Tonight (Tuesday, May 27th) marks the beginning of the Veer Union’s early summer North American tour. The group will kick things off in their hometown of Vancouver, BC before heading to various parts of the U.S. The group will release a deluxe edition of their 2012 album Divide The Blackened Sky in June, which will … Read more
Below is Modern Rock Review’s featured list of albums and EPs released during January, February, March and April 2014. January 3, 2014 She Bears We Will Be Fossils Buy We Will be Fossils January 14, 2014 Switchfoot Fading West Buy Fading West Switchfoot website January 14, 2014 Bruce Springsteen High Hopes Bruce Springsteen website January … Read more
by Edgar Rider &mnsp; Imagine being a young 19 year old being exposed to a rock star who had a pretension for creating literary rock albums. Most of my childhood during the eighties, I was exposed to New Wave bands, Hair metal, Shock rock and other eighties pop music. There was a certain amount of … Read more
This article was originally published on May 24, 2011 as part of The Rush Story profile. When a band as been performing for over 40 years, been in the international spotlight for more than 35, and put together 18 studio albums (with a 19th on it’s way any day now), there tends to be some … Read more
February 10, 2014 by Karyn Albano Purchase Good Fight The two man group Scoti*Slate‘s latest album, Good Fight, has 1980’s influences in style, but it is by no means retro or stuck in time. At some points, it is as if Prince or INXS may have had a hand in the writing and production of … Read more
The Disparrows
Video for the 2012 song “Sweet Surrender”
Making Others Rich album review
January 22, 2014 by Ric Albano Purchase Making Others Rich Sometimes it is just nice to hear a good, straight-forward rock and roll record. That is exactly what The Disparrows offered up with Making Others Rich, an album filled with eleven tracks of basic, but by no means mind-numbing, music. In fact, when listening to … Read more
Main Archives Page December 23, 2014 20 years after their previous studio, Pink Floyd produced and released a planned final album, partially as a tribute to their late keyboardist Richard Wright. Most of The Endless River is comprised of instrumental tracks recorded with Wright in late 1993. The Endless River Album Review December 5, 2014 … Read more
Main Archives Page August 13, 2014 Pulling Upon the Strap masterfully displays the range of influences that form the sound of the Minnesota-based group Gypsy Lumberjacks. While the group’s base sound is solidly Americana based, there is an improvisational element which brings in elements of Latin, jazz, creole, European folk, and even some psychedelic and … Read more