The record is just as uneven as the original and perhaps that's just the right way to pay homage. [Nov 2006, p.128]

An odd album... this might well have been called Badly Drawn Boy: The Musical. [Oct 2006, p.117]

While Hello Everything is everything you'd expect a Squarepusher LP to be, therein lies the problem: It's exactly everything you'd expect a Squarepusher album to be. [Oct 2006, p.130]

The Brothers reach unmistakable heights of blood pressure... but also deliver slow, melodic goodies. [Oct 2006, p.118]

The studio noodling on Roots & Crowns sounds fittingly organic and effortless. [Oct 2006, p.117]

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

Magnificent. [Sep 2006, p.136]

[Contains] scattered but affecting shots of brilliance. [Oct 2006, p.117]

Sam's Town is bloated with verses that helplessly swipe at capturing something, anything, significantly American. [Oct 2006, p.129]

Expect to see this album on 2006 Top 10 lists. [Oct 2006, p.118]

This is an amazing, innovative, storytelling record that takes you on [a] fantastic, fun trip. [Oct 2006, p.118]

Instead of avoiding the comparisons, Sean Lennon succeeds by reveling in the kind of pop that runs through his family's genes. [Oct 2006, p.124]

It's almost like Subtle, as a collective, is afraid of letting loose or having too much fun. [Oct 2006, p.130]

[A] blend of wobbly slide guitar chords and simple, steamy beats. [Nov 2006, p.128]

Fragile in its struture, the album is stunningly precise and hauntingly familiar. [Sep 2006, p.131]

[A] time warp of an album, which takes us back to a future where grunge never happened, glam is god, disco balls sit atop the world and glitter falls from the sky. [Sep 2006, p.129]

The album is a more straightforward, breezier Sparklehorse, and effortlessly replayable. [Oct 2006, p.130]

Haines has... shown glimpses of a broken and beautiful solo artist just waiting to tell her story. This, my friends, is that breakout album in spades. [Oct 2006, p.122]

At the same time you contort, squirm and surge toward the non-music, your spirit somehow gets the message. [Oct 2006, p.132]

Positively electric. [Sep 2006, p.143]

Where Shadow ultimately sutmbles is on the britpop tip. [Oct 2006, p.116]

Suffers slightly from pasteurized cheese. [Oct 2006, p.120]

A sometimes abrupt, hard-to-pin-down voyage with fun surprises and plot twists. [Sep 2006, p.131]

There are... some impressivley fresh ideas lurking between the anthemic bits. [Sep 2006, p.137]

This album has a '60s folk-rock quality that's earnest, sweet and open. [Sep 2006, p.136]

It does all go a bit Sheryl Crow occasionally... but the darker clouds remain. [Oct 2006, p.117]

Give up now, guys, because it rarely gets better than this. [Jun 2006, p.113]

Their best album since... Remedy. [Sep 2006, p.131]