A perfect album. [Sep 2006, p.143]

Throughout the disc, Lavalle shows great ability to craft soundscapes that demand attention through their subtleties. [Sep 2006, p.131]

They take their place among the scruffiest, ugliest and most crowd-pleasing bad guys the West has ever spat out. [Sep 2006, p.131]

On Varcharz, Mouse on Mars crank out 11 new tracks that, for better and worse, continue to expand the boundaries of abstract music. [Sep 2006, p.138]

This album pays less attention to the club lights and feels more clubbed over the head emotionally. [Sep 2006, p.136]

Submersive, almost submissive. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.118]

Triumphant. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.130]

The Roots' energy is claustrophobic and thus, jaded. It still has a prominent place on Game Theory, but when it's not subdued, it's downright bitter. [Sep 2006, p.142]

Though varying little from past Tyde albums, Three's Co. is a welcome tribute to summer. [Sep 2006, p.139]

Each release generates one or two hits and is never regarded as a classic, but 4:21...The Day After may be an exception. [Sep 2006, p.137]

A lively collection. [Sep 2006, p.132]

This duo can only be measured against themselves and for the first time, it don't measure up. [Sep 2006, p.139]

Like flicking through '60s AM radio's intermittent channels. [Sep 2006, p.138]

The Nashville crew's sound has slowly aged from alt-country to Stax-styled soul and now brooding ballads. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.122]

Darnielle displays a newfound glimmer of strength adorning his melancholic tales. [Oct 2006, p.122]

It rocks, sometimes wallows and wanders off, but still comes back to a lo-fi sound that's contagious and consistent. [Sep 2006, p.136]

Finds a band in utter denial of what is precisely its appeal. [Sep 2006, p.143]

Another impressive and complex recording. [Sep 2006, p.139]

Quite boring. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.125]

The Shining stands as a combination of Dilla's best sides. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.130]

At times reminiscent of Neil Young. [Sep 2006, p.139]

There's only so many times the melodic power chords of guitarist Mike Stroud can graze the quarantined beats of programmer Evan Mast before the combination begins to rust. [Sep 2006, p.142]

While the album is a fun first listen, it's in taking that second and third spin of Waterloo to Anywhere that the band's infectious quality becomes a full-fledged epidemic. [Sep 2006, p.142]

Freedom rock at its most liberating. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.116]

It's clear that we have a gifted songwriter on our hands. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.117]

We can't blame it all on the puzzling guest appearances because back in the day, J5 would've saved those slip-ups. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.124]

Franti's most eclectic offering yet. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.116]

The result is in the vein of popcraft performers Phoenix, Air and others who occupy a great deal of the Astralwerks roster. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.132]