These are the end times, kids. If hating the hell out of Bowling For Soup‘s “My Wena” is wrong, then I don’t ever want to be right ever again.

New Yorican trio-next-door Vivian Girls return with Everything Goes Wrong, a second album that’s fuller and more consistent than their ragged debut.

Part Chimp may be aping (arf!) Micheal Jackson by titling their latest album Thriller, but its sludgy noise rock stylings are a little underwhelming.

Universal are reissuing remastered versions of five mid-career Black Sabbath albums, from Volume 4 through to Never Say Die! Here’s why you should spend your money on something else instead.

Turn on, tune up, rock out – it’s time to get yourself a Contact High from garage psyche-rock maestros You’re Smiling Now But We’ll All Turn Into Demons.

Tired of sissy pop-punk and retro rock? Try sampling a New Junk Aesthetic, and allow Every Time I Die to wage a war on your as-yet unsullied eardrums.

The summer may be over (if we can even be said to have had one), but Dinosaur Jr still capture the warm fuzzy glow of sunshine on latest single “Pieces”.

Chicagoan electro-rock gloomsters The Glide prove that self-released debuts don’t have to be rubbish with A Future For The Dead. Listen and learn, kids.

Apparently, Reading-born Meretto moved to London to chase their dreams of indie-rock stardom. Hopefully they’ve got themselves jobs to while away the long wait.

Veteran German pop-punk’n'rollers The Donots return to the fray an rewrite the rulebook with a raucous good-time mini-album titled To Hell With Love.