These former young lions are well on their way to becoming venerated old masters. [Nov 2022, p.91]

It is as timely as it is sobering and, in places, austerely, compellingly beautiful. [Nov 2022, p.90]

The result is a brilliant modern singer-songwriter record, full of wit and musical variations. [May 2009, p.100]

Heavy with atmosphere, Dream House doesn't disappoint, corralling their genius for cerebral house chicanery, subtle techno and motorik rhythms. [Jul 2018, p.95]

Homme has gone on to make sexier records, but for sheer creepy sensuality QOTSA is the definitive article. [Apr 2011, p.112]

Expertly sequenced as a narrative of lethargy, collapse and recovery, Purple Mountains is ultimately an album about return. It is the sound of David Berman coming back from the cold and converting it to a welcoming, lyrical warmth. ... Prepare to be taken in. [Aug 2019, p.86]

Shaman! strays from predecessor An Angel Fell's dark politics to explore more sprawling, introspective territory. [Oct 2020, p.87]

It initially feels fragile, but Carvings is hard to shake off. [Feb 2023, p.84]

From labyrinthine opener Men In Bed, the material is inimitably Smith-esque, and if it is tempting to dig for premonitions of mortality, the Frank Zappa-via Hanna-Barbera thrills of Busty Beez or Skating feel like the work of a very much living artist. [Nov 2025, p.89]

Charmingly eccentric...but spiky too. [Jun 2012, p.92]

This small brick of a box set housing 22 Isley Brothers albums, many of them essential to any soul-funk library, astonishingly does not include something like a dozen tracks that any sane person would suggest were key to the band's story. This is not a complaint, merely a fact to illustrate the broad sweep of their career. [Sep 2015, p.104]

Much warmer and more inviting [than 2017's Pleasure]. [May 2023, p.88]

C'est La Vie is as potent, visceral and concise a sonic expression of this act of courage [step up and be an adult] as you could hope to find. [Nov 2018, p.87]

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You is both an album of admirable ambition and a mantra worth repeating until its mysteries are revealed. [Mar 2022, p.81]

The gorgeous harmonies of Fran Foote add further engagement on a set rich in attitude and uncompromising intent. [Nov 2015, p.91]

One of this unlikely old master's most hauntingly satisfying works. [Dec 2016, p.90]

Mysterious and enfolding, Ascent seduces. [Oct 2012, p.90]

Surgery won't catapult the group into the realm of all-time greats, but it's certainly a move in the right direction. [Sep 2005, p.92]

It's unequivocally the guitarist's most cohesive and satisfying artistic statement yet. [Oct 2014, p.91]

Silver Age is the most consistently exciting record he's made since Sugar's Copper Blue. [Nov 2012, p.86]

The box set joy is the archive additions, their whiff of ancient wasted sweat. [Jan 2016, p.102]

The epic A Friend Like You, the tenderest song about being unable to walk away from a relationship, rueing "why the hell do you have to be so sweet", or the self-explanatory Sad Song, ironically the jauntiest track here. [Jun 2026, p.87]

Ash's cover of Teenage Kicks itself is on the limited-edition 3-CD version, alongside the likes of a cover of Buzzcocks' Everybody's Happy Nowadays, making this the best buy. [Mar 2020, p.101]

Top-drawer tunes throughout. [Oct 2023, p.78]

A well-constructed, unselfconsciously retro set. [Apr 2020, p.96]

Impressive, entertaining - a new supergroup is born. [Aug. 2011, p. 101]

A triumph of healing and connection, experimentalism balanced out by emotional heft. [Nov 2023, p.89]

If 2017's Hard Love overreached, Eraserland is a successful recalibration. [Apr 2019, p.91]