Mando Diao's the sort of rockers who know both sides of the spectrum -- brainy pop and sweaty rock -- and aren't afraid to call on both to get the work done.  Full text...

Although the songs are anchored in the song structures of sixties' rock, there is nothing retro or stale about them. They are as new to music as "Ochrasy," the band's self-coined word, is to the dictionary. And it can mean whatever you want it to mean.  Full text...

Mando Diao has given us a disc full of excellent rock.   Full text...

Although it's still a band that invites too many comparisons, with Ode to Ochrasy, Mando Diao is one step closer to making a name for itself.   Full text...

The band had so much enthusiasm with its first album Bring 'Em In that you didn't think there would be any left for a second album (Hurricane Bar), let alone a third. With Ode To Ochrasy, Mando takes the lively, somewhat hyper energy of its debut album and evolves it into a more relaxed, albeit still punkish energetic throwback to sixties rock.  Full text...

An epic effort that occasionally has trouble separating the great from the average.  Full text...

Ode to Ochrasy is decidedly dull.  Full text...