The sound a minibus of demons might make stuck in a bank holiday A303 tailback. [Aug 2016, p.99]

It drifts rudderlessly in places, but at its best... it's among Tortoise's most persuasive music to date. [Apr 2004, p.108]

Often he makes a lot of noise without really connecting. [Oct 2004, p.100]

Their patchwork approach to psychedelia recalls the shoestring ingenuity of cult mid-'90s act Neutral Milk Hotel. [Jan 2005, p.104]

Imagine a 'luded-out Eagles fronted by a dying hillbilly and you'll only be mildly disappointed. [Jun 2005, p.105]

Dolly steps up as America's cheerleader, to help fight the recession blues. [Oct 2011, p.100]

Accomplished, shiny, but hard to get excited about. [Nov 2014, p.102]

Those who liked the first two albums will be pleased to hear the Deep Purple-esque, brazenly '60s organ-rock sounds and indian religious refernces still firmly in place. [Sep 2007, p.104]

Though their sound seems delicate and ethereal, in a live setting the quartet's music yields plenty of compelling sonic drama. [May 2013, p.94]

A first strike of the match before they burn their own path forward. [Sep 2019, p.94]

Few other bands could provide properly sympathetic backing for a singer who delivers his roiling emotions in such sad, sleepy tones. [Oct 2004, p.112]

Distorted vocals, metallic clunks and disquieting sonic strangeness in spades. [Nov 2014, p.102]

Juana Molina once again proves her ability to gently beguile with a warmth and ingenuity that reaches way past language and genre boundaries. [Dec 2013, p.87]

HIs essential charm flows through raise-a-glass choruses tinged with melancholy. [Oct 2007, p.91]

Almost entirely instrumental apart from the occasional detour into Floyd-like orbits, this is yet another bold statement from this ever-changing and challenging group. [Mar 2016, p.96]

Its choice of selections successfully reinvent the familiar and/or introduce the less well-known. [Jul 2009, p.104]

Robertson sings each with a parched intimacy that seems unaffected by the passing of time. [May 2011, p.111]

A psychedelic soft rock treat that peaks with the uncanny, ethereal chord-changes of the sleep-walking Meet Me in The Air, but Poignancy, tunefulness and feeling abound throughout. [Sep 2018, p.94]

It may prove hard for Matsson to get heard above the quiet din made by so many others who clutter his field, but he's one of the all-too-few worth listening to. [Sep 2012, p.94]

This isn't Air, but something quirkier. [Jan 2007, p.106]

It yields mixed results. [Nov 2014, p.100]

Their nostalgic lo-fi jangle and reverb surf guitars sound, weirdly, like a SoCal version of The Coral, with synths. [Nov 2014, p.102]

It's not a groundbreaking record, largely because Tricky himself broke most of the ground here 13 years ago. [Aug 2008, p.103]

Car Alarm offers a fine entry point into the quartet's breezy soundworld. [Nov 2008, p.110]

There's something for anyone with a taste for things multicoloured and marvellously eclectic. [Nov 2008, p.104]

Colonia has nothing like its predecessor's consistency of tone, but Persson strikes gold with two siren calls worthy of the last, desperate, doom-laden Abba albums. [Mar 2009, p.109]

McClure has since retracted his retirement outburst, and rightly so: a third attempt might make him a contender. [Aug 2009, p.95]

The line between hypnotic and tediously repetitive is occasionally crossed. [Sep 2002, p.94]