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

Even at its most melancholy, there's a warmth and brightness to M. Ward's eighth solo album. [Apr 2016, p.110]

A characteristically warm and good-natured record, but it's also striking how adventurous and relevant they sound. [Apr 2016, p.108]

The vintage record store rummaging has given way to a more pared-back sound. Here, retro guitar tones and proggy breakdowns complement rather than dominate. [May 2018, p.114]

Longer, looser, less eager to impress, and more American than its predecessors ... Vampire Weekend's prettiest album is also their weightiest. [June 2019, p.106]

Dizzy Heights is a bold, wonderful affair. [Mar 2014, p.113]

Two Suns is an intoxicating, addictive album, a step on from "Fur And Gold" a leap into a galaxy of its very own. [May 2009, p.118]

As much as it recaptures some of their buccaneering early spirit, it also shows off some explosive new tricks too. [May 2013, p.108]

Each of the 11 new songs on Bottom Of The World twinkles mournfully, chamber-country meditations which blend the playful and sinister in his patented fantasia set in the US-Mexico borderlands. [May 2013, p.95]

Whether a fanbase reared on moshpit anthems is ready for such artful desolation remains to be seen, but as an exercise in skin-shedding and score-settling The Betrayed is brutally effective. [Feb 2010, p. 103]

While they may have broken the slacker's code, the results are worth it. [May 2011, p.115]

This splurge of hits and misses is a pure energy infusion. [Aug 2019, p.119]

Admittedly, her FM-friendly singalongs aren't rocket science, just fantastically effective. [May 2003, p.109]

The Return may feel long and complex, but time and space reveal a unique new voice. [Oct 2019, p.113]

Faithful singers could learn a secular trick or two. [Dec 2019, p.117]

A much better record than its predecessor. [Oct 2006, p.112]

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

No Blues is their best album yet. [Dec 2013, p.109]

There's an Everyman appeal to Once Upon A Time... that suggests a band on the verge. [Oct 2007, p.88]

Arc is a missive from the heart as well as the head. [Feb 2013, p.100]

Their second album brims with crunching guitars, subtle stabs of synth and--more importantly--a winning line in big, anthemic choruses. [Oct 2013, p.102]

Smart, anthemic and often desperately moving. [Dec 2011, p.137]

Loaded with delights... that highlight their soft, uniquely beautiful sound. [Sep 2004, p.135]

All in all, a brooding and brilliant record. [Oct 2017, p.103]

Lateral-thinking producer Jneiro Jarel builds complex but catchy soundscapes from bowel-shaking tuba loops, stuttering Casiotones and grime's muscle, as DOOM pinballs hypnotically through vivid metaphors and free-association rhymes. [Oct 2012, p.103]

Such bitter pills are sugared by some stellar Cure/Smiths-style indie arrangements, making this an uneasy treat. [Dec 2017, p.109]

Stronger than SFA's last outing Love Kraft, this will appeal to those who appreciate the gentler aspects of Rhys's day job. [Feb 2007, p.106]

It's quite a feat to produce music that works for the mind and the hips, but Ronson has pulled it off magnificently, with virtually every track sounding like a single. [Feb 2015, p.104]