melodic, guitar-driven rock. The band has released their third full-length album, Tactics 1-12, which is a result of several years of development and refinement of the band’s sound into a richly layered style of alternative with impressionistic lyrics delivered through melodic phrases. The album’s title … Read more
Our September Choice 5 looks at an interesting mix of diverse new rock albums from artists worldwide. Dawn of a Darker Horizon by Scythe for Sore Eyes Based in Helsinki, Finland, Scythe for Sore Eyes describes themselves as a “melodic-dark and jolly” band. Their debut album, Dawn Of a Darker Horizon straddles the line between … Read more
Buy Stationary Sun New York based composers and performers Brad Stoller and Lesley Stoller are musician brothers who have played together for decades. Through the many incarnations of collaborations they have written many songs but it was not until 2015 that The Stollers officially made a record of their own with Stationary Sun. This album … Read more
Buy Nobody Gives a Damn For his second solo album, Nobody Gives a Damn, producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Owen Sartori delivers a collection of sonic gems with consistent musical quality throughout. The album’s title (and title song) comes out of the frustration that this industry veteran feels with the modern music industry in which many … Read more
Our August Choice 5 looks at an interesting mix of diverse new rock from artists worldwide. Verisimilitude by Embassy of Silence Embassy of Silence is a female-fronted hard rock group from Finland on a mission to create and perform beautiful metal/rock with a strongly progressive vibe. Their LP Verisimilitude features the entertaining and multi-styled “Shame, … Read more
The second installment of our new Harder Rock Review feature focuses on some choice new metal and features albums and EPs from Ad Vitam, AEGEA, Centrilia, Debunker, Fubear, Poynte, and a featured video by Universal Mind Project. Discreet Enemy by Poynte A hard-hitting rock quintet from Atlanta, GA, Poynte released Discreet Enemy in 2015. It … Read more