Boy King is an album that exudes confidence to try new things, to experiment, to pull things apart and pull them back together again. [Sep 2016, p.100]

While not exactly rammed with chart-friendly bangers, the likes of Oino's Day-Glo twitch and Mountain's doe-eyed dream pop should hopefully ensure Dust the success that eluded him first time around. [Jul 2015, p.108]

Amid all the bitching and moaning are some of the finest songs of Weezer's career. [May 2002, p.118]

Despite the hypnotic repetition at its core, it's surprisingly tuneful. [Jul 2014, p.109]

Femejism is every bit as exhilarating as debut Sistronix. [Oct 2016, p.107]

While the new incarnation of the band has made two strong albums, LXXX shows off what really was their last splash. It was one hell of a cannonball. [May 2013, p.115]

High drama in every molecule. [Jan 2019, p.114]

Weaving Song and Poor Old Horse's exhilarating communal bellow show the band homespun and raw. [Mar 2018, p.115]

[Wrongtom's] meeting with East London jungle MC Deemas J is his most faithful homage yet. It's also his best. [Nov 2012, p.112]

It's a collision of classic rap skills and singular beats that makes this album outstanding and far more substantial than its "prelude" billing implies. [Mar 2016, p.110]

Khan's own incomparable pipes as blast-proof as ever, her first studio album since 2007 stands comparison with its stellar single. [Apr 2019, p.113]

Hercules And Love Affair are at their best when they cut loose and damn the consequences. [Apr 2008, p.110]

There's still vigour in The Orb's ambient house vision. [Jun 2020, p.105]

Essential not only for fans of roots music but anyone who cares about how it shaped rock. [Apr 2015, p.116]

As a live document of The Rollling Stones in all their swaggering, arrogant pomp, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out is damned near essential. [Jan 2010, p.131]

This is one of Biffy Clyro's best records yet. [Aug 2016, p.106]

The sort of glorious record Greenwich Village beatniks would make if they'd been hibernating for 40 years. [Feb 2004, p.102]

What sets Faded Gloryville apart, however, is the new bluesy, soul-filled groove she found recording in Muscle Shoals. [Oct 2015, p.113]

Not everyone will want to follow Banhart's cosmic meanderings, but those who take the plunge will find much to feed their head. [Oct 2004, p.133]

This collection of 12" releases from the last year is breathtakingly beautiful. [Nov 2012, p.98]

Zimpel's most electronic album to date, though it's the kind of moody electronics you're more likely to find in the cinema than the club. [Apr 2020, p.114]

While it lacks the polish of a major pop album, it's not dulled by the overthought conservatism that might bring with it. [Mar 2018, p.115]

Strawberry Jam sounds as if it was a blast to make; happily, the fun doesn't stop there. [October 2007, p.94]

The songs are so delicately crafted that it never feels predictable. [Feb 2012, p.103]

They do lean away somewhat from the buzzsaw pop-punk which made them favourites of Kurt Cobain, and toward streamlined '70s FM rock, as well as new wave power pop in the vein of The Only Ones and The Flamin' Groovies, with a few interludes of Byrds/Big Star jangle. But don't be fooled by such mellow moments. [Jun 2016, p.116]

Tahabort, however, soon kicks up a rousigly Fela Kuti groove, and there follow divergent echoes of Saharan folk and, on the band's titular tune, Algerian Rai, to vary up the ever-pleasing dusty meanderings. [Jun 2016, p.112]

Never straying far thereafter, it all makes for a heavily addictive, comfortably numbing kind of experience. [Jul 2009, p.131]

Reflective, humourous and romantic, Catacombs is perfect for those long summer nights ahead. [Jul 2009, p.133]