Every one of its 15 tracks brings something new to the table. [Nov 2013, p.90]

She's taken a great leap forward at the very moment one was required. [Jul 2022, p.89]

The songs are wonderfully non-toxic, obsessed in only the best possible way, a refreshing take on country love and lust. [Sep 2023, p.82]

Georgas's blend of vintage new wave with quirky ethereality includes touching haikus and lullabies, but it's the pissed-off frankness that wins out. .... Gorgeously cathartic. [Oct 2023, p.81]

Over time and repeated plays, Showtunes weaves its magic, maintaining its mysterious atmosphere throughout, along with a welcome sense of stillness amid life's ongoing dramas. [Jun 2021, p.81]

There are great albums that are nose-to-tail singles, but 22 Dreams is not one of them. Settle in for the duration, however, and expect a genuine trip. [June 2008, p.104]

Wolf has established his own distinctive and mighty voice. [Jul 2021, p.89]

It's on the Mellencamp/Carter duets Indigo Sunset and the tough, self-questioning What Kind Of Man Am I that it all shifts up a gear. [Jun 2017, p.93]

Her uncompromising politics never come at the expense of the music. [Oct 2022, p.87]

One of the States' great indie rock institutions, finding renewal largely in the familiar. [Oct 2022, p.86]

It's Bondy's most disturbing record, but equally his most memorable. [Jun 2019, p.88]

Musically it is more diverse [than Gone Away Backward] and his literary influences are to the fore. [Jun 2016, p.91]

Their performance here has an audible sizzle. [Apr 2012, p.95]

White's rage and fear drives the album's songs across any number of stylistic lanes. ... Which is good news for us, because their timeless fury is just what we need more of right now. [Dec 2020, p.82]

Fielding love songs, existential ruminations and anthems of solidarity and resistance, The Auditorium Vol. 1 finds rap’s self-proclaimed James Baldwin sermonising in the key of life on its every glory and struggle, offering hope amid the darkness and remaining a voice of mature wisdom in a rudderless world. It’s one of his very best. [Sep 2024, p.90]

WMPPRR is one of the most powerful psychedelic releases to have come out this year. [Nov 2016, p.86]

A fitting culmination of the run that began with Old Ideas in 2012. [Jan 2020, p.88]

An urgent if mostly meditative-sounding call-to-arms, that he brings poetic shape and power to his politics. [Jan 2017, p.98]

A ferocious blast of distorted guitar riffs, skronking sax and explosive testifying. [Nov 2013, p.91]

As soulful and vital a British jazz record as there's been in a while. [Nov 2013, p.89]

Her rich, soulful vocal sounds wonderful on the darker material. [Oct 2013, p.98]

If dark forces are gathering, her songs do not lack an icy beauty. [Jun 2026, p.90]

The overall effect is a bit off-key, ill-defined and generally incomprehensible yet warm and attractive. [Mar 2007, p.100]

Its emotional impact is sublime. [Apr 2020, p.96]

Occasionally, they favour the billowy and formless- Waving A Whit Flag goes nowhere, albeit moodily - but their best tracks showcase Yorke's song most transparently; Panavision and Free In the Knowledge are two of his loveliest in years. [Jul 2022, p.90]

An album full of jukebox hits. [Mar 2007, p.98]

The material is of consistently luminous order. [Oct 2007, p.90]

BSP's sifts from poignant viola and tranquil vocals to foaming turbulence are perfect. [Jan 2014, p.104]