By the time the album ends in a full-on industrial free-jazz freakout you'll either be totally lost or suspecting this man might be a genius. [Jun 2005, p.97]

The wait has been worth it. [Oct 2011, p.98]

Versions Of Us is full of such emotional blue plaque moments, small humans marking their time on a grandly heartfelt scale. [Jun 2023, p.85]

The sister have turned that pain and drama into this elegantly nuanced third album. [Mar 2021, p.86]

The songs dive off in unexpected directions, but remain linear. [Nov 2012, p.87]

Many of the inventive musical excursions were improvised live in the studio. [Nov 2014, p.95]

A wonderful album. [Jan 2016, p.93]

Vividly of-the-moment, rich in melody and wry optimism. [Mar 2007, p.104]

Studio-recorded in a single sitting, the Arkestra honour their mentor’s methods by keeping everything moving, seemingly to infinity. [Feb 2025, p.89]

A black-clad twist on quality pop that should rightly be blitzing from alt-radio throughout 2025. [Mar 2025, p.86]

A thought-provoking, welcome addition to the cosmic jazz uprising. [Apr 2019, p.94]

It gives way to creeping synths, much post-rock elation and an epic finale, sung in French with nape-raising efficacy. [Apr 2016, p.96]

The duo's songs may employ no chords and few notes to sing against, but they are brillantly structured via Andreas Werliin's melodic drum patterns, with Mariam Wallentin's flamboyant, unfettered voice a huge presence. [May 2009, p109]

Distractions' expanded palette takes in grime, experimental R&B and robotic house, like an alternate soundtrack for an arcade racer. [Jul 2017, p.91]

More cohesive and less Britpop than 2018's Brickbat. More trenchant too. [Aug 2021, p.87]

Stunning... a highly-textured, invigorating adventure in sound. [Mar 2012, p.94]

The Future and the Past is a triumph, a coming-of-age that over-delivers on all Prass promised, and suggests limitless skies in answer to where she might go next. [Jul 2018, p.86]

Resistance bubbles with zest and vitality. [Jul 2017, p.87]

The more upbeat swing to the songs doesn't dull the crispness of her songwriting. [Jul 2019, p.90]

Allied to keening, reedy vocals and sophisticated hooks, these songs deliver a truly impressive debut. [Mar 2024, p.88]

Funny, thoughtful, pragmatic and whimsical, We're Only Human is a perfect alt-country album [Sep 2025, p.84]

The 13 tracks gallop along, urging listeners and musicians to stand up for what's right and take the fight to the forces of oppression. [Sep 2025, p.86]

There's often been a whiff of contrivance around the Avetts, but by coming of age they come up smelling of roses. [Aug 2016, p.92]

He transforms the bi-hearted bop of randy Weston's Little Niles into a plaintive musical love letter that, like much of what surrounds it, demands repeated listens. [May 2011, p.108]

It might not look like it's going to leap out and grab you, but Beam here launches a soft emotional ambush. [Sep 2017, p.87]

It's both organic and future-facing. A true metamorphosis, this album sees Queens Of The Stone Age shedding an old identity to discover new ways of playing the same song. [Sep 2017, p.84]

Intriguing ninth album from Sam Prekop's Chicagoan pop exoticists. [July 2011, p. 103]

American Dream feels like a strong re-statement of what they do, and what they can mean, a record that, despite its fear of death, feels very much alive. [Oct 2017, p.86]