Latest articles by Pat Carty
Bruce Springsteen's staggering The Lost Albums asks why lesser records were released instead
The Boss’s magnificent missing chapters, now finally published
The sound of glorious pandemonium: Two nights with The Darkness in Ireland
The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins and writer Pat Carty worked together as apprentice joiners in the 1990s: 30 years on, we put them together again
The Black Crowes albums you should definitely listen to... and one to avoid
The Black Crowes may have been born out of time, but their best albums – a fusion of southern rock, gospel, blues and fiery rock'n'roll – are timeless
The mightiest Fleetwood Mac line-up albums in one handy box
Pulchritudinous platinum perfection
Tom Waits' The Heart Of A Saturday Night still sounds smoky on anniversary coloured vinyl
Be-bop, beat and ballads
Mötley Crüe rock like a rowboat in a typhoon on the 35th Anniversary edition of Dr Feelgood
Gonzo glam greatness
Thin Lizzy's big year: Revisited, remixed and thoroughly expanded
Phil Lytnott's annus mirabilis celebrated with a nifty combination of Jailbreak and Johnny The Fox
"It does what great art is supposed to do, taking the artist's experiences, however dark, and making them universal": Nick Cave returns to the water on Wild God
The wizards of Aus finds hints of light in the darkness
The beautifully presented Asylum Albums 1976-1980 finds Joni Mitchell inhabiting the art department
Joni loves jazz
"It all becomes a bit by-numbers": Sheryl Crow fails to evolve on unambitious Evolution album
Sheryl Crow's 12th album Evolution starts strongly but soon falters
"More soulful than a gospel convention, warmer than a mother's love and groovier than the Grand Canyon": The Black Crowes return in righteous form on Happiness Bastards
The Black Crowes are still shaking on reunion album Happiness Bastards
