London alt-rock revivalists Grand Central sound a lot like the Smashing Pumpkins; if they were to somehow acquire their own sound, they could be dangerous.

Veteran titans of California’s desert rock scene, Fu Manchu return with filthy riffs aplenty on their tenth studio album, Signs Of Infinite Power.

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.

If you’re hankerin’ for some home-grown British garage fuzz fun, “OCD Go Go Girls” by Lovvers will be the best value 99 pence you spend next week. Do it.

The Warlocks are back again, and new album The Mirror Explodes introduces a darker undercurrent to their established drugged-out hazy aesthetic.

Turn on, tune in, wig out: The Crocodiles resurrect the drug-drone fuzz of Spacemen 3 and friends in preparation for a long hot Summer of Hate.

Danish retro-rockers Highway Child are following the footsteps of their idols a little too closely on their debut album On the Old Kings Road.

Danish stoners Fuzz Manta are blowing more than Smokerings on their debut album; female-fronted fuzz rock hasn’t sounded this good in years.

Cherry Choke’s eponymous album of stoner garage is hamstrung by a lack of production; there’s capturing the moment, and then there’s missing the boat.

Brian Molko and company return with “For What It’s Worth”, a fuzzy and brow-furrowed teaser single for the forthcoming and long awaited Placebo album.