Cinematic in scope, ruthlessly ambitious in execution, this is not easy listening. [Mar 2016, p.82]

His eighth sticks largely to the template. [Mar 2016, p.69]

On his 24th solo album, the Guided By Voices man shows he still knows how to cobble together a sturdy, well-constructed song. [Apr 2016, p.78]

Not a decline, but a deliberate descent. [Apr 2016, p.92]

The best moments are often the most self-excoriating. [Aug 2016, p.75]

Evolving from fairly skronky beginnings, and passing through a great set of ostensibly Greek folk-psych, Redshift at once honours and transcends those influences, chucking in some Dead-style ambulation. [Aug 2016, p.81]

Of late, Cherry Red have rediscovered a role which had eluded them for years, as curators of scenes and scenes in-between. The material here doesn't do that reputation much harm, revealing a thin but potent seam of transitional, very hairy hard rock. [Sep 2016, p.95]

Tracks such as "Dragon Bones" and "Joan Of Arc" have bigger, stickier hooks than anything he's written since "Sheila." [Oct 2016, p.39]

The trio [is] on reassuringly unpredictable form. [Oct 2016, p.40]

The songs on Ruins are sharply focused and blessedly heavy. [Dec 2016, p.36]

Everything is done with the casual-sounding confidence that comes with hard experience. [Dec 2016, p.38]

The famous guests broaden the appeal--but ultimately it's the Syrians who are the true stars. [Jan 2017, p.32]

Such a stylistic spread can leave it slightly centreless, but a strong emphasis on groove runs throughout. [Mar 2017, p.25]

Highway Queen feels like the kind of record that should bump Lane to another level. [Mar 2017, p.28]

It's business as usual for The Godfathers. [Mar 2017, p.30]

Not every track is killer, but even the filler fascinates.

The set never feels like adapted poetry. [Jun 2017, p.28]

Like a cross between X-Ray Spex and rage Against The Machine as reinterpreted via US hardcore, there's plentiful anger, but also a hopefulness. [Sep 2017, p.26]

While groups like Thee Silver Mt Zion and Godspeed You! Black Emperor overegg everything, Moss works a far more thoughtful, nuanced seam. [Jul 2017, p.34]

Pere Ubu's punchiest effort since 1998's Pennsylvania. [Nov 2016, p.35]

While there are plenty of new lyrical Bejarisms to enjoy, the packaging feels a little stale. [Nov 2017, p.26]

Chief songwriter Craig Johnson is canny enough to avoid being backed into a corner, and adds additional colour such as electro-punk "Execution-Rise" and the intriguing "Torrment." [Jan 2018, p.18]

A career highlight in low times. [Mar 2018, p.31]

An extraordinary instrumental album full of hypnotic rhythms and minimalist melodies that are both stunningly beautiful and at times oddly unsettling. [Jun 2018, p.28]

A set pf ripe and mature songs that reflect poetically upon insecurity, sacrifice, pride and hubris. [May 2018, p.27]

This is the kind of roughed-up disco-not-disco that would have sold a ton when electroclash was all the rage. It might still. [Sep 2108, p.36]

Haiku Salut deepen and widen their electro-pastoral sound on this mostly sublime third album. [Nov 2018, p.30]

An extraordinarily, beautiful, haunting piece of music. [Dec 2018, p.25]