In short, 'Bang Bang Rock & Roll' is as clear as crystal a piece of untainted genius.  Full text...

Bang Bang Rock and Roll is an album that tests the listener's ability to discern what is more important-originality or execution.  Full text...

It's surprisingly comforting to hear a band like this come along and put everything in perspective, making you fall in love with music relating to your life, instead of becoming so grandiose and impersonal as most music has in recent years.   Full text...

Art Brut, through their thoroughly unpretentious embrace of pretentiousness, are the most punk new band I've heard in years, punk having lost itself long ago to the pretentiousness of unpretentiousness.   Full text...

The unabashed fun of Bang Bang Rock & Roll is just that, and Argos proclaims on "Formed a Band" that "we're just talking to the kids!" But these are ultimately relatable and re-listenable songs. Don't blame them for bringing to mind thoughts of yesteryear to one writer.  Full text...

The most refreshing aspect of Art Brut is their sheer joyfulness, often mistaken for irony.  Full text...

The band has personality, energy, ambition and cheekiness in spades, and while they may not be making original music just yet, they certainly have a unique approach --- and that’s what makes them worth paying attention to.  Full text...

Art Brut's sharp guitar lines and hefty beat won't win many points for originality, but it's hard not to root for a band that so guilelessly examines the awkward romantic entanglements of youth.  Full text...

Hopefully Art Brut will stick around a little longer; as "Emily Kane" and "Good Weekend" prove, they have the potential to become something more than just a bunch of wise-asses singing about how they formed a band.  Full text...

If you can learn to deal with Eddie Argos' spoken/yelled vocals, you'll find this album extremely worthwhile. It's a bit of an acquired taste, but at record's end, you'll be extremely satisfied.  Full text...