Vibrant and outward-looking, the record has a buoyant, dancified energy that flows. [Oct 2017, p.103]

Things get really interesting once the early euphoria fades, with Jenny Hval collaboration Bungl (Like A Ghost) stirring eldritch poetry and fractured jazz into an enthralling mix. [Nov 2017, p.111]

Grumbling Fur largely inhabit their own wonderful world, dreaming up very old-school British psychedelia that hints at the rituals behind the privet and sigils on the parquet floors. [Sep 2014, p.109]

Electrifying, again. [Jan 2020, p.109]

Electronic showboating even the original authors would struggle to identify. [May 2006, p.138]

Untrue lives in the present, its more complex moods showcasing the emotional range that marks Burial out as more than just another bloke with a computer. [Jan 2008, p.108]

A worthy addition to the Clash canon. [Nov 2008, p.126]

While the ringtone-catchy Alive and fuzzed-up Stressy are obvious standouts, it's the reckless try-anything funk of Leader that holds best claim to being Flight's spirit guide. [Jul 2020, p.106]

Yet while these tracks might bring Nelly Furtado's Timbaland-fueled makeover to mind, there is more to She Wolf than glossy dance-pop. [Dec 2009, p. 124]

Out there, but compelling all the same. [#184, p.137]

A rich, multi-layered and utterly enchanting record. [Mar 2010, p.106]

It's big and it's clever.

The naysayer might dismiss it as an elaborate pastiche, but this would be to miss the point of an often intoxicating LP that's more than the sum of its parts. [Jul 2013, p.108]

The notoriously repressive Ceausescu-era authorities clearly didn't know what to make of Rosca, but his music sounds fantastic today. [Jul 2013, p.109]

While generational ennui smoulders in the lyrics, their main concern remains heartbreak and its vicissitudes. [Dec 2017, p.106]

Stevens's love for the region, its people and legacy is palpable and infectious enough to send the curious scuttling straight towards the bookshelves to discover more. [Aug 2005, p.137]

Here If You Listen evokes CSN&Y Deja Vu than a Croz solo LP. [Dec 2018, p.107]

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

Chatma is a polished set. [Nov 2013, p.116]

[A] heartfelt tribute to country music. [Dec 2006, p.133]

While they haven't lost their taste for repointing American and European folk, there's a brash, stadium-rock dazzle to these songs, proving that The Decemberists, at least, aren't taking the awfulness lying down. [Apr 2018, p.108]

Everything Not saved is an exercise in artistic liberation. More importantly, perhaps, since it's chock full of tunes, it all comes without them losing the creative ground they've gained, [Apr 2019, p.108]

All of [the songs] exhibit the unique charms of the Chicago singer/songwriter. [Jun 2020, p.99]

The gloom is unyielding, but so is the lightness of touch and few albums will encapsulate 2017 with such elan. [Jun 2017, p.112]

A lush, soulful and joyous debut that should haunt us for years to come. [Mar 2014, p.114]

A work of astonishing beauty with a time travel concept more out-there than Bjork's ever been. [Dec 2008, p.133]

A proper treat for aficionados of the laugh-out-loud lyric. [May 2004, p.106]

It's when Bubba stays with his Southern roots... that he really shines. [Oct 2003, p.100]