Album of the Week

Kings Of Leon: Mechanical Bull (Columbia)

Kings Of Leon's sixth studio album, their first since 2010's Come Around Sundown, marks their first time back in a studio together since frontman Caleb Followill stormed offstage during a Texan show in July 2011, which prompted the cancellation of the rest of that tour. Rumours of their dethroning, it seems, have been greatly exaggerated.

Recorded with longtime producer and ally Angelo Petraglia in their home studio ...