Ha Ha Sound is the sort of album that will sweetly move you towards slumber. [#23, p.82]

Peaches hasn't suffered from the sophomore slump one bit. [#23, p.96]

Feel[s] immediate and experimental all at once. [#23, p.98]

When you strip away all of the hype and everything you've heard about The Rapture, one thing still remains: Echoes is outstanding. [#23, p.98]

A beautiful album of uniqueness and unfailing spirit. [#23, p.96]

The Electric Six have a knack for mixing a dash of Saturday Night Fever with a whole lot of MC5 and just a smidgen of Jack Black. [#23, p.87]

Webb's hoarse vocals are filled with the sort of tortured earnestness that can't be faked. [#23, p.84]

An album of moody, grungy pop with a distinctive British feel that could easily be one of this year's sleeper hits. [#23, p.97]

A kaleidoscopic masterpiece that asserts itself as a spellbinding album. [#23, p.100]

Lyrically and melodically, Denali has grown by leaps and bounds. [#23, p.87]

Phantom Power's Technicolor ballads, flowery pop synths and acoustic touches will leave a smile on your face even as the winter days approach. [#23, p.102]

The sound is taut and tough, with a much more spontaneous sound than previous efforts. [#23, p. 101]

A Drug Problem... is like the contents of a [D]umpster: greasy, creepy, nasty, and random. [#23, p.96]

Stellar. [#23, p.92]

The superposition of these strange sound sources is at times shocking, obliquely tracing a history of American music. [#23, p.95]

Filled with sweeping, modern day mini-symphonies that brim with operatic highs and poetic lows. [#23, p.94]

More mature than their debut. [#23, p.101]

A pretty good album that, while not exactly groundbreaking, is a fine addition to synthpop's latest wave. [#23, p.83]

There are moments... that are very poignant and will rip your heart out, but many tracks fall a bit short of that mark and simply provide a pretty album of background music. [#23, p.99]

BRMC continue on a predictable arc, borrowing heavily from Psychocandy-era Jesus & Mary Chain melodies, coked-up Rolling Stones licks, and My Bloody Valentine's production values. [#23, p.88]

If you dig the likes of the D4 and The Datsuns, you'll dig Jet, even though Get Born is the over-hyped sound of a few old records stuck in an all-too-familiar groove. [#23, p.93]

The musical equivalent to steamed broccoli. [#23, p.87]