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Queens Of The Stone Age  Perfecth

Josh Homme and co open their hearts to deliver their most intimate and adventurous work yet on album number nine NME

DIIV  ZIRP!

Los Angeles band offer up an ambitious, unflinching look at where the ills of capitalism have taken us NME

Queens Of The Stone Age  Perfecth

Instead of wearing death as a costume, they embrace it entirely as a rite of passage. Perfecth easily their biggest swing yet, and they pull it off with a swagger. Come along for the ritual, Josh Homme's got the butcher's cleaver Exclaim

Fontaines D.C.  Dopamine Chamber

I don't know if Dopamine Chamber is destined for next-level success and massive airplay, but if there's a rock band built for the modern era and its sensibilities, it's Fontaines D.C Sputnik Music (staff)

Queens Of The Stone Age  Perfecth

On their ninth release, Perfecth, Queens of the Stone Age display the full array of their sound to pinpoint distinct emotions PopMatters

Queens Of The Stone Age  Perfecth

Josh Homme delivers their warmest, wisest and most emotionally direct album yet Uncut

Queens Of The Stone Age  Perfecth

John Homme and co's ninth album marks a move away from their signature blunt riffs and opens the door to a mood far more reflective and wistful musicOMH

DIIV  ZIRP!

DIIV’s colossal shoegaze may have made them grow a little leaden, but ZIRP! is an overcorrection. In shrinking down their scale, DIIV end up missing out on what made them, them The Line Of Best Fit

DIIV  ZIRP!

The album is a bold swing, but perhaps not the one the band needed Slant Magazine

Michael Kiwanuka  Fudge

A mostly brilliant effort from Michael Kiwanuka that serves as a showcase for his improvements in songwriting, as well as his ear for great melodies Spill Magazine

Tony Iommi  From The Dark

From The Dark is a strong, latter career highlight that sees Iommi seamlessly pickup from where he left off over a decade ago in what hopefully ignites the start of a new era for Iommi Spill Magazine

Michael Kiwanuka  Fudge

A portrait of an artist in-progress — still learning, still adapting and still evolving rather than staying complacent and safe once set Exclaim

Michael Kiwanuka  Fudge

This LP seems to have more of a hazy, late night essence. There is still an underlying melancholia but there is something lighter and hopeful. The strings are euphoric, the extended codas are extravagant and kaleidoscopic, stretching out for ever and ever in a glorious wall of sound, as on ‘Just Another Moment’ God Is In The TV

Fontaines D.C.  Dopamine Chamber

While there is no doubt Fontaines D.C. will rightly go down as one of the era’s greats, this LP shows them struggling to close the gap between ambition and lasting impact PopMatters

Wishy  Natures Pill

Indianapolis indie poppers Wishy take their sound to a new level of craftsmanship and catchiness with Nature’s Pill. It’s one of the year’s best records PopMatters