This latest installment unearths yet more rare and diverse dancefloor gems. [June 2019, p.119]

This doesn't veer wildly in style from Vile's previous four--he still sounds like a stoned Springsteen singing from the bottom of a well--but his songwriting reaches a mesmeric peak. [May 2013, p.112]

Spoon are a band who are impossible to second-guess, and one deserving of much more attention. [May 2017, p.101]

Allen's mastery of rhythm holds this inventive album together. [Nov 2014, p.102]

Forster's songwriting is crisply understated, his salt-and-pepper voice perfect for the succulent storytelling for No Fame and Life Has Turned A Page. [May 2019, p.111]

Dark, often opaque, but also full of emotion, this is a gem. [May 2011, p.127]

Dig In deep seamlessly follows 2012's Slipstream in personnel and style. [Apr 2016, p.113]

It's familiar, but immaculately done, and by far the most focused work this band has managed thus far. [Sep 2002, p.100]

An essay in coolly assured, sophisticated leftfield rock, occasionally laden with trademark discordance yet also full of scintillating tunes. [June 2002, p.123]

This is a complex record, full of bleak lyrical themes, but it's also riveting, hypnotic and really very good indeed.

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

The pomp they derive from taking dour post-rock to a rave--notably here in Prisms--is satisfying. [Nov 2013, p.101]

It's a seductive, refreshing but gratifyingly purposeless ride. [Sep 2019, p.1110]

Made up of Coombes's most beautiful compositions yet. [Feb 2015, p.116]

A fascinating insight into Joe's mind and the last days of The Clash. [Nov 2018, p.115]

PROTO sometimes hews close to well-worn dystopian tropes, and the child narrator and see-sawing breath sounds of Extreme Love are undeniably annoying. But Herndon's creative restlessness and textural mastery sustain interest across 45 minutes. [Jul 2019, p.108]

The only gripe here is that the odd longueur makes Historian solid rather than spectacular. [May 2018, p.107]

An unmitigated success. [Summer 2019, p.108]

Classic lived-in country. [Apr 2009, p.107]

Their most mature album to date. [Jul 2006, p.118]

Gifted '60s casualty delivers first record in 14 years. [July 2010, p. 131]

So let any indie bands planning a trip to the keyboard shop take note: this is how it's done, with a desire to surprise and be surprised. [May 2009, p.104]

A dream partnership. [Mar 2014, p.110]

A giant leap from their 2016 debut. Critical is the discovery of drummer Aaron Frazer's falsetto voice, leading six of the 12 songs, he's doubled the band's stylistic and emotional range. [Apr 2019, p.113]

For the umpteenth time, hats off, gents. [Dec 2012, p.122]

Often inspiring, sometimes challenging, but, crucially, never dull. [Dec 2015, p.118]

The giddy result of years spent twisting and caressing orchestras of samples into a living, breathing organic whole, There Is Love In you brims with a playful sense of wonder, never more so than on centerpiece This Unfolds. [Feb 2010, p. 109]

Simple pleasure delivered in style. [Apr 2016, p.107]