Okereke's voice, whether against an early-90s down-tempo club beat or a rattling guitar, is ever-evolving and worth many listens. [Nov 2014, p.90]

More like sophomore triumph. [Nov 2014, p.94]

This is Godflesh at their coldest and most mechanistically assaultive. [Nov 2014. p,90]

With Reincarnate, Motionless In White have not only distilled the essence of their influences into an even darker cohesion, they’ve reanimated the creatively bankrupt corpse of industrial rock, disrupted the by-numbers routine of electronic-tinged metalcore and delivered furious rock songs with a widescreen presence that makes an IMAX theater feel like an iPad screen.

The raw sound of Stomachaches is just further proof that it all arrived from someplace honest and deeply personal. [Sep 2014, p.103]

There will always be casualties when musicians want to change but fans want them to stay the same. That doesn’t stop the Color Morale from adding plenty of pop choruses to their post-hardcore palate on Hold On Pain Ends, while keeping their metalcore tendencies, too.

Hesitant Alien has enough requisite cool and clamor to insure he stays both relevant and remarkably vibrant.

It's rad that Finch are back together sounding sharp, but the creative differences that led to this album being nearly a decade in the making remain apparent. [Oct 2014, p.100]

When they stick to the ’60s Cali Pop of the uplifting “We Are Done” and dreamy “California Rain,” they produce some remarkably winning songs worthy of van-loads of bearded, guitar-toting indie popsters aping the Beach Boys and the Mommas And The Papas. When they miss, though, it’s more unbearable than rush hour traffic on the 405.

The haze is fairly one-dimensional, but it's an engrossing path of melancholia. [Oct 2014, p.102]

Like Stay What You Are on steroids, it's a half-hour of instant gratification with paeans to overcoming romantic and introspective obstacles. [Oct 2014, p.101]

It means "Everything You Think You Know," "Smoking Kills," and "Day Man," while not bad, do feel slightly generic, which unfortunately diminishes the power of these well-intentioned, heart pounding songs. [Oct 2014, p.98]

Another Language is a step back in the right direction, engulfing the listener with effortless subtlety. [Oct 2014, p.101]

Blood & Lemonade is a good old-fashioned power-pop record bursting with rock-god guitar riffs, stacked harmonies and chugging tempos. [Oct 2014, p.96]

The results of this experiment is decidedly mixed. [Oct 2014, p.101]

The music the two make has taken a huge creative leap forward. [Oct 2014, p.100]

The larger flaw of This Is All Yours is the excessive studio ornamentation attached to songs like "Choice Kingdom" and "Hunger Of The Pine" that fails to cover up unbalanced, disjointed writing. [Oct 2014, p.96]

This self-titled album is a reflection of Adams’ continued growth as a songwriter, and is completely relatable to anyone who has managed to survive in a marriage--creative or otherwise--long past the honeymoon phase.

Code Orange are riveting, the nihilistic horror of the whole thing at times overwhelming in the best possible way. [Oct 2014, p.98]

It's lo-fi simplicity makes for a welcome addition to any CoCoRosie fan's collection. [Oct 2014, p.101]

If the songs blend together a bit, that's called a style, and Interpol have always had that on their side. [Oct 2014, p.100]

While their weird is very often wonderful, these 10 tracks are somewhat inconsistent. [Oct 2014, p.98]

The Physical World is a triumphant statement that the two musicians have moved forward artistically. [Oct 2014, p.97]

Alphaville's best moments tend to be its most deliberate and glammy. [Sep 2014, p.108]

At times some reining in might have been desirable, but 11 albums in, it’s hard to argue Opeth have earned the right to do whatever the hell they want.

Overtly confessional and cathartic, it's no wonder the pair have been held up as one of the main participants in the emo revival. [Sep 2014, p.106]

While the other material is good, these moments are great. [Sep 2014, p.104]

It all makes for a remarkable, incredibly moving piece of work. [Sep 2014, p.106]