Volta is a strong album with memorable, remarkable tracks that have great variety, so much that the album loses cohesion.

God Save the Clientele is a good record: mellow, pretty and, at times, quite fun.

Human the Death Dance may not be perfect and perhaps not even an improvement for fans, but regardless, it's full of wonderful moments that should satisfy fans and serve as a great introduction for newcomers.

The material is of a consistently high standard, nary a clunker in the bunch, but while many will be surprised by Send Away The Tigers, few will be bowled over.

Ranging from dense electronica to stark piano ballads to an amalgamation of indie pop, electronica, and concert orchestra, The Magic Position envisions a magical world where Wolf has everything he could ever want at his disposal.

A masterful little work of sonic soundscapes, dark edges, muted colors, and low, simmering sexuality.

Beyond’s main flaws come in a lack of variety.

Tears of the Valedictorian is easily one of the best records of the year.

Meet the new Rush, same as the old Rush....and as it turns out after all these years that's a pretty good thing.

There is nothing radical or daring about the faithfully rendered tunes we find on Twelve.

For the first time, the band is inconsistent.

A very fun listen.

The album almost has a mix-tape esque feel to it and the staggering amount of guests has much to do with this.

Unfortunately, he forgot he cannot sing or write coherent lyrics.

The range of emotions and material on display make The Best Damn Thing a much easier listen than the monotonous angst of Under My Skin.

Make no mistake this is NIN as usual, but [it is] an effortless, inspired, and unaffected Trent Reznor the likes of which we may not have had the pleasure of knowing for almost a decade and a half.

Fantastic lyrical concepts, an improved musicianship and the addition of an orchestra make Cassadaga easily the most enjoyable Bright Eyes album as a whole.

23 has a lack of contrast, and that is really its only flaw.

Adventures is a record that is just as quirky as it is brilliant.

In many ways it's more of the same, but it does seem to improve upon the formula ever-so-slightly.

This album is a swirl of pure emotions and grandiosity, but is never overbearing, never feeling like anything more than your own personal score. Thus, it’s completely brilliant.

For all its inadequacies, Dignity is a solid, cleverly-constructed pop album.

Steingarten is a unique take on ambient/glitch inspired music however it’s lack of musical progression brings it down.

Distinguishing themselves from the shadow of Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance and the like without sacrificing too many of the essential elements of their debut album, The Academy Is… have emerged as a band with ambition and the songwriting skill to match.

Myths of the Near Future is no classic- the highs don’t come fast enough to warrant that- but it’s a solid debut release from one of the least pretentious bands around.

Yours Truly, Angry Mob is such a sloppily put-together album that it almost seems intentionally bad.

The production quality is a crowning grace throughout the album in the face of some very dodgy writing and bad musical choices.

What we get is listless by the numbers "latin rock", dull, sleepy ballads, and overblown Diva numbers I wouldn't wish on Whitney Houston.