She's far bolder, singing in a strange, little girl's voice over a solitary Chet Baker-style trumpet or chanting mantra-like over a bubbling African rhythm. [May 2008, p.87]

There's a similar vibe here [to the soundtrack they created for BBC drama Gallows Pole] on tracks such as "raised By Hills" and "Tripping In The Graveyard", although elsewhere the psych weirdness is as rampantly eclectic as ever. [Nov 2023, p.29]

This is their sixth album and inevitably some jazzy ostentation has crept in, but generally there's a warm, graceful fluidity to Skit I Allt's billowing jams that remains uniquely beguiling. [Oct 2010, p.94]

Throughout Azel, the mix of the two genres allows for an even greater sense of uplift and collectivism in a music that always carried the communal at its core. [May 2016, p.72]

Some may find it too clean, but it's still thunderously good. [May 2013, p.75]

The beautiful, feathery songwriting featured on Boson-based Casy Dienel's previous album as White Hinterland has had a steroidal pumping. [May 2014, p.83]

William and Jim Reid remain as defiantly out of time as ever. [Mar 2024, p.29]

This sequel similarly mixes hard country and mountain music, memorably on Harlan Howard's "Busted" and a plaintive "Half Over You." [Feb 2010, p.93]

Songs are steeped in creeping '90s guitar with ear-catching lyrics, plus a sense of vibrancy that comes from the fact Crutchfield really does have something to say. [Aug 2017, p.38

This Brooklyn-based trio make hedonistic dance-pop with brainy-sexy lyrics informed by gender politics, third-wave feminism and Queer Theory. [Feb 2011, p.90]

The guitar-loving chums churn out suitably entertaining, sludgy fare, a bit like a Neanderthal, fuzzier Fuzz with occasional electronics. [Aug 2016, p.76]

Everything they do is infused with an undeniable, albeit sometimes unfathomable, psychedelic spirit. [Mar 2004, p.92]

Producer Mike Mogis [gives] these delicate songs a sheen that was lacking on their 2001 debut. [Jul 2003, p.114]

The album keeps faith with The Jayhawks' trademark expansive Americana. [Oct 2018, p.29]

Pete Bernahrd's songs speak of humanity facing insanity in many forms. [Oct 2018, p.27]

This record is a graceful, seemingly intuitive unfolding into various emotional and/or imagined physical landscapes. [May 2023, p.29]

If there's any justice, the stadiums of tomorrow await them. [Apr 2006, p.105]

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

On I Abused Animals, Leigh works with stretched song forms--the result is remarkable. [Jan 2016, p.77]

Keene's career-best album. [Dec 2011, p.89]

The spirit of the band's old leader Ronnie Lane comes shining through. [Feb 2016, p.80]

Willie Nelson and Elvis Costello appear as duet partners, affably resigned to not competing with that unmistakable undimmed voice. [Apr 2016, p.75]

The first disc of 4CD retrospective of their early mid-90s work is an embarrassment of riches. [Feb 2012, p.84]

Vito Deluca indulges himself on his outstanding debut. [Oct 2010, p.104]

Blue Weekend is a collection of songs that immediately dazzle, with a relentless array of strong hooks, nestled within a sea of diverse sonic colours. [Aug 2021, p.35]

The tranquility is transporting and when it ends abruptly after just 34 minutes, the only option is to play it again. [Jul 2020, p.39]

Eight tracks range from menacing, acid rain drone to jagged rhythmic gut-punches. Here they summon the raw energy of The Young Gods in their prime, hobbling through grey ruined cities that have dominated our news-screens in recent times. [Jul 2025, p.33]

She's performing and singing at her peak. [May 2014, p.83]