They Want My Soul has a spiky, timeless quality, and frontman Britt Daniel's sharply wry lyrics add a nicely acidic edge to the sweetness of their melodies. [Oct 2014, p.91]

Vaselines fans will not be disappointed or surprised by these tunes. [Oct 2014, p.91]

She has made her masterpiece; remarkable at any age. [Oct 2014, p.91]

A little sluggish and generic in places, these churning incantations never quite combust like they should. [Oct 2014, p.90]

If you won and love other recent Bonamassa records you know what to expect and won't be disappointed. But for more casual listeners, the big-band approach may grow a bit overwrought and leave you hankering for those no-frills Rory Gallagher albums. [Oct 2014, p.90]

Wicked Nature is a fateful folly that might just bear fruit. [Oct 2014, p.89]

Commune may seem a little pat, a compendium of psychedelic, exotic and ethnic sounds, but it makes for a handy compilation. [Oct 2014, p.89]

Listening to all 17 tracks in one go feels like going 12 rounds with a heavyweight boxer, a championship belt on the line. [Oct 2014, p.88]

Viewed as a whole, this set cements Harrison's reputation, not as a huge 60s phenomenon but as a human. [Nov 2014, p.104]

A consistently sparkling Weezer album. [Nov 2014, p.97]

This baffling mixture of the anarchy and the ecstasy takes some pulling off but the quartet has perfected the alchemical reaction. [Nov 2014, p.96]

Space Invader has brilliant heavy rock tunes. [Nov 2014, p.96]

As a project and as a reminder of a hugely talented lyricist this is a treat. [Nov 2014, p.96]

This album is absurdly in the red with ear-loading fuzz as Oasis at their most cocaine-blitzed. [Nov 2014, p.96]

The concept of this album is about following a path that is eventually going to lead 20 years down the line and wonder where it will take you. [Nov 2014, p.94]

Accessibly challenging, this isn't Moore's very best day, but it's up there. [Nov 2014, p.95]

This is the best Exodus album since 1989's Fabulous Disaster. [Nov 2014, p.94]

Dense and demanding, Soused will not be topping the album charts. But it is the kind of obliteratingly intense, glamorously weird avant-metal epic that Lou Reed and Metallica never made. [Nov 2014, p.94]

A slickness that comes with age and experience sees them settle into their own groove. [Nov 2014, p.93]

Songs Of Innocence is stricken with lethargy, with a level of aspiration that extends as far as Coldplay and never explores further. [Nov 2014, p.93]

The result is an autumnal masterpiece to rank alongside anything by Bob Dylan or Johnny Cash. [Nov 2014, p.92]

There's no faking this kind of quality. [Nov 2014, p.93]

The whole damn album's as sweet as a pecan nut. [Nov 2014, p.93]

At their best, the Wizard can still makes you spurt blood from every orifice. [Nov 2014, p.93]

If the music's a bit uniform, it'd sound great scoring a scene in Sons of Anarchy. [Nov 2014, p.91]

The plastic punk with the cartoon sneer has made his grown-up masterpiece. [Nov 2014, p.90]

Here the irresistible tag masks some solid riff-heavy whoopee. [Dec 2014, p.107]

Primus are an acquired taste, but a taste worth acquiring. [Dec 2014, p.107]