An agreeably bittersweet album. [Mar 2005, p.101]

On first listen, warm Chris is les obviously immediate than Designer, though the songs don't take long t worm their way into the mind. [Apr 2022, p.78]

Goat shapes up as one of 2024's most enjoyable albums so far. [Nov 2024, p.89]

Flea proves to be a nice rather than barnstorming trumpeter, allbeit a subtly ambitious sone: witness his Chet Bakerish take on Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. But ultimately, he respects the collectivist energies of the LA scene he's infiltrated. [May 2026, p.84]

The good news is that Have We Met shares melodic strengths with his previous high-water marks. [Mar 2020, p.88]

Nourishing batch of beat collages. [May 2021, p.88]

The sound might be spacier and more panoramic, but there's still some grit in the mix. [May 2007, p.110]

This one is a real keeper. [Mar 2020, p.86]

An album of quite magnificent mardiness. [Mar 2018, p.94]

Challengers ultimately proves to be the group's finest hour. [Sep 2007, p.112]

This is real person-to-person music. [Jan 2013, p.95]

It's a unique kind of unhappy listening, too toxic on the universal scale to be bled out. But it leaves you galvanised, purged and recharged for the unending war against mediocrity. [Mar 2019, p.90]

This primarily acoustic reimagining brings the artistry of the Niger-based quartet to the fore with aplomb. [Apr 2025, p.86]

The singles--'Fruit Machine,' 'Great DJ' amd the electro Krautrock of 'That's Not My Name'--are supported by the equally impressive 'Shut Up and Let Me Go' and closing title track, all bouncing beats, shiny samples and an invigorating knack for a pop tune. {june 2008, p.109]

Plenty of young pups are revising the pop-smart bludgeon of, say, pre-goldrush Nirvana, but only Pissed Jeans deliver with such panache. [Mar 2013, p.91]

Unlikely to soundtrack your next dinner party, but it's hard not to marvel at Matmos's cut-and-paste mastery. [Jan 2023, p.93]

Beyond the dirty talk, this is a beautifully balanced record. [Sep 2009, p.94]

Impressive as it all is, a genuine follow-up to Illinois feels overdue. [Dec 2009, p. 92]

This album is brazenly in hock to the shoulder pad decade. Its telegraphed choruses will not be denied. [Jun 2015, p.88]

She has found a new confidence in her sound. [Feb 2023, p.92]

The result is brooding, often humorous musing on life, joy, occasionally death. ... But it's tender love song Mary, with its meandering sax, that stops you. [Feb 2023, p.92]

If all of this sounds heavy gong, the soul and country moves and comparative lightness of the music throughout help to illuminate the darkness. [Nov 2020, p.78]

Orbital remain a comforting presence, and still have plenty to say. [Mar 2023, p.85]

Smith leads one of the best and sturdiest bands in rock... and their intricately scored psychedelia is a running high in Mosaic, the title stomp, with its yowling-wolf lick and Nine, an extended beguiling jam that suggests Smith fronting her own Doors. [Jul 2012, p.89]

A second set of tuneful snark. [Oct 2019, p.92]

Highly listenable and equally danceable, a kind of Pet Shop Boys meet Gary Numan at the gates of Georgio Moroder. (Sep 2000, p.95)

If their creative missteps in the past two decades have generally been caused by their twin determinations to keep up with modern pop and relentlessly pursue music that works in stadia, then here they’ve cut themselves free from all of that. Ultimately, it may be a watershed moment. By stripping it all back down, in some ways, they’re bigger. [Apr 2023, p.84]

Scales new heights of bong-loaded majesty. [May 2005, p.108]