April 17, 2015 by Ric Albano Buy King For a Night King For a Night is the second studio album by the Italian group Guido Marzorati & the Blugos. Released in the summer of 2014, this ten song album is filled with rich and diverse music which is exquisitely produced. The mixture of songs flows … Read more
April 9, 2015 by Ric Albano Buy From Now On From Now On, is the latest studio album by the Long Island, New York based artist, Azwel. The album features mellow-toned compositions which use an array of instrumentation and approaches to forge this interesting and diverse record. The song arrangements range from standard acoustic rock … Read more
For our Easter edition of Choice 5, we feature groups from East of the Atlantic and work our way clockwise around every corner of the great continent of Europe. Back to Life EP by A New Tomorrow We start in London, England where A New Tomorrow released their vibrant EP, Back to Life. Here, we … Read more
March 18, 2015 by Ric Albano Buy Still Undead The Finnish band with the unusual name, The Sitting Bull & the Bullshitters, has released a strong, rock-oriented debut entitled Still Undead. Released in digital form earlier in 2015, the album has a real classic rock feel led by the ever-present Hammond organ of keyboardist Antti … Read more
March 8, 2015 by Karyn Albano Buy Nine Kinds of Happy Based in Long Island, NY, Last Charge of the Light Horse, was formed in 2004 by songwriter, Jean-Paul Vest, who chose the name in 2003 after the breakup of his previous band. Paul decided to stop looking to name a group and instead decided to … Read more
We present a very diverse group of hard-rock oriented music with the three LPs and two EPs selected as Modern Rock Review’s Choice 5 for March 2015. Catharsis by Aurin New Jersey based rock group Aurin is driven by the strong guitar talents of Andrew Wayne and the strong vocals of Sarah Anderson. Their emotionally-drenched … Read more
Buy Audioslave Audioslave was the merging, in the early 2000s, of some remnants of two defunct bands from the 1990s. Producer Rick Rubin was working with the three remaining members of the group Rage Against the Machine following their breakup when he suggested ex-Soundgarden front man, Chris Cornell, as a potential lead vocalist for 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
We present a very diverse group of hard-rock oriented music within the five LPs of Modern Rock Review’s Choice 5 for February 2015. Something In a Dream by Lynch Lynch has basically the same lineup today as they did when they formed way back in the early eighties (although they did take a multi-decade break … Read more