Agreeably retro psych-pop from New Zealand. [Apr 2013, p.98]

If the pace and mood start to become a tad predictable, Satomi "Deerhoof" Matsuzaki's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is more of a spectral journey into a far stranger world. [Jan 2016, p.96]

The alert and taut Always Ascending restores theband's original pop kinesis and then some. It is by far and away their most interesting offering since that debut album. [Mar 2018, p.92]

Pollard's lyrics are characteristically oblique, but persistence pokes through as a theme. [Jan 2020, p.90]

She ensures these songs keep it together. [Sep 2020, p.88]

Crisp drum figures add punctuation, and a noodling sax help evoke a mood of traveling the city at night. [Mar 2013, p.91]

This is terrific. [May 2012, p.89]

This most thrillingly deathly of bands remains alive. [Dec 2024, p.90]

The best Gang Of Four tribute album... ever. [Nov 2005, p.96]

For twisted garage buffs these unsettling sounds are, again, a joy. [Dec 2012, p.89]

Jean's sonic scope is breathtaking, complemented by imaginative lyrics. [Dec 2007, p.102]

Studs Nuggets ruckus with broody grooves. [Mar 2020, p.96]

Warning is the sound of three men growing old far too gracefully.

The sense of isolation, longing and homesickness are palpable. But he's also wry and darkly funny, self-referential, and self-deprecating too. [Sep 2012, p.95]

[Supermigration] fastens pillow-soft beats to steadfast bass lines in a variant of the motorik rhythm. [Jun 2013, p.89]

This latest sheds much of the lo-fi fuzz and spur-of-the-moment sloppiness that characterises previous records, allowing the myriad hooks and melodies to stand out bolder, brighter and all the more pleasing. [Sep 2010, p.106]

Fifth album from former Afghan Whigs mainman's collective. [Apr. 2011, p. 94]

Their best in years. [Dec 2003, p.118]

Improved fidelity aside, the song remains the same. [Aug 2004, p.88]

This time, the division between uninspired, joyless Gang Starr pastiches like Don't Say Nuthin and the polymorphous likes of Stay Cool or Outro has never sounded so glaringly obvious. [Aug 2004, p.92]

Policy is a dazzling execution of one man's crazed vision. [May 2015, p.91]

On this solid business-as-usual set, his band kicks requisite ass on Isaak's decent country-rock tearjerkers. [Jul 2009, p.106]

A nice little happy-ever-after. [Mar 2014, p.92]

Far from punching predictable button, these reconstructed mischief-makers excel when locking electro horns with primal motorik grooves. [Apr 2019, p.94]

The rethink has paid dividends. [Nov 2007, p.90]

They still pack a metallic, tight-as-you-like punch that's more than ready for 10 rounds with Yow's gnarled voice. [Oct 2007, p.98]

Amid the jagged funk-offs, a synthesized steel band and the odd keyboard etude colour a strong debut. [May 2015, p.94]

A record of disarming directness. [Oct 2015, p.89]