In many ways, SPLAT! captures the very best Purple one could possibly expect to hear in 2026. [Summer 2026, p.68]

Sparks and pops with familiar psychedelic, jangling tropes of the blissed-out 60s alongside the hazy synths of the 80s new wave. [Summer 2026, p.73]

Admirably alive. [Summer 2026, p.68]

Yes still sound like Yes, but the spark is dimming. [Summer 2026, p.70]

An Eraser And A Maze is a wildly sprawling thing. .... Modest Mouse remain on of the American indie rock scene's most fascinating, nuanced bands. [Summer 2026, p.73]

There are no weak links among these 48 tracks. [Summer 2026, p.81]

The band still retain their sneering punk edge, with singer Sam Quartin delivering her front-page news with the theatrical menace and genuine rage. [Summer 2026, p.67]

Despite an ultimately wearing, overbearing Watt production job, Foreign Tongues duly delivers as a pretty good Stones album. [Summer 2026, p.66]

No funereal ballads, no cliched elegies, just brutal yet deceptively streamlined noise, the way they've always done it. [Jun 2026, p.77]

Even if these tunes rarely earworms, and John McCauley's vocals are hardly charismatic, disparate elements continue to catch the ear. [Jul 2026, p.71]

It begins hot and doesn't cool down until it finishes 64 minutes later. [Jul 2026, p.70]

Primal exorcisms destined to be even better live. [Jul 2026, p.77]

A tower of pain, perhaps, but a(nother) career peak. [Jul 2026, p.72]

That Kicks And Diabolik Licks sounds unfinished, or that vocals are scratchy hardly matters. Opener In The Blood introduces itself like a battering ram. [Apr 2026, p.77]

Another late-period gem. [Jun 2026, p.75]

Not every idea lands. Most do. Either way, that's not the point. At this stage, Guide By Voices Aren't chasing perfection, they're documenting the act of creation itself. [Jul 2026, p.71]

House Of Mirrors is a thoroughly modern rock album, with roots deep in an older, more mysterious America. It’s also inviting and familiar without ever resorting to clichés or relying on traditional rock tropes. And it’s very, very good. [Jul 2026, p.70]

Soars as and when it should, but the inspiring positivity of a Solidarity is in short supply. [Jul 2026, p.77]

Despite some timely subject matter, the overall mood here is unashamedly retro. [Jul 2026, p.73]

While none of them are on a par with his immortal classics, tracks like You Can't Have It All and Shine On are more than worth the price of admission. [Jul 2026, p.76]

"Inspired by The Cramps and Devo". Which bits? We wonder, perplexed. Is it commercial? To a fault. [Jul 2026, p.77]

Musick pulls off the neat trick of sounding like an authentic pop project while simultaneously subverting every shred of source material with a thinly veiled malicious grin. [Jul 2026, p.76]

While its 10 efficiently rendered tracks are nice enough, let's just say that no one would miss them if they weren't here. [Jul 2026, p.72]

While The Boys Of Dungeon Lane certainly has its moments, it is not quite that record [a late-period masterpiece]. [Jul 2026, p.72]

She may have has the biggest leg-up in the world, but on this album she demonstrates that as a singer she has the talent to back it up. [Jul 2026, p.70]

Ferocious, uncompromising and back on form. [Jun 2026, p.71]

The pace and vibe of the album, which is 1982 for ever and ever. Which is fine with me. [Jun 2026, p,72]

If you're partial to the glittering seam of music that runs from The Beatles through Badfinger, Alex Chilton, Todd Rindgren, Cheap Trick, Jellyfish and a thousand others, then you're going to love this album. [Jun 2026, p.76]