Maff have a solid foundation to build from, with the strength of the song-writing and a promising amalgamation of classic alternative guitar styles marking them out as ones to watch. – By Rich Buley.

An album of supremely executed, instrumental post rock, underpinned by an inherent understanding of ambient drones and sonic landscaping. By Rich Buley

Flying Saucer Attack sit here, somewhere in the black and quite appropriately I suppose, and they provide a widescreen interpretation of all that is dark, unknown, and slightly threatening, but it is entirely tranquil and totally beguiling. By Rich Buley

Displays a style and distinction of sound that consummates their identity as an exceptionally talented instrumental rock band, but one residing at the dreamier end of the spectrum. By Rich Buley.

For those discovering 93MillionMilesFromTheSun for the first time with this album, there is absolutely nothing intrinsically wrong with the record, and it would certainly provide a basic introduction to this special band. By Rich Buley

It is a very special thing indeed to have a thoroughly convincing manifestation of Loop recording and releasing music again after all these years. By Rich Buley.

Flyying Colours are delivering a revved up, Australian version of the kind of glistening, all-encompassing Noise Pop that made us all fall in love with the likes of Ride and Kitchens Of Distinction in the first place. Keep up the excellent work, please. By Rich Buley.

If La Casa al Mare can move onto a debut album and find the same dynamic range, involving depth and melodic intent regularly displayed on this EP, we could be in for a bonafide Shoegaze classic. By Rich Buley.

The opening track is worth the admission money alone, and Cheatahs are maturing quickly as a band and are likely to broaden their musical horizons, and mine, still further on future releases. By Rich Buley

Westkust have delivered a scorching debut album full of fervour and melodic intent, that should see their profile rise considerably. By Rich Buley.

Please come back to the UK quickly next time Jakob – your music is sensational. Rich Buley reports back from the New Zealand post rock behemoth’s triumphant return to the UK.

Based on the evidence of their earlier material and this, their debut album, Wired to Follow should soon be seeing a multitude of science fiction soundtrack offers from the world of film and television. By Rich Buley.

New Candys are fundamentally a rock and roll band, and on ‘New Candys As Medicine’, they do both in abundance, surrounded in a fair degree of fuzz and an oh so inviting darkness. By Rich Buley.

Across the first four albums Swervedriver’s sound developed quickly, and the dreamy, majestic alternative rock that is on show here is eminently more representative. By Rich Buley

Dying is the name of the album but very rarely has a debut sounded so alive and uncompromising. Just be sure that you don’t mistake the life you can hear for the overwhelming infestation of scuttling cockroaches. By Rich Buley

A triumphant, ferocious return for the band once labelled as New York’s loudest. Perhaps we should now also add ‘finest’ to that description. By Rich Buley

An excellent return from one of the best modern exponents of melodic noise rock on the planet. By Rich Buley

When they do find their melodic and dynamic range, as on the glorious ‘Umi’, the results are nothing short of spectacular. By Rich Buley.

For the most part the desolation found here is neither especially windswept nor tear-jerking, and the album as a whole feels rather unhealthily smothered in gloom. By Rich Buley.

Ultimately, the album suffers from the lack of a stunner or two, a couple of 3 minute hook-laden ‘Sweetness and Light’s’ which would potentially carry the rest of the album beyond its rather patchy and fitful status. By Rich Buley

Too often solo, instrumental projects of this nature can be self-indulgent, manufactured and lifeless , but The Virgance has avoided these pitfalls expertly, and given us an album that can float with serene ambience and fly with fierce intensity. By Rich Buley