Post-punk might not be new, but like their name, with a few tweaks and some bold personality Eagulls have defiantly made it their own. [Apr 2014, p.108]

The addition of Southern-fried sludge makes this album almost the complete New Wave Of American Heavy Metal package. [Aug 2009, p.101]

On their first LP in five years, Thomas and his 15 collaborators lovingly craft 12 richly layered but never precious songs which burst with invention, melody and surprising saxophone, all underpinned by chief singer Carol Catherine's appealing melancholy. [Jun 2013, p.104]

Choice of Weapon is absurd, brilliant and stupidly good fun. [Jun 2012, p.100]

A true meeting of minds then, and one that's deeply affecting throughout. [Sep 2018, p.119]

With its beauty and sonic twists, Citizen Of Class is a thing of quiet wonder. [Dec 2016, p.110]

A force of nature is with us. [Mar 2006, p.110]

Lovely stuff. [Sep 2010, p.120]

Utterly mesmerizing, psychedelic document of the random music made by machines and nature. [Jan. 2012 p. 127]

Asymmetry is their best yet. [Oct 2013, p.102]

A fitting send-off. [Jul 2019, p.109]

While this record might ultimately be a mere palette cleanser for the next stage in PJ Harvey's journey, it suggests her mouthwash tastes sweeter than most others' fine wine. [Apr 2009, p.101]

Much as Get Direct and New Year's day cry to be fleshed out, the reggaefied Ask Me suggests another way forwards, while the fiercely intelligent songs Shame and Stay sum up all that's right about this most singular artist. [Apr 2014, p.112]

The music works best when combined with the lurid wit and fruity, odd sonics deployed. [Apr 2014, p.115]

It roars with confidence and vigour. [Sep 2019, p.106]

Produced by the ever-tasteful T-Bone Burnett, Ray Charles wouldn't have been disgraced by the earthy mix of soulful blues and gospel. [Mar 2011, p.105]

Terrific stuff. [Dec 2003, p.129]

There's a curious romance at play throughout their debut album. [Jul 2013, p.112]

The record's strongest, strangest moments come, however, when he lets himself go. [Aug 2014, p.100]

Music that makes you 10 percent sleazier than you were--now where's that dancefloor? [Jul 2004, p.110]

Garvey sounds different, too, willing to sit with his fears rather than chase them away with optimism and charm. ... It's all the more moving because Elbow have taken such a raw, self-questioning route to get there. [Nov 2019, p.113]

It's the most vital-sounding record he's made in years. [Dec 2016, p.110]

As playful as they are serious and as innovative as they are traditional, this is surely what Syd Arthur set out to be. [Dec 2016, p.115]

Mortality hangs heavy over this music, but Collins, ultimately, makes it deathless. [Jan 2017, p.107]

What distinguishes Phantom Radio as a "band" project rather than a solo one is moot, but when the result is this good, who cares? [Nov 2014, p.114]

It's good to have his unique groove back. [Jun 2006, p.116]

The most powerful moments are frequently the most stripped-down, underlying the fact that Feist is surely one of the best singers working today. [Nov. 2011, p. 126]

Waiting for the Sunrise is a blissful alt-country album where the Hammond organ swells and pulses like it's being tickled by Al Kooper. [Oct 2008, p.152]