A powerful work, noble in both intent and execution. [Nov 2004, p.110]

The winter to Johnson's eternal summer. [Jul 2012, p.95]

A powerhouse of big riffed rock 'n' roll drenched in '70s sunshine. [Sep 2012, p.110]

There's a renewed focus and a hitherto undetectable oomph, both achieved without jettisoning their trademark subtlety. [Nov 2013, p.116]

Despite the dark moments, Lost Domain keeps the flame. [Dec 2014, p.119]

She's A Witch's tumbling harmonies, the tessellating grooves of Dark Star and Bushe's surrealist lyrical skew help cast a dazed spell. [Jul 2015, p.106]

In its focus and eccentricity this debut keeps Khan's own vision front and centre. [Sep 2018, p.114]

It's a multilayered, detailed affair, which proves that 27 years after their debut, their edge is still keen. [Aug 2017, p.108]

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

Their stance is still refreshingly at odds with the mainstream. [Oct 2009, p.105]

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

An album that's as entrancing as it is modestly proportioned. [June 2002, p.121]

[His] new-found security has enabled Weller to refine his art in the manner of Travis and all those accused of making the same record over and over again. [Oct 2002, p.113]

There's something rather pinched and prescribed about this weirdness.

Kozelek's sparse, haunting delivery can render even the basest material achingly affecting...

The result is a superbly off-kilter record, from the new wave guitar jerks of Each Time Is A New Time to the strident harmonies and shifting melodies on All You'd Ever Need To Say. [Mar 2010, p.101]

It's an album that will send you to sleep, and to dreams of another dimension. [Jul 2016, p.114]

His fourth LP proves his strongest to date, a mesmerising meditation on uncertainty and unease, which bridges the gaps between urban poetry, post-rock and brooding electronica. [Sep 2017, p.117]

It's by no means awful; it's just as if Nirvana had recorded 12 versions of Territorial Pissings for Nevermind. [Apr 2014, p.105]

It isn't perfect but it adds up to an intimidatingly assured opening shot from a major new talent. [Dec 2013, p.108]

Homebrewed splendour. [Mar 2006, p.110]

For the most part, the duo's fourth full-length curbs their indulgent tendencies. [Jun 2011, p.114]

The songs here bode well. [Jan 2005, p.128]

Mothers marks this once unremarkable band as real contenders. [Oct 2015, p.115]

A lot to take in, then, but a lethally brilliant concoction. [Aug 2013, p.107]

Impressive but so unblinkingly stern. [Oct 2013, p.101]

'Scare Easy,' the single, and 'Bootleg Flyer,' reminiscent of Petty's classic 'American Girl,' are the standouts on this collection of rough and ragged, feel-good country-rock. [July 2008, p.107]

Not since Massive Attack's Blue Lines have a heavy heart and urban dread been so absorbing. [Jun 2013, p.97]