Stupidity this willful has its limits. [Nov 2006, p.98]

Variety has never been Audioslave's strong suit. [Sep 2006, p.102]

The group... get more expansive--and more pop--on their second album. [Sep 2006, p.102]

The effect is like gauze with teeth--chill-out music that never stops looking over its shoulder. [Oct 2006, p.104]

Game Theory is the Roots at their heaviest. [Sep 2006, p.114]

Bright, anxious pop-rock melodies that pulse with a geeky charm. [Sep 2006, p.114]

The album's guitar- and keyboard-heavy production obscures some of his folky Britpop melodies, but it shows off his Bruuuce heart in a big way. [Oct 2006, p.105]

Looks back to Dixie-Narco, their 1992 EP that brought raw-power ferocity to Memphis soul. [Sep 2006, p.110]

An emo album that you don't have to be 17 to actually enjoy. [Sep 2006, p.100]

Idlewild grasps for a distinctive sound, departing almost entirely from rap per se. [Sep 2006, p.99]

[Razorlight] give post-Strokes neo-garage rock a tidy soul makeover. [Sep 2006, p.111]

Kurt Wagner's conversational croak is, charitably put, an acquired taste. [Sep 2006, p.106]

Darnielle's signature frantic strum is all but absent, replaced by languid tempos and quiet full-band arrangements. [Sep 2006, p.108]

Unleashes a torrent of bloated, if occasionally lovely, romantic anthems that aspire to cosmic insight, yet settle for greeting-card corn. [Sep 2006, p.112]

There's still something small and handmade about the Thermals' music. [Sep 2006, p.112]

Brings a welcome grandeur to Ward's honeyed rasp and nimble guitar picking. [Sep 2006, p.114]

Barroom confessions that are more soulful, if somewhat less tuneful, than her day band's. [Sep 2006, p.106]

It's easy to miss the bright counterweight that has kept his old-soul melancholy afloat in the past. [Sep 2006, p.100]

Sports the trademark soul loops, crackling drums, and underwater ambience of his best past work. [Sep 2006, p.103]

Her... most streamlined effort yet. [Sep 2006, p.104]

Positively exuberant. [Sep 2006, p.114]

A melodic world of deliciously messy guitars, synthesizers, and piano. [Sep 2006, p.102]

Dreary production from hometown benefactor Eminem does little to liven things up. [Aug 2006, p.82]

Infinite, often chaotic, near-instrumental psych-prog-punk-metal grooves rich with fine-ground detail. [Sep 2006, p.100]

Milky keyboard washes and found-sound accents... give the music a darker, dreamier depth. [Sep 2006, p.100]

Holy Ghost is something of a wash... Winter Women, though, boasts some of [his] best material. [Sep 2006, p.111]

He, like the Beta Band, deftly creates a patchwork of Britain's mushiest styles, from Rubber Soul-era Beatles to Badly Drawn Boy's acoustic wanderings. [Sep 2006, p.108]

Blends the furious muscle of 2001's God Hates Us All with the more melodic experimentation of their post-Reign work. [Sep 2006, p.112]