A concept record about femininity that finely balances intelligence with accessibility, The Witch gets better and better with repeated listens. [Jul 2017, p.112]

Occasionally Hawkline veers off the rails, but his overall cryptic psyche surrenders its charms easily. [Jul 2017, p.108]

Only a pair of horribly grafted on cameos from Iggy Pop and Elf Kid threatens to undo the good work. Otherwise, the charm offensive continues apace. [Aug 2017, p.108]

It's a musically diverse set of songs, drawing together folk, gospel, R&B, a collaboration with Kwabs, a cover of Elliott Smith's Twilight, and reintroducing Moore's remarkable voice. [Aug 2017, p.107]

The pint pot-rattling To The Pub reflects on disappointment, while the spine-chilling Melting Man is a horrific account of putrefaction and dying alone. [Aug 2017, p.106]

A compelling new Brit-folk triumph. [Nov 2017, p.115]

With their harmonies having never sounded more like perpetual benchmark The Everly brothers, the cantina guitars and dusty, hazy lyrics conjure a world of adobe bars and lazy roof-top jams as the sun dips behind the cactus. [Mar 2017, p.111]

Depth Of Field styles the same retro sound with greater finesse and raises her songcraft game so that tunes, grooves and arrangements work all of a piece. [Apr 2018, p.106]

The result is great, as Tundra reforms the duo's patent snark in his own electro-pop image. [May 2018, p.106]

Kacy & Clayton's ability to enchant remains potent on The Siren's Song. [Jul 2018, p.112]

Modest and muted they may be, but after the mid-'80s bombast, what comes through is the nuance and intimacy of the songs. [Jul 2018, p.121]

Not quiet as good as 1970's Live At Leeds, but it's still a riot. [Jun 2018, p.119]

Television Themes is entertaining on every count. [Nov 2018, p.102]

It packs copious groove, Monument Valley-scale riffs, decent songs, and an Al Green homage which only lacks a Premier League singer to take it to the heavens. [May 2019, p.119]

Three Demons finds Guadalupe Plata fully charged and on devilishly good form. [Summer 2019, p.111]

A true master in career-best form. [Summer 2019, p.112]

There's timeless wit and energy here. [Nov 2019, p.111]

Sometimes, the groovier, mellower tracks dull the clarity of the MCs' densely witty lyrics. But when the pair's smart humour and indignant ire is given room to shine, as on the chilly grime of I Spy, they live up to their reputation as two of the UK's foremost rap maestros. [Jan 2020, p.107]

Even three decade on, the era's best moments resonate with invention and imagination. [Sep 2019, p.118]

A lovely, soothing aural balm. [Jan 2020, p.113]

Her crystalline, sparse voice shines on melancholic but dreamy break-up songs and dark, cinematic tracks. [Feb 2020, p.115]

Betters his 2015 landmark, Integrity. [Mar 2020, p.119]

The result is an album designed for the feet as much as the head. [Mar 2020, p.106]

An act of liberation as well as creation, it's thrilling testament to a spirit set free. [May 2020, p.102]

It coats its spiritualism in an optimism that is never less than radiant. [May 2020, p.113]

[2018's debut's] Rousing tunes and harmony-rich arrangements marked them out as contenders. This second outing delivers on that promise. [Sep 2020, p.110]

Same Emotions, meanwhile, sounds like a lovingly recreated homage to the soft rock of Journey, Toto, et al. Best of all is his deeply personal tribute to the late Jason Molina. [Aug 2014, p.113]

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