There's the brisk cover of Sparks's 'Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth,' plus a huanting, piano-inspired run through Harry Nilsson's drunkathon 'Don't Forget Me,' but she blows it at the death with the hideous 'Marais La Nuit,' 31 torturous minutes 38 grisly seconds of forest noises. [Apr 2009, p.102]

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]

First Taste is a record exploding with ideas and interesting twists. [Sep 2019, p.109]

Forget diminishing returns, The Something Rain keeps Tindersticks' value high. [April 2012, p.105]

Out of step with the modern world. [Sep 2006, p.108]

Maybe it's simpy the case that, Cash and Rubin having done similar things together so often in the past, the magic and power ro move have worn off, only to be replaced by an uneasy feeling of exploitation. [Apr 2010, p.108]

Music that sounds completely out of time, made by an often incredible string band. [Sep 2006, p.108]

It has the messy, majestic sprawl of classic Crazy Horse. [Dec 2012, p.115]

Like a technology-phobic Beck, Desser tells his off-kilter tales with a wry eye. [Sep 2004, p.119]

Pitched somewhere between Lauryn Hill and Alanis Morissette, Furtado's songs - sung nasally in a style which occasionally recalls a less hysterical Gwen Stefani - are playful, unaffected and full of little surprises.

Sixty minutes long -- the album's subtitle is "A Musical Curriculum" -- this is pure, hip-hop-based sampledelica and anything but po-faced.

While rough and a little patchy, it's a cracking debut nonetheless. [Aug 2003, p.108]

With each release, they tweak and slightly reinvent their wheel--and use it, happily, to keep on trucking. [Jun 2005, p.112]

So convincing does the Boston-based siren inhabit this cut-off, gothic world that it's hard not to be sucked inside the darkly compelling likes of 'River Of Dirt.' [Apr 2009, p.107]

A downright joyous debut. [Feb. 2012 p. 101]

It's quite brilliant. [Jan 2012, p.124]

This is direct, explosive and packed with big choruses. [May 2013, p.99]

This Best-Of encapsulates a remarkable career built on fearsome imagination and creativity. [Apr 2014, p.123]

The result is an inspired collection of songs from a consistently surprising and creative artist. [Jun 2014, p.110]

An unexpected pleasure. [Dec 2014, p.118]

Those who investigate Heartbreak Pass may find themselves enthralled. [Jun 2015, p.107]

This one feels more grounded, less frantic and, despite that constant pulsing movement, more at home. [#361, p.109]

As entertaining as it is impressive. [Mar 2017, p.115]

Garden of Spirits up singular aural magic from today's mood of global dread. [Mar 2017, p.113]

Grown Up is a personal diary magnified to the scale of an IMAX screen. [May 2017, p.103]

The more Khan sets the pace, the more all three fly. [Jun 2017, p.112]

Bananas but in a good way. [Jan 2018, p.106]

Beneath their silly-string riffs are nuanced screamers. [Jun 2018, p.114]