With Foil Deer, Speedy Ortiz fully owns its style, quirks and neuroses on a level that would have been unimaginable circa 2013's Major Arcana. [No. 120, p.61]

It's that rare sort of just-about-perfect record that demands to be played over and over again. [#53, p.82]

A classic totem of those times, given just enough new life to merit a repurchase for original fans, and an exploration for those who weren't there. [No. 142, p.60]

[A] lovingly curated set. [No. 119, p.57]

That the feel throughout is cruel New England winter suggests July is one hell of a break-up record. [No. 106, p.57]

A full band plays behind Joyner's acoustic guitar and quiet vocals, but they employ the same restraint that marks his singing, making very quiet note resonate with low-key, understated emotion. [No. 119, p.57]

The whole bloody history of England's greatest cult act unfolds, rendering obscurity ultimately noble and rewarding. [No. 118, p.61]

Guitarist John Hill... generates enough raw power to mask the shortcomings of any old lead vocalist. Fortunately for this Denver foursome, it has one of the most exciting singers around today. [#68, p.91]

beyond his original albums lies three newly cobbled CDs of magic realist pop and frisky showboating folk that are endlessly fascinating. [No. 101, p.54]

Not since the Men dropped Leave Home last summer has a young band made an album of pure, hard-edged rock this good or entertainingly lacerating. [No. 92, p.56]

This is music that's instantly, wordlessly evocative while also invitingly open-ended. [No. 102, p.57]

The Marriage Of True Minds is pure late-model Matmos: perverse, urbane, crowded, hilarious, and efficient. [No. 95, p.55]

A flawless display. By turning former earache classics like "If You Want Blood" and "Love At First Feel" into beautiful acoustic ballads, much of The Moon sounds like his previous hits... [#49, p.86]

The Ship is delightful in every fashion. [No. 131, p.55]

This shining-up of the Sgt. Pepper grail is gorgeous. [No. 144, p.51]

Emphasizes melodic intention in a manner that transcends electronica or the outer reaches of experimental hip hop. [#68, p.92]

An epic, potentially epoch-making release. [No. 131, p.53]

Little short of brilliant. [#52, p.79]

If it takes another 36 years for something so sublime, I await the next 36 years. [#70, p.86]

It’s one of his best, a stunner that knocks you out without raising its voice. [No. 129, p.55]

From blunted bedroom nights with a drum machine to two decades down the line releasing one of the finest true hip-hop offerings since Moment Of Truth. Always listen to the Weathermen. [No. 131, p.53]

A genre-defying, glorious mess of an album. [#54, p.109]

Feels is layered as no other Collective album before it. [#70, p.87]

Oneida's most cohesive and beautiful record to date. [#68, p.105]

It's not until the third or fourth [listen] that you hear how smart it is. How organic. How rich in nutrients. How thoroughly these conservatory grads are digesting their jazz/pop/soul influences and squeezing them into something unforgettable. [No. 128, p.58]

Guitarists Gunn, Jim Elkington and Paul Sukeena channel their prodigious technique to fleeting textures and ingratiating hooks, and the arrangements update the template of 1970-vintage Velvet Underground and Grateful Dead with a half-century of judiciously applied production acumen. [No. 131, p.57]

This album, like its predecessor, is stunning. [Fall 2007, p.91]

Despite the heavy sonic resemblance, this road map back lands Jurado and Swift someplace new, slightly more thematic and worlds more dramatic. [No. 106, p.60]