An entirely charming collection of bilingual Europhile duets. [Summer 2023, p.79]

Gilded vocal harmonies and gently chiming guitars are uppermost as the band move through subtle variants of form and texture. [Aug 2023, p.77]

The results rock with dynamic, dramatic vigour on Put It Right and Rubicon, while Soord’s ability to tug melodically at heart strings remains in emotive evidence when the storm clouds part on Now It’s Yours and To Forget. [Apr 2024, p.80]

Walk This Road is an album as full of joy as it is of craft. [Jul 2025, p.76]

Fallon’s preoccupation with emotive storytelling and heartland rock remains, occasionally flying a little too close to a musical rehashing than being the modern reinvention he’s aiming for.

Some tracks here might surprise on first listen, but surprise quickly gives way to joy. This is superb. [Aug 2020, p.84]

Unexpected diversions into country honk (Cold Hearted Woman, Hot On My Tail) and cinematic balladry (Weekend In Rome) may also raise eyebrows among diehards. But when the storm clouds clear, the band's innate pop sensibilities shine as brightly as ever. [Apr 2025, p.76]

Mayhem are restrained by an obsession with their past. [Jan 2020, p.85]

With all profits going to MusiCares, it’s a worthy effort--if not an entirely worthwhile one.

Pinkus Abortion Technician still rocks harder than anything this side of ... Melvins themselves. [Jun 2018, p.86]

This moving yet strangely exhilarating album is a distant relative of The Residents’ 1979 album Eskimo, their sonic studies of Arctic culture.

When You See Yourself is their most clued-in record in a decade. [Apr 2021, p.88]

The best moments aren't the straightforward boogie tunes--some of the album sounds like a backwater George Thorogood--but on the numbers where other influences creep in. [Mar 2015, p.93]

Little has changed in the schlocky-horror junk-shop aesthetic.... However, the polished and emotive power-pop chuggers She's The Bad One and Sorry About Tomorrow show more midlife maturity. [May 2015, p.103]

They’re presented raw, ragged and (if you wanna believe the hype) completely unrehearsed. It’s kind of a mess, but that’s pretty much the point.

The predictable impression of a rich man's plaything cast with superior company remains. [Aug 2013, p.84]

With High Water I, The Magpie Salute have hit on a warm, rich vein of inspiration that might well sustain them for some time. [Aug 2018, p.88]

A breezy, funky prog-ssych knockabout. [Jul 2019, p.83]

They’ve filtered their inheritance through their own jam-band generation, and the sound is heavier, muddier at times, and Duane Allman’s ‘crying bird’ slide guitar has become more of a screaming bat.

Punchy, confident debut. [Nov 2021, p.76]

There’s more than an hour of music on Oochya! – a double LP’s worth, in old money – and as with most albums of such length you can easily argue over the more forgettable tracks that could have been left out. But for the most part the record showcases a band still looking forward to the next challenge. [Apr 2022, p.78]

The results, from the likes of Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Joe Bonamassa, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, are impressive. But ultimately you don’t learn as much about Johnny himself as you would from listening to the originals of the 17 tracks presented here. [May 2022, p.85]

Ryder is at his best when riffing through the 70s piano-pop playbook. [Feb 2023, p.78]

You've got another classic BJM album. [Apr 2023, p.79]

Ash still put out heart and reliable joy. [Oct 2023, p.86]

It might not be essential, but it's not without merit. [Apr 2026, p.80]

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

Melvins have made exactly the album they wanted to. The result? This is one for dedicated followers only.