Throughout, you feel Homme's pain, but ultimately marvel at his ability to channel it into music so brutally uplifting. [Aug 2023, p.79]

As each track segues into the next, this is a breathless listen, but the overall scheme works. [Dec 2005, p.99]

Furthering their Sonic Youth/Television post-punk quests. [Sep 2015, p.95]

[Producer Bach shaped] fragmentary song ideas into sprawling, free-flowing arrangements that nod to Mark Hollis, Tim Buckley and Jim O'Rourke. [Sep 2016, p.90]

The sun's gone out and here is the soundtrack to our long, dark financial winter. [Mar 2009, p.114]

Wintery Brit-folk closer New Year Of Grace is also special, a full-circle update on the steadfast, if weatherbeaten, live affair which the Opening track Gradually visits earlier in ts slow-burning voyage. [May 2016, p.89]

Though the full potency of this band is only ever manifest live, ABOMINATION REVEALED AT LAST - the Osees' 8th LP in five years - bears thrilling testament to their appetite for insurrection. [Oct 2025, p.88]

Despite having some of Ritter's least introspective lyrics, there are some of his most emotionally affecting songs. [Apr 2006, p.98]

While their material lacks the instant hooks of attention-snaring contemporaries like The Handsome Family, [it] rings with a robust authenticity. [Jul 2003, p.112]

Heaves with harmonic charm. [Oct 2003, p.111]

Fathomlessly beautiful. [Aug 2004, p.110]

Annoyingly, [the] high marks are all too infrequent. [Oct 2004, p.116]

Everywhere ageless rock'n'roll brio comes freighted with careworn sagacity. [Mar 2017, p.93]

A change in direction, with a consciously smooth production and modern drum sound apparently aimed more at FM radio than wind-up gramophones, leaving precious few rough edges. [Jul 2017, p.94]

The record increasingly drifts into hazy, slo-mo dream-pop, which inescapably pales besides the bolder tracks upfront. [Aug 2017, p.94]

Joplin's long, devastating plea for salvation once mirrored the big story--that the surprise star of '68 had outgrown her rough diamonds. The 30 tracks here, several in multiple versions, don't necessarily change that. But wart'n'all, Big Brother were the best foil Janus had. [Jan 2018, p.101]

Suggesting the sextet have now found their niche. [Jun 2021, p.89]

There's a slow-burning moodiness... together with a new directness. [Mar 2005, p.101]

A strong contender for soul album of the year. [Oct 2007, p.98]

The Weeknd starts here. Jan 2013, p.108]

Hardcore scholars will cheer this inspiring archival punk rock righteousness. [Dec 2014, p.111]

It's a compact yet satisfying set of 10 surging semi-acoustic almost-ballads with occasional electric interludes. [Sep 2013, p.91]

These 10 acoustic pieces hold a certain stillness within the variety of tempos, instruments and inspirations. [Apr 2016, p.89]

Like a very fine wine, after 25 years The Bats are only really just coming on song. [Jan 2012, p.96]

Georgia Blue's diversity of Georgia sounds sits well with its campaign for inclusivity. [Jan 2022, p.86]

An intriguing labyrinth of idiosyncrasies. [Jun 2005, p.110]

Nothing nosebleedy in its warm, evocative patchwork. [Oct 2016, p.100]

If it is meant to be a Pink Floyd homage, then it's an entertaining and highly distinctive one. [Nov 2013, p.84]