Junip's second album is enchanting enough to sell cluster bombs. [May 2013, p.88]

The songwriting's uniformly exceptional, the messaging on-the-nose and inspiring - and boy, can he still play guitar. [Apr 2024, p.82]

Genders' decision to forsake his husky tones for a forthright falsetto immediately adds an unsettling nuance to Throws' twisting tales and burrowing melodies. [Jul 2016, p.93]

Warren's razor-sharp lyricism - and her ability to deliver hard truths and cold comforts s gracefully - ensure Lessons For Mutants is endlessly compelling. [Dec 2022, p.85]

As well executed as the latter half is, it can feel a mite unsatisfying compared to the stripped-down stuff that sits at the top of the album. [Jun 2013, p.85]

Lewis hits peak saxophone artistry here. [Mar 2023, p.89]

A fine collection from a timeless song craftsman. [Mar 2023, p.84]

For a genre whose young bands are increasingly concerned with girls and girls only, the Alkaline Trio have delivered an album offering far more than the pink blush of awkward adolescence. [Jul 2003, p.108]

Strong Stones in the '80s vibes set the tone. [May 2023, p.95]

The resulting sound is suitably celestial, mysterious and awe-inspiring. [Sep 2017, p.93]

By turns numinous and spectral. [Feb 2026, p.81]

Where the comic thesp rabbitholes back to 1980s telly music, with sincere, library-esque 'ommages. [Dec 2018, p.94]

Strange Life warrants recognition, Stein and co's passion undimmed. [Mar 2026, p.80]

Seductive and meditative. [Jun 2026, p.93]

Their best album in 30 years. [Dec 2014, p.92]

This album has everything and it works. [Feb 2019, p.89]

Byrne filters grace, wonder and apocalyptic portent through his fractured worldview. [Apr 2018, p.95]

There's an early Daptone feel to this strong set. [May 2020, p.96]

A good 'un, finely balancing his roots with his modernism. [Mar 2019, p.92]

Clara is neither ostentatiously glitchy, nor overburdened by its conceptual heft. [Jul 2021, p.87]

2 is a special new chapter, inspired and beguiling. [Jul 2025, p.79]

Roadsinger really does pick up where Cat Stevens left off back in the late '70s. [Jun 2009, p.103]

Uninhibited, Wrecking Ball misses a star here only because two love-among-the economic-ruins, This Depression and You've Got It, don't quite fit the big-theme fierceness - deep feelings to draw together whoever may listen. [Apr 2012, p. 89]

Lean and timeless sounding, it's also as truthful as Everett's sobering autobiography, Things The Grandchildren Should Know. [Jun 2009, p.104]

Producer Joe Henry complements Toussaint with respectful production and respected guests including Charles Lloyd, Van Dyke Parks and the thrilling trilling of Rhiannon Giddens. [Jul 2016, p.94]

She sounds like a full band as vamping pianos, rubbery double basses, freeform vibes and skittering beats collide. [Sep 2020, p.85]

This is exhilarating stuff. [Mar 2003, p.111]

A wealth of gorgeous melodies and hallucinogenic kitchen-sink orchestrations. [Dec 2001, p.98]