It could be a new studio album if it weren't for the cheers and hoots of the audience. [Jul 2026, p.101]

Fans of ATG's tremendously influential early albums will welcome the unforgiving tempos and the slick solos that gave the original music such audible contrast. [Jul 2026, p.92]

There's an underlying urgency to the elegance, this time. [Jul 2026, p.102]

In sweet-toned, self-sufficient sound and spirit, Philadelphia's Been Good To Me delivers deeper homefront dispatches: warming and deceptively wide-ranging tributes to his roots and the gifts - friends, family, music - they've given. [Jul 2026, p.100]

The band's 11th studio album feels crisp and revitalized. [Jul 2026, p.101]

This new offering is a more emotive and tighter take on that approach [on debut New Brigade]. [Jul 2026, p.101]

Inferno is, in the least-predictable, most ripe-for-discovery manner imaginable, more of the same. Across 18 tracks which run to exactly 70 minutes, the duo's sonic signature is gloriously intact. [Jul 2026, p.102]

They advance the concept that pop is a debilitating virus, injected non-consensually into our veins. Sometimes it's awfully (brilliantly) accurate. [Jul 2026, p.102]

Brock's determination to cram multiple styles into 15 tracks furnishes hangdog intrigues and knotty wisdoms aplenty. [Jul 2026, p.102]

An album of the year contender. [Jul 2026, p.102]

A fine set from a superlative group of musicians. [Jul 2026, p.102]

Childish albums arrive at a wild pace, too, but always manage an offhand brilliance. [Jul 2026, p.103]

Possesses all the brimming feelings and melodies of her main gig. [Jun 2026, p.102]

Beauty Land has a surplus of his specialty: beautifully short, simple, sparse, bittersweet songs that seem impervious to the outside world, self-deprecatingly leaning into his personal struggles. [Jun 2026, p.102]

Excellent collaboration, a fully thought-through concept album. [Jun 2026, p.101]

The Boys Of Dungeon Lane does everything a Paul McCartney album should do. The vulnerability in his voice adds a peculiar charm: it’s a man looking at an ever-decreasing road ahead with his trademark optimism.

It's an utter delight, an album that touches on all those influences [rocksteady, doo wop, soul, ska and 2-Tone] but still sounds like nothing but The Coral. [Jun 2026, p.101]

As it ends, you come away with the impression that O’Brien’s solo career has truly taken flight second time around. [Jun 2026, p.100]

It's punkish, gleefully nasty fun. [Jun 2026, p.103]

Among the standouts are the restless Keep Going, which evokes Miles Davis' avant-funk phase; the pugnacious Panamanian Fight Song; and the mellow mindfulness of Vibrate Higher. [Jun 2026, p.90]

Melding the ethereal and otherworldly with some wonderfully punishing basslines on future classics like Ring The Alarm. [Jun 2026, p.103]

Frontman Ellery Roberts remains elliptical of word and gravelly of voice, and even if their clear shot for profundity is not always matched by their sound - Letting Go sounds like a hipster take on Joshua Tree-era U2 - there is no doubt this is once again powerful, arresting stuff. [Jun 2026, p.103]

Another highly enjoyable country set that sees Ringo wear many (cowboy) hats. [Jun 2026, p.103]

Another deceptively sparse collection, the sonic progression has been developed still further, several songs enhanced by hushed, brooding electronica. But the words surprise and dazzle like never before. [Jun 2026, p.102]

It's best listened to in its entirety if listeners are to appreciate the fantastical story the US singer-songwriter threads through it. [Jun 2026, p.101]

Your Favorite Toy is more a reaffirmation of the joys of rock'n'roll as an outlet for catharsis. [Jun 2026, p.101]

Ultimately, it's yet another great set of songs from one of America's best. [May 2026, p.102]

There are some wrong turns, but there's ample fierce flair here to suggest Modern Woman could join the likes of English Teacher at the top of the 2020s class. [May 2026, p.103]