Andy Fairweather Low continues as the master of nonsense titles on Flang Dang
High-pitched hitmaker and guitar sideman Andy Fairweather Low releases first solo studio album in a decade
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35 years on, Mudhoney are as feral and incisive and sarcastic as ever
Plastic Eternity is the 11th studio album for Sub Pop’s flagship band Mudhoney
If you want immense melodies and uplifting choruses, Welshly Arms have got you
Irresistible choruses from start to finish on Welshly Arms' third album Wasted Words & Bad Decisions
The 20th anniversary edition of Linkin Park's Meteora is pure nu metal catnip
Linkin Park's second album Meteora has been lavishly expanded in celebration of its 20th birthday
Metallica 72 Seasons review: 2023’s most anticipated metal album is a ringing success
Metallica’s only concern is making the best Metallica album possible, irrespective of what’s going on around them... and they've succeeded
Heart: Heart - Album Of The Week Club review
In the 1980s Heart's music was retooled as super-slick AOR, the Wilson sisters rocked Dynasty hairdos and frilly corsets, MTV loved them, and they sold millions
Last In Line looser and grittier than before on the classy Jericho
Former Dio men Vivian Campbell and Vinnie Appice return with third album of thunderous hard rock, Jericho
Crown Lands: so deep in 70s Rush you can almost see Geddy Lee’s kimono flapping about
Crown Lands' Fearless may sound exactly like vintage Rush in parts, but it's an album peppered with great songs and pulls off some daring feats of pomp, pop and rock
John Lee Hooker: The Best Of Friends - Album Of The Week Club review
More than a dozen of John Lee Hooker's superstar duets, gathered together in a collaborative showcase
Depeche Mode's Memento Mori: a sonic feast and a fitting epitaph to departed friends
A post-Fletch Depeche Mode channel grief into deluxe autumnal electro-blues on fifteenth studio album Memento Mori
Floor Jansen goes it alone to seek more mainstream acclaim
Paragon is the debut solo album from Nightwish singer Floor Jansen
We all share music we adore. Why shouldn't Saxon?
More Inspirations is the follow-up to 2021's Inspirations and finds Saxon covering Kiss, The Who, Alex Harvey and more
After 50 years, Pink Floyd's imposing The Dark Side Of The Moon remains a cornerstone of rock
With The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd invented something new: stadium rock that was very loud but somehow very sensitive
Bono & The Edge: A Sort Of Homecoming, With David Letterman: a revelatory, humanising look at U2's past and present
Disney+ documentary sees talk show legend David Letterman visit Dublin for an open-hearted look at U2's history and their hunger to explore new horizons
Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Last Rebel - Album Of The Week Club review
A refurbished Lynyrd Skynyrd attempt to conjure up original Skynyrd spirit on 1993's The Last Rebel
The Answer's Sundowners is the sound of a band with nothing to prove to themselves or anyone else
Northern Irish blues brothers The Answer return after a lengthy hiatus, their instinctive feel for rock'n'roll still very much intact
Songs Of Surrender: U2 look back over their career with 40 skeletal covers of stadium bangers
The album of the reading tour of the book: Songs Of Surrender attempts to connect the dots on the U2 story
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow: Stranger In Us All - Album Of The Week Club review
Rainbow’s unloved final album was released in 1995, after Ritchie Blackmore’s nine loveless years married to the re-formed Deep Purple
Ritchie Blackmore's "private music" celebrates its 25th birthday with another public outing
Originally greeted by a mixture of controversy and ridicule, Blackmore’s Night's Shadow Of The Moon has improved with age
