The Vacant Lots' Interzone: the perfect stun-blast soundtrack for a shattered society By Kris Needs Society-lacerating third album Interzone from Vermont electro-punks The Vacant Lots
Iggy Pop's Bowie Years: the resurgence of the punkfather By Kris Needs Iggy Pop's 1977 twin towers, Bowie-branded and expanded with familiar extras
Sir Lord Baltimore's Complete Recordings: revelatory, and endlessly entertaining By Kris Needs Gloriously untamed proto-metal unearthed on Sir Lord Baltimore's The Complete Recordings: 1970-2006
Phil Campbell's Old Lions Still Roar: Lemmy would be proud By Kris Needs Life after Lemmy sees Phil Campbell's mane event realised with star-studded solo album Old Lions Still Roar
Nick Cave’s Ghosteen: turning life-altering grief into other-worldly beauty By Kris Needs Nick Cave’s new album Ghosteen is an astonishing work which sees him transform his grief into a poetic masterpiece
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul: Summer Of Sorcery album review By Kris Needs Timely defiance from E Street Band legend Little Steven, with new album Summer Of Sorcery
Keith Richards: Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary) album review By Kris Needs Rolling Stone Keith Richards' 1988 solo debut gets major expansion job – in real Fender wood!
Steve Miller Band - Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976) review By Kris Needs Not yet rated Steve Miller’s tale told through first nine albums, now remastered. Available separately too
Wishbone Ash - The Vintage Years 1970 - 1991 box set review By Kris Needs Wishbone Ash blaze, crash-dive and become yacht-rock captains on this monolithic, 30-CD box set
Lure, Burke, Stinson, Kramer - L.A.M.F. Live At The Bowery Electric - review By Kris Needs Back to the Bowery
Imperial State Electric - Anywhere Loud album review By Kris Needs Swedish high-energy rockers live double
Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides Of The Sky album review By Kris Needs Jimi’s 21st-century rebranding climaxes with the final part of a posthumous trilogy
The Story Behind The Song: The Ramones - Rockaway Beach By Kris Needs After moving to New York to escape an abusive father, pre-Dee Dee Ramone Doug Colvin wrote a song about the coastal escape he enjoyed and frequented, and it became a Ramones classic
Chris Carter - Chris Carter’s Chemistry Lessons, Volume One album review By Kris Needs Not yet rated New electronic milestone blows up the lab
Beautify Junkyards - The Invisible World Of Beautify Junkyards album review By Kris Needs Not yet rated Deep in the woods glows a masterpiece from Beautify Junkyards
Procol Harum - Still There’ll Be More: An Anthology 67-17 album review By Kris Needs Not yet rated Birth of prog and its inventors’ trail-blazing evolution
Renaissance – Live At The BBC review By Kris Needs Not yet rated Progressive folk pioneers enjoy box set glory.
Bert Jansch – A Man I'd Rather Be (Part 1) reissue review By Kris Needs Not yet rated Bert’s overdue turn for a boxset still dazzles and moves.
Curved Air – Air Conditioning/Air Cut reissue review By Kris Needs Not yet rated Another breath of fresh air.
Kaukolampi – 1 album review By Kris Needs Not yet rated Widescreen space symphony from Finland’s finest.
Tony Banks – Five album review By Kris Needs Not yet rated Banks takes giant classical step in prog’s ongoing evolution.
