The resultant upgrade sounds like a ZX Spectrum wired to a jack hammer. Add the occasional pause for breath--as on the glacial "The Erskine Bridge"-- and Come Down With Me is a thrilling invitation. [Mar 2100, p.101]

New Order have made better records than this, but not many with such an emotional charge and the expansive noise to carry it off.... Get Ready is the sound of a great band breaking free of their past before your ears. Who’d have thought it?

His most intricately affecting music yet. [Nov 2016, p.100]

It's clear The Architect has elevated her to a whole new level. [Jan 2018, p.109]

This beautiful, open-hearted album explores every one of its title's implications, wrapping both the blessed and the lost in its generous embrace. [Nov 2014, p.105]

There's nothing fancy about her songs... but there is magic in the way she sings them. [Apr 2006, p.112]

The result is as dreamy and captivating as anything Nicolas Godin has ever done. [Mar 2020, p.117]

A bluesy, guitar-heavy record just like they used to make, then. What's not to llike? [Aug 2010, p.124]

If an album's ever demanded the description "plangent" or "mellifluous", it's here. [Dec. 2011 p. 128]

Dan Mangan here serves up the welcome alternative [to other alt-folkies.] [Jan 2012, p.123]

In a career already dotted with peaks, this is definitely another. [Jun 2018, p.113]

Entrancing. [Mar 2012, p.102]

While the more traditional sounding songs that remain are unquestionably excellent, it does seem odd to leave such a good idea only half explored. [Apr 2013, p.108]

Comedown Machine is their best album since they hit perfection with their debut. [Apr 2013, p.102]

All The Time is cool and compelling dance-pop. [Aug 2020, p.108]

With much here that could match the chart success of fellow travellers La nd Little Boots, it;s an accomplished first offering. [Feb 2010]

Their debut bears the hallmarks of carefully assembled, widescreen pop-rock.

The main impression is of a unique voice still raging. [Oct 2015, p.113]

Ape In Pink Marble shows that underneath the mannered eccentricities, Banhart's chief talent has always been to write endearing songs. [Nov 2016, p.103]

[Her] final LP gives as much pleasure as her 2002 breakthrough. [Jan 2018, p.110]

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

Halcyon casts a formidable spell. [Nov 2012, p.96]

They haven't just picked up where they left off last time; they've recreated the sound of their debut wholesale, then tossed on a couple of extra layers of flamboyance for good measure. [Sep 2006, p.104]

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]

If you've skipped some of their more recent efforts, you'll be shocked by just how innovative and impressive they've become. [Feb 2016, p.119]

Fans of early Beck, Spacemen 3 and Galaxie 50 will love it. [Apr 2013, p.109]

It's a patchwork, with many edges left untrimmed, but Idehen's word's are always worth leaning in for. [Summer 2018, p.106]

Showcas[es] [Shields'] typically speaker-buckling white noise. [Nov 2003, p.126]