Yes, Virginia is the album The White Stripes would make if they were getting more passionate and creative with each successive release instead of lamer and more commercial.

Really, the only downfall of Bitter Tea is that it reeks of a transitional album.

If you are looking for light-as-air indie rock doused in melancholy, you won't do better than We, The Vehicles.

Some of the catchiest songs he's ever written.

Apparently revitalized and rejuvenated after a long dead period, Built to Spill pour a glowing display of exploratory zest and energy into the confines of each YIR composition.

I can't shake the feeling that I've heard this sort of epic music before, even from Mono themselves.

Aloha sound more like Genesis than ever.

As progressive and interesting as Wilderness the band is, Vessel States is not a great leap forward for them, and those who appreciated [their debut] will probably be underwhelmed with the band's latest offering.

Wasif is able to create a lot out of very little, making every sound count, and more importantly, making sure that the songwriting, singing, and melody are top-notch.

It's just annoying to listen to.

The strongest feeling I get from At War With The Mystics is that it's a wank riddled parody amalgam of The Flaming Lips back catalogue, focusing on the earlier stuff.

The production on each song is a little too repetitive.

This is mind-meets-body music.

There are some redeeming qualities, but for every success there are one or two failures.

If you're a sugar-pop junkie or a [Architecture In] Helsinki-lover, check this one out.

The songs are all snappy with their rhythmic play and potentially memorable with their stop-start hooks.

Fishscale is a confusing journey: far from a disappointment, it breathes new life into the legacy of Ghostface without blowing too hard, and for that we should be thankful. But to champion his latest as equal or, god forbid, superior to past albums in any way, shape, or form is laughable, as years-removed and repeated listens will bear out.

So come now fans of insidious and wily (yet cerebral) rock, Liars have delivered just what you need... even if you don't realize it yet.

While nothing wholly spectacular, 'Sno Angel is no less an exceptional effort from a charmingly earnest, yet still somewhat self-conscious, lyricist and singer.

Musically, the album is a definite barnburner. If you find the messages too much to stomach, the melodies and riffage will comfort you.

It all seems a bit too canned and contrived.

A subdued effort.

With more focus on the adventurous composition and skilled playing of Coomes and Weiss, it would be hard for anyone, including myself, to dismiss this as anything other than impressive. Now, if they just hire a new lyricist for their next one.

It's as stunning a debut as I've heard in a long time.

The tracks are disaffected exercises in barren repetition and arrhythmic progressions that feel truly tossed off (improvised would be an insult to people who are actually accomplished at that) and indulgently "arty" in the worst sense of the word.

There isn't much about Stars Of CCTV that hasn't already been done and better.

Total comfort food.

These are talented writers/performers at the absolute top of their game. Just as relevant now as they ever were.