Articles by Paul Moody

Paul Moody is a writer whose work has appeared in the Classic Rock, NME, Time Out, Uncut, Arena and the Guardian. He is the co-author of The Search for the Perfect Pub and The Rough Pub Guide.

Articles by: Paul Moody

"A scope and ambition that still dazzles over 50 years on": Aphrodite’s Child are ambitious and utterly bonkers on the genre-shredding 666 The Apocalypse Of John

By Paul Moody published 8 November 24

A multi-format re-release of Aphrodite's Child's progressive rock masterpiece

Canterbury Scene band Soft Machine posing for a photograph in the late 60s

“I’d just fed the gerbils and was practicing how to play the saw when this head popped around the door and asked politely if I would like to join Caravan”: Inside the weird and wonderful world of The Canterbury Scene

By Paul Moody published 13 October 24

Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Hatfield And The North - how a small town in England changed progressive music forever

"Simmering tension ensures that the album comes with a few genuinely jaw-dropping moments": Blues Pills explore their demons on Birthday

By Paul Moody published 2 August 24

Multi-national retro rockers Blues Pills recapture some of their earlier purpose on fourth studio album Birthday

"18 tracks bristling with ideas and imagination": Redd Kross come full circle on melody-stuffed eighth album

By Paul Moody published 1 July 24

The first album in five years from LA power-pop titans Redd Kross

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"A typically diverse collection pulsating with positive energy": Lenny Kravitz's sings of love and libido on Blue Electric Light

By Paul Moody published 24 May 24

Lenny Kravitz's Blue Electric Light is an eclectic, fun-filled double album from the retro-centric king of cool

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20 years on, Permission To Land... Again recalls the swaggering confidence of a band about to claim their place at pop’s top table

By Paul Moody published 5 October 23

A 20th anniversary reissue of The Darkness's much-loved debut album Permission To Land, including unreleased tracks

Arctic Monkeys' stadium spectaculars are emphatic living proof that “that rock ’n’ roll” isn't dying out anytime soon

By Paul Moody published 19 June 23

Arctic Monkeys kick out precision-tooled thrills at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on their second night in North London

Revitalised and raucous, Buckcherry sound like they're just getting started

By Paul Moody published 2 June 23

Nashville rockers Buckcherry crank up the volume on their tenth album

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Mike Tramp ramps up the poignancy as he revisits the Songs Of White Lion

By Paul Moody published 14 April 23

Songs Of White Lion finds Mike Tramp revisiting the group’s best-known songs with a muscular backing band

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Fantastic Negrito's Grandfather Courage: an intriguing stop-gap on a fascinating journey

By Paul Moody published 5 February 23

Grandfather Courage is a creative left-turn from genre-hopping Oakland funkateer and bluesman Fantastic Negrito

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Sonics In The Soul is the sound of Buzzcocks rebooted and reinvigorated

By Paul Moody published 23 September 22

Mancunian punk legends Buzzcocks keep the flag flying on riotous 10th album Sonics In The Soul

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The Black Keys' Dropout Boogie: modern rock’n’roll doesn’t get any better than this

By Paul Moody published 13 May 22

Cooking up a storm, Ohio blues-rockers The Black Keys go back to basics on Dropout Boogie

Shot through with urgency, Torpedo finds Feeder still at their peak

By Paul Moody published 18 March 22

Torpedo is an explosive comeback from Brit-grunge titans Feeder

Diamond Dogs brim with boozy joie de vivre on spectacular comeback album

By Paul Moody published 21 January 22

Swedish rockers Diamond Dogs turn the amps up to 11 with a riotous glam-rock return, Slap Bang Blue Rendezvous

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Tears Of Hercules: everything you might want from an audience with Rod Stewart

By Paul Moody published 12 November 21

There's never a dull moment as pop's greatest Lothario Rod Stewart continues a late-career renaissance with Tears Of Hercules

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10 brilliant but obscure punk bands who should've been huge

By Paul Moody last updated 26 August 21

Punk didn't live and die with the Sex Pistols – as proven by these essential bands who deserve way more love than they get

David Crosby continues late-career revival with atmospheric, harmony-laden collection

By Paul Moody published 22 July 21

Out now: For Free is a meditative masterpiece from David Crosby, the high vizier of harmonic folk rock

10 obscure but brilliant 80s bands who should've been huge

By Paul Moody published 30 June 21

These bands came, they rocked, and they vanished without a trace – we look back at 10 obscure 80s bands who deserve way more love than they get

Paul McCartney fails to age on the home-recorded McCartney III

By Paul Moody published 18 December 20

Nineteenth solo album McCartney III finds Paul McCartney enjoying yet another purple patch

The 50 best Led Zeppelin songs of all time

By Paul Moody, Fraser Lewry, Classic Rock published 22 October 20

Led Zeppelin may have shunned singles, but they wrote the greatest songs in rock – here, 50 of the very best

The Rolling Stones: Goat's Head Soup (deluxe edition)

The Rolling Stones' Goat's Head Soup: retaining the whiff of sex, sleaze and violence

By Paul Moody published 4 September 20

Remastered, multi-format edition of the Rolling Stones’ 1973 classic Goat's Head Soup, with previously unheard tracks

Back Street Crawler: Atlantic Years 1975-1976

Back Street Crawler's Atlantic Years 1975-1976 - a truncated tribute to Paul Kossoff

By Paul Moody published 28 August 20

Four-CD compilation of Paul Kossoff's post-Free output with Back Street Crawler

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Best Of Everything album review

By Paul Moody published 1 March 19

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' career-spanning double CD compilation, also available on quadruple vinyl

The Struts: Young & Dangerous album review

By Paul Moody published 25 October 18

Walk this way: superlative second album from fast-rising Derby rockers The Struts

RSO - Radio Free America album review

By Paul Moody published 26 June 18

Power couple Richie Sambora and Orianthi cast their net beyond the guitar crowd

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