These great songs live on through reinvention; Bonny Light Horseman have done them proud. [Feb 2020, p.87]

This is pure, unpolished ur-boogie, a foundation course in rock'n'roll. [Jul 2022, p.95]

An adroit demonstration of Power's aim to reflect today's festering political landscape. [Apr 2017, p.97]

[Navita] charts her course through destruction, indifference and the city sounds: doo wop, Lou Reed-y R&R, even indie rock. It's not until she stares clear-eyed at those closest to her that the way is clear: she's to honor her Latin and Caribbean roots in story and sound. [Apr 2017, p.96]

Street Horrrsing is a six-track, 50-minute melange of iridescent synths, psychedelic drone, distorted vocals and tribal rhythm, peaking with the deftly layered counter-melodies and blissed -out propulsion of epic single 'Bright Tomorrow.' [Mar 2008, p.113]

Smile finds them advancing that set melodic agenda and playful rearrangement of classic rock DNA. [June 2008, p.109]

The Worlocks remain a superior alloy of Velvets cool and narcotic Spaceman 3/MBV tropes. [Feb 2014, p.98]

Taylor's balm-like burr delivers a blissful moment of healing. [Aug 2021, p.81]

Altogether, with added depth and melody, it’s Maries’ best yet. [Jun 2025, p.88]

These songs engage on intimate, interior level. [Sep 2021, p.95]

Malody might be uneasy listening but it's as brave as it is completely unexpected. [Jul 2016, p.90]

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

Act as an instrumental coda to 2018's superb There's A Riot Going On. [Oct 2020, p.94]

Reveals a confident desert punk classicism. [Sep 2020, p.94]

A craftsman-tough album about decision times. [May 2011, p.106]

It's always good when, after 30 years as a music critic, the hairs on your arms stand on end. [Sep 2018, p.89]

JBM has concocted a glorious half-dream of a third album. [Aug 2013, p.93]

I Was a Cat from a Book is as warm as an all-enveloping blanket by the hearth. [Sep 2012, p.89]

Joyful and, at times, unpredictably good fun. [Nov 2019, p.90]

It's an engrossing set with nine reflective soundscapes. [Nov 2019, p.89]

You don't dip into this music--it fully engulfs you. [Oct 2015, p.95]

Ultimately, this album stands in euphoric, unrepentant denial of its own title. [Sep 2013, p.91]

Lux Æterna [is] a prime example of 72 Seasons' astonishing vigour. ... Metallica are worthy again. [Jul 2023, p.82]

Those who thought White Ladder would stand as Gray's crowning achievement may now have to think again. [Oct 2005, p.104]

Total fun for your brain. [Dec 2019, p.107]

It's not flawless, though it's damn good, and consistently engrossing. [Feb 2006, p.94]

Trouble... is thrillingly fresh. [Jun 2023, p.86]

Forgoing cynicism, she looks out on the world with unbound curiosity and zeal, every coruscant melody and glowing harmony another discovery. [Nov 2024, p.93]