Emma Johnston

Can’t Die, Won’t Die is a wonder web of rock’n’roll thrills from South Yorkshire’s comeback kids, Black Spiders

Irresistible choruses from start to finish on Welshly Arms' third album Wasted Words & Bad Decisions

Northern Irish blues brothers The Answer return after a lengthy hiatus, their instinctive feel for rock'n'roll still very much intact

Him from HIM returns with his first album by him himself

Another kicking for capitalism as Pittsburgh punks Anti-Flag put the boot in again on album 13

Once more into the archives for alternative takes on old Fleetwood Mac favourites

Alt.rock legends Pixies return with Doggerel and more tales from the dark side

Country kicks and rock’n’roll singalongs fill Monster Truck's fourth album Warriors

Thought The Mars Volta had confounded you enough? Nope, here’s their pop album

Black And Gold from Scandi quartet Thundermother tells of the highs and lows of a life in rock’n’roll

The classics never go out of style for old-school Swedish crew H.e.a.t. on seventh album Force Majeure

Westgate Under Fire is reggae-metal firebrands Deb War's second chance to shine brightly

Closure/Continuation is the much delayed eleventh album from progressive figureheads Porcupine Tree

It's 13 years since Alexisonfire released Old Crows / Young Cardinals, but new album Otherness is a grand return

Anton Newcombe and Brian Jonestown Massacre return with another set of down-and-dirty rock’n’roll