Campbell's gorgeous, heartbreaking and--well--maudlin songs deserve to be heard by an audience far wider than Camera Obscura's current cult- indie-pop devoteees. [Jun 2009, p.119]

He's a terrific piano player, a gift put to exquisite use on this collection of old jazz standards. [Jun 2009, p.132]

This follow-up boasts some vibrant garage funk reminiscent of fellow Bostonian, and sometime collaborator, Edan. [Jul 2009, p.122]

Their debut bounces up and down rather a lot, resorting to ska-punk when everything fails. [May 2009, p.119]

Shallow Life finds them adding substance, specifically Evanescence-esque mass-appeal anthems tailor-made for radio. [Jun 2009, p.119]

While the 23-year-old will make more complex music than this, it will be tough to come up with something more fun. [Aug 2008, p.140]

Telepathe appear devoted to doing something utterly different, which cannot help but be exciting. [Feb 2009, p.116]

It's all terribly cute and jaunty, with twee melodies and playground lyrics to the fore. [May 2009, p.107]

The overlong 'Faith/Void' aside, this is another absorbing collection. [Apr 2009, p.100]

Emily Haines remains a commanding frontwoman, but where once she railed against war and consumerism, here she sticks to wishy-washy reflections on love and life. [Jun 2009, p.127]

There's no denying that the darker mood suits them--although with Kevin Shields and co now out of retirement as well, it could be back to the drawing board again. [May 2009, p.119]

Other tracks are a little less memorable, but the experiment's still worthwhile. [Mar 2009, p.98]

Tracks such as the arresting Human League-meets-Georgio-Moroder fusion 'One Day' and the gloriously uninhibited finale 'Happy House' remian an irresistible invitation onto the dancefloor. [May 2009, p.113]

If it sounds oh-so-ironic, it isn't; the Handsomes may exisit on country's oddball fringe, but they're no comedy act. [May 2009, p.112]

The real relevation, though, is guest rapper Sway, who ditches his cheeky pop persona in favour of a prowling delivery perfectly suited to the title track's rolling bass and Eastern-tinged 'Jewels And Gems.' [May 2009, p.113]

The quartet's unhurried groove-based approach makes for a captivating listen. [Jun 2009, p.134]

Two Suns is an intoxicating, addictive album, a step on from "Fur And Gold" a leap into a galaxy of its very own. [May 2009, p.118]

Jewellery is an extraordinary introduction to a unique talent. [Mar 2009, p.101]

Kingdom Of Rust is Doves' defining work, an album of bold adventure. [May 2009, p.108]

Pleasingly, it's much better, not to mention poppier. [May 2009, p.115]

Neil Young sounds like he's up on bricks with his exhaust pipe hanging off. [May 2009, p.106]

Too much of the material is ponderous and plodding. [Jun 2009, p.128]

It's beautifully put together, remarkably so given that it was constructed largely via the internet. [Jun 2009, p.124]

Now in his 78th year, all that know-how has been meaningfully brought to bear on this collection of vintage, Depression-era blues. [May 20009, p.112]

Their third album presents finely wrought, dramatic indie rock, with dexterous vocalist Finn Andrews. [May 2009, p.119]

Crucuially, though, he's lost none of his songwriting skill, with each song here perfectly capturing a mood of reflective melancholy. [May 2009, p.110]

The collaboration between British singer-songwriter Helena Costas and US hip-hop producer Danger Mouse, for a project called Joker's Daughter, seems unlikely, but it works surprisingly well. [Jul 2009, p.124]

If the squelching synths of 'The Original Thought' irritate, the jauntiness elsewhere suggests he's thriving on a lack of commercial pressure. [May 2009, p.119]