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

Led Zeppelin posed at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, 1969
The 50 best Led Zeppelin songs

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Led Zeppelin may have shunned singles, but they wrote some of rock's most iconic songs – and here are 50 of the very best

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In a world of bread-and-butter rock bands, The Darkness remain the toast of the town

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Grain expectations: Lowestoft legends The Darkness mix it up on eighth studio album Dreams On Toast

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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

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Aphrodites Child
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

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Canterbury Scene band Soft Machine posing for a photograph in the late 60s
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

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Blues Pills - Birthday cover art
Elin Larsson and Blues Pills explore their demons on fourth album Birthday

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Multi-national retro rockers Blues Pills recapture some of their earlier purpose on fourth studio album Birthday

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Redd Kross come full circle on melody-stuffed eighth album

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The first album in five years from LA power-pop titans Redd Kross

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Lenny Kravitz: Blue Electric Light cover art
Lenny Kravitz's sings of love and libido on Blue Electric Light

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Lenny Kravitz's Blue Electric Light is an eclectic, fun-filled double album from the retro-centric king of cool

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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

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Arctic Monkeys
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

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Buckcherry: Vol 10 cover art
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

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Mike Tramp ramps up the poignancy as he revisits the Songs Of White Lion

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Songs Of White Lion finds Mike Tramp revisiting the group’s best-known songs with a muscular backing band

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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

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Sonics In The Soul is the sound of Buzzcocks rebooted and reinvigorated

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Mancunian punk legends Buzzcocks keep the flag flying on riotous 10th album Sonics In The Soul

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The Black Keys: Dropout Boogie cover art
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

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Feeder: Torpedo cover art
Shot through with urgency, Torpedo finds Feeder still at their peak

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Torpedo is an explosive comeback from Brit-grunge titans Feeder

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Slap Bang Blue Rendezvous cover art
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

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Rod Stewart - Tears Of Hercules cover art
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

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10 brilliant but obscure punk bands who should've been huge

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Punk didn't live and die with the Sex Pistols – as proven by these essential bands who deserve way more love than they get

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David Crosby: For Free
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

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A colour montage of 80s bands
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

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Paul McCartney: McCartney III
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

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The Rolling Stones: Goat's Head Soup (deluxe edition)
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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Back Street Crawler: Atlantic Years 1975-1976
Back Street Crawler's Atlantic Years 1975-1976 - a truncated tribute to Paul Kossoff

By Paul Moody Published

Four-CD compilation of Paul Kossoff's post-Free output with Back Street Crawler

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Tom Petty
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Best Of Everything album review

By Paul Moody Published

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' career-spanning double CD compilation, also available on quadruple vinyl

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