Dissonance, rock action, hot sex and politics: all you need for great entertainment.
It'll make you laugh and cry. After all, it's Randy Newman.
...driven along by sparse, toe tapping, head shaking, bouncy, slinky grooves.
Little Lucid Moments is a relentless effort from a band making heroic guitar music for...
Just by the law of averages Payton must have made better records than this.
When You Know is simply great, subtle music for grown ups.
Remove the filler and this is a very good album, perhaps even the last great REM album.
The best of the three post-Berry studio albums.
REM can do anything they want, including conquer the world.
Time will tell whether Matana can develop her undoubted skills into something which...
Edgy and atmospheric but never bloated or heavy handed.
You should run towards it. It's bracing and thoroughly enjoyable.
Day Trip says nothing but says it sweetly.
This is British jazz with all its virtues and a few of its faults.
With a lot more Hebden and a bit more focus this music could really sing out.
...distorted hillbilly shrieking, feral grunts, obscenity, basic rock 'n' roll riffs.
A well thought out selection that showcases the full range of their material.
Exile On Mainstream suggests Matchbox Twenty’s best music could be in their future,...
One of the defining artistic statements of the civil rights movement gets a timely...
I had to go back and listen to Song X again to clean out the sticky gunk this album...
This album has many virtues including taste, sincerity, subtlety and brevity.
This is the kind of reissue that gives jazz a good name.
Kinski in 'not chaotic enough' shock!
Not a precious second wasted in 38 brilliant minutes. They really don’t make ‘em...
More Specials has lots of quality, and is almost a classic.
Shepp's still going strong at 70, but this double helping birthday treat is a curate's...
Linkin Park need to get some fire in their bellies if they are to keep up to their own...
The puzzle is whether this record is too tasteful to live up to their world beating...
Fast, tight, and ready for action, it’s entertaining, exuberant and fun.
...Even at their worst, Wire still sound thrillingly modern.
Seattle based quartet mix minimalist moves with overdriven metallic riffing...
'Take It Away' explodes out of the speakers. It's a corker, with a classic rabble...
It sounds like The Supremes having sex with a robot in a dark alley. It's fantastic.
If you've been in a working band for twenty years, what do you do if you leave? Stop...
...Glorious pretty much sums them up.
...Status Quo don't want you to feel their pain. They want you to bang your head, jump...
The piano trio with a fondness for covering the odd rock classic return...
...Manzanera needs a fresh framework for his undoubted talents...
They took the dynamics of a rock band and turned them inside out. They added ideas...
The Killers are cool...'Somebody Told Me' is one of the singles of the year. And this...
Jane has brought out the very best in her men (and women).
This is a fascinating, moving, beautiful record. If Slipknot carry on making albums as...
Down in the basement something scary is happening...
Intriguing avant rock workouts from ex Boredoms members indulging their Krautrock...
'This is an album full of contemplative and meditative pleasures... Bowmboi is...
Comedienne and jazz singer Lea Delaria takes on songs from Patti Smith, Soundgarden,...
Has anybody ever sounded quite like Electric Six? They are bizarre, outrageous and...
Guitar drones and electronic experimentation from Band of Susans founder Robert Poss.
'When the hairs on the back of your neck stand up it's a good sign. As this Cd...
Only John Cale would write a jolly song about driving and then put a sound effect of a...
