The big screen really suits him. [Jul 2019, p.94]

The result is a thrilling excursion, possessing an otherworldly ambience and substance you'll spend months decoding, every spin yielding something new. [Aug 2017, p.88]

The results are as rich and organic as electronica gets. [Jun 2011, p.97]

And the Anonymous Nobody is another stroke of inventive brilliance from ever-humble, non-showboating masters of the long-playing arts. [Sep 2016, p.92]

Earle has let the spook out of the closet, so he can bare his spiritual chest (as it were) with a Lennonesque honesty and a vocal delivery that increasingly resembles Tom Petty's sub-Dylan sneer.

With childhood friend Sean Coleman aboard to coax Brian Wilson-ness from the 1980s'-penned And You Run, and tunes as charming as Breezy Sweet Smile, let's be grateful that Eels Time! rolls on. [Jul 2024, p.89]

Unearthly. [Jul 2024, p.91]

Jazz and trip-hop shade this darkness. [Oct 2015, p.96]

The long, swirling guitar patterns remain, as the bandleader enjoys letting a groove stretch right out before demonstrating his blues-rock credentials. [Sept. 2011, p. 104]

Splitting the difference between the digital and the hand-cranked, Geologist has opened up his own haunting little universe. [Mar 2026, p.81]

There is no great leap into the unknown here, but rather a fusion of the band's previous two records. [16 Jul 2005, p.50]

There's surely never beena Sonic Youth album so unself-conscious. [Jul 2006, p.98]

There are perhaps too many guests, but this unassuming talisman clearly prefers sharing his space. [Nov 2013, p.84]

Here's some blood and guts from Toronto in the prime-time 1970s. And it doesn't just sit there. [Jul 2022, p.101]

A slinky, soulful, witty, mid-paced affair. [Oct 2023, p.81]

Ear Drum confirms Kweli's position as an icon. [Oct 2007, p.106]

Temples aren't stuck in the past, they've glimpsed the future. [Apr 2017, p.94]

16 lightly fried examples of his gift for surrealist pop/classic rock synthesis. [Jan 2014, p.104]

A return to fundamentals closest in kin to Lamar’s 2012 debut, proving that, questionable sleeve design aside, he’s in imperious form.

If Elvis Costello's an all-timer it's because he knows what high seriousness is about. [Nov. 2010, p. 103]

An album for anybody who likes rock music to sound angry about something. [Mar 2013, p.89]

Four albums in 18 months might induce a malaise within lesser bands, but King Gizzard's current purple patch peaks here. [Jun 2016, p.96]

Musical Pop Art has seldom been as good. [Apr 2015, p.88]

Wilco (The Album) is as consummate as anything its author has yet delivered. [Aug 2009, p.97]

Throughout, she oozes charisma, sophistication and soul. [Jul 2018, p.92]

Though the sound remains dreamy, it's expansive; the melodic songs have a feeling of joy. [Oct 2009, p.101]

"Surprised" might not be the answer, but these big, generous songs still land an emotional punch. [Sep 2025, p.79]

There's much that's familiar about Demolished Thoughts, but Beck's arrangements draw fresh new pleasures from those elements. [Jun 2011, p.96]