Simple Minds's Direction Of The Heart: elder statesmen with nothing left to prove
Veteran Scot-rock stadium flouncers Simple Minds continue their autumnal purple patch with Direction Of The Heart
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The Libertines' expanded Up The Bracket is an 85-headed reminder of their greatness
Lavishly expanded 20th-anniversary edition of The Libertines' first album Up The Bracket
Architects’ The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit: former metalcore heroes shoot for arena rock success
Album review: metalcore breakdowns are out, big hooks and bigger ambition are in on Architects’ The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit
The Doors: Other Voices - Album Of The Week Club review
When Jim Morrison died in Paris, the other three members of The Doors completed the sessions they'd started, and the Jim-less Other Voices emerged just three months later
David Longdon's Door One: a poignant reminder of a great talent in full, unfettered flight
Door One is a sophisticated, beautifully realised posthumous solo album from Big Big Train frontman David Longdon
Gun's The Calton Songs: a rum affair indeed
Scots rockers Gun re-record some of their hits on The Calton Songs, with varied results
Corky Laing: still hard rockin' after 50 years
The sleighride rolls on as Corky Laing calls upon Michael Monroe, Ian Hunter and more for Finnish Sessions album
A cultural artefact from Yugoslavia's communist past for the Zappa-ophiles
Cunningly constructed from shows in Yugoslavia, Zappa '75: Zagreb / Ljubljana features less than pristine sound and two drum solos
Orianthi falls short on album that feels uneven and unfinished
Orianthi's strangely short album Rock Candy needs more killer, less filler
David Longdon – Door One: "a truly mesmerising posthumous release"
Not yet ratedThe late Big Big Train singer and multi-instrumentalist David Longdon's posthumous solo album stands as a beautifully crafted, bittersweet reminder of one of modern prog’s great talents
Alter Bridge's Pawns & Kings: this is the Rolls-Royce of Alter Bridge records
Arena rockers Alter Bridge rediscover their inner Metallica on what might be their best album yet, Pawns & Kings
Skid Row have released a full-on, victory or death, maximum rock’n’roll album
Faded-star hair-metallers Skid Row return with their best album since their best-ever album
Red Hot Chilli Peppers continue red hot creative streak
Red Hot Chilli Peppers lay out a tasty musical banquet on Return Of The Dream Canteen, their second album in six months
Space Force: a revealing glimpse into the peculiar musical mind of Todd Rundgren
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! World in shock as Todd Rundgren makes weird album Space Force
Sebastian who? Skid Row are back to their hard rocking best on The Gang’s All Here
Album review: hard rock warhorses Skid Row unveil stellar new singer Erik Grönwall on new album The Gang’s All Here
Lacuna Coil’s Comalies XX: a goth metal classic reconstructed
Album review: Lacuna Coil give 2002’s landmark album Comalies an impressive 20th anniversary do-over
Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow - Album Of The Week Club review
Every scene needs a song to carry its message to the world, and Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow provided two. But what of the rest?
Lorna Shore’s Pain Remains: brutality, bombast and ballads on 2022’s most audacious deathcore album
Album review: Lorna Shore push back the boundaries of deathcore on new album Pain Remains
Marvel's Werewolf By Night: a solid (but not scary) attempt at the MCU embracing horror
Marvel's dip into horror is a nice homage to the classics, but still has its roots in MCU fun and frolics
