It's worth having--just don't expect the act of possession to be all one way. [Feb 2014, p.110]

An engaging, easy on the senses combination of murk and shine, then. [Feb 2014, p.115]

Stirratt and Sansone combine this all into a scrumptious hotpot of classy, classic songwriting, rich in texture and flavour. [Feb 2014, p.111]

Challenging yet compelling. [Feb 2014, p.110]

An artist on the verge of a spectacular breakthrough. [Oct 2013, p.107]

The electro-inspired beats and declamatory rhymes are just as uncompromising and unorthodox as before. [Oct 2013, p.107]

With songs this weak, Randall's Norfolk-flat voice has nowhere to hide. [Oct 2013, p.107]

It's a clear-eyed first step to turning their ideas into reality. [Oct 2013, p.106]

Elisabeth Maurus's second album finds her still awkwardly straddling the divide between sensitive songwriter and would-be stadium rocker. [Oct 2013, p.106]

[A] frequently sublime follow-up. [Oct 2013, p.105]

The Diving Board is less engaging, widescreen lyrics paired with waddling blues and maudlin balladry. [Oct 2013, p.104]

This is easily is best work to date. [Oct 2013, p.104]

Her songs are challenging, expansive and cinematic, turning minimalist melodies on their heads and redefining the limits of pop. [Oct 2013, p.103]

It's at its best on Drive, where throbbing bass and a giant chorus dominate, but then Peace slides--albeit stylishly--into a repetitive blur. [Oct 2013, p.102]

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

Well worth exploring. [Oct 2013, p.102]

It doesn't keep up the quality all the way through but given his relentless enthusiasm from start to finish, El Khatib is probably used to people not keeping up with him. [Oct 2013, p.101]

Nominally folk gospel, they embrace an array of styles from rock to dance, via unashamedly esoteric. [Oct 2013, p.100]

Too many of the riffs sound flimsy and thin when they should suckerpunch out of the speakers. [Oct 2013, p.100]

There's a potent '80s smoke machine-ambiance wafting through the plush, slow-fizz synths and padded percussion that fill their debut full-length. [Oct 2013, p.100]

At 69 White has no need to prove himself, so be grateful he feels the desire to do it anyway. [Oct 2013, p.99]

His trademark lyrical honesty and sublime fingerpicking remain at the fore. [Oct 2013, p.99]

Few of the remaining tracks, all instrumentals, stray far from the blueprint. [Oct 2013, p.99]

This final testament is all the more heart-breaking for the fact we'll never hear from Campbell again. [Oct 2013, p.99]

Ultimately you're listening to an increasingly original singer and songwriter. [Oct 2013, p.98]

The result is an exciting, albeit one-paced, record, but one that arrives with a significant question mark over its purpose. [Oct 2013, p.98]

There's enough here certainly, though, to suggest he's one to keep an eye on. [Oct 2013, p.97]

[The album blurs] genres with the same ease it blurs expectations. [Oct 2013, p.109]