This album represents something of a retrenchment, a return of sorts to Basement Jaxx's core values of party beats and catchy hooks.  Full text...

Crazy Itch Radio isn't a bad album by any means; it just doesn't scream "best album of the year" from the moment you put it on.   Full text...

Banjo house and Balkan beats can’t return Basement Jaxx to their former glory but make for a prodigiously poppy fourth studio album.  Full text...

The group begins their fourth studio album with an intro that bellows out the most overwrought string section committed to record in recent memory—as hermetic dance maximalists in a sea of vogue minimalism, they play their image like a puppet.  Full text...

Simon Radcliffe and Felix Buxton play safe for this, their fourth studio album, returning to the carnivalistic roots of their debut, Remedy.Though their daft interludes and kitchen-sink production sound too familiar, Crazy Itch Radio can still surprise - particularly on Hey You.  Full text...

From start to end it's as colourful and varied as the garish neon cover purports. Like a carnival of music and styles packed on a float of amphetamines, each track kicks in to the next without pause for breath and showcases a veritable kaleidoscope of party animals from every corner of the globe, all along for the ride.  Full text...

Crazy Itch Radio is all programmed beats, obnoxious vocals and MIDI instrumentals – frankly, it’s pure Basement Jaxx. Meaning, was what Basement Jaxx were something you enjoyed and wished to continue?  Full text...

'Crazy Itch Radio' is a fourteen-track (including annoying radio segues) journey through this varied oeuvre and, as such, is a rather frustrating one.  Full text...