Not the place to start an exploration of his musical output--that's the superb Witchazel LP--but it's impossible to dislike an album containing The Innkeeper's Song Couplet. [Jan 2016, p.106]

Prong's no-rills approach is a far better fit than, say, Slayer's patchy Undisputed Attitude from 1996.... They're less sure-footed on a raucous stab at Husker Du's Don't Want To Know If You're Lonely that bludgeons all the magic out of the original, however. [May 2015, p.109]

The sheer oddity of the constituent parts is the thing that provides the thrill in the process, making this another perverse triumph. [May 2015, p.115]

It's not always a comfortable union. [Jul 2015, p.102]

The 30-year-old's debut album proper is a thing of hushed beauty. [Jul 2015, p.106]

A small but perfectly formed addition to his [Anton Newcombe's] stellar back catalogue. [Dec 2015, p.104]

These are big, stately songs, packed with rue as much as brio. [Dec 2015, p.103]

A rebirth that's actually been worth the wait. [Jan 2016, p.]

Accomplished but pointless. [Jan 2016, p.115]

It's an unexpected grower. [Jan 2016, p.111]

Chronological sequencing would have painted a more coherent picture of how she developed over the decades and although fine in themselves, a bunch of remixes belong to an album of their own. [Jan 2016, p.120]

The sound of a band running on empty. [Jan 2016, p.115]

Some of it is beautiful, but perhaps they should've enlisted the help of their offbeat brother Rufus to add a bit more colour to the canvas. [Jan 2016, p.115]

While a creditable effort, it's unlikely to be a record that drags their heads too far above the parapet. [Jan 2016, p.114]

As a band no one lays down a heavier groove right now. [Jan 2016, p.114]

While there are a few pops and crackles of magic--it's often dead air. [Jan 2016, p.114]

Feels like a sideways step. [Jan 2016, p.113]

They're back to their trouser-soiling best here, genre-hopping like mad and avidly playing the "long game." [Jan 2016, p.113]

Unlikely to win any new converts then, Pylon still remains a triumph of wilful perversity. [Jan 2016, p.113]

It could have been full steam ahead here, but Pure Mood instead chugs forward gently. [Jan 2016, p.112]

They manage to be thrilling and unsettling throughout. [Jan 2016, p.112]

The fun and fake snow does wear off after a few songs though. [Jan 2016, p.112]

Ultimately, only the flintiest hearted won't respond. [Jan 2016, p.111]

A true craftman's album. [Jan 2016, p.111]

II is propelled by Segall's forceful energy. [Jan 2016, p.111]

[There are] some great songs lurking in the darkness of their debut. [Jan 2016, p.111]

Their self-indulgent scrawl is writ so large it would be impossibly cloying when if it were all as good. Which it isn't, not by a long shot. [Jan 2016, p.109]

His debut LP has tunes aplenty, though he toys with them, unwilling to commit to on sound, still less one hook, when he can duck behind twitchy beats, fleeting effects or double-tracked vocals. [Jan 2016, p.108]