Big, warm music that doesn't shout loud, yet makes itself heard. [Apr 2017, p.97]

With producer Danger Mouse's nuanced psychedelic rock and soul backdrops, scintillating pop music with substance results. [May 2008, p.103]

Deschanel's light, Astrud Gilberto-style vocals float wistfully and when they collide with Ward's harmonies on Deirdre or with er own harmonies on Melt Away, it soars. [Sep 2022, p.94]

This is very much alright. [Apr 2025, p.82]

Earworms abound. [May 2020, p.96]

Painting Of A Panic Attack is easily FR's strongest album in years. [May 2016, p.89]

Soulful, moving music. [Apr 2012, p.91]

None [of the guest artists] crowd out Hitchcock's distinctive songwriting, though, nor his undimmed ability to reach through the existential murk and grasp a revelation or two. [Nov 2022, p.90]

They lurch between plaid-smothered unresolved chords and frontwoman Sadie Dupuis's verbose story-telling, delivered deadpan a la early Liz Phair. [May 2015, p.95]

It's clear Maal is still boxing clever. [Jul 2009]

Well-crafted third from the south London art pop duo with a playful spirit to match their impeccable post-punk influences. [Jul 2018, p.98]

'Just Breathe,' 'Amongst The Waves' and 'The End' make this one of Pearl jam's most satisfying albums. [Oct 2009, p.96]

Listen, Whitey! is quite simply ace. [Feb 2012]

Gravity Stairs is the most Crowded House thing that Crowded House have made in 30 years. [Jul 2024, p.90]

Up close and uncompromising, Exodus Of Venus elevates Cook into the top echelon of Nashville's new breed, an all-too-rare female voice among a a largely make elite. [Oct 2016, p.95]

Skirls of noise are layered like mille-feuille, bass drops hit with the muscular impact of a piledriver, and a cloud hangs heavy over the entirety of proceedings. [Jan 2022, p.87]

Their fourth LP might be their best. [Jun 2012, p.93]

All 12 songs have a warmth and, often as not, a jangle and sweet harmonies. [Nov 2017, p.100]

Sandman spent two years in his home studio experimenting with the band's dark, often minimalist sound and the result is this lusher, more fully realised album, whose brooding, narcotic Len-Cohen-goes-jazz title track is followed by songs that are variously cool, unsettling, sensual, personal and party-time funky.

This is an outfit broadening its musical horizon as the record spins. [Jan 2026, p.88]

Bailey has been constantly moving towards something truly great and Can't Take My Story Away gets her closer still. [Feb 2026, p.82]

A welcome drop in intensity. [Oct 2005, p.102]

Magnificently paced and candid, these 11 songs surface self-doubt and self-assurance as Marling learns to let parts of herself go. [Dec 2024, p.85]

Quite literally, a dream album. [Nov 2012, p.88]

At their most affecting and cohesive to date. [Dec 2015, p.91]

Multi-layered backing vocals and summery hooks tickle the spine with every listen. [Aug 2006, p.90]

Citizen Kane Jr. Blues has the challenged audio of a cassette machine hidden inside a coat or under a napkin. it also has the precious, authentic thrill of one-night-only magic. [Jun 2022, p.96]

Happy Today is jazz at its most exploratory, unbounded form. [Jul 2026, p.89]