The Mothers 1971 will test the patience of Zappa completists, but there are highlights By David Stubbs published 1 April 22 Exhaustive, eight-disc collection of Frank Zappa & The Mothers's 1971 recordings, including infamous Rainbow gig
Review: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back and it sure feels good By David Stubbs published 31 March 22 Unlimited Love is Red Hot Chili Peppers' first album in six years, with much-loved guitarist John Frusciante back for a third stint
Sunn O))) sustain their black arts on session album Metta, Benevolence By David Stubbs published 28 January 22 Live from the BBC: The Metta, Benevolence studio sessions by avant-metallurgists Sunn O))) develops on their previous album recordings
The Band's Cahoots successfully reheated for its 50th birthday By David Stubbs published 10 December 21 Box-set reissue of The Band’s 1971 album Cahoots, with alternative mixes, bootleg concert, Blu-ray audio disc
Pink Floyd's reworked A Momentary Lapse Of Reason fails to fly By David Stubbs published 29 October 21 The remixed version of Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse Of Reason from the 2019 The Later Years box set released in 360 reality audio
Dream Theater exhaust their armoury on A View From The Top Of The World By David Stubbs published 22 October 21 A View From The Top Of The World is the 15th studio album by veteran prog metallurgists Dream Theater
David Crosby's If Only I Could Remember My Name: still triumphant, 50 years on By David Stubbs published 15 October 21 2-CD reissue of David Crosby's 1971 debut solo album If Only I Could Remember My Name featuring bonus out-takes, extra tracks, alternative versions
The Who Sell Out: newly expanded and now a veritable capsule in pop/rock time By David Stubbs published 24 April 21 This Super Deluxe Edition of The Who Sell Out is a 5-Disc set of The Who's 1967 album with unreleased tracks, Townshend demos and other goodies
Dumpstaphunk's Where Do We Go From Here is determined and timely By David Stubbs published 23 April 21 Dumpstaphunk's Where Do We Go From Here funks up a storm for this New Orleans offspring of the Neville Brothers and The Meters
Osibisa's New Dawn is pleasurable, infectious and colourised By David Stubbs published 23 April 21 Afro-rockers Osibisa are still with us after 50 years, and New Dawn shows them still rejuvenating
Kitten Pyramid's Koozy!! finds beauty in the gradual pain of human existence By David Stubbs published 2 April 21 Kitten Pyramid's Koozy!! is excellent Brit neo-psychedelia underpinned by COVID sadness
Raunch and social consciousness meet on Edgar Broughton Band's Speak Down The Wires By David Stubbs published 29 January 21 Speak Down The Wires: The Recordings 1975-1982 is a useful compilation of four albums by hardy veteran Midlands rockers Edgar Broughton Band
The 100 greatest rock songs of the century... so far By Malcolm Dome, Paul Elliott, Dave Everley, Polly Glass, Dom Lawson, Fraser Lewry, Dave Ling, Sian Llewellyn, Luke Morton, Paul Rees, Johnny Sparks, Philip Wilding, David Stubbs, Henry Yates published 17 December 20 Many were longlisted, but this is the final selection – the best rock songs of the 21st century thus far, as voted for by you
Punk veterans serve judgment on mankind on Professor And The Madman's Seance By David Stubbs published 13 November 20 Professor And The Madman's concept album Seance features former Damned rhythm section
Buzzcocks: Sell You Everything (1991-2004) - the definitive compendium of the other years By David Stubbs published 26 June 20 Buzzcocks sell you everything on eight-CD compilation of Mancunian (post) punksters second wave of recording life
Wilko Johnson - Blow Your Mind album review By David Stubbs published 29 May 18 Wilko Johnson’s first album of original material in 30 years
Anti-Nowhere - League The Albums 1981-87 album review By David Stubbs published 7 March 18 Four-disc compilation of Tunbridge Wells 80s punks
Ministry - AmeriKKKant album review By David Stubbs published 7 March 18 Revamped group’s first album since 2012 death of guitarist Mike Scaccia
Desolation Angels - King album review By David Stubbs published 7 March 18 Return of UK-born, now LA-based expats
Curved Air - Reissues album reviews By David Stubbs published 2 February 18 Not yet rated Reissues of early albums, with bonus disc included with 1970 debut
Stray - Fire & Glass: The Pye Recordings 1975-76 album review By David Stubbs published 2 February 18 Compilation of post-vocalist Steve Gadd material
No Future: Punk, Politics And British Youth Culture... by Matthew Worley review By David Stubbs published 29 December 17 Excellent account of how punk articulated itself as a political as well as musical force
Anvil -- Pounding The Pavement album review By David Stubbs published 22 December 17 Fitfully ambitious offering from Canadian heavy metal trio
Hawkwind - Hawkwind At The Roundhouse album review By David Stubbs published 20 December 17 The space rockers return to the Chalk Farm venue
Beatles On The Roof: The Farewell Concert That Surprised The World book review By David Stubbs published 6 December 17 Excellent account of the Fab Four’s legendary 1969 rooftop gig
