There's a real elegance, even a joy, to the way he mixes his dark materials. [Nov 2019, p.112]

As with a lot of their work it can occasionally lack bite, some fire in their impeccably tasteful bellies. [Nov 2019, p.108]

The main distinction is the relative lack of spellbinding melodies. [Nov 2019, p.108]

It feels hungry, modern and thrilling. [Nov 2019, p.111]

The result is a success as both an artistic statement and a mea culpa. [Nov 2019, p.108]

There's timeless wit and energy here. [Nov 2019, p.111]

Like a lot of world music, it probably has niche appeal, although Soroor's voice is beautifully expressive. [Nov 2019, p.112]

Keeping up with his often logic-defying wordplay can be a challenge. But the payoff is a startling insight into how the world looks from the inside one of hip-hop's most original and consistently inventive minds. [Nov 2019, p.110]

Ode To Joy shivers on this ledge between defiance and dissolution. Despite Tweedy's fears, it turns out more Wilco music is exactly what's needed. [Nov 2019, p.117]

All Mirrors strikes an impressive balance between familiar and strange - resulting in an album that's startling and breathtakingly beautiful. [Nov 2019, p.109]

The shimmering versions of past highlights and the exhilarating title track offer a fascinating glimpse of where Coltrane was headed next. [Nov 2019, p.119]

Abbey Road showed The Beatles at the very peak of their collective powers. ... It's certainly not the sound of a band who were sick of the sight of one another. This is something echoed in the unreleased takes and demos included here. [Nov 2019, p.119]

This is the sound of a man doing exactly what he wants, rather than what everyone expects and it's totally compelling. [Nov 2019, p.115]

The sonic invention---fast-cuts between moods and styles, washy layers of aural colours--never gets in the way of the songs and the result is a triumph. [Nov 2019, p.116]

Moon Duo have eclipsed their previous best here. [Nov 2019, p.115]

It's cleverly and passionately done. [Nov 2019, p.112]

It's an occasional return to their punk roots, more often smoothed over by the glistening pop production they've been known for more recently. [Nov 2019, p.116]

If the instrumentals can occasionally feel a little lounge-comfy, Turn To Clear view is ample proof of why UK jazz's horizons keep expanding. [Nov 2019, p.108]

Nice, but probably inessential. [Nov 2019, p.111]

It's a punishing listen. ... But this is not a record for the faint-hearted. [Nov 2019, p.111]

Startling, gorgeous and illuminating, The Practice Of Love sees Hval continue to stretch the parameters of pop. [Nov 2019, p.111]

JPEGMAFIA's flashes of brilliance are obscured by a bloated tracklist, but they're worth digging out. [Nov 2019, p.111]

Cause & Effect plays to their strengths. [Nov 2019, p.112]

Less immediate than her band work, it's a record that is rewarding and quietly revelatory. [Nov 2019, p.112]

She's still in her element luxuriating in that crisis point where comfort is soured by paranoia. ... Relative stability suits her just fine. [Nov 2019, p.112]

Clever, if a little monotonous; very much an LP for our times. [Nov 2019, p.112]

A fascinating new direction. [Nov 2019, p.115]

A thing of meditative beauty. [Nov 2019, p.115]