Weathered and intelligent, these songs resonate like folk antiquities from another age. Even more remarkably, they never sound forced. [Apr 2007, p.116]

More structured than its predecessors. [Apr 2007, p.102]

Magical. [Apr 2007, p.114]

This is raw, inventive stuff. [May 2007, p.88]

Surely--surely!--this is an elaborate hoax. [Oct 2006, p.110]

Historically confused it may be, but the simple pleasures of Turn The Lights Out are hard to deny. [Apr 2007, p.115]

[Herrema's] songs still have the fuzzy weirdness of prime Trux, but now they're chunky, determined and fully formed, too. [Apr 2007, p.115]

Largely, this one is a case of nice threads, shame about the songs. [Apr 2007, p.115]

Their lack of artifice is a godsend. [Feb 2007, p.81]

While never musically abrasive, [it] is riddled with enough trademark lyrical barbs and sung with sufficient Eartha Kitt-ish snarl that the listening is never too easy. [Nov 2006, p.134]

Their witty pop vignettes are about as much fun as you can have alone with a stereo. [Oct 2006, p.109]

The album has a hazy, deeply romantic quality. [Nov 2006, p.112]

Parts of Myth Takes [are] as close to commercial... as !!! can get without combusting. [Apr 2007, p.92]

Pocket Symphony drifts inconsequentially along. [Apr 2007, p.92]

While there is much here to admire, at its overblown worst Neon Bible is one of those records that takes itself too seriously to be taken seriously. [Apr 2007, p.90]

Candylion is a more layered, fully-realised album than 2005's Yr Atal Genhedlaeth. [Feb 2007, p.79]

Son Volt have discovered a new sense of ambition, even abandon, on The Search. [May 2007, p.104]

The problem with The Weirdness is that it shoots its bolt immediately and has nothing left to offer. [Apr 2007, p.93]

It's frequently wistful, sad and nostalgic. Yet Cooder's eccentric storytelling style and his prankish, Sufjan Stevens-ish take on Americana also sounds oddly contemporary. [Apr 2007, p.99]

The powerful tunes make this an odd thing: a subtle album, fit for stadiums. [Mar 2007, p.83]

It's essentially a pop record--albeit a complex and cleverly arranged one. [Apr 2007, p.115]

A winning hybrid of indie neuroses and Brill Building craft, precision and intimacy. [Apr 2007, p.120]

The results have a clinical, cerebral appeal, but--perhaps predictably--sometimes fail to deliver instinctive musical kicks. [Mar 2007, p.100]

If the Valentines' inspired drone-rock of "Hammond" suggests a more stoned Spiritualized, their commercial future will depend on refining relentless glam-stomps "This Mess" and "Steal Their Gold." [May 2007, p.115]

Their mission sounds increasingly convincing. [May 2007, p.87]

The Calling finds her in fine voice, nestling somewhere between Shawn Colvin and Helen Reddy. [Apr 2007, p.116]

The key moments are covers. [May 2007, p.104]

Overall... the mood remains one of pleasant inconsequence. [Apr 2007, p.94]