It's all oddly refreshing, aurally exciting and a whole lotta fun. [Jun 2019, p.94]

They really do sound like a band more than a group. [Jun 2019, p.92]

This time around, the Gizz's experiments have resulted in a compelling macrame of blues, rock, electronica, country and more besides. [Jun 2019, p.90]

A career-builder, if not a game-changer. [Jun 2019, p.89]

These 10 compact songs work both as intimate affirmation of Jurado's current brilliance and a hushed elegy for his too-soon-departed friend. [Jun 2019, p.89]

Occasionally the lyrics are wincingly obvious. ... Emerald Valley is blunt truth for dire times. [Jun 2019, p.88]

Koenig is a formidable lyricist, and behind the music's occasional larkiness lies a record of high seriousness. [Jun 2019, p.88]

All credit to Knowles, though, whose vision is so cohesive that the 19 short tracks feel like one long, utterly immersive piece. [Jun 2019, p.86]

The album is, however, still ramshackle and oddball where it counts. [Jun 2019, p.86]

It's slow to coalesce, but when it does, U.F.O.F. flies. [Jun 2019, p.86]

A deeper dive into the grooves pays substantial dividends, not just with Doherty's impermeable gift for melody and neat turns of phrase but the intriguing torrent of witty self-examination. [Jun 2019, p.86]

The first half of their fifth studio album racing by, a blur of nimble fingers and frills. The second half, a 19-minute exploration of Pink Floyd's Echoes, will divide audiences along prog and classical lines. [May 2019, p.91]

A record you don't want to turn your back on in any way. [May 2019, p.93]

Sitting down with this album is like listening to a friend who assumes you know all the same people they do. [May 2019, p.90]

A fitting, touching elegy for a bewitching talent. [May 2019, p.87]

This album doesn't have the blinding clarity of proper revelation but, in its febrile examination of survival and redemption, Oh My God is on the side of the angels. [May 2019, p.86]

An immersive, deeply satisfying work that doubles down on the experimentalism he brought to The Frames. [May 2019, p.93]

Songs are wispy but melodies strong. [May 2019, p.96]

Even at moderate volume, parts of Life Metal may loosen your neighbours' guttering. [May 2019, p.95]

Melds the LA band's sonic fuzz with mellifluous recent LPs, sombre dispatches, ambient and wistful pop. [May 2019, p.96]

Jade Bird's compelling voice is the deliberately uncontested focus of her no nonsense debut. [May 2019, p. 93]

Forsyth's own voice is used sparingly ... Mostly, though, he lets the fervid lyricism of his guitar be the focus. [May 2019, p.88]

Musically, it's a radical rethink. [May 2019, p.89]

Yet more caustic politico cold-funk disco grooves. [May 2019, p.96]

A "modular synthesis" of indefinable plonking building to bursts of static joy. [Apr 2019, p.96]

Believe it or not, there's room in the desert for yet another serious contender. [May 2019, p.91]

The album is saturated with heartbreak and bad decisions, perfectly decked in country-politan arrangements. [May 2019, p.87]

As always, S&R stress character studies, from the envious and deluded guy in Mississippi Nuthin' to the broke-down elder in Hammer. [May 2019, p.94]