Decidedly queasy listening throughout. [Apr 2015, p.98]

It's rock'n'roll for aging urchins who don't know how to quit. [Apr 2015, p.98]

The basic country sounds frame a compelling singer. [Apr 2015, p.97]

Marred only slightly by a couple of scrappy tunes, the album feels like a life-affirming reminder of anarchist Emma Goldman's celebrated maxim that the only worthwhile revolution is one you can dance to. [Apr 2015, p.96]

It's a joy to discover that not only is he refusing to mellow with age, but also the output from this trio is so heavy. [Apr 2015, p.95]

It's to Gill's credit that the band have retained their venom, spitting out terse rhythms and thick squirts of electronica. [Apr 2015, p.95]

A highly more-ish record with real soul and class. [Mar 2015, p.88]

The best moments aren't the straightforward boogie tunes--some of the album sounds like a backwater George Thorogood--but on the numbers where other influences creep in. [Mar 2015, p.93]

This brilliant and beautifully captured set positively vibrates with the atmosphere and thrills that incandescent Warren and his funk 'n' fury-informed cohorts bring to the material. [Mar 2015, p.89]

F.E.A.R. is so overripe it's fermenting. [Mar 2015, p.91]

It sounds like just another FFAF album. [Mar 2015, p.91]

It makes for a compelling listen. [Mar 2015, p.90]

A case of more darkness required. [Mar 2015, p.94]

As the soundtrack to the black mass ritual of their ardent followers, From the Very Depths more than delivers. [Mar 2015, p.89]

Father's Day [was] inspired by his recently departed dad and explaining this subtly insidious album's overall reflective mood. [Mar 2015, p.90]

It takes a few listens to hook in its claws, but when it does they're fixed forever. [Feb 2015, p.98]

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

This is Rancid at their leanest. [Feb 2015, p.96]

It's not just the most svelte, direct and immediate Pumpkins album ever, it's the most misleadingly titled. [Feb 2015, p.94]

Super-smooth strings, bluesy stomps and immense righteousness are crammed into this varied, if oddly disparate selection. [Feb 2015, p.98]

That search for perfection, his own predilection, goes on, gorgeously lit by this. [Feb 2015, p.99]

It's highly agreeable background music for those who prefer to keep the curtains closed. [Nov 2014, p.91]

This is the first time she has really let go and experimented, and she's pulled it off with aplomb. [Jul 2014, p.97]

It charts its course with verve and accessibility, offering a masterclass in powerfully economic guitar rock. [Jul 2014, p.97]

They manage to skillfully maintain the the same semblance of being perennially on the verge of collapsing in a heap of broken guitar strings, trashed drum kit and feedback, while retaining the visceral gut-punch of the tightest, heaviest metal badasses. [Jul 2014, p.95]

Overall, time has not diminished Frame's evergreen gift for bittersweet, heart-twanging introspection. [Jul 2014, p.95]

Dan Auerbach's production is warmly intimate, LaMontangne's singing a quiet marvel. [Jul 2014, p.95]

Tunes like Autograph and Hometown Blues rush forward with purpose and verve. [Jul 2014, p.95]