The Cold Stares' Heavy Shoes: infusing their blues with a dose of rock classicism
Heavy-blues duo The Cold Stares tread a new path on fourth album Heavy Shoes
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Blacktop Mojo shine on album of arena-sized anthems
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Rega Planar 3 review
The British manufacturer took two years to overhaul one of its most iconic turntables – but was it worth it?
Shure SE425 Wired earbuds review
These sound-isolating buds are designed to breathe new life into your music
Sepultura's SepulQuarta: fans craving reimaginings risk disappointment
South America’s metal standard-bearers Sepultura bring out the big guns with live album SepulQuarta – and misfire
GosT's Rites Of Love And Reverence: the dark side claims another synthwave scalp
GosT goes further into post-punk on killer new album Rites Of Love And Reverence
The Quireboys: A Bit Of What You Fancy - Album Of The Week Club review
The Quireboys' debut album A Bit Of What You Fancy took the Stones and Faces template and used it to throw one helluva party
George Harrison's solo creative peak expanded but still charming
All Things Must Pass shows former Beatle George Harrison really hitting his creative stride
Brian May provides bangs for bucks as Back To The Light gets a makeover
Queen guitarist Brian May steps out the shadows as 1992's Back To The Light gets a polish
Night Ranger underwhelm as songwriting falls short on ATBPO
AOR heroes Night Ranger drop the ball on 13th studio album ATBPO
Lingua Ignota's Sinner Get Ready: haunting, intricate and wonderfully complex
The underground’s most electrifying artist Lingua Ignota unleashes a folk horror masterwork with Sinner Get Ready
Bad Company: Straight Shooter - Album Of The Week Club review
Recorded just three months after their debut, Bad Company's Straight Shooter was more of the same. Or was it?
Big Big Train - Common Ground review
Not yet ratedUnlucky 13? No chance. Classic prog’s modern-day flag bearers have survived a career-threatening crisis to deliver one of their finest albums yet.
Manipulations Of The Mind is intriguing proof of Geezer Butler's artistry
Geezer Butler's Manipulations Of The Mind collection is the most fascinating solo material from any of the original Sabbath members
Common Ground sounds like the album Big Big Train have been meaning to make all along
Prog-leaning collective Big Big Train hit a creative and likely commercial peak on Common Ground
Swallow The Sun's 20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live In Helsinki: encapsulating melancholy and might
Finland’s revered miserablists Swallow The Sun hold a majestic commemoration with 20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live In Helsinki
King Woman's Celestial Blues: from understated elegance to skull-rattling thunderclap
San Francisco’s atmospheric doom voyagers King Woman extend their singular vision with second album Celestial Blues
