Goes West feels invigoratingly sunny. [Feb 2019, p.84]

She's still the bedsit heartbreak queen for pop fans of a certain age. [Jul 2026, p.83]

An album that can only add to her legend. [May 2007, p.112]

This sensational follow-up finds Glasper adhering to the same basic blueprint [as the first Black Radio], though this time he's tweaked it to perfection. [Dec 2013, p.86]

Katy J Pearson's second album heralds few radical stylistic shifts, but showcases renewed confidence, intention and focus. [Aug 2022, p.86]

The Bros' songs mostly rollick on witrh the agreeably vaudevillian bonhomie of The Band, when not essaying gloom with swooningly lachrymose balladry. [June 2008, p.114]

From the gentle fire of the first, and title track, this is Green in the role of Love Man and in very fine form. [July 2008, p.100]

Delirious, danceable songs with emotional heft. [Dec 2022, p.89]

Winter Woma is something of a throwback but all the better for that. [Aug 2017, p.95]

Their signature tension between black blues gestures adn white boy harmonies has never been more vividly exploited than here. It'll keep you busy for months. [Jun 2003, p.95]

Shows[s] significant growth from 2023's more dream-poppy debut Erotic Probiotic 2. One senses this twisted R&B Baby Bird has even more in the locker. [Sep 2025, p.86]

Stellar noise pollution. [May 2003, p.99]

As M. Ward's unflustered, vintage-sounding guitars gift memories of Chet Atkins and Les Paul, there's a welcome, brandies-by-the fireside serenity afoot. [Jan 2012, p.92]

A record with a beauty and sense of emotional elevation to match the place where it was made. [Aug 2015, p.92]

A compelling, grimy darkness ripples throughout. [Nov 2020, p.82]

An urgent debut perfect for anyone grieving The Comet Is Coming's demise. [Aug 2024, p.90]

The acoustic demos in this forensic reissue lay bare Tweedy's raw hurt and beguiling melodies; alternative takes of the title song and I'm Always In Love show the sturdy bones of Wilco's early alt-country ideals. [Dec 2020, p.97]

The Dubliner's fourth album of original material is his most varied sonically, yet is perversely his least fussy, happy to let a simple melody be carried by his distinctively sweet, slightly prim diction. [Oct 2018, p.84]

An album that nails its subtle-but-tenacious hooks with dignity and maturity. [Nov 2004, p.94]

Boasting Dwyer's catchiest hooks yet. But Sorcs 80 is most alive when embracing its core weirdness. [Oct 2024, p.87]

If you like your teen dreams served a la Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, you'll find plenty to swoon along to here. And no nonsense. [Jan 2026, p.87]

His most complete artistic statement to date. [Dec 2019, p.93]

It's a good album, but the standout track is just him alone on Beograd, a swirling big-room French house track, where he is beautifully lost in the beats. [Dec 2019, p.93]

Linthicum's guitar adds texture and twang, as the interplay between the trio delivers their Plastic Bouquet close to country perfection. [Jan 2021, p.86]

It's really a nightmare world Oldham describes, but he cloaks it in tender beauty, slight-of-hand that remodels human failure into heartening endurance, a consoling story against the cold. [Dec 2019, p.88]

This is searching, quietly profound stuff. [Jun 2023, p.90]

A thick braid of an album, each song a bundle of strands interweaving with next. [May 2020, p.94]

What might be his [Zac Condon's] most beautiful record to date, particularly the instrumental numbers. [May 2025, p.88]