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May 2022
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- Fifty years on, the cheesecloth and flares that shunned glam get another outing
- Jade Warrior's second album is visionary, pan-ethnic, and worthy of restoration
- Steve Earle & The Dukes are ragged and true on Jerry Jeff Walker tribute
- Raven's expanded Rock Until You Drop: energetic proof that 'athletic rock' should have been huge
- Another Sex Pistols compilation, another exercise in commercial cynicism
- Michael Schenker still scintillates but the songs are overwrought
- Liam Gallagher continues his unstoppable rise to mainstream ubiquity
- Def Leppard have just released their best album in 30 years
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- xPropaganda - The Heart Is Strange: "a compelling listen"
- The expanded Combat Rock is a magnificent, vital snapshot of The Clash’s glorious last stand
- Grunting, sweating, greasy downer rock from the dawn of the 70s? Step right this way
- NWOBHM footnotes Prowler finally achieve the full package
- Quartz recall purer, simpler times on riotous but poignant On The Edge Of Tomorrow
- Cave In explore the noisy landscape between grunge and metalcore on Heavy Pendulum
- Anvil's Impact Is Imminent is thunderous, goofy, and impishly diverse
- Evergrey: more crunching prog as brutal riff power pounds into the gothic bleakness
- James LaBrie: Beautiful Shade Of Grey album review
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- The Pineapple Thief - Give It Back: "sounding refreshed"
- The Pineapple Thief provide hours of spot-the-difference fun on Give It Back
- The Black Keys' Dropout Boogie: modern rock’n’roll doesn’t get any better than this
- Church Of The Cosmic Skull: your new favourite classic rock hippie sex cult
- Toyah explores unexpected sonic territory on Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!
- There's drama and passion aplenty on the Graham Bonnet Band's Day Out In Nowhere
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- Pure Reason Revolution - Above Cirrus: "a multi-faceted beast"
- Halestorm are Back From The Dead and into unashamedly maximalist territory
- Puppy are proof that rock is alive and begging for your attention
- Richard Thompson runs from beauty to cacophony on Grizzly Man soundtrack
- Pure Reason Revolution: Above Cirrus album review
- Stöner's new album is a consummate lesson in High Desert grooviness
- Jeff Scott Soto: solid but frustrating on Complicated solo album
- John Illsley's VIII: a decent album with fining playing but skip the Beatles cover
- Bonham-Bullick: powerful, immaculately played, and perfectly smoky
- The Waterboys find space for romantic and rebellious reflection on All Souls Hill
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