Notwithstanding the fact that this is a collection of outtakes, this is acid/blues rock at its pinnacle, Joplin at the very height if her primordial, unfettered powers , with Big Brother contributing a psychedelic backdrop that still stands firm five decades on. [Dec 2018, p.92]

His vocals might lack memorable character, but right now the forceful energy he throws into his songs is enough. [Jul 2021, p.86]

The odd latter-half song gets lost in the sonics, but mostly Kiwi's stew hasn't lost its taste. [Sep 2022, p.73]

Amid all this doom, Therapy? sound reborn, utterly at ease with a sound they largely abandoned 20 years back. [May 2015, p.106]

Sophisticated follow-up. [Aug 2020, p.83]

An exhilarating, blustery document. [May 2021, p.84]

This is shiny modern rock with a scuffed heart and a sense of constant restlessness of spirit. [Jun 2019, p.89]

Great work. [Summer 2019, p.84]

Pond continue to make high-quality records on their own terms, and Stung! is undoubtedly one of their most enjoyable. [Summer 2024, p.77]

Their most convincing album since 2000's sickness. [Nov 2018, p.80]

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

The heaviest tracks of a surprisingly rocking outing find Santana sounding more energised than he has in years.

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

Big Mess is dense and discordant and wilfully ugly at times, but also a richly original and impressively ambitious musical response to a nightmarish pandemic. [Jul 2021, p.84]

A grower, this. ... It's Tim Buckley to Beefheart to Bert Jansch and beyond. [Jun 2018, p.87]

This is his best record yet. [Sep 2019, p.87]

It's music to stop you in your tracks. [Summer 2024, p.75]

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

Great modern music. [May 2021, p.88]

Just plain beautiful.

Visconti busies it up, eking out build-ups and layering the ambient sound of a crowd arguing on We’re So Nice, while closer I Don’t Care gets jazzy. Overall, though, this is a well-behaved, orderly Damned: stoic, steady-handed and spirited.

An impeccable, emotionally undulating, ultimately defiant set of songs from an old master. [Jul 2024, p.82]

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

The band’s forthcoming album has a little bit of everything for everyone. It’s been seven years since the last Pearl Jam studio album, and the world has changed irrevocably since then. But thankfully some things remain reliably the same. ... Pearl Jam have given us an unexpected album of hope. Welcome back.

Infinite Granite resounds with delights in its own ingenuity. [Oct 2021, p.78]

The barrage of noise that results is undeniably epic, oddly stirring and gloriously daft. [Aug 2019, p.81]

Brilliantly bright-side. [Summer 2024, p.75]

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