Modern Rock Review’s very first feature, published on the day we launched (October 10, 2010), was an extensive profile that celebrated the career of Pennsylvania based rock band, The Badlees. We have since updated this 7-part “Badlees Story” to reflect recent events by the group. Original Intro, October 10, 2010 Today marks the 20th anniversary … Read more
Piano aficionado Victor Wainwright, Jr. has made his mark as a boogie-woogie style performer and songwriter with a style that fuses rock, blues and just a touch of jazz. One of the two current groups that Wainwright currently tours with nationally and internationally is called The Train, Formed in 2017, the groups released their debut … Read more
Buy Perfect Smile Often overlooked as just a subset of The Badlees, this band may have put out one of the finer recordings by a Pennsylvania artist during the first decade of the 21st century. Perfect Smile by The Cellarbirds is excellent through and through. It’s one of those albums that just gets better with … Read more
Buy The Optimist The Optimist is the debut solo album by Eric Bazilian, released in 2000. It is kind of odd to consider that this artist’s “debut” anything would come at the dawn of his fourth decade of professionally performing, writing, recording, and producing. But all of the previous recordings by Bazilian were done for … Read more
Buy Damnation Opeth‘s seventh studio album, Damnation released in 2003, was quite a departure from the dedicated death metal sound of their previous work. Co-produced by Steven Wilson, this album took a dedicated prog rock path with melodic vocals, crisp guitars and a generous use of Mellotron on several tracks. In fact, the album is … Read more
This album review is provided by J.D. Cook, a writer of fiction, essays, reviews and the managing editor of the website New Pulp Tales. Find out more about Mr. Cook at JeremiahDylanCook.com. While the internet age has given the world many new problems, access to independent music is not one of them. It’s a fabulous … Read more
Going to the Sun is a rock group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Going to the Sun Video for the song “Hopeful Song” From the 2020 album Letters from the Western Gate Going to the Sun online ~ Â Â Â Going to the Sun website Buy Love Letters from the Western Gate (2020) Buy Going to the … Read more
Growing up in Canton, PA, Bret Alexander says he didn’t know of anyone personally who made a living as a musician. So he forged his own path and has become a renowned musician, composer and engineer as a founding member of The Badlees, the owner of Saturation Acres Recording Studio and as a collaborator on … Read more
Minneapolis based American Pleasure Dome is a project spearheaded by songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Hans Schumacher. In November 2019, the self-titled debut album was released, featuring a dozen songs of melodic indie-style rock that Schumacher spent years crafting and recording. Schumacher is a life-long musician and writer of original tunes, who started by playing piano … Read more