Red Hot Chili Peppers: By The Way - Album Of The Week Club review
John Frusciante returns and the Red Hot Chili Peppers hand over the reins. The result? Doo-wop harmonies, less funk, and critical acclaim
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Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE3 Review
Not yet ratedThe gang’s back together: Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin reunite the dream team for LTE’s first new album of instrumental prog genius in 22 years.
Motorpsycho set the dials to ‘rocking’ on Kingdom Of Oblivion
Cult Norwegian psych-heads Motorpsycho release their 25th album Kingdom Of Oblivion. Or maybe it's their 27th
The Vintage Caravan wield immense, primal riffs on the aptly titled Monuments
Out now: behold the glory of the riff on Icelandic trio The Vintage Caravan's fifth album Monuments
Jethro Tull embraced the zeitgeist on A. How does it stack up 40 years on?
Out today: Jethro Tull's A - one original album lovingly expanded to three CDs and three DVDs
Finding Wildflowers is a mellow snapshot of a maturing Tom Petty
Tom Petty's Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) is a bouquet picked of versions which strayed from the path
Greta Van Fleet come into their own during The Battle At Garden's Gate
Out now: Much-hyped Michigan siblings Greta Van Fleet diversify successfully on second album The Battle At Garden's Gate
Devil Sold His Soul’s new album Loss is a cinematic triumph over turmoil
Cinematic post-hardcore heroes Devil Sold His Soul put a turbulent decade behind them on new album Loss
While She Sleeps’ Sleeps Society is a beacon of hope in troubled times
While She Sleeps tweak the formula with impressive results on new album Sleeps Society
Audio-Technica AT-LP3 review
Updated The more affordable cousin of Audio-Technica's award-winning AT-LP5 turntable is a true automatic for the people
Pro-Ject Essential III review
Updated The Austrian manufacturer’s third generation of its award-winning budget turntable series. But is it still essential?
Bonnie Raitt: Nick Of Time - Album Of The Week Club review
Bonnie Raitt's redemption came in the shape of the multi-million selling Nick Of Time after splitting with her original label and hooking up with Don Was
Cannibal Corpse’s Violence Unimagined: death metal legends gouge out a new classic
They may have been around since the dawn of time, but Cannibal Corpse’s new album Violence Unimagined is perilously addictive
Rega Planar 1 review
UPDATED Sitting pretty at the top of our best budget turntables list, the Rega Planar 1 is a record player that belies its budget price tag
Robert Calvert - The Last Starfighter review
Not yet ratedRemix project celebrating ex-Hawkwind frontman produces mixed results.
Geoff Tate gives the fans what they want on Sweet Oblivion' Relentless
Sweet Oblivion' Relentless shows it's all 'ryche now as former Queensryche frontman Geoff Tate revives the sound of his early years
Cheap Trick's In Another World is one of their best albums yet
Veteran American genre leaders Cheap Trick continue to fuse power and pop with panache on In Another World
Tough It Out Live is proof that FM are still the finest AOR band the UK has ever produced
Melodic rockers FM's classic second album Tough It Out, now live and lively
The Underfall Yard by Big Big Train: burnished and soulful
Big Big Train's The Underfall Yard, the grandest British prog album of the 21st century, gets even grander
