Mark Beaumont

Exorcising Oasis.

Reunited shoegazing icons return with an unashamed throwback to indie noise rock.

Life after emo?

Mind-expanding trip through Cope’s later career.

Former Dire Straits mainman ploughs the same solo furrow.

Still-vital anniversary edition of the Manics’ bleak, black chronicle of fury and despair.

Fourth album from suburban alt.metal collective.

Psych-pop meets glam-fuzz to glorious effect.

Ol’ Slowhand’s forlorn late-90s comeback.

It’s all about the tides turning.

The DVD/Blu-ray of their 1982 album brings together sure-footedness and faltering steps.

Soundtrack to a documentary about cities inspiring a soundtrack

Bonkers reimagining.

One of the bands that were there at rock’s beginning mark 50 years with a career overview.

Documentary-inspired new album sparkles, but loses a touch of its lustre in isolation.

Psychedelic track-for-track tribute to The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's

Fifty years of hits and misses

Alt icon’s sonic mid-life pays rich dividends.

Lynne landed smoothly back on planet Earth after decades away, blowing away the audience of disco dads with a timeless set.

Meat’s highs and lows.

A Rivers runs through it.

Power pop: still powerful, but popular? We’ll see...

The Ozmen cometh (back).

Meat's mid-80s career dip reissued

Former all-American hero sweats the big stuff.