Drifting, dreamy and at times, driving, it's further proof of the Swede's eclecticism. [Oct 2011, p.120]

It;s the mesmerising sonic weave which provides the intrigue. [Oct 2011, p.117]

Quality control lets down power-poppers' fifth effort. [Oct 2011, p.117]

A rugged, roaring listen. [Oct 2011, p.117]

Solid rather than inspired. [Oct 2011, p.117]

The heartening sounds of an old master at work. [Oct 2011, p.117]

They make a decent stab at it. But with such an overfamiliar sound, it smacks too much of the World Cup exit montage. [Oct 2011, p.117]

Hip hop heavy weights stop squabbling for long enough to justify their star billing. [Oct 2011, p.116]

In crafting their best album to date, the Leicester quartet will almost certainly haunt the charts and the airwaves for many, many months to come. [Oct 2011, p.114]

Their second album...doesn't quite venture out into shark-infested experimental waters but it does prove that there's more to The Drums than fishy pastiche. [Oct 2011, p.113]

All the things he once did well, he's still doing here. [Oct 2011, p.112]

Hardly coherent, enough of the disparate strands hang together to make it curiously moreish. [Oct 2011, p.112]

Mood music with a soul. [Oct 2011, p.112]

Beautiful Imperfection is never less than easy on the ear, but equally never more than that either. [Apr 2011, p.110]

It emerges as its own beguiling, brilliant listen. [Sep 2011, p.106]

It makes a great introduction to an oft-overlooked band. [May 2011, p.133]

When she does go heavier, the results are tepid. Happily, it doesn't happen very often. [Aug 2011, p.119]

It's The Black Keys, Florence Welch and Julian Casablancas who walk the line between homage and reinvention most deftly. [Sep 2011, p.114]

There are no highlights. Appalling. [Sep 2011, p.110]

It'll undoubtedly please their cult following, if few others. [Sep 2011, p.110]

A dark, violent and relentless listen. [Sep 2011, p.110]

Blunt, focused and inventive, it's as near to classic metal as Trivium have been. [Sep 2011, p.110]

The result is at once fluid and fractured, with a restless experimental edge that never quite allows the beat to settle into anything approaching a predictable pattern. [Sep 2011, p.104]

At time innovative, but as with much alternative hip-hop, one for the previously converted. [Sep 2011, p.104]

It looks like The Rapture--now a trio following the departure of bassist Matt Safer--have regained their despite to flaunt their slightly awkward moves. [Sep 2011, p.102]

Their debut presents tuneful, superior indie rock and bittersweet lyricism. [Sep 2011, p.119]

It sets out the stall for Tinariwen's most rewarding, mesmerising effort to date. [Sep 2011, p.118]

His production helps Malkmus's fifth post-Pavement album roll buy with a supremely confident West Coast looseness. [Sep 2011, p.116]