It reads like a compendium of retro cool that leans on the cinematic, instrumental style of DJ shadow and Peanut Butter Wolf. [Dec 2012, p.67]

Fair to say, you won't hear anything like it. [Nov 2012, p.79]

If some of Teena's mid-80s belters betrayed an eagerness to over-emote, her technique here is more restrained, which suits her voyage into Indo-tinged soul and a few delicious slow jamz. [Mar 2013, p.90]

It's chaotic then, but it's also packed with charm. [Jul 2013, p.83]

Remarkably, almost every performance resonates. [Apr 2014, p.83]

The results, restrained, immersive and quite beautiful. [Jun 2014, p.71]

Fear is best when Cowgill strips things back. [Jul 2014, p.6]

This score for the new Hawkings biopic is an effective series of piano-based miniatures sweetened with strings and harp. [Feb 2015, p.79]

[A] slight tendency toward wishy-washiness is kept at bay through deft deployment of collaborators. [Mar 2015, p.81]

This lively debut is full of fertile mash-ups. [Nov 2016, p.23]

Marc Collin's French collective remain a one-trick pony, but it's still a great trick. [Jan 2017, p.28]

A fine album. [Feb 2017, p.35]

It's bracingly experimental throughout, if a little difficult to fully love. [Jun 2017, p.30]

Taken on its own terms, Novum is an impressive display of retro firepower. [May 2017, p.37]

A set of 12 original compositions steeped in his ongoing addiction to muscular '60s blues-rock. [Oct 2018, p.24]

Lovely stuff. [Dec 2019, p.29]

It's taut urban blues business as usual. [Dec 2021, p.26]

An uneven, ugly set that's still weirdly compelling. [Feb 2023, p.25]

Ayers duets with Simonon in Spanish and English on a set of quirky compositions oozing the kind of playful charm her dad was so known for. [Jun 2023, p.29]

The best tracks gently slip their moorings, as with the sour fuzzed guitar and damaged lyrics of "Got The Fear", and hazy warp and alchemical concerns of the insinuatingly additcive "Green". [Jul 2023, p.33]

While the latter's [drummer Gavin Harrison's] rhythms can overcomplicate at times, more often they add to the edgy atmospherics and heighten the contrasting rush when broader rock strokes are applied. [Feb 2024, p.34]

These septuagenarians have made a Doobie Brothers album that sounds like it was recorded by their much younger selves, and the passing years haven't blunted their vibrancy. [Jun 2025, p.36]

This is the first Cure album in a long time that’s more than just another Cure album.

There are worth while curiosities here: his "Bad Blood" is utterly tuneless, but "Blank Space" is appealingly tremulous. [Dec 2015, p.67]

Guitarist Marty Stuart re-recorded his parts, and contemporary shading has been added by Buddy Miller and Jerry Douglas. They don't completely erase the synthetic qualities of the sound, but it's clear that Cash was in fine voice even if the material didn't always suit him. [Apr 2014, p.89]

When it ends, the impression of Devendra Banhart that stays with you is of the artful songsmith, finding a confidence to express himself in something other than riddles.

A return to the coffee shops beckons. [Nov 2011, p.83]

Somewhat erratic, yet frequently satisfying. [Dec 2013, p.65]