Latest articles by Neil Jeffries
Whiskey Myers swagger confidently into southern rock's promised land
Southern rock’s brightest stars Whiskey Myers turn up the dazzle on sixth album Tornillo
Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters are polished and poised for stardom
Third album Mythos, Confession, Tragedy & Love delivers a sound powerful enough to match Beth McDonald’s extraordinary voice
Dan Reed Network's new album is funky, dripping with melody, and a joy to hear
Funk-rock lives. Dance to the hills!
Argent's latest collection reveals them to be ripe for rediscovery
Mixing proggy keyboards with radio-friendly hits, early-70s also-rans Argent sound far more vital today
Def Leppard have just released their best album in 30 years
Def Leppard studio album number 12 Diamond Star Halos is a sparkling set that proves there’s life in these old cats yet
Cave In explore the noisy landscape between grunge and metalcore on Heavy Pendulum
Massachusetts heavyweights Cave In return with first full album in 11 years, Heavy Pendulum
John Illsley's VIII: a decent album with fining playing but skip the Beatles cover
The eighth solo album by former Dire Straits bassist John Illsley reconfirms his allegiance to their signature sound
Jeff Beck? Rihanna? Goldfrapp? It can only be a Suzi Quatro reissue
The two albums that sparked Suzi Quatro's 21st-century renaissance have been repackaged as a satisfactory single set
The 40th anniversary edition of Rush's Moving Pictures is a goddamn treasure
Rush's impossibly good eighth studio album Moving Pictures is now boosted by complete hometown live set
Business as usual for Bryan Adams but there's a lot to like about So Happy It Hurts
So Happy It Hurts is studio album number 15 from rock’n’roll Peter Pan Bryan Adams
Skid Row's Atlantic years: from wild youth to burst bubbles
Skid Row's Atlantic Years (1989-1996) features everything from Sebastian Bach-era Skid Row: three albums and two EPs, spread across five CDs or seven slices of vinyl
Bernie Marsden's tribute to Chess crackles with youthful energy
Veteran guitarist Bernie Marsden revisits tracks released on Chicago’s famous Chess label
Jerry Cantrell's Brighten: like Alice In Chains, but also fresh and unexpected
Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell lights up our lives with dazzling third album Brighten
Every David Coverdale and Whitesnake album, ranked from worst to best
National treasure David Coverdale has been there, done that, and sung a song of sweet love while doing it. These albums cover his Purple patch and beyond, ranked from worst to best
Thunder: a guide to their best albums
British rockers Thunder have rarely come up short over their 30-year-plus recording career. Let’s take a closer look at their best albums
Black Sabbath's super deluxe Sabotage is the lavishly packaged sound of indignant fury
Out now: Anger and frustration resulted in Black Sabbath's sixth album Sabotage - now on super deluxe form - being their heaviest
Def Leppard's Volume Three might not contain their best work but it still sparkles
Out now: Volume Three finds Joe Elliott doing a thorough job curating Def Leppard’s 21st-century collection
Thunder: how we made All The Right Noises
It’s little wonder Thunder are frustrated at not being able to tour latest album All The Right Noises – it’s one of the best records they’ve made in decades
Blackmore's Night continue to conjure up the Renaissance
Blackmore's Night deliver more 16th-century musings on Nature's Light, album number 11
Whitesnake's Blues Album blurs genres but remains in the shadow of the blues
After Whitesnake albums called silver, gold, purple, red and white, David Coverdale completes a weird rainbow on The Blues Album
Ricky Warwick's complex soul exposed on When Life Was Hard And Fast
Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick's panoramic When Life Was Hard And Fast is his seventh album under his own name
Black Sabbath: Vol 4 Super Deluxe Edition - sometimes, the drugs do work
Black Sabbath's Vol 4 Super Deluxe Edition: a four CD/five vinyl box containing everything except the Class A narcotics that fuelled it
Walking Papers lose half a band for The Light Below with no loss of quality
The Light Below is the compelling third album from Walking Papers, the unconventional Seattle blues swingers
