It is quickly clear that Gotan Project have focused and finely tuned their mission during their hiatus. [May 2006, p.86]

The tracks... feel more like loose, languid, quiet-loud sketches and fine textures than actual songs. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.96]

The adventure slightly disappoints. [Apr 2007, p.108]

You can recommend any track on this release to friends without fear. [Apr 2006, p.92]

Mini-symphonies of machine hum and orchestral swoop. [Apr 2005, p.109]

Upon first listen, the crew miss the mark with the unfortunate single, "If You Want It," a trainwreck attempt at a new audience. However, there is nary another song on the album so reprehensible. In fact, there are at least 5 cuts that will have many of you reaching for your disco biscuits and hoping for a Skytel page with the coordinates of an epic warehouse sweatfest.

In many ways, Twoism is more satisfying than their more difficult second album, Geogaddi. [Dec 2002, p.88]

The ’Hunter may not have bagged a 14-point buck this time around, but Microcastle is still good enough to stuff and mount on the wall.

This album is truly an odyssey where if a picture paints only a thousand words, these songs can paint an entire film.

One of his better releases this year. [Oct 2006, p.122]

One almost has to listen closely to take notice of Devotion’s every last little benumbed intricacy but it’s as rewarding as it is tantalizing.

Dizzee's production style is impressive.... His flow is urgent and coherent. [Mar 2004, p.109]

This impressive album sounds like the work of old souls. [Nov 2002, p.100]

Has all the signs of a band of epic, pop potential. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.94]

[The appeal] is in the warm, '70s synths that float melodies into the druggy stratosphere, giving the band's shifty downtempo rhythms and vaguely experimental production a retro-sexy touch. [Nov 2002, p.98]

There’s an intriguing, never pandering, blend of genres on Be Brave–from soul to blues to modern day indie rock-packaged as Texas blues–making the record a more interesting listen each time around.

In spite of some awkward moments, though, Tomorrow Right Now is a dynamic endeavor from a compelling artist. [Mar 2003, p.93]

The vast array of musical styles makes an otherwise mediocre album...a Meanderthal album.

The jury's still out on if such obvious nods to commerciality will fly with their diehard audience. [Sep 2005, p.104]

Numbers are getting by on an awesome sound more than an awesome song. [Oct 2005, p.79]

Expansion Team reveals Dilated Peoples to be a straight-up hip-hop group, for better or worse. [Nov/Dec 2001, p.136]

A bewitching brew of triumphant introspection that, while not unprecedented, is still plenty personal. [Mar 2003, p.95]

Lykke Li manages to combine Feist’s beautiful crooning with Robyn’s playful spunk in her own impressively unique way.

Overall, this is an interesting departure from their work in the past, but hopefully, Darker My Love won't continue to drift further from the sound for which they are known.

Blockhead blesses three tracks with sublime beats, proving what a pair they make. [Mar 2005, p.118]

A track like "Grape Juice City" indeed showcases the duo's tendency to prance upon unique wavelengths and make them their own but, a little extemporaneous head-butting between the sounds would keep Ratatat atop the sonic badlands they created.

Some of the rawest sounds of his career. [Apr 2006, p.90]

Throw in some straight, viscerally melodic vocals and a few cool, smart, electro-pop and digi-funk sing-alongs and you have a classic four-song EP--if not an entire album. [Sep/Oct 2007, p.129]