2010s Artist

Golden Road by Laney Jones

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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

Shiver + Shake by My Goodness

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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

Road from the Summer, the Voice of Rea

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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

Choice 5 for November 2014

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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

Snakes and Arrows by Rush

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Buy Snakes and Arrows Rush delivered on their strongest album in decades with the 2007 masterpiece,Snakes and Arrows . Produced by Nick Raskulinecz, the album was recorded at Allaire Studios in the Catskill Mountains of New York and found the group employing atypical sonic textures and instrumentation. This was especially true of guitarist Alex Lifeson, … Read more

Steakhouse

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October 15, 2014 by Ric Albano Based in San Francisco, California, Steakhouse has forged a unique fusion of modern and classic styles on their self-titled debut LP. Steakhouse contains music that seamlessly marries synthesized techno motifs with a solid Country and Western rhythm, along with long lyrical narratives that bring the listener to some dark … Read more

Black Skies and Starlight
by Dustin Douglas

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September 24, 2014 by J.D. Cook & Ric Albano A name like “Dustin Douglas and the Electric Gentleman” will probably manage to grab some attention. But what really matters is the music. Does it grab the ear’s attention? Is there a nice balance of originality and accessibility? Will the songs still be relevant years from … Read more

Mushaboom

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September 14, 2014 by Ric Albano Purchase Mushaboom Hailing from the great white north of Finland, the dynamic rock quartet, Mushaboom, produced a very impressive self-titled debut album. Released in mid 2103, this classic-rock flavored album is loaded with tracks that paint vivid pictures through simple, straight-forward lyrical lines, themes, and phrases, while the exceptionally … Read more