It is a joy to hear. [Apr 2017, p.113]

An utter gem. [Apr 2017, p.110]

If World Eater has an ear for the end-times rave-up, it's also not going anywhere gently. [Apr 2017, p.111]

It's one which adds up to more than the sum of its parts. [Apr 2017, p.114]

This record's packed with singalong moments. [Apr 2017, p.108]

To a soundtrack of country blues and earthly soul, parallels are drawn with past and present injustices. [Apr 2017, p.112]

It is, as always, complicated, but addictively, intriguingly so. [Apr 2017, p.111]

A deep listen. [Apr 2017, p.111]

VANT have ensured their music has the same capacity to move and intrigue as their subject matter. [Apr 2017, p.118]

Over eight tracks, they can sound both oddly antique and modern. [Mar 2017, p.107]

Keeping close to Chasny's vision, Burning The Threshold offers a beautiful way into his far-out world. [Apr 2017, p.119]

Not everything which follows [opening track Overlow] nails the anthemic vibe so successfully, but Elodie's wistful glow and indie-dance groover Follow show they can raise the mood even while they down the drama. [Apr 2017, p.118]

They may not quite manage sustained quality, but they're getting closer. [Apr 2017, p.118]

It's a welcome, and much needed, breakthrough. [Apr 2017, p.118]

A fiercely well-assembled soundtrack that blends '80s pop and club classics with more recent R&B innovations. [Apr 2017, p.116]

Sampha's lyrics are clever and his voice so inherently likeable that it works. [Apr 2017, p.116]

Quite an achievement. [Apr 2017, p.116]

Instrumental, but wholly lyrical. [Apr 2017, p.116]

Lemon Memory is both invigorating and anaesthetising. [Apr 2017, p.115]

There are moments on Could Be Worse and Money where melodic punch is lacking, but, overall, this new softer persona suits LTA well. [Apr 2017, p.115]

A very professional job, then, even though it feels as if Levi's wilder instincts have been tamed. [Apr 2017, p.115]

Imagine the anarcho-grime of Fat White Family coalescing with a tripped-out Thee Oh Sees--then peel slowly and see. [Apr 2017, p.112]

Memories Are Now is an inventive nine-song affair. [Apr 2017, p.112]

Fans will find few surprises on this full-length debut, which opens with Silhouette's emo-soul ballad and throughout maintains a mood pitched somewhere between tortured and despairing. [Apr 2017, p.111]

Too much of the rest comes dangerously close to ordinariness. [Mar 2017, p.115]

His songs draw on his folk-rock roots, only to detour down mysterious and memerising byways. [Jan 2017, p.111]

However much they conjure up campfire laments, you're rarely more than a few minutes from kick-ass riffs and percussive abandon. [Mar 2017, p.115]

They are a band still in search of that one killer track. [Mar 2017, p.108]

A moving reflection of his own life, family and home, it's the sound of Dave Hause getting to grips with himself. [Mar 2017, p.111]

Too many of the album's more poignant moments suffer from a slick but formulaic production. ... Graham is at his best when he delivers it straight. [Mar 2017, p.114]

The title track and Just Me stand out for their bubbly rhythms, but otherwise this feels grey an mopey. [Mar 2017, p.108]

There's an Iberian undertow to the gorgeous You Sigh and the upbeat Answers. Yet, when he goes for beauty, he strikes gold and propelled by an earworm melody, Lights Out distills all that's right about Cunningham. [Mar 2017, p.107]

Garden of Spirits up singular aural magic from today's mood of global dread. [Mar 2017, p.113]

It feels like an exercise in stretching the spirit of the first album as far as it will go, its urgency and menace dissolving into static down a long-distance line. [Mar 2017, p.111]

What really elevates the songs though, is the underlying weave of Latin-influenced percussion and subtle string arangements which draw deftly on Garzon-Montano's French-Colombian roots. [Mar 2017, p.108]

A broken heart has long been the conductor for Adams's talent--it's a testament to the quality here that he sounds so thoroughly broken this time. [Mar 2017, p.107]

It's a well-deserved victory lap for the trio and ample proof that growing up doesn't have to mean losing your edge--or your anger. [Mar 2017, p.115]

An enjoyable conflation of nose-rock influences, mostly tracking back to the post-hardcore scene of the late '80s. [Mar 2017, p.112]

It's clear where this record's from, but where it's at remains an alluring mystery. [Mar 2017, p.112]

Sounds like a natural follow-up to the original Ommadawn. [Mar 2017, p.112]

It's a pleasing collection of multi-layered poo songs in a manner that at times recall Sufjan Stevens. [Feb 2017, p.119]

Out of disappointment and distress, Elbow have crafted another brilliant album. [Mar 2017, p.104]

It's an album that weaves in and out of domestic life and musical ambition, and somewhere in the knot of them lies something rather special. [Mar 2017, p.108]

It's an album that suggests You Me At Six are trapped between three, possibly four, different idea of who they want to be. [Mar 2017, p.115]

As entertaining as it is impressive. [Mar 2017, p.115]

In short, electrifying. [Mar 2017, p.115]

This is essential listening. [Mar 2017, p.112]

They need to do this again. [Mar 2017, p.112]

Lyrically, Terminator-like narratives such as Cyber God do underwhelm. Their music's intensity, however, holds everything aloft. [Mar 2017, p.112]

Both inspiring and inspired, Godfather completes Wiley's reclamation of self brilliantly. [Mar 2017, p.110]

