Paul Moody
Paul Moody is a writer whose work has appeared in the Classic Rock, NME, Time Out, Uncut, Arena and the Guardian. He is the co-author of The Search for the Perfect Pub and The Rough Pub Guide.
Latest articles by Paul Moody

In a world of bread-and-butter rock bands, The Darkness remain the toast of the town
By Paul Moody published
Grain expectations: Lowestoft legends The Darkness mix it up on eighth studio album Dreams On Toast

True believers DeWolff express their love of music on Muscle Shoals
By Paul Moody published
Soul power: Dutch rockersDeWolff tap into the musical ley lines on tenth studio album

Aphrodite’s Child are ambitious and utterly bonkers on 666 The Apocalypse Of John
By Paul Moody published
A multi-format re-release of Aphrodite's Child's progressive rock masterpiece

Inside the weird and wonderful world of The Canterbury Scene
By Paul Moody published
Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Hatfield And The North - how a small town in England changed progressive music forever

Elin Larsson and Blues Pills explore their demons on fourth album Birthday
By Paul Moody published
Multi-national retro rockers Blues Pills recapture some of their earlier purpose on fourth studio album Birthday

Redd Kross come full circle on melody-stuffed eighth album
By Paul Moody published
The first album in five years from LA power-pop titans Redd Kross

Lenny Kravitz's sings of love and libido on Blue Electric Light
By Paul Moody published
Lenny Kravitz's Blue Electric Light is an eclectic, fun-filled double album from the retro-centric king of cool

20 years on, Permission To Land... Again recalls the swaggering confidence of a band about to claim their place at pop’s top table
By Paul Moody published
A 20th anniversary reissue of The Darkness's much-loved debut album Permission To Land, including unreleased tracks

Arctic Monkeys' stadium spectaculars are emphatic living proof that “that rock ’n’ roll” isn't dying out anytime soon
By Paul Moody published
Arctic Monkeys kick out precision-tooled thrills at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on their second night in North London

Revitalised and raucous, Buckcherry sound like they're just getting started
By Paul Moody published
Nashville rockers Buckcherry crank up the volume on their tenth album

Mike Tramp ramps up the poignancy as he revisits the Songs Of White Lion
By Paul Moody published
Songs Of White Lion finds Mike Tramp revisiting the group’s best-known songs with a muscular backing band

Fantastic Negrito's Grandfather Courage: an intriguing stop-gap on a fascinating journey
By Paul Moody published
Grandfather Courage is a creative left-turn from genre-hopping Oakland funkateer and bluesman Fantastic Negrito

Sonics In The Soul is the sound of Buzzcocks rebooted and reinvigorated
By Paul Moody published
Mancunian punk legends Buzzcocks keep the flag flying on riotous 10th album Sonics In The Soul

The Black Keys' Dropout Boogie: modern rock’n’roll doesn’t get any better than this
By Paul Moody published
Cooking up a storm, Ohio blues-rockers The Black Keys go back to basics on Dropout Boogie

Shot through with urgency, Torpedo finds Feeder still at their peak
By Paul Moody published
Torpedo is an explosive comeback from Brit-grunge titans Feeder

Diamond Dogs brim with boozy joie de vivre on spectacular comeback album
By Paul Moody published
Swedish rockers Diamond Dogs turn the amps up to 11 with a riotous glam-rock return, Slap Bang Blue Rendezvous

Tears Of Hercules: everything you might want from an audience with Rod Stewart
By Paul Moody published
There's never a dull moment as pop's greatest Lothario Rod Stewart continues a late-career renaissance with Tears Of Hercules

10 brilliant but obscure punk bands who should've been huge
By Paul Moody last updated
Punk didn't live and die with the Sex Pistols – as proven by these essential bands who deserve way more love than they get

David Crosby continues late-career revival with atmospheric, harmony-laden collection
By Paul Moody published
Out now: For Free is a meditative masterpiece from David Crosby, the high vizier of harmonic folk rock

10 obscure but brilliant 80s bands who should've been huge
By Paul Moody published
These bands came, they rocked, and they vanished without a trace – we look back at 10 obscure 80s bands who deserve way more love than they get

Paul McCartney fails to age on the home-recorded McCartney III
By Paul Moody published
Nineteenth solo album McCartney III finds Paul McCartney enjoying yet another purple patch

The 50 best Led Zeppelin songs of all time
By Paul Moody, Fraser Lewry, Classic Rock published
Led Zeppelin may have shunned singles, but they wrote the greatest songs in rock – here, 50 of the very best

The Rolling Stones' Goat's Head Soup: retaining the whiff of sex, sleaze and violence
By Paul Moody published
Remastered, multi-format edition of the Rolling Stones’ 1973 classic Goat's Head Soup, with previously unheard tracks
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