Crisp, tight and fluid. [Aug 2004, p.92]

This is actually a solid and adventurous collection. [Jan 2022, p.25]

Spanning conflicts from China to Chile, Algeria to Israel, the songs have a shared universality and power that makes up for the way the Anglification process erases cultural context. It works because Moddi's delivery is empathic and superb. [Nov 2016, p.32]

Some of his most seductive melodies to date. [Jan 2020, p.28]

If there is a more beautiful and ambitious song this year than "White Foxes"... well, there just isn't. [Nov 2012, p.83]

RTJ3 is the pair's most focused and mature work to date. [Mar 2017, p.34]

Hampson has a discerning ear for when and how to place sounds to best offset each other. [Aug 2012, p.73]

Lambert sings his heart out over finger-picked electro-folk, odd industrial interludes and exhilarating, jittery pop. [Feb 2013, p.75]

Regal's freewheeling eccentricity brings a wild new dimension to White Denim's sound; he should stick around. [Review of the Year 2023, p.30]

Despite its obvious debt to the ’80s and its (appreciated) nods to the trio’s own past, it’s their most modern, innovative record yet.

"No No Yes Yes" is way more an earworm than it has any right to be - but fluttery vocal flourishes ("Hell Island") and renegade horns creeping through the mire ("Golden Teachers") show there is still fun to be had at the end of the world. [Jul 2025, p.27]

A frequently startling record of no little beauty--which threatens to launch a new, esoteric generation of Williamsburg wonders.

On occasion, the production on Who IS The Sender? threatens to swamp the plain-speaking poetics of Fay's lyrics with soupy sentimentality.... But just as often, producer Joshua Henry correctly gauges the tenor of these songs. [May 2015, p.74]

The perfect soundtrack to summer in the city. [Oct 2002, p.111]

Opener "diaphanous" appropriately shimmers, its murmured refrain like a private pep talk as the song builds around it. [Sep 2020, p.31]

Lamp Lit Prose is another outstanding chapter in what is shaping up to be one of the great 21st-century musical odysseys. [Aug 2018, p.29]

It's saved from twee tedium by Campbell's sumptuous orchestrartions and sly wit. [Dec 2003, p.115]

It seamlessly blends his classical talents with an avant-garde flair and experimental rock dynamics. [Jun 2014, p.83]

Finally finding a palatable singing voice, too, the musical acuity shown here still places him very much in front of guitar-hero peers like John Squire and Bernard Butler. [Dec 2002, p.129]

His more emphatic, aggressive muse is unique and subtly disquieting. [Jul 2011, p.96]

Page's notion of what might catch the ear was eccentric, but generally infallible. Duly, these remasters aren't asking you to extend your idea of the Zeppelin canon, but retract it--to realise why the albums have the power and mystery they do. [Jul 2014, p.86]

More often than not, Ben appears to be channeling his hero JJ Cale, although the spirited title track doffs a beret in the direction of Richard Thompson. [Mar 2011, p.97]

The material, largely chosen from recent releases, sounds primal and immense. [Aug 2016, p.83]

Taking the Rio Grande as a confluence point between Mexico and the American Southwest, it reflects TexiCali’s exuberant sense of musical inclusivity. [Jul 2024, p.34]

This is one of his richer projects: a breezy Laurel Canyon love-in. [Oct 2016, p.28]

There's a wistful tone to tracks like "Cherry Cola," the folky "I Was Alone" and fine single, "Love Comes In Waves," which attaches an invasive melody to the soft one of surrounding fuzz. [Nov 2020, p.27]

Several tracks sound like ruminative 1970s jazz breakbeats that have been sampled by hip-hop DJs. [Nov 2020, p.33]

No two tracks are stylistically the same--and yet there is a clear sense of cohesion. [Jan 2018, p.28]