Buy Mylo Xyloto Coldplay is a band that people either love or hate. Their 2011 album Mylo Xyloto is just as polarizing. Many fans were a bit thrown off by 2008’s Viva La Vida. It was a drastic change from Coldplay’s previous piano driven soft core sound. There were also those who loved the new … Read more
Buy Blackstar Over time, much will surely be written about David Bowie‘s mysterious final years. In 2013, this rock legend emerged with his first album in ten years, which he immediately followed with his swan song, Blackstar, which was released just two days before Bowie’s death in January 2016. Although Bowie (who had been secretly … Read more
May 17, 2015 by Karyn Albano Buy Grass Routes Grass Routes, the debut album by Kingwhistler, was musically inspired by classic California country and folk rock, while lyrically influenced by the American ideal of a road trip. The Kingwhistler project was conceived by composer, vocalist and musician Nick Aliberti, who wrote the music for this album over a … Read more
Minneapolis based Going To the Sun has created a self titled debut that is the kind of album that makes you think and feel. The songs range from synth pop to coffeehouse / folk which may be dichotomous, but it makes the album interesting as a whole.The lyrics are intelligent and insightful with and universal … Read more
Buy The Endless River Pink Floyd decided to put a bow on their career with The Endless River, the intended final studio album for the group started nearly half a century ago. The album is predominantly derived from 1993 sessions prior to the release of The Division Bell and is comprised of instrumental and ambient … Read more
November 23, 2014 by Ric Albano Buy Golden Road Golden Road is the 2013 debut album by Florida-based Americana singer-songwriter Laney Jones. This album is filled with tracks built on authentic instrumental arrangements, warm vocals, and a great variety in the sub-genres used for the approaches of each track. So, while this young songwriter is … Read more
November 12, 2014 by Ric Albano Buy Shiver + Shake Made up of mainly pure, straight-forward, direct jams, Shiver + Shake contains few songs which exceed four minutes in length. Still, this second full-length LP by the Seattle-based duet, My Goodness, is packed with variety and movement, with thick, riff-based guitars and thundering drums. The … Read more
For those of us trying to survive in the desert there seems to be more likely a feeling of fleeing the summer. Many of us are escaping down the “road from the summer” than moving towards it. But Chris Rea had a different thought in mind when he wrote his hit song called “Looking For … Read more
Modern Rock Review’s Choice 5 for November features four LPs and one EP. Tribes by Testing Tomorrow Last December, Testing Tomorrow independently released their album Tribes. Based in Los Angeles, the group has played together for over 10 years and has released 5 albums. They self-describe Tribes as a gritty, dirty, desert rock album, in … Read more