Shauf paints an endearing sketch of his house party's many moods. [Jun 2016, p.97]

His piano-playing is a joy, his vocals a dramatis personae of lively characters. ... The whole thing feels--thrillingly, poignantly--like you're in the room with him. [Oct 2018, p.84]

While Blunderbuss appears to be definite off-loading of emotional baggage, it also feels like a move toward rebirth. [May 2012, p.80]

Thrilling collective racket. [Dec 2022, p.90]

Engaging, inventive and emotionally charged. [Nov 2005, p.96]

Stimulating, entertaining and moving. You'll listen to it more than you have Anthology, I promise. [Dec 2006, p.100]

Quite literally, a dream album. [Nov 2012, p.88]

Tucker has created an album that should endear her to those who still raise the outlaw flag while also appealing to hard-edged pop-tinged rock believers. [Oct 2019, p.83]

They lurch between plaid-smothered unresolved chords and frontwoman Sadie Dupuis's verbose story-telling, delivered deadpan a la early Liz Phair. [May 2015, p.95]

A more tasteful affair [than Leave Home], tapping into the 1980s underground's collegiate, powerpop end... plus straight-ahead rock-n-roll holler. [May 2012, p.82]

This album is barefaced '90s revivalism. [Mar 2012, p.97]

Boasting Dwyer's catchiest hooks yet. But Sorcs 80 is most alive when embracing its core weirdness. [Oct 2024, p.87]

Dan's Boogie remains fascinatingly obscure in places, but these songs are full of buried gold. [May 2025, p.84]

A more charming and seductive album you're unlikely to hear this year. [Nov 2008, p.116]

Migraines possible; good chance of transcendence, too. [Apr 2020, p.96]

Mostly Highway Prayers is a thrillingly modern bluegrass album for people who don’t even like bluegrass. [Jan 2025, p.88]

All in all, it underlines that These New Puritans remains a band apart. [Jul 2025, p.84]

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]

The absence of between-song chat makes the experience unnecessarily remote. [Mar 2020, p.106]

For all its grace and subtlety, this is a vigorous, life-affirming record. [Jul 2016, p.90]

More is that rarest of reunion records: one that transcends nostalgia to actually enhance a band’s legacy. [Jul 2025, p.74]

The Londoner's high soul voice shines through on astral-themed second album. . [Dec 2018, p.94]

A hugely enjoyable whole. After a fortnight's heavy rotation, it has yet to reveal its fatal flaw. [May 2017, p.89]

Wildflower can either be enjoyed as a horizon-filling album-long trip, or by zooming in on the array of every changing, intra-song moments, as sounds and ideas flit in and out of focus. Whatever your preference, it was worth the wait. [Sep 2016, p.92]

Sounding assured and triumphant, Scotland's finest finally have realised their true potential. [Aug 2002, p.112]

The resulting platter is overflowing with dense slabs of aromatic unrefined funk, peppered with scattershot stupid-dope old school rhymes. [June 2011, p. 92]

It's a punishing listen certain to prove divisive among his fan base. [Oct 2012, p.95]

Cooder magnificent way with bottleneck on steel is often in evidence, while his son Joachim's percussion-rich soundscapes with loped and sampled elements help contemporise his dad's inherently rootsy sound. [Jun 2018, p.90]