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Larkin Poe serve up more country-infused rock'n'roll on album six, Bloom
By Dave Everley published
Nashville siblings return with an album as earthy as the dust blown up by a Tennessee gale

Acoustic Sessions might make you miss Phil Lynott, but a ‘new’ Thin Lizzy album? We should be so lucky
By Philip Wilding published
Acoustic Sessions features original vocal parts from Lynott paired with brand-new pieces from founding guitarist Eric Bell

“This could be our last show!” Bad Nerves prove why they're Billie Joe Armstrong's favourite band
By Polly Glass published
Pure punkoid speed: Bad Nerves at London's Electric Ballroom

Bob Dylan creates a watershed in the history of music with Blonde On Blonde
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Blonde On Blonde is the album that saw Bob Dylan complete the transition from folk to rock artist

Frank Black's Teenager Of The Year still sounds brilliant 30 years on
By Emma Johnston published
A shiny gold vinyl release as Frank Black's crowning solo glory hits 30

Talking Heads open up new worlds on the genre-bending Remain In Light
By Classic Rock Magazine published
In which Talking Heads seamlessly merged funk, afrobeat and early hip-hop rhythms with their more abrasive art-rock ideas

Ringo Starr sets sail for unchartered waters on languid country album Look Up
By Fraser Lewry published
Beatle goes country

Lambrini Girls gleefully mix subversion with humour on debut album Who Let The Dogs Out
By Emma Johnston published
Amyl And The Sniffers have really started something. And thank f*** for that

Julian Cope rediscovers melody on mischievous 37th solo album Friar Tuck
By Emma Johnston published
Sarcasm and actual tunes as one of rock’s true one-offs resurfaces

Mark Tremonti finds a way to expand his palette on The End Will Show Us How
By John Aizlewood published
The End Will Show Us How is the sixth album from Creed/Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti's side-project

Asia upset the prog purists and delight their bank managers on freakishly successful debut album
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Featuring members of Yes, ELP and King Crimson, Asia were billed as a prog rock supergroup but kept it concise, to enormous success

The Temperance Movement don't reinvent the wheel on A Deeper Cut, but they do keep it spinning
By Classic Rock Magazine published
A Deeper Cut was the last album The Temperance Movement made before parting ways with now-returned frontman Phil Campbell

Keel struggle for greatness on 1986 album The Final Frontier
By Classic Rock Magazine published
With Gene Simmons in the production chair, Keel conjure up a small batch of decent headbangers and not much else

Still Barking is 20 CDs of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band comedy genius, but it may baffle younger folk
By Ian Fortnam published
A weighty celebration of Monty Python-preceding trad/psych satirists

Iron Maiden successfully embrace synthesisers on Somewhere In Time
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Released between two major metal milestones, Somewhere In Time is something of an underrated fan favourite

"I don't know how much time I have left": Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never Too Late finds Reg in reflective rather than acerbic form
By John Aizlewood published
Elton John muses on his life, streaming now

Neil Young's haunting On the Beach is bleak, stoned and bleary
By Paul Whitelaw published
Shakey gets the blues on this limited edition 50th anniversary vinyl reissue
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