Above all, there's a genius for economy. [Aug 2014, p.94]

Shimmering debut. [Mar 2022, p.90]

The cumulative effect is lulling and hypnotic. [Jun 2023, p.89]

Played with a straight face rather than a raised eyebrow, the whole thing is a gas. [Dec 2016, p.92]

There's much of Lawrence's beguiling attention to detail present here. [Oct 2014, p.94]

The recurring hallmark is Ritter's literate storytelling. [Nov 2015, p.94]

Glad Rag Doll breaks intriguing new ground for a hitherto smooth operator. [Nov 2012, p.90]

Thirteen years after they retired Swans return with thunderous tour de force. [Oct. 2010, p. 104]

Summoning up the warm, intimate glow of a special day located somewhere in the past or up ahead in our unknown future. [Jul 2021, p.85]

Ersatz G.B. offers no easy explanations, but instead twists and excites the listener's brain with unexpected phantom bewilderments. [Dec 2011, p.100]

A boundlessly inventive and occasionally quite bonkers record that draws heavily on the input of its myriad guests. [Jun 2017, p.88]

Shades of Harry Nilsson and the odd splash of Allman Brothers-like lead guitars further distinguish this one-man band outing. [Jul 2021, p.84]

Her third album is a small masterpiece of restrained quirks; a slowburner that rearranges retro signifiers in a genuinely creative way. [Jun 2019, p.91]

His sometimes unkempt vocal performances can work better in the smaller doses of singles or cameos, but here, as on 2006's "The Big Bang," he sounds like he has made the album his metier. [Jul 2009, p.98]

[A] gorgeously appointed escape from rock'n'roll's habitual savagery. [Jun 2014, p.89]

A likeable collection of songs about family and companionship. .... The happy point where Belle And Sebastian meets Stephen Sondheim. [Nov 2025, p.88]

An electrifying exercise in first thought as best thought, ... One Day is thrillingly direct. [Feb 2023, p.83]

An extraordinary, multi-layered, attention-grabbing record. [Aug 2012, p.87]

Willie makes a hell of a job reshaping an array of Sinatra classics. [Nov 2018, p.93]

It's Stigmergy, named after a concept of collective action, that best encapsulates the ecstatic NIS groupthink: one hypnotic soloist after another - Ben Lamar Gay, brilliant on coronet - drifting elegantly in and out of systems repetition. [Jun 2023, p.92]

It's Beach House's grandest vision yet. [Mar 2022, p.83]

The result is Proustian, the 18 tracks an overwhelming rush of joy. [Apr 2022, p.82]

Hen's Teeth is benchmark roots music from start to finish. [Apr 2026, p.85]

U-Bahn's debut satisfies as a hugely enjoyable listen. [Jan 2020, p.87]

His best yet, a mix of reimagined trad pieces, diverse covers and elegantly rowdy new jams. [Nov 2018, p.89]

Here he marmelises the American songbook, 99c cut-out standards mutilated and reanimated by Delta blues magick. [Nov 2013, p.89]

It's not that Tortoise have got their groove back--they've never lacked compelling rhythm--rather, they've rediscovered their alchemical ability to conjure the atmospherically and melodically sublime from premium grade popular and art music precedents. [Jan 2016, p.89]

This very playable record has a broad appeal at the same time as it reasserts modern electronica's vitality. [Jan 2013, p.98]