Warm acoustic guitars and spookily ethereal vocals add up to understated soundtrack music for a road trip through the Scottish countryside. [Jan 2007, p.134]

The gently frenetic interplay between instruments works in the opener "Cut From The Cloth," but tires after nine carbon copies. [Jan 2007, p.134]

Saturday Night Wrist proves yet again that Deftones have a corner on the transcendental-metal market. [Dec 2006, p.192]

What... is immediately evident is the extent to which McKay has grown as a musician. [Feb 2006, p.130]

It's certainly a leap further into the ethereal weirdness that defined 2004's shoegaze- and electronics-inspired Panopticon. [Nov 2006, p.192]

The Black Parade is MCR's whole raison d'etre rolled up into one mega-decibel calling card. [Nov 2006, p.179]

Their most accomplished and least anxious record yet. [Nov 2006, p.182]

Pussy Cats reveals facets of the Walkmen's personality that their originals haven't explored. [Dec 2006, p.189]

The songs tend to meander along without a sense of overall purpose. [Dec 2006, p.188]

For the most part, the album eschews the elaborate orchestration that defined his solo debut in lieu of atmospheric--and expansive--rock songs. [Nov 2006, p.186]

The songs sound more like a collection of B-sides than a new album. [Dec 2006, p.206]

Only time will accord the Bloods with the same kind of reverence given to such old-school avatars as Gang Of Four, Wire and Public Image Ltd. Wait and see. [Nov 2006, p.194]

There's not a single song that's captivating enough to hold our attention. [Dec 2006, p.188]

It seems like Hinson puts far more energy into conveying some sense of backwoods authenticity than writing songs that inspire any type of real emotion. [Oct 2006, p.200]

Much of Normal Happiness combines the effortless charm of classic power-pop with elements of prog as put through the filter of early Genesis or Ween; kind of like that last New Pornographers disc, but better. [Nov 2006, p.188]

One of the brightest and catchy offerings for Sub Pop all year. [Nov 2006, p.188]

It's nothing short of their highest point to date. [Nov 2006, p.188]

Overall, this collision of dirty loops and polished pop is Information you need. [Dec 2006, p.198]

A cluttered, derivative mess. [Dec 2006, p.200]

These guys sound like they don't even understand why punks and classic rockers drink at separate bars. [Nov 2006, p.198]

Chapter Two boasts more dance-music artists than the first volume did, which allows greater leeway for the DFA to build glitteringly gritty club epics that don't stop till you get enough. [Nov 2006, p.206]

Here's the thing about originality... You don't really need it when you play this proficiently. [Dec 2006, p.188]

The Crane Wife isn't automatic for the people yet, but it's far from green. [Nov 2006, p.188]

The sextet take glitchy electronics, nerdy psychedelic rock and various forms of hip-hop to create a completely over-the-top concept album--and it works perfectly. [Dec 2006, p.208]

The Lemonheads is the album Dando should have made 10 years ago, and poppy punk ain't what it used to be. [Nov 2006, p.200]

Knives Don't Have Your Back is like the soundtrack to an excellent Alfred Hitchcock film. [Oct 2006, p.200]

Shows signs of nuance and restraint--relatively speaking. [Oct 2006, p.214]

More proof that sophomore efforts don't have to be sleepy. [Oct 2006, p.212]