Ayron Jones: the new sound of Seattle By Johnny Sharp Seattle guitar ace Ayron Jones is channelling a tough upbringing into a big, bad, grungy, bluesy rock noise, all the while battling racial stereotypes
Blackberry Smoke do Georgia proud once again By Johnny Sharp Out now: Atlanta rockers Blackberry Smoke blend rhinestones and rock’n’soul with reliable skill on seventh studio album You Hear Georgia
When are Yes not Yes? When they're Anderson Bruford Wakeman and Howe! By Johnny Sharp The story of the 1989 album Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. A classic Yes reunion by any other name...
Frost* - Day And Age Review By Johnny Sharp Not yet rated You want it darker? Jem Godfrey’s modern prog mavericks return to gleefully rail at the world, dripping cynicism, contempt and some of the most galvanising tunes you’ll hear this year.
The making of IQ's Tales From The Lush Attic By Johnny Sharp Self-produced and chaotically mixed in five days, this is how 80s prog rockers IQ made their 1983 debut album
Is Laura Meade the most dangerous woman in America? By Johnny Sharp The Izz singer’s second solo LP is a captivating concept set – with a message open to your interpretation
Fish looks back on his solo career and what retirement means By Johnny Sharp Former Marillion frontman Fish says 11th solo album Weltschmerz is his last. Here he looks back at the highs and lows of his solo career
Greta Van Fleet come into their own during The Battle At Garden's Gate By Johnny Sharp Out now: Much-hyped Michigan siblings Greta Van Fleet diversify successfully on second album The Battle At Garden's Gate
The Treatment double down on boogie-metal basics on Waiting For Good Luck By Johnny Sharp Cambridge rockers The Treatment have no qualms about signing up for some dumb fun on Waiting For Good Luck
The ego has landed: Inglorious singer Nathan James strikes back By Johnny Sharp Loved by some, loathed by others, Inglorious frontman/main man Nathan James is no stranger to being the brunt of verbal abuse. But is it deserved, or is he just another innocent victim?
Paid In Crisps: A short and salty history of Kitten Pyramid By Johnny Sharp Meet the Derbyshire pop-prog oddballs with bees in their bonnet – and their Jacuzzi
Saxon add fun to "these dark times" with lively covers collection Inspirations By Johnny Sharp NWOBHM veterans Saxon play us some favourite tunes on Inspirations
We Will Ride by Inglorious: breathing fresh life into an irresistible 70s rock template By Johnny Sharp Inglorious's difficult album number four We Will Ride is worth the trouble
Downes Braide Association's Halcyon Hymns is a welcome escape from a turbulent real world By Johnny Sharp MOR prog project Downes Braide Association gets dewy-eyed for old England on Halcyon Hymns
Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods album review By Johnny Sharp Not yet rated Mariusz Duda heads deep into the forest on seventh Lunatic Soul album
Cats In Space joyfully tramp through the trad-rock tropes on Atlantis By Johnny Sharp Atlantis is the supremely crafted fourth studio album from rock classicists Cats In Space
The Human Condition finds Black Stone Cherry returning to rock's heartland By Johnny Sharp Black Stone Cherry say Goodbye to Kentucky and hello to radio-friendly rock on The Human Condition
Sevendust's Blood & Stone is a sturdy slice of 21st Century rock By Johnny Sharp Unlucky Atlantans’ Sevendust remain defiant on thirteenth album Blood & Stone
The 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath's Paranoid delivers visceral joy and rat's innards By Johnny Sharp Fiftieth-anniversary five-LP/four-CD edition of Black Sabbath's Paranoid metal landmark, expanded with live recordings
Roger Waters - Us + Them review By Johnny Sharp Not yet rated Tour spectacular boiled down to its musical essence
Nickelback's All The Right Reasons: expanded, with a faint whiff of Nashville By Johnny Sharp Marmite's very own Nickelback revisit their mega-selling fifth album All The Right Reasons
Fleetwood Mac's 1969 To 1974: a rousing last hurrah for the road not taken By Johnny Sharp Peter Green’s Mac swansong stands proud as Fleetwood Mac's entire pre-Buckingham-Nicks era gets boxed on 1969 To 1974
Alcatrazz's Born Innocent: featuring fret-frazzlers to the fore By Johnny Sharp Graham Bonnet’s post-Rainbow project Alcatrazz resurfaces on Born Innocent after a long rebirth
The Jayhawks' XOXO - a triumph for democracy By Johnny Sharp Americana veterans The Jayhawks triumph on committee-generated eleventh album XOXO
Larkin Poe's Self Made Man: winningly gnarly and authoritive By Johnny Sharp Georgia sister act Larkin Poe come back stronger on fifth album Self Made Man
