Getting back in touch with his anger hasn't come at the cost of Mould's innate tunefulness. [Oct 2020, p.86]

Constant Bop is even more eclectic [than White Denim's music]. [Jun 2015, p.87]

Full and lush, yet somehow homey and direct. [May 2003, p.97]

Although Evening... has this unexpected core of angry commitment, she's still slick with Californian cruisers. [Nov 2003, p.123]

Beautifully recorded, this is intimate seduction for voice, elegant finger-picked guitar and not much else. [May 2004, p.93]

Vincent's voice is so unusual and beguiling, it almost detracts from the lyrics, but they eventually punch through. ... Vincent and Another Sky enthrall. [Sep 2020, p.88]

They might shake, they might tremble, but The National remain a safe pair of hands. [Jun 2013, p.86]

Lynn still sounds full of the life-force; more engaged and effervescent than many stars half her age. [Apr 2016, p.88]

From Ireland's proliferating alt-guitar pack, these intense runners could go the distance. [Feb 2024, p.89]

Now 25 and treading Nirvana/Hole-influenced terrain better suited to the bleed and luster of these uncensored songs of self-empowerment, she has found her perfect skin. [May 2023, p.94]

Hval deals in big cerebral questions, but these songs--intimate, intricately fleshed out--have roots in both body and mind. [Oct 2019, p.86]

Rendered with a delicate, impressionistic touch, Phasor's dreamlike entreaties cut far deeper than predecessor Far In's lockdown ruminations. [Mar 2024, p.90]

Her characters will wander through your imagination for days after the record's stopped spinning. [Nov 2016, p.86]

Ire Works is a thrillingly hostile racket containing 13 wild bursts. [Dec 2007, p.110]

Vibrant and uninhibited, dotted with rule-bending twists, Mood Valiant is the sound of summer. [Aug 2021, p.88]

While the album's nine, wordless pieces for mournfully beautiful cello and shifting ambient atmospheres may not always conjure seismic volatility, there is certainly an underlying tension close to the surface of swooning opener Hellebore. [Jan 2016, p.96]

A masterclass in sound design, Bolted creeps up slowly then engulfs you. [Dec 2023, p.91]

A heady, volatile brew that, in these emboldened settings, have the makings of anthems. [Jun 2017, p.92]

The narrative lines are fractured, the satire removed; these songs play out like stress responses, fight-or-flight impulses, each one a little panic room. ... There’s not a lot of feeling OK on CACTI, but for once, it feels like exactly the right place for Billy Nomates. She’s brought herself, entirely. [Feb 2023, p.86]

Her ability to dominate a room with minimal musical movement is astonishing; this record lowers the temperature, heightens the sense, slows down life, frame by frame. [Mar 2024, p.85]

The result is mesmerising--one lone, moving meditation on love and England and murderous empire. [Jul 2019, p.86]

A remarkable comeback. [Jun 2004, p.106]

A best possible blend of odd and good. [Dec 2017, p.96]

Even though her dreamscapes are surreal, there are moments that jolt. [Sep 2019, p.90]

An uncomfortable listen, especially the Big Star's Third-esque When I Think Of You, but also an album imbued with acceptance and dignity. [Nov 2019, p.93]

[The new songs] have a compression and pop playfulness often lacking from his albums, yet still manages to address the complex "every feeling" emotions of high school students. [May 2020, p.91]

There's so much going on that each sitting reveals new nuances and added twists of slender wonder. [Jul 2020, p.82]

Like a wonderous and very clever piece of musical brain onomatopoeia. [Aug 2023, p.84]