The next crossover metal band has arrived. [Nov 2013, p.101]

While Reflektor isn't so flawed as to strip them of their sash, it's a wobble on a podium, a needless error of judgement that could have been easily avoided had they heeded that other old truism. [Nov 2013, p.100]

The way they shift from the blues-y swagger of Let The Record Play to the percussive march of Pendulum and the R.E.M.-evoking country twang of Yellow Moon is a sure sign that they belong in the lineage of great American rock bands. [Nov 2013, p.108]

This is a patterned Wellington boot of a record, more suited to looking boho at a festival then actually having a splash around in the swamp of the human soul. [Aug 2013, p.104]

Reggae has always plundered country for songs of love and heartbreak. Though seldom with such limp indifference. [Sep 2013, p.109]

Altogether, it's a wholly surprising musical development from a criminally overlooked talent. [Sep 2013, p.107]

They capture a group on the brink of a startling transition. [May 2013, p.116]

This fourth is no less essential for fans than the previous three. [May 2013, p.117]

While the new incarnation of the band has made two strong albums, LXXX shows off what really was their last splash. It was one hell of a cannonball. [May 2013, p.115]

The RCA Albums Collection remains the final word on the most consummate singer-songwriter of his generation. [Sep 2013, p.111]

Both sides [metal and pop] work well individually, but bolted together it sounds confused. [Sep 2013, p.100]

It's the album's dream-like middle section where the real alchemy happens. [Sep 2013, p.102]

The relentlessly summery mega anthems sound identical. And exhausting. [Sep 2013, p.109]

His debut is lush and in places, lovely. [Sep 2013, p.108]

This is actually a deeply groovy album, beautifully produced and full of sparkling detail. [Sep 2013, p.108]

[He's tempered] his earlier frat-boy laddishness with some gentler introspection and a keen ear for beats. [Sep 2013, p.107]

It features a clutch of terrific songs delivered with a sense of real elation. [Sep 2013, p.106]

The wan disco of Sugar And Bullets and Another Land's sub Depeche Mode pastiche show a fatal lack of creative daring. [Sep 2013, p.106]

LGC seem set to bring a winning edginess to drive time. [Sep 2013, p.106]

He creates rich, oddly visual soundscapes while he murmurs lucid dreams of his younger self. [Sep 2013, p.105]

McLamb's vocals still sometimes fall the wrong side of the impassioned/histrionic divide, but this is a far more coherent album than its predecessor. [Sep 2013, p.104]

A follow-up that's both more consistent and more predictable. [Sep 2013, p.104]

It's all tastefully executed, but there is painfully little to get excited about here. [Sep 2013, p.104]

At times, there's tantalising echoes of Radiohead at their most accessible alongside more soulful diversions. [Sep 2013, p.104]

Rock N Roll Animals is a particularly curdled creation. [Sep 2013, p.104]

A big talent but no Billie Holiday. [Sep 2013, p.102]

Magna Carta... Holy Grail isn't a dreadful record but it's a redundant one. [Sep 2013, p.103]

Contradiction incarnate, Yeezus is Kanye's most Kanyeish LP yet. [Sep 2013, p.103]