2016 Album

Color/Sound/Renew/Revive by Cranford Hollow

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Cranford Hollow

With their fifth studio album, Cranford Hollow has broken into new musical territory. On Color/Sound/Renew/Revive, the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina based group builds soundscapes with their Southern rock roots but then voyages towards rock sub-genres and styles which are highly unique but yet still result in pleasantly crafted music. This group, then known as … Read more

Choice 5 for May

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Choice 5 for May 2017

Modern Rock Review’s Choice 5 for May 2017 is features albums and EPs by artists from the USA, including The Favorite Things, GRIT, OK Alright, Red Cloud, and The Wild Reeds.   L.A. Don’t Love You EP by GRIT This debut EP from singer/songwriter Kat Meoz and her band GRIT displays a nice array of … Read more

Choice 5 for April

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Choice 5 for April 2017

Modern Rock Review’s Choice 5 for April 2017 is drawn from albums by artists from the USA, including Moving Structures, Phantom Phunk, Rogue Valley, Sunset Harbinger and Water Street.   Waiting for Martin by Water Street Water Street is a five member group named after an actual street in their hometown of Blairstown, New Jersey. … Read more

Harder Rock Review, Volume 4

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The fourth installment of our Harder Rock Review feature focuses on some choice new metal and features albums from American Killers, Amoth, Cage 9, Crossing Rubicon, Exploding Head Syndrome, Thunder and Lightning, and a featured video by Words That Burn. Illuminator by Cage9 Cage9 got started in their native Panama about two decades ago and … Read more

Hindsight by Patrick Joseph

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Hindsight is the latest release by composer, performer and producer Patrick Joseph. This 2016 album features new versions of select tracks from Joseph’s first two LP releases, Antiques in 2010 and Moon King in 2014, as well as a few new compositions. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Patrick Joseph is musically fluent on piano, guitar, bass … Read more

Choice 5 for March

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Choice 5 for March 2017

Modern Rock Review’s Choice 5 for March 2017 has a mix of diverse new rock albums and EPs from talented artists including Bailout, Inbokeh, The Invisible World, Pale Blue Dot and Jeff Ruby.   As the Winds Blow On by Bailout Bailout is a hard rock band from Finland who released an album with top-notch … Read more

Steven Wilson

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British prog rock composer and performer Steven Wilson has been busy producing and releasing new material over the past 24 months. In early 2015, Wilson released his Hand. Cannot. Erase., his popular and critically acclaimed concept album, which soon earned Wilson the title of “King of Prog Rock”. Later in 2015 came Transience, a double … Read more