A hefty team was assembled to do this right... and do it right they do. [#21, p.93]

A touchy-feely orgy better left spooning in its afterglow 10 years previous when the feeling was still fresh. [#21, p.96]

We've heard this swaggering, fumbling funk before from Kool Keith's gazillion other alter-egos. [#21, p.98]

It's impossible to decide whether Black is tourist or guide in the land of dusty genres he evokes. [#21, p.102]

On Son, Molina's electro-acoustic compositions have grown from the artful backdrops of her first two records into nearly sentient stand-alone creations. [#20, p.92]

Pure and unabashed pop bliss. [#21, p.102]

If anything, Neil Halstead & Co. turn things a few shades brighter with Puzzles Like You. [#20, p.104]

The band has seized upon that sloshy saunter that we love and turned it into an elaborate dance. [#20, p.94]

It's Cabic's soft-sung delivery and chiming acoustic harmonies that give Vetiver their charm. [#21, p.96]

Just like with White Stripes albums, the music rattles your brain like no other and gets better with age. [#20, p.97]

This is the closet Dulli has come to replicating the genius he displayed with the Whigs, but it's not a retread. [#20, p.100]

More soulful and funky than any of Dangermouse's previous efforts. [#20, p.101]

Ships is the best explosion of greatness yet from one of our most unique voices. [#20, p.100]

This is the best Grandaddy record thus far. [#19, p.92]

She's traded in the "Morphine" and creepy, hillbilly-chic of Escondida for a sound that's a hint more melodic and just a touch less disturbed. [#20, p.104]

While [Hamelin's] lyrics are less likely to be mistaken for emo (good), they're also less evocative (bad). [#20, p.102]

Yeah, it's good: vintage rock. [#20, p.92]

Think of it as a musical Botoxing: the twitches are gone, but the end result seems a bit superficial and expressionless. [#20, p.99]

[It] starts off pretty much where the previous one left off, with Skinner feeling sorry for himself. This time though, he does so with greatly improved production values. [#20, p.97]

The year's finest agitprop. [#20, p.96]

Never cluttered, Drowaton is as compelling as it is complex. [Filter Mini #10, p.13]

For every minute-long section of pinwheeling brilliance, there is some expository musical element that keeps us from getting at the core of what makes the group work so well. [#20, p.99]

May be the band's greatest achievement yet. [#20, p.90]

He forges yet another new vision: one that involves psych rock, quirky funk and bossa nova as much as it does hip-hop and electronica. [#19, p.104]

Rife with evocations of springtime and shooting stars and first loves. [#19, p.102]

Each consecutive [song] is stranger than the last. [#19, p.88]

[Many] of the songs submerge the rock and roll swagger of Your Arsenal in dramatic atmospherics, making ofr an astonishingly immediate visceral experience. [#20, p.91]

Gone is the blissed-out sunshine of earlier Vines releases, and instead rampant paranoia comes to the fore. [#20, p.91]