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Massive Attack’s LIDO festival extravaganza was protest art at its finest
Bristol’s trip-hop frontrunners build a captivating manifesto for the modern world, conveyed through staggering visuals and soundtracked by enormous, dynamic songs
Katatonia’s new era begins with Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State
Sweden’s melancholic masters successfully navigate recent choppy waters to deliver their lucky 13th album
Does a new-look Katatonia mean a bold new era? Of course not, but Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State is a gloomily gorgeous listen all the same
The first Katatonia album without Anders Nyström is just about what you'd expect, but it's still very, very good
“There’s no denying its compositional prowess”: Greenslade’s Large Afternoon Expanded
Fruits of their short-lived new-millennium reunion provides nostalgia and commentary, with live tracks containing more meat and punch
The Doobie Brothers bring back Michael McDonald on Walk This Road
Whoa-oh-whoa, they’ve brought the big gun back into the band for album number 16
"Hardcore's answer to Nirvana's Nevermind." Turnstile's Never Enough is a landmark record for alternative music and an instant, undeniable classic
With their fourth album, Turnstile have confirmed themselves as the most important and daring band to have emerged from the hardcore scene in decades
"There’s a lot less ‘James Hetfield strangling a goat’ in the singing department."
Volbeat know their formula and stick to it well - for better and worse
Ian Dury becomes an unlikely pop star on New Boots And Panties!!
Ian Dury: Equal parts music-hall scamp, art school troubadour, estuary poet and new-wave figurehead
