A consistently sparkling Weezer album. [Nov 2014, p.97]

Luke Winslow-King capably swirls the myriad strands of Americana. [Aug 2018, p.89]

This set contains some wastage, but more than enough demented brilliance to merit serious consideration. [Aug 2018, p.96]

So, far from being another vault-raiding cash-grab by the label, it's a privilege and an honour. occasionally dreamlike. [Dec 2019, p.88]

This 20th-anniversay reissue is a reminder of just how great [White Pony] was and is. ... [Black Stallion is] a uniformly impressive feat of deconstruction and reconstruction. [Feb 2021, p.90]

Howlin Rain have fashioned an album that eschews the harder rocking moves of predecessor The Alligator Bride for a mellower although no less impactful approach. [Oct 2021, p.74]

An overall very classy and engaging collection from a singer perhaps largely unsung as a songwriter. [Jul 2022, p.81]

The lone misstep is Bernard Butler's Not Alone, which without soaring strings loses much of its defining defiance. Caveat aside, this is an album of warmth and depth. [May 2026, p.74]

Just plain beautiful.

["It's A;right, It's OK" is] Yet another foray into shameless retro pastiche, then, but it concludes this gloomy, ear-bashing album with a welcome blast of rousing optimism. [Jul 2013, p.90]

God knows what genre it is, but Fairytale Codex is an arty trip into the unknown well worth making. [Summer 2025, p.77]

There's way more Breeders-reminiscent 90s alt. meat on the bones. [Nov 2023, p.81]

This is modern life sliced up with the precision of a medical scalpel and then force-fed through a high-density filter of piss and vinegar.

Discount the fillers, which are of high, if throwaway, quality and you've a strong 12-banger cracker of a record. [Aug 2025, p.72]

It’s smart: acerbic and politically charged in its bleakness.

Oddly, the title track, a low-key ballad, is the least satisfying song on offer here. It's the only aberration. [Summer 2013, p.94]

The only problem is that the album is too long. [Feb 2015, p.96]

Garwood sounds like he's found whatever he's been blindly searching for. [Apr 2015, p.99]

The gentle acoustic strums and electric licks, all wrapped in lush melodies and driven by Pete Fij’s worn yet honeyed voice, both mask and enhance the ennui here.

It feels retro, a description you can bet Flat Worms would be proud of.

Good to hear the quiet one speaking up again. [Nov 2018, p.80]

Servants Of The Sun is their most cohesive, joyous and beautiful record yet. [Aug 2019, p.82]

With elegant electronics and playful retro-futurism, as on the tile track and Electric Sheep, Flür reminds these days of Dieter Meier and Yello. [Apr 2022, p.77]

Feels like the work of a man who’s rediscovered his mojo.

While Stephen Wilson Jr. and Sierra Ferrell prove to be capable duet partners, Nelson excels alone with guitar. [Aug 2025, p.77]

An ambitious, album worth investing in. [Jun 2026, p.75]

The odd latter-half song gets lost in the sonics, but mostly Kiwi's stew hasn't lost its taste. [Sep 2022, p.73]

A grower, this. ... It's Tim Buckley to Beefheart to Bert Jansch and beyond. [Jun 2018, p.87]