This is the sound of someone learning, brilliantly on the job. [May 2013, p.96]

The results range from extraordinary to bemused but they are never dull. [Summer 2019, p.111]

For all the sonic bricolage, nothing upstages Garbus's own force of personality: her vocal range thrillingly from demure cooing through sassy funk to lung-bursting holler. [May 2011, p.126]

The presiding theme here is one of nocturnal activity, and it's rather nice to see the songs as half-lit visions, as if it were all a Puckish Midsummer illusion. [Sep 2018, p.118]

Music for thirtysomething teenagers, and none the worse for that. [Jun 2003, p.92]

The raggedy, pared-back approach puts the spotlight right back where it should be: on Moorer herself. [May 2004, p.106]

This second album packs sock-it-to-me punch aplenty in 12 tunes that just happen to be about the Lord. [Sep 2014, p.114]

As lovelorn and jaded as it is unshakeable. [Apr 2006, p.116]

Their 11 post-punk/hip-hop songs are brittle, but catchy and fun. [Sep 2006, p.107]

All you need to notice about Oui Oui... is that, together, these musicians can still rustle up a synergy no other band can imitate. [Dec 2012, p.102]

On his impressive second album, the LA-born R&B auteur offers fresh options for mainstream urban pop. [Jan 2013, p.110]

High Risk Behaviour is about as enjoyable as the sound of bored small-town kids thrashing around with guitars gets. [May 2020, p.107]

It works exceedingly well. [May 2017, p.108]

In the US, Night Time, My Time was the most exciting pop album if 2013. It will be hard to beat this year as well. [Mar 2014, p.111]

[The album] is filled with intricate detail. [Mar 2015, p.113]

Some may scoff at the limited musical palette on tracks such as the La's-like Lazy Love, but beneath the bluff exterior beats the heart of a great pop band. [Jun 2018, p.109]

Eyes On The Lines is the follow-up to his excellent 2014 album Way Out Weather and it finds Gunn rolling down the same never-ending dusty highway. [Jul 2016, p.108]

The pleasure was all ours. [May 2014, p.108]

Not only is he an edgy folk singer, but Regan's second album sees the young Dubliner plug in to a similar ragged, rockabilly vein to Dylan's mid '60s classics. [Feb 2010, p. 111]

Dark, often opaque, but also full of emotion, this is a gem. [May 2011, p.127]

Sharp, seductive music from a band at their peak. [Oct 2001, p.119]

Atmospheric, soulful and cohesive, with beats as strong as rhymes. [Jun 2012, p.108]

Pared back or not, The strength of these songs means Thompson can always stand alone. [Sep 2014, p.115]

It's uplifting stuff. [Mar 2015, p.104]

Simons and Rowlands are making music that has the dizzying plasticity of their best work. [Jun 2019, p.113]

Slipway Fires requires more of your time and duly rewards it. [Dec 2008, p.120]

This daughter of Missouri has merely up-twanged her still-rockin' sound, and boosted the songs' mom, kids and downhome content and the gritty, often rub-tickling detail in the telling that keeps it real. [Mar 2014, p.111]

He's never been quite so on top of his game or quite so blessed with melodic magic. [Mar 2009, p.100]