It's a mark of Shauf's talent that songs this deft could ever have been left to gather dust. [Dec 2021, p.92]

Let It Be might be the runt of The Beatles litter but it's half of a very good album. ... The outtakes discs are very much works in progress, as The Beatles chat and work their way through new songs: an eavesdrop into their process. ... What comes through is how true The Beatles were to the idea of going back to their youthful inspirations. [Dec 2021, p.99]

There are simple messages, delivered earnestly, but the magic of this group has always been their ability to translate the elemental into the transcendental. It is a miracle they pull off frequently on My Morning Jacket, with confidence and inspiration, every moment a fresh beginning. [Nov 2021, p.85]

In amongst the jumble of influences, trad indie-guitar Parquet remains: in, say, the early Go-Betweens-y Just Shadows, and the galvanising lyrics of collective consciousness - written pre-pandemic, but wonderfully inspiring for late 2021. [Nov 2021, p.84]

Moondust For My Diamond stays the right kind of precious. [Nov 2021, p.91

Delicate yet resolute, Geist is a beautiful spin through the windmills of Lay's mind, unreal in the best ways. [Nov 2021, p.92]

Audiobooks' adoption of absurdity continues to confound in the most delightful ways. [Nov 2021, p.91]

He finds drama in the mundane. [Nov 2021, p.94]

A classic rock record, in all senses. [Nov 2021, p.84]

Instinctual, fully lived-in record, it touches and thrills. [Nov 2021, p.93]

Their most forward-facing jazz album yet, packed with complex, multi-storied compositions you can still dance to. [Nov 2021, p.89]

The only downside seem to be an audience with a dreadful sense of rhythm clapping along. ... But an excellent selection of songs, beautifully performed. [Nov 2021, p.103]

This 5-CD sets lets us revel in his creative process. [Nov 2021, p.102]

The emotional honesty and lack of bravado suits him. [Nov 2021, p.87]

There's nothing here to stop her rise. [Nov 2021, p.87]

Bleak but often gripping stuff. [Oct 2021, p.97]

Results range from the radio-friendly but obvious to the obscure but not a word out of place. [Oct 2021, p.96]

The excellent concept sometimes outshines the music, but if everyone's a tourist, this is the trip to go on. [Nov 2022, p.88]

The sound of a man stretching out... What breadth of vision McCaughan has. [Nov 2021, p.86]

A big-sounding record, it feels like a step forward for Segall. [Nov 2021, p.91]

Gorgeous and achingly candid. [Nov 2021, p.93]

Never sounds less than game. [Nov 2021, p.87]

The gently ticking, lightly compressed acoustic instrument arpeggios will be familiar to fans of both songwriters, but it's the pair's half-whispered vocals blend that enchants. [Nov 2021, p.88]

Bonkers idea. ... Stranger still, the whole thing works a treat. [Nov 2021, p.87]

Beyond such vivid, often thrilling caricatures, however, the acrid smoulder of The Donkey, the mysterious haunt of Legal Ghost and the nuanced pop of New Romeo Agent prove that Tropical Fuck Storm have yet to succumb to glib nihilism, and that tenderness and poetry are still within their grasp. [Nov 2021, p.87]

Should rightly have fans and newcomers alike punching the air in solidarity. [Nov 2021, p.88]

A lugubrious but fresh, genre-bending take on modern club music. [Nov 2021, p.91]

A 50/50 new/old split: reworkings, questing solo turns and a rare all-out rocker. [Nov 2021, p.94]