Were it only instrumental, Dopesmoker would be some kind of masterpiece. [Aug 2012, p.55]

He doesn't sound very dangerous. Just glad to be out. [ Aug 2012, p.55]

Fetch sinks below the high water level of conscious synapses firing to collapse perceptions of time and warm the sheets of the subconscious. [Aug 2012, p.48]

This compilation gives voice to many lesser known artists who sang of the elation and estrangement of moving from the dirt tracks to the streets. [Aug 2012, p.44]

They most definitely lack a soloist. Yet the way in which these sunkissed survivors pull together is touching. [Jun 2012, p.42]

Others have their own versions of slow, simmering beauty, but rarely with so many other approaches and conceptions integrated. [Jun 2012, p.54]

Bongo Hotheads distils the feverish street feel of Dar Es Salaam. [Jul 2012, p.71]

Regional Surrealism has a quality familiar from Ghost Box releases and from Boards of Canada's discography. [Jul 2012, p.70]

The four tracks on Occupied With the Unspoken, each lasting less then ten minutes, are edited in Carlson's basement studio from much longer live jams--but it's tempting to see them as single facets of the one true eternal synth jam. [Jul 2012, p.57]

Most of the pieces suggest parallels with Barnett Newman's paintings--fields of pure, striking colour, impressive in their own way, but requiring a particular angle of looking and mode of thought in order not to be boring. [Jul 2012, p.56]

Although they stop the gap between higher profile releases, they also stand capably on their own. [Jul 2012, p.54]

RAP Music is a self conscious throwback sonically, lyrically and even visually.

Ab-Soul music fuses street-level concerns with the sort of erudite, rhyme scheme-fixated wordplay more commonly associated with rapper who value beats and rhymes over life. [Jul 2012, p.71]

Their second album feels more palatable. [Jul 2012, p.68]

It always feels uncomfortably like being trapped in someone's else's headspace. [Jul 2012, p.68]

The novelty of hearing synths act like drums definitely helps, but the record also contains just what you might look for in any solo improvisation. [Jul 2012, p.65]

A great part of the pleasure of Banga is revelling in the medium conveying the message. For the most part, the album is a smooth listen, its revelation couch within relaxed AOR-ish arrangements. [Jul 2012, p.64]

A striking document of Swans' current live form. [Jul 2012, p.64]

This part of the past is not so much a source of rare metals to be strip-mined, but a seed bank of rare or lost varieties. [Jul 2012, p.63]

Ultimately, these elements mostly serve to contextualize some beautifully conceived programmed music within an edgier club culture. [Jul 2012, p.62]

It's so sweet and monotonous they should try [naming the album] something instead like Strawberry Ice Cream. [Jul 2012, p.62]

Sadier's faith in the replenishing properties of silence has reactivated her production line of perfect pop miniatures. [Jul 2012, p.62]

Despite the lack of actual bass frequencies on Advaitic Songs, Om frequently sound weighed down which isn't the same thing as sounding heavy. [Jul 2012, p.61]

Micachu & the Shapes have yet to blunt their edge. [Jul 2012, p.60]

It's hardly an essential record; more a reminder of past possibilities, really, than something that points toward the future. [Jul 2012, p.60]

The gift that this record has offered him is the gift of being who he is once again. [Jul 2012, p.59]

More often than not the group sound like they're going through the motions. [Jul 2012, p.57]

The music on Freak Puke isn't exactly unheavy, but its heaviness is of a different vintage. [Jun 2012, p.60]