Gibson's captivating, narrative postcard songs are bolstered by a cast of Brooklyn musicians. [May 2016, p.96]

A low-key exploration of how delicate melodies, processed noise and the occasional beat can intertwine, When It Rains drifting artfully to uncompromised skronk. [Oct 2025, p.83]

Bringing out the too-often buried pop nuances of his stylish songs and new inventions from his under-rated guitar work, it's a stylistic cloth that Ward seems very comfortable wearring. [Mar 2009, p.111]

Martin Phillips was, and is, a singular songwriter, whose unassuming delivery belied songs of psychological depth and complexity. [Dec 2014, p.89]

Another weighty addition to this first-choice list. [Dec 2015, p.91]

The Unfairground finds Ayers rejuvenated and stands comparison with his best work. [Oct 2007, p.98]

In sonic terms, it's considerably more aspirational than even last year's Sun And Shade, allowing Earl's take on various ages of American song-craft to snap into sharper focus. [Nov 2012, p.84]

If Three Futures lack depth, then, it's only because everything inside has been dragged out, up to the surface, into the light. [Nov 2017, p.98]

May can be schmaltzy, yes; but also needle-sharp. [Sep 2017, p.94]

Any threesome with such a full house of boss songwriters shouldn't go splitting up again. [Aug 2013, p.86]

Their most affecting and cohesive statement to date. [Oct 2001, p.108]

These songs cut too deep to be pastiche.... A lovely record of enormous warmth. [Jun 2003, p.101]

Incredibly, No More Shall We Part is as urgent and vital as Cave has ever been.... Raging and delicate, complex as faith and simple as a goodnight kiss, it is an incredible summation of a singular career.

Slimmer, leaner, more disciplined than its predecessor.

Hiatt's misfortune is your guaranteed entertainment.

The overall vibe here us one of relaxation rather than tension. [Apr 2015, p.93]

An album of swooning, soft-lens electronica that is firmly of the Eno/Aphex Twin lineage. [Jul 2018, p.95]

Straightforward but elliptical; direct but enduringly rich; the unseen, in between. [Feb 2019, p.86]

The good news, however, is that admirers of the later albums such as Bone Mahcine, the Black Rider and Real Gone are very well served. [Jan 2010, p. 91]

If letting the world in has resulted in an album this beguiling, there's nothing to fear. [Oct 2012, p.80]

Lotta Sea Lice feels like a happy and deliberate mind-meld, rather than the work of two competing songwriters duking it out knee-to-knee over their guitars. [Dec 2017, p.84]

The once-lairy Scots' high-volume potency remains beyond question. [Oct 2017, p.92]

The lack of personal revelations that brought nuance and light to 2016's Made In The Manor often makes these vivid, grim depictions of inner city strife uncomfortable listening. [Nov 2019, p.89]

A career highlight for Carlile and a rejuvenation for John. [Apr 2025, p.79]

A Martian mix of space-age sax, sky-high doo wop, seance-strange electronics and the rich, soulful vocals of [Adebimpe]. [Jun 2004, p.116]

DSU's charm is its blissfully carefree vibe. [Dec 2014, p.92]

Anaïs Mitchell with guitarist/singer Jefferson Hamer unexpectedly proves that her precious storytelling art is equally mesmerizing on the great traditional ballads collated in the 19th century by Francis James Child. [Mar 2013, p.96]

Somewhere between Faultline's bedroom-boffin invention and Stephen Merritt's pensive elegance. [May 2003, p.99]