It's the little touches that make Daydream so appealing. [Nov 2006, p.190]

Yes, the journey is often challenging, but that's what makes it unforgettable. [Dec 2006, p.190]

All Amputechture does is test patience. [Oct 2006, p.200]

This disc is actually a better recap of the Yo team's past than last year's triple-disc best-of collection. [Nov 2006, p.190]

Shows LaValle exploring new and exciting sonic territory with mostly positive results. [Oct 2006, p.200]

Though lifeless songs such as "Estranged" still remind you of LeMaster's yawn-inducing past, the rest of Dark Light Daybreak suggests he should've stretched out like this a long time ago. [Nov 2006, p.200]

Hearing Blood Mountain in its entirety is like awaking from a coma to discover you have working ears. [Oct 2006, p.206]

For a bunch of comedians, the Electric Six sure are talented musicians. [Dec 2006, p.189]

Even if you can't fully grasp the disc's existential subject matter, Happy Hollow is still a pleasure on the ears. [Sep 2006, p.207]

The sound is closer to the Boss' Nebraska--as Will Oldham would have done it--haunting, reflective and drowning in sorrow. [Oct 2006, p.200]

The result: a CD without hooks, impressive guitar pyrotechnics, or anything else, really. [Sep 2006, p.226]

Avatar is further proof that Comets On Fire are one of the most relevant bands of this decade. [Sep 2006, p.214]

It's a summertime record guaranteed to freak out half the "Surfing USA" fans in the world. [Oct 2006, p.202]

Remember's strength is in its time-warp atmosphere. [Sep 2006, p.228]

As much fun as a desperado can have without going on a tri-state crime spree. [Oct 2006, p.214]

Occasionally, Roderick gets in the way of himself and makes the proceedings more difficult than they should be. [Sep 2006, p.214]

While Personality is all masterful and ambitious, nothing really sticks in the end. [Sep 2006, p.232]

Too big for the shallows, White Whale are at their best when pushing out into the depths of dense melodies and sea-breezy lyrics. [Sep 2006, p.216]

The songs on ANother Fine Day are almost good enough to appear on any of the records made during the band members' day jobs. [Sep 2006, p.226]

An appealing album. [Sep 2006, p.214]

Sweaty and thick, convincingly urgent and highly sexual. [Jul 2006, p.210]

Monochrome is marred by Hamilton's vocals. [Sep 2006, p.218]

Quite an impressive start. [Aug 2006, p.206]

Each of the dozen tracks on his debut is a fully realized vignette that makes a particular locale startlingly vivid. [Sep 2006, p.230]

Revelations is Muse's best work yet primarily because of the fluid balance it keeps between excess and restraint. [Aug 2006, p.220]

If anything, the quality of Stevens' B-sides further validates the folk-hero legacy he's begun. [Sep 2006, p.212]

Somewhat mirthless and at times downright android-sexy, The Eraser is what many Radiohead fans have come to expect from Yorke in recent years. [Sep 2006, p.228]

Unsurprisingly, he's at his best when he's melding heartfelt lyrics with otherworldly noise. [Sep 2006, p.230]