Good Fight by Scoti*Slate

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

Making Others Rich by The Disparrows

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

MRR Archives 2014, Part 2

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

MRR Archives 2014, Part 1

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