Melodically, this matches The Lemonheads at their best. [Aug 2002, p.126]

An all-conquering white female rap crew? It's been a long time coming and, on the strength of this debut, may be arriving sooner than you think. [Jun 2003, p.105]

American producer conjures up dazzling electronics. [Aug. 2011, p. 123]

Utopia is like walking through a vast tropical greenhouse, full of sunlight, oxygen and the twittering of birds. [Jan 2018, p.108]

Guitar pop at its most ecstatic. [Apr 2006, p.113]

Ellison's reliably single-minded approach will appease seasoned Flying Lotus followers, but Until The Quiet Comes might just attract new followers. [Nov 2012, p.95]

His debut combines melodic dubstep with a dose of Timbaland-style R&B. [Dec. 2001 p. 127]

Crucially, her songwriting has deepened and matured. [Nov 2007, p.146]

This is music which feels as though it needs to be tethered down, lest it slip its moorings and float higher than the sun. [Mar 2015, p.115]

Stay Positive isn't so much of an instant gratification, but a record that reveals more with each listen. [Aug 2008, p.131]

As the sound of a band revelling in what they do best, it makes for an album that's up there with their most purely enjoyable. [Aug 2017, p.105]

Fortunately, Elliott and Timbaland's idea of old school is rather unorthodox. [Jan 2003, p.121]

Making soaring beauty out of the disarray of her life. [Sep 2019, p.112]

There are some exquisite songs here. [Nov 2016, p.111]

An assemblage of electro-pop, affecting melodies and Dear's sonorous voice, Black City variously recalls Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem and The Magnetic Fields. [Sept. 2010, p. 114]

Field's tough but tender holler, adventurous arrangements and razor-sharp rhythms combine to ensure these breezy tributes to Motown, classic rock, and psychedelic soul always hit the right note. [April 2012, p.94]

Sometimes I Sit And Think is littered with wry, smile-inducing couplets and wonderfully mundane detail. [May 2015, p.114]

File under soundtracks to mescaline days and animal sacrifice nights. [Jul 2016, p.104]

She's gone big and bold. [Aug 2017, p.107]

A poignant revisiting of Whitsun Dance catches the profound power of this richly arranged album. [Aug 2020, p.105]

Creeper may lack originality, but they make up for it with ambition and sheer cheek. [Aug 2020, p.105]

Experimental yet entirely accessible, Transference proves that Spoon are of America's finest bands. [Feb 2010, p. 111]

One Life Stand is the classic pop album they've always threatened to make. [Mar 2010, p.96]

What could've been an album of self-pity is transformed into a record of optimism and hope. [Sep 2019, p.111]

Proffers a newfound poignancy. [Nov 2003, p.110]

It's all wonderfully executed. [Sep 2017, p.116]

In Conflict is as densely crammed with ideas and movement as his CV, an impression bolstered by the presence of the polymath's polymath Brian Eno. [Jun 2014, p.117]

Nellyville doesn't really have any side streets unexplored by the previous Country Grammar, but it's all so good-natured it's hard to object. [Sep 2002, p.111]