Complete with harmonies from Julia Holter, it's an absolute peach. [Apr 2014, p.116]

The 11-song set is drizzled with plenty of that Minogue jus. [Apr 2014, p.117]

It contains some of the band's most beautiful, idyllic songs to date. [Apr 2014, p.117]

A welcome return for a long-lost treasure. [Apr 2014, p.116]

What really fascinates is the way Davidge pulls the musical strings throughout. [Mar 2014, p.111]

An album of satisfying melodic warmth, Down Like Gold is a winter morning headphone treat. [Mar 2014, p.110]

They adopt a slightly wider palette of influences on the follow-up, with mixed results. [Mar 2014, p.116]

Admittedly, there's a lack of shock here, but plenty of awe. [Mar 2014, p.119]

Until they find their own voice, they'll forever be a tribute band. [Mar 2014, p.116]

Given an open mind and time to unfurl, Working Out is a wholly absorbing record. [Mar 2014, p.107]

Islands Intervals basks in a stately, other-worldly beauty akin to Sigur Ros and Icelandic folk artist Asgeir. [Mar 2014, p.112]

A dream partnership. [Mar 2014, p.110]

An endlessly repeatable mood music masterpiece. [Mar 2014, p.119]

Their eighth LP brilliantly snaps together everything. [Mar 2014, p.117]

Now remastered from the UK tapes, these albums are utterly pointless. [Mar 2014, p.123]

They too often tip into adolescent parent-scaring anguish. [Mar 2014, p.121]

Forward-thinking dance music for head and feet alike. [Mar 2014, p.121]

A major breakthrough beckons. [Mar 2014, p.120]

Warm acoustic folk is the dish of the day, with Reader occasionally dipping into chanson and Celtic tunes, never delivered in anything less than immaculate taste. [Mar 2014, p.119]

The singer hits new highs and broadens her pop horizons. [Mar 2014, p.118]

Warm and beautiful music. [Mar 2014, p.117]

On Word Of Mouth he's finally built a viable path between those old and new worlds. [Mar 2014, p.115]

If the flavor is international, the beef is still all hers, her skyscraper of a voice dominating all around it. [Mar 2014, p.114]

Even the rhythmic energy can't disguise a shortage of quality songs. [Mar 2014, p.114]

Grouplove need to strip their whole schtick back and start again. [Mar 2014, p.113]

Drowners wear their influences with pride, but their charm is all their own. [Mar 2014, p.112]

This daughter of Missouri has merely up-twanged her still-rockin' sound, and boosted the songs' mom, kids and downhome content and the gritty, often rub-tickling detail in the telling that keeps it real. [Mar 2014, p.111]

In the US, Night Time, My Time was the most exciting pop album if 2013. It will be hard to beat this year as well. [Mar 2014, p.111]