Its such an embarrassment of riches it actually seems preposterous that everything here was produced in just four years. [Dec 2008, p.118]

If the spirit of punk and the brawn of US hardcore is to be found anywhere today then it is in this, the third dazzling full-length album by The Bronx. [Jan 2008, p.110]

These sweetly sad songs of grown up, imperfect romance reach their height with a jazzy version of Hawley's own 'Coles Corner,' where dreams and reality intermingle around Sheffield's now-demolished romatic rendezvous of the same name. [Dec 2008, p.100]

No one's about to mistake them for Sonic Youth, but the sheen of easy listening has been stripped away, and they sound all the better for it. [Oct 2008, p.110]

His reliably nerdular delivery and thoughtful lyrics still make it sound box-fresh compared to the generic macho fare that still dominates mainstream hip hop. [Dec 2008, p.100]

Play sees Nashville superstar Paisley jam with an array of equally adroit pickers. [Dec 2008, p.111]

Lovely music, no agendas. [Dec 2008, p.102]

It's great that the music is allowed to live in the moment, but the inevitable live albums are hardly essential purchases. [Dec 2008, p.112]

Much looser and more interpretative than its predecessor. [Jan 2008, p.111]

Silence is not an option when Hyvonen is this witty and brazen. [Mar 2009, p.115]

Fans of mavericks like Mark Stewart, and indeed Mr. Van Vilet, should investigate. [Feb 2009, p.109]

Out Of Control is something kinda meh. [Jan 2008, p.104]

It is every bit as ace as their debut. [Jan 2008, p.110]

Boldness has its own reward in the big grime beats, tension-filled horns and cold self-loathing of Mercury. [Nov 2008, p.104]

Occasionally they stumble, as on the clunky 'Warboys.' But with Rogers imperious, Queen's second coming is vindicated. [Oct 2008, p.100]

Off With Their Heads deftest creations may fall just short of the Kasier Chief debut's ruddy-faced string of exhuberant big hitters, 'Never Beat A Beat,' 'Addicted To Drugs' and the huge 'Like You Too Much' are still sizeable cut above some of "Yours Truely's" tepid misfires. [Nov 2008, p.104]

Their third album is more highly evolved than what normally constitutes straight up good-time rock. [Feb 2009, p.105]

The four-piece line-up allows for some breathing space amid the existential shitstorm. [Dec 2008, p.101]

A Hundred Million Suns sounds like a holding pattern for Snow Patrol. [Nov 2008, p.104]

Microcastle could be 4AD's best release in well over a decade. [Dec 2008, p.108]

This is a good album, but there's a pull between the commercial and the more left-field. [Dec 2008, p.104]

Like the rest of this moving album, it whispers in the dark instead of hitting you in the face. [Dec 2008, p.110]

Unfortunately the reality doesn't quite live up to the concept, because unuually for Squarepusher it isn't quite bonkers enough. [Dec 2008, p.100]

Its influences and allusions diverse, but fruitful. [Dec 2008, p.110]

Alight Of Night is devoid of current context, making for a weird timelessness. A treat. [Mar 2009, p.108]

That these and a tranche of equally alluring gems were never released during Russell's lifetime only adds to their poignancy. [Dec 2008, p.104]

Car Alarm offers a fine entry point into the quartet's breezy soundworld. [Nov 2008, p.110]

Lightburn continues to enthral though, his heartfelt, inventive arrangements testament to many questing hours in the studio. [Dec 2008, p.112]