Tom Petty | An American Treasure
How do you sum up the career of an artist like Tom Petty? And perhaps more importantly, how do you do it in a way that the famously principled...
Christine & The Queens | Chris
The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple. That's not me talking. That's Albert Einstein. And he was definitely no dummy. So I'm not going...
Hawkwind | Road to Utopia
Quark, strangeness and charm — to the max. For their 31st studio album, Dave Brock and the latest incarnation of his long-serving space rockers Hawkwind manage to create something...
Sam Weber | New Agile Freedom EP
Some guys can sing. Some guys can play guitar. Some guys can write songs. Some guys know their way around the recording studio. Then there are guys like Sam...
Ramones | Road to Ruin 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
In 1978, The Ramones wanted everything. Or at least more than they had. You can't blame them. Two years earlier, the Queens foursome had kickstarted the American and British...
Clutch | Book of Bad Decisions
I don't know if Clutch have made more bad decisions than other bands. I do know there has to be some good reason why these mighty, magnificent Maryland maniacs...
Voivod | The Wake
Stop me if you've heard this one before: An alien spacecraft that has lain dormant on the ocean floor for millions of years suddenly powers up in response to...
Monster Truck | True Rockers
There's a time to stay in your lane and a time to break out of the pack. And to their credit, the testosterone-fuelled Hamilton headbangers of Monster Truck find...
Noname | Room 205
Too many rappers talk too much and say too little. This is not a problem that Fatimah Nyeema Warner (aka Noname) is ever likely to have. Not by a...
Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators | Living the Dream
It must be especially good to be in Slash's shoes (and top hat) these days. The veteran guitar hero truly has the best of both worlds. On the one...
Back Stories | Black Eye Peas X Green Eggs & Ham
This week in Reunions Nobody Really Asked For: The Black Eyed Peas — or at least will.i.am and the other two dudes — have reportedly resurfaced and released their first new...
Billy F. Gibbons | The Big Bad Blues
Billy Gibbons (I don't know why he needs the F; is there another famous Billy Gibbons out there?) is one of those guys who makes it look easy. Too...
Prince | Piano & A Microphone 1983
Within days of Prince's tragic and untimely death in the 2016, much of the talk and speculation quickly centred on the fate of The Vault — the insanely prolific...
Low | Double Negative
Art imitates life. Form follows function. Those basic principles fuel and rule countless artistic and creative endeavours. Including the monumental Double Negative, Low's dozenth album in 25 years.
Now, I'm...
Dead Now | Dead Now EP
The primordial sludge is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. Plenty of heavy bands do, of course. Fortunately, Dead Now ain't one of...