This is eclectic stuff. [16 Feb 2013, p.51]

Anyone who remembers Mike covering Italian pop songs from yesteryear ion his 2010 album Mondo Cane will know, strictly speaking, a few of his recent projects have sounded more interesting than they have incredible. Thankfully, Oddfellows is both. [2 Feb 2013, p.54]

Like all good follow-ups, this album retains the qualities you loved about the first installment. [2 Feb 2013, p.54]

This is an album full of stirring, stadium-sized melodies. [2 Feb 2013, p.53]

Conduit may not be an album to please those who fell in love with Tales... but for anyone pining for a return to Funeral For A friend's earliest EPs, it's very exciting. [2 Feb 2013, p.53]

While it isn't Bullet's best album, it's certainly their most mature and interesting effort to date. [2 Feb 2013, p.52]

A nonstop riot of positivity that might not change the world, but will certainly make it seem a less dismal place for the 37-odd minutes. [19 Jan 2013, p.52]

That Voivod have made a killer album is no surprise at all. The sounds they've pulled from the void, however as ever, are. [19 Jan 2013, p.54]

Lovers of folk rock take note: Arbouretum are likely to be a deserving early entry in your best of 2013 list. [19 Jan 2013, p.54]

In amongst their sleeker, poppier, but still hard-hitting grooves, they're not afraid to tackle big issues, either. [26 Jan 2013, p.55]

Put simply, Vertikal is truly breathtaking. [26 Jan 2013, p.55]

It all adds up to The Bronx's most accomplished record. [26 Jan 2013, p.54]

Signed And Sealed In Blood finds Boston's finest as raucous, rowdy and riotous as ever, without sounding hoary or hackneyed. [5 Jan 2013, p.55]

While Wretched And Divine might not be a game changer, for many people it could--and it should--be an opinion changer. [5 Jan 2013, p.54]

For a serious Pumpkins fan, this is a gold mine. [15 Dec 2012, p.49]

The overall effect is one of a versatile, diffuse, but somehow far more focused collection of songs than were present in Neighborhoods. [22 Dec 2012, p.68]

The result is jaw-dropping. [12 Jan 2013, p.52]

As with all of Bad Religion's albums, True North is music played in glorious technicolour. [12 Jan 2013, p.53]

Boys Like Girls have crafted a record simple and effective enough for mainstream ears. It's just a shame that absolutely no punk 101 is required. [8 Dec 2012, p.52]

The final album in the set is the best of the bunch, [8 Dec 2012, p.50]

Rage Against The Machine's debut is still a record that would shock and shake foundations were it released today. [1 Dec 2012, p .48]

A deeply unsettling, murky digital fog of a release. It's also brilliant. [24 Nov 2012, p.54]

True, some of the reggae songs a re a bit lightweight, but on the punk numbers, Bad Brains' righteous fevour remains undimmed. [24 Nov 2012, p.53]

This is a wonderful document of a great show. [24 Nov 2012, p.52]

Much of Death Is the Only Mortal is notable principally for the band's skill in explosive brutality. [13 Oct 2012, p.54]

Photo Of Photos retains a gloriously untethered and instinctive quality, but is brought into sharper focus by the occasional moment of clarity. [20 Oct 2012, p.54]

Grueling and utterly uncompromising, Widowmaker is a gift to humanity from a band that despises it. [17 Nov 2012, p.53]

Another quiet triumph, then, exclusively on their own terms. [17 Nov 2012, p.55]