It's only the too-glib wordplay that thwarts a more whole hearted endorsement. [Nov 2009, p.94]

Blk Jks's own voicee is utterly compelling. [Oct 2009, p.107]

Mister Pop is at once an old friend and a stotal stranger. [Nov 2009, p.100]

Indelible, compulsive, flecked with genuine brillance throughout, it's as good as any of the acknowledged clasics from the Clan's '93-96 peak. [Nov 2009, p.95]

The pop-soul of Hawthorne's A Strange Arrabgement sounds and feels genuinely convincing. [Oct 2009, p.100]

Akin to career suicide, it's admirably bonkers but overlong. [Oct 2009, p.108]

Noble concept, but possibly the dumbest clever-clogs album ever made. [Jun 2010, p.98]

The Visitor is curiously passionless and on occassion, too closely tied to its background music references to get excited about. [Nov 2009, p.102]

Though the sound remains dreamy, it's expansive; the melodic songs have a feeling of joy. [Oct 2009, p.101]

Two fine records without a duff track between them. [Oct 2009, p.98]

The songs range from good to essential. [Oct 2009, p.101]

The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again - the sequel to his 1973 solo debut - repeats the formula, its 12 covers of country standards and downhome favourites creating a warm, hearthside companion to its predecessor. [Dec 2009, p. 91]

Juliette Lewis's third shot at crossing over from award-winning actress to respected songwriter appears to br gatherng pace. [Oct 2009, p.98]

Houston has delivered an album that, despite a few middling tracks, is genuinely moving. [Nov 2009, p.95]

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]

Beyond the dirty talk, this is a beautifully balanced record. [Sep 2009, p.94]

American Classic really shines when the velveteen smoothness takes a backseat to that voice. [Sep 2009, p.90]

Surely the key to echoing some of rock's key ancestral voices is having songs strong enough to stand on their own. Shaka Rock simply doesn't have them. [Oct 2009, p.106]

It's clear Maal is still boxing clever. [Jul 2009]

The songs, six previously unreleased, range from good to outstanding, the sound quality as clear and natural as if he were singing in the next room. [Oct 2009, p.115]

Her music mostly comprises ordinary, though precisely crafted, acoustic arrangements and plaintive-lite laments regarding absent lover. [Dec 2009, p. 92]

More stirring are te rougher dancehall textures of Smash Lies and Darkness Into Light's crunching guitars and soaring rock chorus. The latter produces the unsettling, but not unwelcome, result of resembling Soundgarden after a course of toasting lessons. [Jul 200, p.103]

S, no watersports this time, but a wee triumph nonetheless. [Dec 2009, p. 100]

The makeover has done him proud. [Aug 2009, p.108]

As an album it's uneven, but tantalisingly the harmony-driven 'Hang Them All' sounds like "Tim"-era Replacements and hints at even bigger things to come. [Sep 2009, p.92]

His fourth album isn't quite as rich a powerpop confection as 2002's "Lapalco" but it still shows off songs as sweet and sharp as peanut brittle. [Sep 2009, p.104]

They're more likely to be judged on face value, but that shouldn't do them any harm. [Sep 2009, p.95]