Tom Birts, Journalist

Diver is a sinuous, warm, complex record, and one that’s comfortable as the lone traveller in its sonic landscape.

...as balls-out as the throbbing drums, unyielding guitars and male/female vocals...

It’s less rooted in the traditional rhythm-driven tunes than The Bamboos’ earlier releases, but just as listenable and appealing.

In making an album like Evolution Machine, Def Wish Cast show their pedigree and skip over the emo and ocker-hop influences which muddy the waters of today’s homegrown gene pool.

"It was a great performance from a band with a youthful sound and look, and who strut that thin line between innocence and arrogance."

Her debut album has energy to burn, and at times is just visceral and raw enough to draw the listener in to the point of absorption.

"The fuller live sound delivered by Nate Collis on guitar and Erick Anderson behind the keyboards added balance to counter the introverted and self deprecating subject matter that Slug has made his own. While other artists would have struggled to reconcile it, the polarity made the performance an involving and exhilarating live experience."

Big Fella’s vocal works best when it’s rudely challenged by the moodier elements in Paso Bionic’s beat locker.

Composer and pianist Robert Glasper would have been just 12 years old when Guru and Premier dropped Jazz Thing back in 1990. Jazz, hip hop and soul have always intertwined, now so to a point where the genres are such easy bedfellows that jazz label Blue Note releasing an album heavy in hip hop and soul is no longer unusual.