A dozen songs of unremitting blandness by a man with absolutely nothing left to say. [Oct 2005, p.96]

The record feels lifeless. [Apr 2006, p.112]

Mostly brilliant. [Aug 2005, p.88]

A charming composite of Damon Gough's homespun insight and Edith Piaf's anguish. [May 2005, p.106]

Sparse, literate... and full of killer tunes. [Sep 2005, p.105]

There's emotional violence, spiritual leaps and supernatural powers lurking in the shadows. [Nov 2005, p.96]

By turns darker and more challenging than 2003's dazzling Electric Version. [Oct 2005, p.96]

Prove[s] Haas has more to offer than ear-crunching cacophony. [Sep 2005, p.105]

The only consistent thing about Infiniheart is its inconsistency. [Sep 2005, p.116]

Year Of Meteors is no flat-out masterpiece.... Still, Veirs is clearly moving in the right direction. [Sep 2005, p.102]

[The Warlocks] have replaced The Velvet Underground and Spacemen 3 with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Spiritualized as the objects of their affections, and Surgery is significantly less interesting as a result. [Oct 2005, p.110]

Bjork's vocals are a hypnotic midnight whisper, a continuation of Medulla's vocal layering techniques. [Sep 2005, p.117]

Warnings/Promises was written on acoustic guitar and fleshed out in the studiio--a tactic that bears mixed results. [Apr 2005, p.97]

Even as a covers band, Madness remain one step beyond. [Aug 2005, p.90]

The Outsider is delivered with the forthrightness, jive and firepower of a hip Southern Baptist preacher. [Aug 2005, p.102]

With just two original compositions, it looks as if they may be running out of steam. [Sep 2005, p.108]

Everything here roars. [May 2006, p.108]

A startling album. [Aug 2005, p.98]

Demonstrates... pastoral grace, sweetness and warmth. [Aug 2005, p.106]

The Repulsion Box ushers in a strikingly individual talent. [Jul 2005, p.89]

May just be the most concise and potent distillation of Thompson's art to date. [Album of the Month, Sep 2005, p.98]

Buck's monotone and his lack of truly cutting statements make this a dour experience. [Sep 2005, p.100]

Tighter and woodier-sounding than 2003's Mouthfuls. [Oct 2005, p.102]

It was the anger and angst of a jilted 20-year-old that gave the original songs their edge--something entirely absent from these blandly matured acoustic versions. [Aug 2005, p.90]

Much of it seems to bluster without delivering. [Aug 2005, p.87]

While he lacks a killer song here, Mraz is cute enough to keep his Lemonheads-lite ballads bubbling along. [Feb 2006, p.74]

Full of hooks as stubborn as burrs. [Aug 2005, p.94]

It all suggests a sea change in attitude. [Sep 2005, p.114]