There's an artful intricacy to her lo-fi pop. [Aug 2019, p.92]

Instinctual, fully lived-in record, it touches and thrills. [Nov 2021, p.93]

One of the most surprising ambient albums of the year. [Aug 2015, p.95]

A record that soothes as often as it unsettles. [Jul 2012, p.88]

These 10 tracks showcase Brewis's beautifully expressive singing and, in the waltz-time jazz of Start Over, deep empathy. [Mar 2023, p.91]

Beal's vocals shift from Screaming Jay Hawkins wails to the lo-fi R&B melancholy of Cody ChesnuTT, while his chattering snake times rhythms summon up the ghosts of Moondog and Sun Ra, taking things to another level entirely. [Jun 2012, p.83]

This is possibly the most remarkable album Finn has been involved with in a decade. [Oct 2011, p.99]

Packed with songs that tug imperceptibly at the heartstrings, Odyssey runs the gamut from introspection and melancholy to hope and deep joy. It will take some beating. [Nov 2024, p.90]

At 70, he's still as intense and dangerous as all hell. [Oct 2013, p.95]

Welcome echoes include Bramah's sinister, cogent non sequiturs and the contorted, sharp-edged rock sounds, and the urgent to interpret everything as a reference to MES becomes flesh with the spectral/beefy Harlequin Duke. [Jul 2023, p.85]

It sets the same intense listening pace as XTC, Jim O'Rourke or second-act Black Country, New Road. Amid the coiled violence (In The Blink Of An Eye) and brutalist romance (One Night) lie moments of pastoral loveliness. [May 2026, p.86]

Like its closest Amos siblings, Scarlet Walk (2002) and American Doll Posse (2007, it's far from immediate, but the delayed gratification reaps rewards aplenty. [Jun 2026, p.86]

Resolve puts her comfortably on par with neo-classical giant Nils Frahm, Max Richter and Hauschka. [Mar 2018, p.93]

The pair's musical chemistry is a potent one. [May 2021, p.78]

The result is intelligent pop infested with tense, subterranean melodies. [Jan 2012, p.91]

Removed from the living artist, it may one day be hailed as a great album. [Apr 2020, p.88]

This successor is strings-free, but goes further still [than 2014's This Is My Hand]. [Apr 2019, p.94]

Highly politicised, yet leavened with deft vocal harmony and potent melodies, the album drips with passion and thoughtfully targeted ire. [Oct 2007, p. 90]

Amid all the bleakness and despair, Goulden emerges as a true shining light. [May 2018, p.92]

Miami's best tracks remain (twisted) dancefloor friendly. [Apr 2013, p.95]

Its 13 songs are mostly slow but diverse. ... Sometimes sentimental, sung in a dusty voice that still sounds strong. [Oct 2022, p.90]

The dynamic range of Elvin Suite--Part 1 and 2--composed by Watts and fellow legend Jim Keltner--proves that drummers can do more than bang on things. [Jul 2017, p.92]

Green Day are admirably assured, honest, and funny on Saviors. [Mar 2024, p.82]

A record out of time, and, in terms of quality, out of this world. [Jul 2018, p.91]

Rarely has any modern band made The Difficult Third Album sound so breezy... [May 2001, p.96]

Jambu captures Belem's delirious party spirit in full swing. [Aug 2019, p.108]

The old stomp is still here, but Alabama has stoked The Black Keys' dark side. [June 2010, p. 93]

Spry and spontaneous sounding. [Sep 2015, p.87]