If this is a weird nightmare its one that no one will be in a rush to wake up from. [Jun 2026, p.71]

Irritating... in the very best way. [Jun 2026, p.77]

Your Favorite Toy is a ferocious reaffirmation of the Foos’ initial post-grunge power that will overjoy diehard fans, and it hits the ground racing. [Jun 2026, p.70]

They don't go for the jugular of the tune as rabidly as they once did, although Wu-tang, the French-language Je N'en Ai Pas and several galloping new-wave track certainly do the business. [Jun 2026, p.77]

The whole thing breathes fire. [Jun 2026, p.76]

Heavy music rarely feels this absolute. [Jun 2026, p.75]

An ambitious, album worth investing in. [Jun 2026, p.75]

If only all music were this thrillingly inclusive. [Jun 2026, p.72]

An album of quiet, immense beauty. [Jun 2026, p.72]

By returning to their sonic roots, The Black Keys sound revitalised, urgent and gloriously unrefined once again. [Jun 2026, p.72]

This is a record to cherish, driven by bright acoustics, gently overdriven electrics, the occasional pedal steel and fiddle, and, above it all, Taylor's voice and exceptional songwriting nous. [Jun 2026, p.73]

Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful ('66) and Everything Playing ('67) include the odd classic, such as Nashville Cats, but don't gel so well, despite Yanovsky's flamboyant playing. The constant style shifting suits the soundtracks for What's Up, Tiger Lily? and You're A Big Boy Now, with groovy themes a-go-go. [May 2026, p.85]

The album's 2026 mix is revelatory. .... It's a bit of a trove, all told, a never more hard-rocking Queen in an iconic Mick Rock cover image for the ages. [May 2026, p.82]

Rich in reference to Greek mythology, teeming with restless spirits in various stages of rapture and sorrow. All this might suggest heaviness, but the music is unfailingly rhythmic and melodic, often sophisticated. [Apr 2026, p.79]

The most interesting bits of Engines Of Destruction are the moments when the beardy berserker mask drops. [May 2026, p.74]

This music doesn't so much rock as lurch, convulse and blister the paint off your toenails. [May 2026, p.75]

They're fully committed to the mythology of Gong throughout. [Apr 2026, p.79]

Some of his catchiest tracks of recent years offset the records indulgences. [May 2026, p.79]

Nico-styled, Stereolab-crafted, stylishly kosmische-ed, pastoral near prog. [May 2026, p.79]

yourprettyplaceisgoingtohell will melt you right into your couch, will jelly your brain. [May 2026, p.78]

This album is a pleasant listening experience, if not quite earth-shattering. [May 2026, p.77]

It's a bewildering but rather fabulous array of soundscapes, noise, arthouse street theatre, windswept melodies and jagged juxtapositions, which evokes Steve Miller's Macho City or Laurie Anderson's Home Of The Brave, But with a very 21st-century twist. [May 2026, p.75]

As first albums go, Honora is a risky play, but it's one that just about manages to pay off. [May 2026, p.75]

A record of sophisticated electronic alt. rock, where the organic and artificial merge wonderfully. [May 2026, p.73]

Another triumph. [May 2026, p.78]

With Childish's standard acerbic lyrics, antagonistic vocals and bluebottle guitar buzz, House On Fire is Medway Delta blues-meets-psychedelic desert rock with a southern gothic vibe. [May 2026, p.74]

The lone misstep is Bernard Butler's Not Alone, which without soaring strings loses much of its defining defiance. Caveat aside, this is an album of warmth and depth. [May 2026, p.74]

As ever, this band find their joie de vivre in jadedness. [May 2026, p.78]