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Megadeth  Megadeth

With his final studio album, Dave Mustaine closes the curtains on a thrash metal institution without the communal gravitas of a proper farewell Pitchfork

Lucinda Williams  World's Gone Wrong

Lucinda Williams’ world-weary new album takes comfort in rootsy rock’n’roll with a casual, authoritative swing that belies its stylistic range Pitchfork

Lucinda Williams  World's Gone Wrong

The type of record that restores faith that rock and roll might just outlast the current state of chassis in global politics Hot Press

Dead Dads Club  Dead Dads Club

It’s as lyrically urgent and cathartic as he needs to be on this record, disarming himself from his own self-defences and expressing emotional vulnerability, to simply express that he has nothing left to give Far Out

Louis Tomlinson  How Did I Get Here?

There is a striking balance in the 12 songs here between respecting the pop formulas that strike the right chord among a wide-ranging audience and trying to introduce elements from other genres or sub-genres that might be unfamiliar to any specific individual listener Beats Per Minute

Lucinda Williams  World's Gone Wrong

Secret Love represents a definitive consolidation of the band’s identity, marking a sophisticated transition toward a more intricate and atmospheric sonic landscape XS Noize

Zach Bryan  With Heaven On Top

There’s a great record about maternal loss, addiction across generations, faith, and the American Dream somewhere inside With Heaven On Top’s ambitious but flawed 78-minute runtime Paste Magazine

Zach Bryan  With Heaven On Top

The massively successful songwriter offers two versions of his 25-song new album: solo and full-band. At his best, he shows he’s learning to paint on a larger canvas The Arts Desk

Zach Bryan  With Heaven On Top

The superstar's latest is a 25-track behemoth in which he wrestles with everything from ICE to his messy recent past — while making the musical splurge sound considered and accomplished Rolling Stone

Zach Bryan  With Heaven On Top

Comforting yet absorbing, timeless but timely, a space to escape in while still feeling challenged, and still feeling entertained. Whatever it is, Zach Bryan has cracked it Clash

Zach Bryan  With Heaven On Top

Bryan explores movement and memory on With Heaven on Top, an expansive country album that honors the past while charging into the future Consequence Of Sound

Dead Dads Club  Dead Dads Club

It's an energetic affair, a barrelling collision of Britpop and electro, lots of distorted vocals, the sort of thing you don't hear so much anymore. Print edition only Record Collector

Dead Dads Club  Dead Dads Club

The album is a great showcase for the Fontaines D.C. guitarist's production skills, which makes even occasionally inert material punchy and dynamic. Print edition only Mojo

Dead Dads Club  Dead Dads Club

Chilli Jesson (Palma Violets, Fontaines D.C.) has taken the long road to the top – but he's picking up momentum on his debut album fronting Dead Dads Club The Skinny

Dead Dads Club  Dead Dads Club

Produced by Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell, the record turns a period of grief into triumph NME