The teen delivers poetic social realism. [Nov 2012, p.90]

An unpretentious euphoric debut. [Sep 2013, p.95]

[Moyet] sounds notably energised throughout this second electronic pop outing. [Aug 2017, p.94]

This second album builds on [2017's Feed The Rats'] sure foundation, the tracks now numbering six and dialling down the long-form indulgence in favour of more tightly focused song structures that sacrifice nothing in intensity. [Dec 2018, p.88]

Both halves of Legacy + prove the Kuti continuum to be in rude health. [Mar 2021, p.86]

Follow Clementine's muse, and the pay-off is huge. [Oct 2017, p.91]

This is continuing proof that the 42-year-old Gaz Coombes's best work is happening in the here and now. [May 2018, p.90]

The balming glow of the Sparhawks' sunray-through-clouds harmonies, their surfeit of haunting, enigmatic melodies, makes immersion in The Invisible Way's melancholia a sublime pleasure. [Apr 2013, p.96]

As intimate and unforced an album as I've ever heard. [Nov 2006, p.104]

Something for everyone on an album that should be a huge crossover hit. [Apr 2021, p.84]

If All Of Us Flames feels more hopeful, rest assured there is o downscaling of tension or combat. [Sep 2022, p.89]

We get bouquets as well as barbed-wire. [Jul 2025, p.84]

Strong and loose, political and personal, Pearl Jam get the balance absolutely right. [May 2020, p.84]

Like families, it's appealingly chaotic. [Apr 2016, p.96]

There might only be five songs here, but each one has a similar transformative effect. [Jul 2022, p.88]

A questing, festering record, Face Stabber isn't for the faint-hearted, but its lows are outnumbered by exhilarating highs. [Sep 2019, p.95]

Slow Focus isn't without merit but you yearn for more. [Aug 2013, p.91]

The band's wild woolliness seems strangely AWOL. [Nov 2006, p.118]

The brooding 'Singing Man' and the euphorically optimistic 'Rising Up' underline that the best hip hop is about taking chances. [July 2008, p.100]

Away from the atmosphere and visuals of live performance, over an hour of such dense and highly personal account of pain and beauty on the threshold of death is particularly demanding; a pity it's not available on DVD. [Aug 2008, p.103]

This blending of expected and unexpected makes Soul Power something altogether special. [Feb 2015, p.92]

The trio's approach naturally invokes comparison to their forebears, but pleasingly, Night Beats are distilling a strong vintage of their own. [Feb 2016, p.92]

A feast for the committed follower. [Jan 2021, p.98]

Their most forward-facing jazz album yet, packed with complex, multi-storied compositions you can still dance to. [Nov 2021, p.89]

Professionally recorded with a slightly altered song order (no Down By The River). There is a definite air of victory lap. [Jun 2022, p.96]

An intriguing, stylistic volte-face. [Nov 2022, p.94]

While the brilliant closing Murder Of Sunrise delivers a suspenseful 18 minutes of menace via shimmering cymbals, speaker hum and fathoms-deep bass lines. There's beauty here too. [Jun 2024, p.86]

A 14-song whirlwind of dazzling approaches. [Aug 2024, p.88]