An American oddball, for sure, but one to treasure. [Jan 2002, p.146]

With his delivery having reached comfortable cruising altitude, this is an effective reminder of what success is about--leaving the hustle behind. [Jan 2008, p.91]

Severant works better than you'd think, and at its best it is breathtaking. [Jan 2012, p.90]

Off-kilter chamber pop telling ear-pricking tales: worth staying in for. [May 2021, p.31]

Nothing feels remotely ‘phoned-in’ here. [Aug 2021, p.28]

The effect is somehow lush and minimalist at the same time, and utterly immersive. [Apr 2025, p.35]

Lattimore's harp is beautifully clean, and Barwick's vocals less affected than usual. [Jan 2026, p.27]

Six albums in and The Icarus Line remain terrifying, riding a tsunami of malevolent noise, sweat and havoc while producing some of the most intense and exceptional rock music around. [Oct 2013, p.70]

10 songs that glint like shards of glass yet brim with love, grief, courage, existential doubt and all the stuff that makes us human, to a soundtrack of grungy alt.rock cut with torch-song melodrama and Lenker-ish folk. [Sep 2023, p.27]

No shortage of noise-rock credentials. But there's also a real sense of groove: from the opener "A Star IS Born", all fuzzed-out Psych rock, both hypnotic and raw, there's a pleasing pulse to much of their debut. [Nov 2025, p35]

Huge, head-rushing opener “Happy New Year” and sad banger “Hall Of Mirrors” exemplify the giddy “new” LEG, while the country-folk “Sunday”, powerfully harmonised “Strange Conversations” and Angel Olsen-ish title track are maturations of their earlier sounds. [May 2022, p.30]

We Have Band seldom make things look easy--and sees them achieve a kind of punk-funk perfection, regardless of fashion. [May 2014, p.81]

These 10 tightly wound, mystical mini-epics are underpinned by Jared Tankel's precision horns, and Brian Profilio, whose John Bonham drums bring the black country rock. [May 2019, p.24]

An album of wistful majesty. [Jul 2019, p.30]

In an angry, impatient world it takes real dedication to carve out space for music this blissful. [Oct 2019, p.33]

Any spiritual ecstasy on offer here appears to be of a more private kind, although no doubt offering a glimpse of the divine to believers. On other listeners, particularly those unfamiliar with Sanskrit and either ignorant or dismissive of the belief system of which these songs are an expression, its effects will be less certain. But the longer you listen, the more you’re drawn in and the less aesthetically confining the music’s self-imposed restraints seem. [Aug 2021, p.36]

Admonitions remains a fiery testament to Endless Boogie’s creative rejuvenation. And while this instalment of the saga may end with that imaginary action hero looking like a far cry from his usual condor self, don’t be fooled – he’s just saving it for the sequel. [Dec 2021, p.28]

A lively, impassioned record that proudly eschews convention and celebrates its outsider roots. [Apr 2022, p.31]

If these [tracks] feel like throwbacks, they're no more so than Norah Jones' best work, and there's nonetheless something timeless about the breezy "While You Were Sleeping" and, with its chugging guitars, "Lovesick". [Oct 2023, p.29]

An album that is clearly having a blast while showing blatant disregard for genre convention. [May 2026, p.37]

Selections from wake Up The nation and Sonic Kick stand out, especially the former's "No Tears To Cry" and the latter's "That Dangerous Age", but it's the times when he turns back the clock or nods to his influences that make the deepest impression. [May 2026, p.51]

Morph... sounds utterly of a piece with Aja. [Apr 2006, p.104]

For what keeps Field Songs on the right side of unyielding darkness, what keeps it ringing with an affirming note of beauty, is the certain knowledge that however black it gets, "the sun's about to rise."

Things grow richer and stranger as the album develops. [May 2007, p.87]

Primrose Green is disorientating, casting new light on modes you thought you knew well. [Apr 2015, p.65]

The 20-year-old punctuates beautifully languid, trip-hoppy vignettes with a voice redolent of Martina Topley-Bird and a neat line in spoken word poetic musings. [Feb 2021, p.32]

Cheat Codes finds Danger Mouse rolling with a new lyrical foil and this one feels like it could run and run. [Sep 2022, p.22]

Funny, and--beneath the psych flourishes--quietly devastating. [Jun 2012, p.93]