Recent world events demand some kind of visceral response, and sonically, musically and emotionally, Hidden City's primal, from-the-heart worldview represents just that, unwittingly or not. [Mar 2016, p.90]

Never willfully ramshackle or unfocused, Women tread the line between discord and delight with deceptive style. [Sep 2010, p.96]

It's elemental Underworld, and their most generous work in years. [Apr 2016, p.86]

[A] wonderfully scrappy debut. [Feb 2015, p.95]

Matthew Sweet returns with a tenth tune-fest that's equal parts sunny delight and cathartic, Posiesesque bluster. [Oct 2008, p.106]

Fantastic stuff. [Feb 2014, p.102]

[The album boasts] more accomplished songwriting than some bands manage in a career. [Mar 2014, p.96]

That Aurthur Jeffes--son of late Penguin Cafe orchestra founder Simon Jeffes--is a chip off the old block is becoming increasingly clear. [Mar 2014, p.91]

There's bountiful fun to be had pledging your inner teen's allegiance to Ho99o9's burning flag. [Jul 2017, p.93]

A tremendous (and timely) distraction from the bad news from the desert this year. [May 2013, p.85]

It's guitarist Kaye Woodward who remains the band's covert star: her fuzzy solo on 'Crimson Enemy, limpid precision on 'Satellites'a dncrystalline backing vocals throughout represent thefairy dust on a record full of highs. [Jul 2009, p.97]

If the album has a fault, it's in sequencing, with some of stronger moments low in the pecking order. [May 2015, p.99]

Brief yet hugely entertaining debut. [Sep 2020, p.83]

The Brooklyn foursome's debut is the work of some feverishly creative minds, as it effortlessly genre-hops between dusty Americana, Breeders-style angular art-pop and off-kilter folk. [Jun 2016, p.93]

Challenging and sometimes extraordinarily beautiful. [Mar 2002, p.108]

There's a real poignancy to waltz-time close The War, which is partly a tribute to the late Labour politician Jo Cox, but Gilmore also houses rally calls amid floorfillers. [Aug 2017, p.96]

Timely stuff. [May 2014, p.88]

If harvest Moon ever threatened to melt your teetch, now's the chance to really bite down. If You already love iut, you can get a sugar rush all over again. Win-win. [Feb 2010, p.112]

Songs For The General Public astonishes and delights. [Sep 2020, p.83]

More confident that last year's transitional Drop, this new line-up's second album together finds Nick Murray's drumming busy and complex, but thrillingly so, lending sophistication to the band;s trademark trash-psych. [Jul 2015, p.91]

Thrillingly raw, it captures the pair at their most streamlined, visceral and direct, disproving F Scott Fitzgerald's theory about second acts. [Jun 2024, p.86]

Maisha builds on the old man's legacy by digging deeper into their background while allowing British producers Oli Barton-Wood and Tom Excell to add further layers in the mix. [Jul 2024, p.86]

Placed in the modern setting and told in the universal language of folk music, her tales all ring true. [Aug 2024, p.83]

That's a lot of black power in every sense and edition. And this time, you can get up and dance on the grass all you want. [Apr 2023, p.92]

The most cohesive Gorillaz album since Demon Days 15 years ago. [Dec 2020, p.81]

The songwriting revealed another unique strength: commercial hooks wedded to allegorical poetry. [Dec 2020, p.96]

Whatever the sonic weather, Gira's spiritual austerity remains unimpaired.[Nov 2019, p.89]

He makes it all the juxtapositions and fusions feel fresh and natural.[Mar 2026, p.80]