Reviews

Avalon: The album that consolidated Roxy Music's shift from art-rock to gossamer smooth adult pop

By Classic Rock Magazine published 8 June 26

Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera and Andy MacKay reach peak maturity

Slift score an immediate, dizzying masterpiece with new album Fantasia

By Matt Mills published 2 June 26

The cosmonauts have shortened their songs for their fourth full-length, but they’re every bit as immersive and disorienting as before

New Evanescence album Sanctuary is the most vital thing Amy Lee has made in decades

By Holly Wright published 1 June 26

It's not quite perfect, but Sanctuary has given Evanescence a major modern upgrade

Type O Negative do both doom and gloom on October Rust

By Classic Rock Magazine published 1 June 26

October Rust: the culmination of Type O Negative’s progress from ugly ducklings to uglier swans

Violet Grohl's debut album Be Sweet To Me is a love letter to the '90s

By Emma Johnston published 29 May 26

Dave Grohl's 20-year-old daughter Violet steps into the spotlight

Saint Agnes's winning formula clicks into place on Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin

By Mark Beaumont published 28 May 26

Saint Agnes's third album Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin is a finely tuned beast

Smashing Pumpkins' Gish mixes Zep rock grooves, acid folk, shoegaze and trippy psychedelic angst

By Mark Beaumont published 28 May 26

Gish is celebrating its 35th birthday in shades of variously coloured vinyl

Paul McCartney's The Boys Of Dungeon Lane is not the late-period masterpiece you were hoping for

By Pat Carty published 28 May 26

A mixed bag from arguably the world's greatest songwriter

All Them Witches are predictably unpredictable on the delectable House Of Mirrors

By Fraser Lewry published 28 May 26

The seventh album from enigmatic Nashville rockers All Them Witches comes after a period of upheaval and regrouping

If you're looking for a killer soundtrack to summer 2026, Ecca Vandal has you covered

By Paul Brannigan published 27 May 26

The Limp Bizkit-endorsed Ecca Vandal smashes it on her second album