Excels in its moments of mournful rumination. [May 2020, p.35]

A 75-minute intuitively guided rhythmic meditation, all five musicians playing from deep inside the music. [May 2021, p.30]

This intensely personal touch humanises his alien sound design, casting him as a kind of sensual mutant whose comradeship with Bjork makes perfect sense. [Jun 2017, p.23]

It has the desperate, desolate sound of one that needed to be written. [Aug 2020, p.27]

An intriguing collection that reveals more of itself with every listen. [Jun 2025, p.31]

Mitch Ryder here astutely merges heartbreaking social realism with accomplished, funky Motown/James Brown grooves. [Mar 2012, p.97]

Yak's galloping songs are slathered with thick, fuzzed-out guitar and occasional squealing sax, pushing every available needle into the red. [Jun 2016, p.82]

Toussaint masterfully irons oout the kinks and the dissonances from the city's music. [Jul 2016, p.77]

There's a lot going on but Georgopoulos makes it all feel unhurried and effortless. [Aug 2018, p.24]

It's a rich, invigorating and mischievous affair and, for older fans, possibly their best since 2004's The Dirty South. [Mar 2011, p.87]

It's as stylistically free as any GAM record - and as exquisite. [Oct 2020, p.32]

A refinement of the country/folk/reggae/rock amalgam The Mekons have pursued for years. [Oct 2002, p.108]

The spirit moves zeroes in on [the lines separating faith and hope, optimism and cynicism, and emotioanl carnage] in bare, existential terms... with the ferocity of a soul singer pushed to the edge. [Aug 2015, p.80]

The resulting album is a homage that feels and sounds fresh. [Nov 2016, p.26]

It's a punishing and rewarding experience. [Nov 2016, p.28]

The snarky will hear a reheated Mike Flowers Pops; the wise, a labour of genuine love. Turn on, tune in. [Nov 2018, p.24]

Classic Objects is, on its face, Jenny Hval's most straightforward work: her songs flirt with conventional verse-chorus structure, her lyrics are clear nd direct, drawn from life. Closer listening, though, reveals Hval interrogating those experiences. [Apr 2022, p.29]

In Ze's hands Tropicalia is still a potent, living artistic force. [Jul 2006, p.118]

Isakov's most panoramic album. [Oct 2023, p.29]

This set traces a downward trajectory toward disco, but every album has its highlights. [Mar 2020, p.47]

More organic than their 2004 debut, Parades is just as richly rewarding. [Nov 2007,p.98]

It's the sense of a nuanced beat group finding their own path beyond Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine that's most compelling. [Feb 2015, p.99]

Not tunes for kids: simply some of Karen O's sweetest songs yet. [Nov 2009, p.100]

Angels is spacier than previous outings, nowhere more so than the semi-improvised 20-minute title track. [Mar 2011, p.88]

32 years on from Swans' formation, Michael Gira is not only still moving forward, but making some of the albums of his career. [Jun 2014, p.81]

Truly terrific. [Jul 2011, p.96]

Pastoral and hallucinatory is how Sioux plays it here. [Jun 2012, p.83]

Breach is an often quiet, hushed album, but its message - one of discovering happiness in solitude - comes over loud and clear. [Nov 2020, p.31]