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.

Articles by: Paul Moody

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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

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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

By Paul Moody published

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: 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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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

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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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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

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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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: 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 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 (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

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

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

The Struts - Young & Dangerous

The Struts: Young & Dangerous album review

By Paul Moody published

Walk this way: superlative second album from fast-rising Derby rockers The Struts

RSO - Radio Free America

RSO - Radio Free America album review

By Paul Moody published

Power couple Richie Sambora and Orianthi cast their net beyond the guitar crowd

The Darkness – Live At Hammersmith album review

By Paul Moody published

Touching you, touching me: Lowestoft legends camp it up on raucous live album.

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The Yacht Rock Book by Greg Prato - review

By Paul Moody published

Sail on, sailors: first-hand tale of soft rock’s golden age

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Starcrawler - Starcrawler album review

By Paul Moody published

Nice and sleazy: LA outfit show off their schlock-rock credentials on feisty debut

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The Fuzztones at 100 Club, London - live review

By Paul Moody published

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Veteran NYC garage gang go ape

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XTC - This Is Pop review

By Paul Moody published

Heart-warming documentary on new-wave misfits-turned national treasure.

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Steve Miller Band - Ultimate Hits album reviews

By Paul Moody published

Some people call him Maurice… Comprehensive career retrospective of the Space Cowboy

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The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding album review

By Paul Moody published

Philadelphia singer-songwriter plays it safe on fifth album

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The Verve - Urban Hymns album review

By Paul Moody published

Twentieth-anniversary splurge of lad-rock milestone, now with B-sides and session tracks

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