The whole thing is a bit of a grower and a tentative flex in a new direction with just about enough of their old sound to keep fans happy. [Mar 2017, p.111]

The result is classic rock with a sneer. [Mar 2017, p.108]

It's an atmospheric and absorbing piece, a deep, dark pool of music. [Mar 2017, p.108]

The xx are too smart to get caught in that trap, extending past glories rather than copying them, finding new places for the spotlight to fall. [Mar 2017, p.109]

This is compassion delivered with the force of a jackhammer. [Mar 2017, p.107]

A mind-expanding trip for sonic explorers. [Mar 2017, p.107]

Happily, after nearly four decades, The Blue Aeroplanes can still bottle lightning. [Mar 2017, p.107]

Hang is brilliantly ludicrous and ludicrously brilliant. [Mar 2017, p.106]

The only real issue is that at times the vibe is so laid-back there;s a slight danger of dropping off rather than simply blissing out. [Feb 2017, p.116]

It still occupies dark territory but this time excellent songs like Hidden Knives are defined by urgency, as well as venom. [Feb 2017, p.111]

This triumphant Brixton Academy show, though, proves that it didn't harm the ascent of their stirring mix of electornic rock and vintage voice samples. [Feb 2017, p.116]

He surprises with an unexpectedly stark romanticism inspired at least partly by his love for Isaac Hayes and Ray Charles. [Jan 2017, p.108]

It amounts to Mark Eitzel's best album in years. [Feb 2017, p.112]

There's nothing fatally wrong with Trails & Truths--and fans of bearded cosmic Americana will find much right with it. What Horse Thief really need to rustle up, though, is their own distinct identity. [Feb 2017, p.115]

Voyage, ironically, takes us nowhere we haven't been, but has a blast revisiting Vitalic's favourite haunts. [Feb 2017, p.119]

It's less emotionally instinctive LP than his debut, but over time those new pop hooks prove hard to shake. [Feb 2017, p.116]

It's the anti-hygge of records: cold, hard, and anything but comfortable. [Feb 2017, p.111]

With Oczy Mlody, they remind us once again that they're also great songwriters. [Feb 2017, p.110]

Occasionally, Byrne subtly expands her musical palette with strings and woodwind, but never at the expense of her own guitar and vocals. [Feb 2017, p.111]

This is a great album first, and a great Christmas album second. [Feb 2017, p.115]

10 tight tunes of heart, soul and intricate craftsmanship. [Dec 2016, p.105]

There's no doubt they're here to carouse, but beware the hangover. [Jan 2017, p.104]

This compilation of that [debut] album, Apple, plus preceding EP Shine, show what all the fuss was about. [Jan 2017, p.117]

Calder employs a startling falsetto over tightly wound tunes that twist your emotions from the gently reflective to swelling with longing in a heartbeat. [Jan 2017, p.115]

None of it should work, but it does. [Sep 2016, p.105]

No question, Ultrasound are carving a very nice late-career niche out for themselves. [Feb 2017, p.119]

A specialist interest. [Feb 2017, p.119]

Tesfaye can't decide if he's having the best time f his life or the worst. [Feb 2017, p.119]

It's a solid enough LP, but it's hard to see this appealing very far beyond their fanbase. [Feb 2017, p.119]

A noble, affecting sign-off worthy of the name. [Feb 2017, p.118]

Even if Avenged Sevenfold are guilty of occasionally overreaching in places here, it's undoubtedly made them more interesting. [Feb 2017, p.117]

Oakland's finest [Green Day] won't exactly be quaking in their boots, but they may respectfully tip their hat. [Feb 2017, p.116]

While the title's end-of-days concept might be flimsy, the grooves are rock solid. [Feb 2017, p.115]

Ultimately 24k Magic's luxe exterior writes cheques its soul can't cash. [Feb 2017, p.115]

All thoughts of age, celebrity and stadium itineraries melt away as the Stones work their peculiar alchemy with vigour, mastery and jeu d'espit. [Feb 2017, p.114]

Uneven as it may be, Black America Again is a stirring reminder of the Chicago MC's relevance. [Feb 2017, p.113]

The follow-up sounds like an altogether more professional job. [Feb 2017, p.112]

There are times when it can feel a little festival theatre tent. Even so, the musical chemistry is clear, and at best, captivating. [Feb 2017, p.112]

What's missing is a sense of Glover himself as a defining character. [Feb 2017, p.112]

If Angelina's somewhat mannered accent, make for an exercise in second-hand Americana, Vagabond Saint has too much panache to make that a stumbling block. [Feb 2017, p.111]

Andrews shares far more than just a haircut with Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell, while heartbreaker ballads such as Only In My Mind roll from her fingers like Carole King. [Feb 2017, p.111]

Unpolished and unhurried, Peace Trail is another charming stop on Young's long and winding road. [Feb 2017, p.108]

The real highlights are when the orchestra are left to fly, communicating the powerful feeling underpinning a reunion that was clearly as poignant as it was joyful. [Jan 2017, p.104]

Reissued with a raft of extras, it remains a masterpiece of uneasy listening. [Dec 2016, p.117]

There's decent adult pop to be had. [Jan 2016, p.111]

If the question is whether they're moving Busted forwards, then the answer is a resounding, robotic, synth-laden yes. [Dec 2016, p.105]

Ditch square ideas of substance and solidity, though, and Hamburg Demonstrations is studded with wonderful moments, even some grander stretches. [Jan 2016, p.102]

Before The Dawn snubs modern-day convention and is a throwback to live albums from the last century. [Jan 2017, p.110]