Guild takes a few listens to really seep in, but there are some truly hallucinatory moments here. [Oct 2019, p.39]

Tobacco's stew of narcoleptic beats, tape experiments, Vocoder mutterings and vintage synths in states of distress has lost some potency in the nine years since BMSR's classic Dandelion Gum, but remains wholly idiosyncratic. [Sep 2016, p.81]

The technology has evolved, but the Plaid Aesthetic remains constant. [Jul 2014, p.78]

Punk-rock and post-punk templates are smashed as needed by guitarist Mark Bowen and co-producer Kenny Beats. [Dec 2021, p.29]

An album filled with soft, tender indie-folk. [Nov 2020, p.29]

Its songs run more freely and push at greater abstraction, without losing melodic strength. [Jan 2021, p.27]

KGLW now take their foot off the gas via this countrified, ’70s rock’n’roll set with a warm, relaxed air. [Sep 2024, p. 37]

As challenging as it is comforting. [Jul 2005, p.106]

Thile is in a different class to the aspirational dabbling of contemporary music's most famous interpreter of Dowland, Sting. [Nov 2013, p.79]

A welcome comeback. [Jan 2016, p.73]

It has an effortless momentum and addictive melodic pull that renders serious criticism redundant. [Dec 2012, p.73]

Sonically adventurous, Phase is unafraid of chunky choruses, bedroom confessionals and twisted synth arrangements. [Mar 2016, p.75]

They've expanded on their debut's Goat/Can homage, opting for a rawer sound that leans on funk-charged bass throbs and wildly oscillating synths. [Apr 2019, p.36]

On several songs here Rubin helps peel back the years to reveal an energy and a passion that reminds you just how powerful was the band's initial proposition. [May 2020, p.30]

Her second proper LP is a full-on pop-reggae confection. [Jun 2014, p.75]

Its initial oddness now just sounds like a ramshackle tryout for what was to follow. [Jun 2012, p.91]

This is a wild and dirty, devotional trip that peaks with the shrieking, delay-warped minutes that constitute closer "E Shra." [Jul 2015, p.84]

Carried off with an impressive theatricality. [Jul 2005, p.104]

One-paced but classy. [Jul 2014, p.74]

Cohen displays a light touch throughout, whether spiking “Dog’s Face”’s reverberant honky-tonk piano with detuned guitars and brass, constructing “Sunever” around swinging mandolin or conjuring ’80s DIY indie on “Wishing Well”. [Aug 2024, p.31]

An ambitious and spirited album. [Mar 2026, p.29]

The Dreamin' Kind is far more persuasive when it allows room for his more nuanced tendencies. [Jan 2026, p.30]

They're pleasingly bleak on their second studio set. [Dec 2015, p.78]

Several of the songs seem performed out of affection rather than any sense of artistic adventure. [May 2007, p.90]

An elegant, sculpted electronica that's cerebral of construction but robust enough to beat a dance floor into life. [Jan 2015, p.69]

Plaza, finds them bedding down with a more cautious and concise approach. [Mar 2016, p.78]

An album replete with a rich, warm vibe that is more country-soul than punk rock, with swirling organ prominent in the mix. [Feb 2025, p.43]

While her voice remains breezy, follow-up If You're Dreaming is a different beast: slower in pace and softer in tone, the weariness of touring life sneaking into the party-girl lyrics. [May 2020, p.25]