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Loathe  A Stranger To You

The breakthrough metalcore band’s latest is hampered by its own omnivorous ambition and bafflingly muddy production Pitchfork

Loathe  A Stranger To You

Granite-hard riffola collides with balm-like electronics and tinkling jazz piano in a thrilling fourth album of musical metamorphosis The Guardian

Loathe  A Stranger To You

Easily Loathe’s most accomplished effort to date: the musicianship and subtle use of harmonies, brazen guitar attacks and strenuous rhythm sections are often breathtaking and dripping with originality Sputnik Music (staff)

Loathe  A Stranger To You

On their long-awaited return, the Liverpool band offer up an innovative, exhilarating record of finely tuned modern heavy music NME

Loathe  A Stranger To You

A record that’s challenging yet not impenetrable, one fans will want to devote time to, that’s also vast in its ambition, and executed to stunning effect. Maybe, from this, they’ll go on and redefine heavy music all over again Kerrang!

Lenny Kaye  Goin' Local

Each song individually exists with merit and, crucially, represents Lenny Kaye as a solo artist. But while it’s a beautiful debut to a twilight chapter of a career, it doesn’t entirely reinvent a career Far Out

Lenny Kaye  Goin' Local

His unguarded tenderness can e disarmingly guileless, an unexpected and welcome evolution from the godfather of garage rock. Print edition only Mojo

Lenny Kaye  Goin' Local

Hailing Goin’ Local as sensuous would be a stretch but it does emerge overall as a surprisingly gentle beast, influenced by the thoughtful storytelling of Vega and Townes Van Zandt more than any upstart rocker. Print edition only Uncut

Lenny Kaye  Goin' Local

Kaye’s centre stage for once, surrounded by an impressive cast, a Jayhawk on mandolin here, a jazz pianist there, creating a suitably impressive backdrop. A contender for album of the year Record Collector

Lenny Kaye  Goin' Local

Despite a musical career that spans seven decades, this exposes a side of Lenny Kaye he's rarely shown to us, and it turns out to be fun and fascinating. Maybe he should try this a little more often All Music

Gracie Abrams  Daughter From Hell

Despite their goth-coded attempts at emotional turbulence, the saccharine songs of Abrams’ third album feel adolescent in their melodrama The Guardian

Gracie Abrams  Daughter From Hell

More plodding than enlightened, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter’s contemplative third album shows she still has more growing to do NME

Gracie Abrams  Daughter From Hell

A remarkably one-dimensional album, although it's potentially made to order for fresh wounds, blue moods, and especially the emotional rawness of youth All Music

Gracie Abrams  Daughter From Hell

Working once again with Aaron Dessner, the songwriter sticks to her signature blend of bulletproof pop and melancholic indie folk, but the few risks she takes result in her best songs yet Pitchfork

Gracie Abrams  Daughter From Hell

Abrams' vocals on her third album are outstanding, but she ends up limiting herself with her songwriting approach Consequence Of Sound