Deer Tick impress with their pop nous and sheer verve. [Aug 2023, p.81]

She might feel her work-life balance is out of whack, but Power's creative scales are perfectly aligned. [Aug 2023, p.80]

bdrmm's murky spider play tugs at the listener's emotions in unanticipated ways. [Aug 2023, p.87]

The self-analysis is elevated by Chatten's scowling poetry and producer Dan Carey's bright detailing. [Aug 2023, p.80]

A richly detailed synth-pop LP of admirable sophistication. [Jul 2023, p.82]

Re-contextualises them as an act who wrecked glorious havoc on their unchanging musical parameters for decades. [Aug 2023, p.95]

Like a wonderous and very clever piece of musical brain onomatopoeia. [Aug 2023, p.84]

Confident and expansive, yet intimate and subtle, Bonny Doon are in a good place here. [Aug 2023, p.81]

Excellent third LP aligns with riot grrrl-era pop for its force and intelligence. [Aug 2023, p.88]

It's hard world for little things, pigeon or human: these songs fight to ease the way. [Jul 2023, p.88]

The 10 tracks of Brain Worms don't outstay their welcome, but as the title suggests, they do linger. [Aug 2023, p.84]

The result is the Foos' finest since There Is Nothing Left To Lose. [Aug 2023, p.82]

Rarely has a plunge into apocalyptic hell been such a hoot. [Aug 2023, p.82]

As The Murlocs wave their freak-flag high, the party raves on via the taut Southern rock riffage of Common Sense Civilian and Russian Roulette's rogue Farfisa. [Aug 2023, p.78]

Throughout, you feel Homme's pain, but ultimately marvel at his ability to channel it into music so brutally uplifting. [Aug 2023, p.79]

A furiously funky soundtrack to impending doom. [Aug 2023, p.85]

44 minutes of scourging song broken up by ambient drone, terrifying din and choral interludes - is both uncompromising and brilliant. [Aug 2023, p.85]

Despite a surfeit of guests and some over-embellished kitchen sink production, the hit rate is remarkably high, reminding just how far Killer Mike's unflinching, candid style has evolved since he debuted on Outkast's Stankonia. [Aug 2023, p.84]

These dozen songs are a prime distillation of their essential pantheism. [Aug 2023, p.84]

Versions Of Us is full of such emotional blue plaque moments, small humans marking their time on a grandly heartfelt scale. [Jun 2023, p.85]

At times, the tracks seem almost overburdened with poignancy - typically, the tectonic major to minor chordal shifts of Gold push Birgisson’s ululations into ever more heartrending melodic shapes – and everywhere a kind of voluptuous awestruck sublimity pervades. [Sep 2023, p.84]

King Of A Land is an elegant, warmly orchestrated work. [Jul 2023, p.89]

Time Ain't Accidental has a blazing confidence. [Jul 2023, p.84]

Harmonious stuff, in every sense. [Jul 2023, p.86]

Beguilingly, knowingly rendered debut. [Jul 2023, p.92]

Though shorter and lighter than 2018’s magnificent Dirty Computer, it delivers its full measure of pleasure. Doing just what it says on the tin, a 21st century pop peak. [Sep 2023, p.89]

These witches are still burning. [Jul 2023, p.88]

O Monolith is no less bold of palette - opener Swing (in A Dream) embraces taut post-punk chug, jazz trumpet and enveloping synths - but always follows a lucid, compelling logic. [Jul 2023, p.86]