Thirteen acts from the UK rock underground return to the material of Kilnenny’s finest sons on pretty decent covers collection Pledge: A Tribute To Kerbdog.

Sardinian oddballs De Grinpipol have some great garage-pop to share on this self-released and eponymous debut album. Quirky, and full of Mediterranean sunshine.

A career-spanning retrospective, Decades Apart catches marginal punk icons The Stranglers at their best… but also, rather unfortunately, at their worst.

I don’t know what precedent there is for it, but Crime In Stereo’s new album I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone gives hardcore a good hard kick in the arse.

Matt Skiba and friends are still cranking out the albums… but This Addiction says it’s time for Alkaline Trio to retire gracefully from the field of battle.

Self-funded indie-rock five-piece Trail deliver one great track and an album full of not-so-much on debut full-length To The Rest Of The World.

Another Belgian oddity from the Jezus Factory – if you’re looking for some dreamy summer-y psyche-pop, it’s time to grab a cold beer and say Hello Strumpets.

Yet more by-the-numbers box-ticking chart fodder from Young Guns, recently voted “band most likely to disappear up the collective arse of Lostprophets”.

Finely-named Welsh retro-poppers Houdini Dax us a BBC live session to resurrect the fun vibe of late sixties psyche-rock without the dumb chindie swagger.

Essex pop-metal youngsters Kenai drive another nail into the coffin-lid of commercial rock with a straight-faced version of Ne-Yo’s “Closer”. Yawn-arama.