At its finest, this album is indecently exciting. [16 Apr 2011, p.50]

Maintaining their business-as-usual ethic it's nonstop Americana-a-go-go. [15 Oct 2016, p.52]

It's almost perfect in its imperfection. [5 Dec 2015, p.50]

It's been a long wait for this, their debut album, but it's well worth it. [20 Nov 2010, p.51]

Madina Lake sound not only more organic but also more alive. [1 Oct 2011, p.51]

An EP that's more than a stopgap, Polymers ... refines the ex-McClusky men's sound without making it boring. [Nov. 19, 2011 p.52]

There's loads to admire here--but plenty to test your patience, too. [11 Jan 2014, p.54]

The Amity Affliction's most accomplished release yet. [7 Jun 2014, p.53]

The album is far heavier, rawer and rootsier than its predecessor. [3 May 2014, p.52]

It's hardly a reinvention, but it all adds to the OTT party DragonForce have been throwing for so long. [20 May 2017, p.53]

ABOMINATION is frequently a colourful, outlandish listen, bold in scope and teeming with ingenious lines.

It's a record as sweet as 20 pumpkin spice lattes, with Gravity ('She keeps pulling me like gravity, everywhere she goes') and Perfume ('I wanna make you my girl / I wanna make you my world') sticking out as notable offenders, while the equally syrupy Kiss Me Again is also a little boilerplate. That said, it’s all rather endearing, especially for those who relate enough to the sentiment to be swept up by it.

Just as Failure love to keep you on the edge of your seat musically, they also keep you guessing with their lyrics. Confounding, absorbing lines are stockpiled everywhere.

Atop these intoxicatingly addictive gems are the vocals of bandleader Kim Shattuck. [6 Sep 2014, p.54]

In a time where it seems everyone wants to make noisier music as an act of defiance against an increasingly cruel world, Jehnny Beth has found a way to stand out. She’s real, she’s raw, and everything here has such a strength of spirit to it that it feels truly alive.

It's a record that ignores its own decade-long mystique to work on being important on its own merit, through dazzling songcraft and the band's unrivaled ability to pull brightness from the most freakish and inharmonious junctures. [9 Dec 2017, p.51]

There might be a heavy dose of sarcasm in the seams of its shell-suited soul, but Super Snõõper is never arch or cynical. Rather, it’s an exhilarating endorphin rush you’ll want to return to again and again.

The music remains a force to be reckoned with. [7 Jan 2017, p.54]

In all the ways that matter, this solidifies their status as a collective still expanding upon their legacy, rather than resting on it.

Finding solace in the fight, The Hope List is a resounding show of strength from Lonely The Brave – one which points towards a future rich with possibility.

As obvious as it is to say, Baroness are completely singular in what they do.

Layered and controlled, Elsie is an album comprised of fine music and superior lyrics. [3 Sep 2011, p.51]

A reminder of how fun music can be. Sure, it’s not as joyous as Morbid Stuff, but for a stopgap to keep fans going in these bewildering times, it does the job nicely.

Mariachi El Bronx III is the rarest of things: an album that does not feature one bad song. [1 Nov 2014, p.54]

Classically Yellowcard in sound, all violins and driving drum rolls, it's a fitting tribute to their two decades on the job. [1 Oct 2016, p.52]

Elysian Woes and River prove that, whatever your favorite version of Opeth, they possess a embarrassment of riches when it comes to gorgeous melodies. [16 Aug 2014, p.53]

Hammer of The Witches finds these fiends in fine fettle. [4 Jul 2015, p.52]

10 short, smart nuggests of power-pop perfection. [22 Sep 2018, p.55]