The better interpretations come from artists who embrace the Dead's improvisational essence. [Jul 2016, p.97]

Although influences aren't hidden ... it's [Pundt's] own voice here. [May 2012, p.82]

An album that, in the best sense of the term, is all over the place. [Jul 2025, p.84]

Lifeline is a classy record that never outstays its welcome. [Sep 2008, p.98]

A missed opportunity, but there's still plenty of time to get back on track. [Sep 2010, p.92]

Mostly, she seems so (understandably) lost inside herself you don't know where to find her. [May 2011, p.111]

Danger et al stamp their authority on the genre, with a collision of claustrophobic lyrics, charm and playful innocence. [Aug 2012, p.90]

His voice is parched, so the songs, many acoustic and trailing brutal honesty, speak clearly enough to grip you in their gnarled fist. [Sep 2016, p.98]

A collection of judiciously orchestrated, densely textured tracks that often demand accompanying visuals. [Nov 2017, p.94]

It is simply beautiful. [May 2009, p.96]

This album is bravely beautiful, and one of her best. [Jul 2024, p.84]

It's ecentric, then, but charmingly so. [Apr 2010, p.102]

When the quality is this high, Perkins can sing the pain away for as long as he needs. [May 2009, p.101]

Bold emotional directness supplanting gobby perpetual-teen 'tude on a set of soulful urban pop. [Jul 2018, p.98]

It's guitarist Kaye Woodward who remains the band's covert star: her fuzzy solo on 'Crimson Enemy, limpid precision on 'Satellites'a dncrystalline backing vocals throughout represent thefairy dust on a record full of highs. [Jul 2009, p.97]

It's easily their best work. [Nov 2016, p.94]

At ease with the mellower cuts... the more aggressive Learnign The Lie and the stop-start instrumental Heji feel more contrived. [Oct 2006, p.112]

The album is most notable for the man's glorious undiminished tones. [Oct 2011, p.98]

Crush is a thrilling, giddy conflagration of hot and cold currents. [Oct. 2010, p. 97]

These old dogs have plenty new tricks left. [Dec 2014, p.92]

An unshamedly fun album. [Sep 2009, p.104]

Clark has incubated this elegant, eclectic collection that shuttles between haunting modern classical and folktronica, complex sound design, brutal beats and scabrous noise. [Aug 2019, p.93]

Tyler and band lean deeper into kosmische country rock. [Jul 2023, p.92]

There is nothing brash or student bout these subtle, layered songs: her vocals remain hushed, confiding, blurry, a distant cousin of Justin Vernon's abstract exhalations. [Jun 2026, p.84]

As Is Now may be his finest and most consistent record since 1993's Wild Wood; possibly even since the days of The Jam. [Nov 2005, p.100]

If Lerche lack Beck's nous, he makes up for it with a cavalier freedom. [Oct 2014, p.92]

The only problem is that her lyrics are sometimes relegated to back-drop status as Jarosz creates an array of enchanting sounds, set against harmonies provided by back-up musicians Jedd Hughes and Luke Reynolds. [Aug 2016, p.92]

Aqueous groove Up tackles mid-romance feelings of inadequacy, while coldwave-y Begging You Now infers a darker supplication. Ever-infectious, however, and rarely short of good fun, this one should substantially further the threesome's upward trajectory. [Sep 2023, p.91]