Words are what sustain Push The Sky Away. [Mar 2013, p.97]

There are missteps, but consistency was never their selling point. [June 2008, p.138]

The Violence is ambitious in Hayman's homemade, almost hesitant way, but his vision goes far beyond any other current independent artist, and is a true treasure. [Jan 2013, p.105]

Lese Majesty is a trip to be sure, but the destination remains unclear. [Sep 2014, p.114]

Old fans will be delighted: new recruits may be seduced. [Nov 2017, p.112]

What could be desperate instead dazzles, thanks to a combination of shiny pop smarts, hands-aloft anthemics and, in the case of Freddie Mercury-alike singer Luke Spiller, the kind of unembarrassable charisma they rarely manufacture any more. [Dec 2018, p.114]

Throughout, Fields's gutsy vocals are utterly undimmed by age. [Jul 2019, p.109]

These crafted confessionals are a reminder that Murphy couldn't write a bad song if he tried. [Aug 2020, p.109]

Jim O'Rourke's solo work comes to mind on tracks like Leaders, but there's more emotional depth here. [Feb 2005, p.102]

As a calling card, it's as close to perfection as the title suggests. [Jul 2016, p.109]

Unusually welcoming entry point. [May 2020, p.92]

If there's a fault, the self-consciously retro production doesn't push her far enough. [Jul 2013, p.106]

Variously heartrending and uplifting, Lateness OF Dancers is enriching stuff. [Oct 2014, p.110]

On I Speak Because I Can, her great leap forward after 2008's captivating Mercury-nominated debut, Marling deploys an archaic folk patois with convincing gravitas. [Apr 2010, p.118]

The fifth album actually proves refreshingly unburdened by fashion. [Nov 2012, p.101]

While Hinton's selections vary wildly in style, the production is both fluid and empathic. [May 2016, p.114]

This is guitar music at its most acerbic and romantic. [Aug 2017, p.110]

It hasn't got all the best tunes, but this bullishly self-titled album hits the target like a hair-dyed, tattooed William Tell. [May 2013, p.111]

These renditions, however, also stress how undeserved their reputation for tea-and-cakes twee was, using Stuart Murdoch's lyrical sharpness and the radio sessions' rough edges to draw blood. [Jan 2009, p.126]

A delicious vision of pop crooked enough to pull corks with. [Jun 2013, p.96]

Like Moon Safari-era Air, unleashes shimmering, cinematic musical waves that gently wash over you but eventually suck you in entirely. [Nov 2002, p.113]

Predictably claustrophobic listening.... When they come up for air, Interpol have the tunes to match all the mannered gloom. [Sep 2002, p.107]

It could be horribly contrived, yet Bird has the rare touch to make it sound as natural as breathing. [May 2007, p.125]

Elevated throughout by Garcia's immaculate phrasing, this is music that fuses he tradition and modern with real purpose. [Sep 2020, p.110]

Illuminate is a powerful, sometimes overwhelming debut that pushes all the right buttons. [Jul 2014, p.103]

He more often turns the spotlight on himself, raw and uncompromisingly direct in a way that only an album recorded in a few short days can be. [Feb 2016, p.115]

This restless, shape-shifting experimentalism might have been something Mason's been working on now for two decades, but it's rarely sounded better than it does here. [Mar 2016, p.118]

It all makes for a remarkable second album. [Jul 2016, p.110]