A clutch of powerful original songs. [Sep 2022, p.76]

As if his glorious slipping of the blues genre's straitjacket wasn't brave enough, Son Little's latest album is also an excavation of some pretty heavy-duty personal trauma. ... Consider our minds expanded. [Oct 2022, p.71]

It's been effectively produced to death. A cold, clinical experience. [Oct 2022, p.77]

Mykki Blanco pops up on Midnight Legend, but the highlights break out elsewhere when Alli Logout furiously punks the shit out of post-disco. [Nov 2022, p.75]

If not a classic tour de force, this pressure-cooker set remains an era-capturing document of the social turmoil and pressures Hendrix faced as the world's greatest rock guitarist. [Dec 2022, p.81]

Nude Party take things distinctly easy on this surprisingly more-ish collection and their overall growth benefits immensely. [May 2023, p.81]

The rollicking barroom swager of Undone And Unashamed, complete with sax solo, is similarly appealing, as is the sardonic strut of Centennial Perspective. [Jul 2023, p.84]

His vocal range and tone might now haunt the hinterlands often visited by Tom Waits and Bob Dylan, but the rasp from those hard-lived years adds a wonderful lustre to the songs and subjects he’s addressing and the things he’s chosen to write about now. [Jul 2023, p.82]

Be Right Here retains the simple formula that has made the band such a success: songs, tons of songs.

His most rumbustious in years. .... He's peaking again. [Jul 2024, p.79]

Every song on this fairly short but very sweet album sticks. [Jun 2024, p.76]

It’s the heaviest shit Fu Manchu have ever done, and it’s fantastic. The second half is a slight return to their 90s heyday, with easier tempos and mellow(ish) vibes. [Jul 2024, p.81]

The core message here is that Soft Play are back harder than ever. [Aug 2024, p.74]

A lively return to fun. [Sep 2024, p.69]

So while the reverbed guitar strings of instrumental The Phantom Of New Rochelle evoke the early 60s, Don’t Travel Through The Night Alone brings things up to date. Terrific fun throughout. [Dec 2024, p.79]

A bit mad, but utterly compelling. [Apr 2025, p.77]

Arguably their most concise record since 2009's hit-rammed Only revolutions. [Oct 2025, p.79]

Extensive sleeve notes featuring a perfect potted history by CR writer Mark Beaumont and background detail on each track by Gedge help make this a must have. [Oct 2025, p.87]

One of those rare and precious rock records: instantly bewitching but oozing with moments to feat on time after time. [Dec 2025, p.76]

Ascension hits the sweet spot between the gnarliness they've re-embraced over the last decade and the goth-tinged grandeur and sense of melody that has always been a part of their music. [Oct 2025, p.75]

Eric Bibb manages to steer his unique blend of blues and folk in fresh directions. [Mar 2026, p.79]

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

Heal is a triumph of cathartic rock. [Summer 2014, p.90]

‘NEVER ENOUGH’ covers a massive expanse whilst also maintaining the core of Turnstile we fell in love with on ‘Pressure To Succeed’. And succeed they have.

This is a remarkable album from a band that still has plenty to say and to offer. Its high point, Death Of The Celts, a fruity 10-minute-plus guitar showcase for the Three Amigos that could be the Iron Maiden equivalent of Thin Lizzy’s celebrated Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend, is little short of jaw-dropping.

The Tipping Point album is tip-top art-pop. [Mar 2022, p.80]

[J Spaceman's] rare communications (this is just his second album in a decade) are generally breathtaking events, and Everything Was Beautiful is no different. [Mar 2022, p.82]

An absolute pleasure of an album. [Nov 2024, p.83]