Choice 5 for April

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

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

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

Harder Rock Review Vol. 3

Harder Rock Review Vol. 3

The third installment of our new Harder Rock Review feature focuses on some choice new metal and features albums from Augmented Reality Project, Austaras, Hollow Bones, Misamore, Pentagram, The Company Corvette, and a featured video by Quor. Never Enough by The Company Corvette Never Enough is the third album by Philadelphia’s heavy rockers The Company … Read more

Choice 5 for September

Choice 5 for September 2016

Our September Choice 5 looks at an interesting mix of diverse new rock albums from artists worldwide. Dawn of a Darker Horizon by Scythe for Sore Eyes Based in Helsinki, Finland, Scythe for Sore Eyes describes themselves as a “melodic-dark and jolly” band. Their debut album, Dawn Of a Darker Horizon straddles the line between … Read more

Choice 5 for July

Choice 5 for June 2016

In celebration of Independence Day (the 4th of July) here in the United States, July’s Choice 5 features all American Artists who put out quality originals from sea to shining sea. When We Were Young by The Energy The Energy is a four-piece rock band from Brooklyn, NY which performs and records higher end pop/rock … Read more

Choice 5 for May

Choice 5 for May 2016

Our Choice 5 for May 2016 features much musical diversity among the selected four LPs and one EP, all of which possess distinct qualities which enhance their position on the rock n roll spectrum. Manic by The Digs The Digs hail from Boston and possess an explosive mixture of hard rock, ska, and punk, along … Read more

Disappearing In Airports by Candlebox

Disappearing In Airports by Candlebox

Buy Disappearing In Airports Candlebox has embarked on a new musical direction with Disappearing In Airports, their sixth overall studio album. This eleven track release is filled with accessible and often subtle pop/rock tunes which, while dynamic and interesting, never go over the top with saturated rock elements in order to leave the vocals of Kevin … Read more

Choice 5 for March

March 2016 Choice 5 album covers

Our Choice 5 for March 2016 features a selection of albums and EPs from around the globe and of diverse musical sub-genres. Southern Gothic by The Shoe Birds The Shoe Birds are a duo from the Mississippi Delta who developed some pleasant hooks on their self-produced album Southern Gothic. Influenced by the rich culture and … Read more