Released: July 26, 2015 Produced by: Mitchell Harris Track Listing Be There Real Worship Me 99 Cent Tacos Group Musicians Daniel Cole Lead Vocals, Drums Andrew Harris Lead Guitar Kenzo Mann Keyboards, Guitar Dennis Moon Bass Buddha Trixie is a Southern California rock band with a sound that is at once raw and powerful but … Read more
Our Choice 5 for January 2016 features a rich selection of albums and EPs from around the globe. Chasing Shadows by Black Tide Black Tide finds a nice blend of speed metal and thrash metal with elements of post hardcore on their third full-length album, Chasing Shadows. The album features fine lead guitars throughout machine-gun, kick … Read more
Buy Tales of the Aftermath Courtney Chambers brings music to a place many artists grasp towards but can’t quite reach. Her fourth album, Tales of the Aftermath, bluntly and artfully expresses sentiments that most everyone can relate to. It is masterful in its simplicity but poetic in its deliverance. Â Chambers’ s vocals are the core … Read more
Our Choice 5 for August 2015 features some of the most diverse music we’ve put together in one feature, with four albums and one EP from artists around the world. Puppet Show by Wasted Puppets Wasted Puppets draws influence from classic rock acts while adding their own special twist to the mix. The Finnish quartet’s debut … Read more
An Intimate Evening with Michael Shaw
Video for the song “Leave Me Alone”
This Is It album review
July 13, 2015 by Ric Albano Buy This Is It Utilizing classic rock compositional structure and exquisite production, the California-based group, An Intimate Evening With Michael Shaw has released their fine debut album, This Is It. The group is led by Michael Shaw, an Irish born vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has spent several years making … Read more
May 17, 2015 by Karyn Albano Buy Grass Routes Grass Routes, the debut album by Kingwhistler, was musically inspired by classic California country and folk rock, while lyrically influenced by the American ideal of a road trip. The Kingwhistler project was conceived by composer, vocalist and musician Nick Aliberti, who wrote the music for this album over a … 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