Ultimately proves hard to get a handle on. [Jul 2015, p.96]

Time's Arrow is Ladytron's equivalent of Simple Minds' early-'80s heyday, where burnished synth-pop meets the hyperreality of travel. [Feb 2023, p.87]

The box set's main selling point is the inclusion of a completely different version of Never Let Me Down, recorded posthumously. [Nov 2018, p.100]

Nuanced lyrics and striking melodies. [Nov 2016, p.96]

It's a huge step forward on their earlier recordings. [May 2015, p.95]

The bold Old Fears is more than a side project. [May 2014, p.89]

He might still be too unashamedly oddball to conquer the charts, but this is another work of warped brilliance. [Dec. 2011 pg. 95]

Much of The Ruminant Band comes sunny side up. [Sep 2009, p.90]

NOW is a pretty intense 31 minutes. But while Locks and co's intent is radical, it's never forbidding. Instead, a punchy accessibility informs even their wildest excursions. [Jun 2021, p.88]

Sus Dog is the sound of Clark finding his voice in more ways than one. [Jun 2023, p.95]

Pretty, but pointless. [Feb 2006, p.95]

Second time out, they've all but eradicated the gauzy abstractions, in favour of a cards-on-table, powerpop sound, which, i tandem with impressive melodic directness, should make them on e of 2018's hastiest crossover bands. [May 2018, p.90]

Its depth makes this their most satisfyingly sensual work to date. [Apr 2017, p.99]

A big wet dream of loss and isolation, sex and the search for grace. [May 2004, p.92]

A more austere, exploratory affair. [Jul 2016, p.97]

From Clapton to cosmic rock, Afro-pop and experimenting with dizzying ease. [Oct 2012, p.96]

In all, a deep treat almost on a par with Common's mid-'90s prime. [Sep 2014, p.88]

On over half of the songs, the marriage works.... But the titles and the lyrical obsessions are generally those of the Sparks oeuvre. [Jul 2015, p.89]

Few of his collaborations stick or turn out to be more than the sum of their parts. [Aug 2017, p.88]

Evilly powerful, filmic and flowing. [Jun 2017, p.88]

Not everything hits the mark. [Aug 2016, p.98]

This remains at its essence an album of beguiling, rain-splashed intimacy. [May 2007, p.106]

[Evokes] sun-baked panoramas. [May 2012, p.89]

Typically, there are also infuriating moments... but overall, this marks a welcome return to form. [Jun 2005, p.106]

Pleasing as Trevor Horn's simpatico production on 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress was, Tony Hoffer has picked up the baton and ran with it, capitalising on the band's increased musical confidence while preserving vital hints of indie scuzz. [Feb 2006, p.92]

Charming and cherishable. [Sep 2014, p.94]

Hit reset is stronger overall, because here The Julie Ruin fixes the spotlight on its raison d'etre, a woman who, in her own words, "can play electric guitar while shaving my legs in a moving car." [Aug 2016, p.94]