A twelfth album that comes off the ropes swinging. ... His vocals are gleeful and feline, and these 11 songs are full of purpose. [Apr 2020, p.82]

Swamp certainly has a knack for the genre's heartbreak. [Apr 2020, p.89]

A hit-and-miss affair padded out with too many Fred Durst-style shouty tantrums. [Apr 20202, p.88]

Still the greatest run of pop-perfection punk ever produced. [Mar 2020, p.95]

The CD gives you the uninterrupted concert, the most focused of the lot. [Mar 2020, p.92]

Blacktop Run reminds us that he is more of a musical rebel than his tattooed brethren. [Mar 2020, p.89]

He's in fantastic, youthful voice, snarling, seducing and showing off. [Mar 2020, p.93]

It’s a deeply intimate, deeply beautiful examination of regret, loss, disappointment, solitude and personal demons, made all the more alluring by his warm, frank, subtly emotional vocals.

Grounded by explorations into dark electronica and swathes of cascading guitars. ... A coherent journey. [Mar 2020, p.88]

Long may they stay young. [Mar 2020, p.92]

The album tells you everything about what the recently renamed Theory Of A Deadman represent, one thing being class. [Mar 2020, p.87

While on first listen Perida will surprise some STP fans and disappoint others. It’s an album that with repeated listens could well come to be seen by many as being among the band’s best.

It's clear that this form of musical self-help will have even the most mixed-up fan feeling slightly zen. [Mar 2020, p.89]

Simms certainly knows how to deliver Wire energy - compact, disciplined, no waste, no spray, as on Primed And Ready. There are also lovely moments of Wire pop here. [Mar 2020, p.87]

It finds him in a reflective mood. It's a smart musical move, because Storm Damage showcases what a good lyricist he is. [Mar 2020, p.86]

Drive-By Truckers have never been angrier, but, just as crucially, they've never been more musically eloquent. [Mar 2020, p.86]

A group that can shift from straight-ahead retro to effortless eclecticism in the time it takes to shift gears on a truck. [Mar 2020, p.86]

Invigorating results. ... It's refreshing, comforting even, to have Green Day back in their exuberant element, unburdened by message or morality. [Mar 2020, p.86]

Wolf Parade sound alert, ready for a bruising. [Feb 2020, p.88]

They're also still some way off leading any packs, but they're making up ground. [Feb 2020, p.90]

A set of songs that sound like someone's favourite record collection. [Feb 2020, p.89]

A consolidation of their strengths--muscular guitars that alternate from hardcore styling to more sensitive deliver--and a greater sense of melody. [Feb 2020, p.90]

What's missing from these pastiches is a sense of Walrus's own identity. [Jan 2020, p.88]

Their basic musical ethos - pounding, bass-driven punk brutalism delivered beneath a banner of love, compassion and unity - comes into its own, particularly when recorded in Le Bataclan, a venue with its own powerful stamp of solidarity. [Jan 2020, p.89]

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

It's a pleasant enough album, but not a crucial one. [Jan 2020, p.85]

When a collection of contrasting voices tackle [Mose Allison's] songs for charity here, it's that character of songwriting which shines through a diverse range of new styles laid upon it. [Jan 2020, p.86]

You'll feel dirty. In a good way. [Jan 2019, p.89]