Beyond doesn't break any new ground, but... it's as refreshing as anything you're likely to hear all year. [May 2007, p.93]

An atmospheric and sophisticated album from a promising songwriter. [May 2007, p.93]

It's a delicate album that's simultaneously sophisticated and warm. [Apr 2007, p.106]

The boys have yet to prove their worth with the tender, mellow bits... and one can't help but wonder how strong Favourite Worst Nightmare would have been as simply a full-throttle, adrenal-tapped EP. [May 2007, p.92]

More light = more fun. [Mar 2007, p.101]

Sensuous goes so far beyond the borders of radio-friendly melody that it's hard to recognize the Cornelius of bygone days. [May 2007, p.93]

At 40-plus minutes, Dumb Luck gets out just when the getting is good. [May 2007, p.93]

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

An album more raw than an infected, 10-day-old open head wound. [Apr 2007, p.102]

At once apocalyptic and born again. [May 2007, p.96]

It's a beautiful collection of songs, cinematic and powerful, never pushy. [Apr 2007, p.100]

CocoRosie has this fantastic ability to infuse humanity into their drum machines, and the warming result carries The Adventures to marvelous heights. [Apr 2007, p.102]

If his first album, Shadows on the Sun--one of 2003's best hip-hop releases--was meant to introduce Ali to his would-be fanbase, The Undisputed Truth--which sees Ali's life taking a total 180--seals the damn deal. [Mar 2007, p.97]

Instead of hip-hop, Betke now appears inspired by the hypnotic riddims of Krautrock and the New York art-dance scene of the 1970s. [May 2007, p.97]

If you're in need of hype, and think Oasis are too old and lame anyway, and the Arctic Monkeys are just kind boring, maybe you need... the Klaxons. [Apr 2007, p.106]

On Yours Truly, Angry Mob, Kaiser Chiefs grow up, dig in and get utterly serious, albeit in a pogo-hopping, decadent British way. [Apr 2007, p.105]

Unfortunately, it's the production that doesn't meet the previous standard set. [Apr 2007, p.101]

The vocals are where Murphy has developed the most, trading in his Mark E. Smith yelp for various crooning styles. [Jan/Feb 2007, p.75]

Dependable? Yes. Beautiful? Definitely, yes. [Apr 2007, p.107]

Adult. is cathartic cabaret for the sketched out. [Apr 2007, p.101]

There was a lot going on, but it's not until now... that El-P's music could actually be called full. So full that even silence weighs a ton. [Mar 2007, p.95]

This quirky little record shouldn't lose any old fans and may just gain her a few new ones. [Apr 2007, p.108]

The problem is that all this pop-happy acoustic strumming lacks the awkward warble of Bright Eyes or the destructive heartbreak of Elliott Smith's music. [Mar 2007, p.101]

Tongues is a shorter, tighter set of songs that retains the pair's reckless spirit of improvisation and experimentation. [Apr 2007, p.104]

An album this undeniably imaginative, consistent and immersive comes as a wonderful surprise and proof that maybe music isn't as lost as it seems. [Apr 2007, p.107]

A must-have for true J Dilla fans. [Apr 2007, p.104]

You'd have to hate life not to eat this long-awaited, sugar-coated anthology up. [Mar 2007, p.98]

Back to Black is overflowing with the '60s Supremes warmth that has been fully absent from the "standards" of today's R&B. [Apr 2007, p.108]