Little has changed. [8 May 2017, p.69]

The result is a fresh, pavement-referencing quirk on tracks Like Son Of A Gun and Boxelder. [2 Jun 2012, p.52]

The Maniacs prove persuasive enough to bring you round to their way of thinking. [12 Jul 2014, p.54]

Japandroids' ability to move the listener remains as powerful as ever. [4 Feb 2017, p.51]

Alive with the freshness and vitality of rebirth, they've delivered 11 tracks that manage to bridge the vast airiness of their mid-'00s heyday and the poppy progression of here and now. [25 Feb 2017, p.52]

Invented is a return to the creative peaks of yore. It's a record rich with twinkling sonic subtleties, timeless melodies and characteristically layered, epic tunes. [25 Sep 2010, p.52]

Dead Set On Living is raw, visceral and an antidote to the glossy sounds and polished looks that abound right now. [114 2012, p.52]

This most stylish and once troubled of bands sound like artists still in search of something new. And this new album is well worth the wait. [15 Jan 2010, p.52]

It's hard to imagine a more enchanting soundtrack to the summer. [24 Aug 2019, p.55]

It's a fuzzed-out, heavy-arsed, thoroughly soulful blast of glorious rock thunder that salutes the past with one arm, while bringing in an ultra-cool identity of Rival Sons' own with the other. [9 Feb 2019, p.55]

It's an album that bristles with hooks, crackles with power and almost overflows with passion. [22 Apr 2017, p.50]

This is how you do post-hardcore in 2013 without sounding like a relic. [23 Mar 2013, p.54]

This continues to be the same DragonForce you either love or laugh at, but on The Power Within they've honed their sound to absolute perfection. [14 Apr 2012, p.53]

As Hardcore closes, it beats its chest too, the subtleties of the album's earlier songs unfurled into those wonderful dramas of old. [12 Feb 2011, p.52]

As a QOTSA album, In Times New Roman… is dark and disorientating; for Joshua Homme, it feels like a wholly necessary outpouring of creative catharsis.

The Incessant is an enraged punk album with the occasional sombre stupor slinked within. [18 Feb 2017, p.54]

BMTH have long known how to play what cards when, and just when we need something cathartic, something heavy, something with an element of the familiar in amongst the creativity, they deliver richly here. Fourteen years on from their debut, much has changed, but in some other ways some things are exactly the same.

This blend of grace and discord never feels jarring, combining to produce an immersive, transcendental whole which reveals the true breadth of this duo's impressive artistry. [Sep 2011, p.51]

It's absurd, OTT stuff. But who wants anything else from Andrew W.K. [24 Feb 2018, p.51]

There are certainly moments here where what Pigs… provide is primarily big, dumb fun. But Death Hilarious also finds them thoroughly exploring their sonic and emotional range, the result an album which digs its hooks in deeper than ever.

We're actually on a genre-bending journey between esoteric magnificence and chest-crushing heaviness. Good is good. [30 Jul 2016, p.53]

This is simultaneously both the most pulverising and the most memorable release the band have put their name to in years.

As usual, PVRIS demonstrates the value of existing in the spaces between genres, and that moments of combination and contrast are often the most exciting.

As always, the uninitiated need not apply. For the rest of us, Goatwhore are a filthy feast. [12 Jul 2014, p.53]

For those who like their rock adventurous, Easter may be cancelled, but Christmas has come early. [12 Oct 2019, p.55]

FTHC is likely to hit hardest with those who have grown with Frank, witnessing his evolution and the ways in which it’s helped chronicle their own. That’s not to say there’s not much to enjoy for new fans, though, who will no doubt find an empathetic ally in a man whose honesty and anger and heart continue to inspire.

Layered and controlled, Elsie is an album comprised of fine music and superior lyrics. [3 Sep 2011, p.51]

Though the grit they show on Where I Lie suits them well, it is in their more energetic moments, like Lonely As A Shark and Heroine that Gengahr shine. [13 Jun 2015, p.53]