Latest Reviews on Classic Rock
Manic Street Preachers show that rage never sleeps on Critical Thinking
A vein of melancholy runs through Manic Street Preachers' 15th album Critical Thinking
Screaming Trees mix psychedelia with melancholy on swansong album Dust
Arriving after a difficult gestation, Dust found Mark Lanegan tweaking the Screaming Trees blueprint
Dream Theater's dream team return with a sharper-edged heaviness to the sound on Parasomnia
None shall sleep
"It doesn't wholly demystify them, but it reveals the human brilliance at their heart": Becoming Led Zeppelin strips away the mystique to present the birth of a legend
Rare footage and the voice of John Bonham – Becoming Led Zeppelin is cracks opens the door into an unseen world
Gary Moore finds grit but lacks groove on Corridors Of Power
In which former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore attempts to forge a new career in the post-NWOBHM rock landscape and also writes some ballads
Steely Dan's tunes are rich and assured on the nonchalant Katy Lied
The Dan has a sonic wingding in 1975
The Yes soap opera revisited on Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe's live An Evening Of Yes Music Plus
Yes, no Squire
David Gilmour soars on beautifully-crafted if ultimately unchallenging debut solo album
Released in between Pink Floyd's Animals and The Wall, David Gilmour's self-titled solo album laid the groundwork for future releases
Larkin Poe serve up more country-infused rock'n'roll on album six, Bloom
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
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
Pure punkoid speed: Bad Nerves at London's Electric Ballroom
Bob Dylan creates a watershed in the history of music with Blonde On Blonde
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
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
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
Beatle goes country
Lambrini Girls gleefully mix subversion with humour on debut album Who Let The Dogs Out
Amyl And The Sniffers have really started something. And thank f*** for that
