"Part study of music composition, the Journal is a simple yet beautifully engineered folded paper sleeve."
Tokion

"Since The Journal of Popular Noise's debut issue in the Spring of 2007, Anthem has been quite intrigued and impressed by the publication, and with incredibly beautiful packaging and an extremely limited run, each release is bound to sell out."
Anthem

"There are music magazines that are obsessed with the rise-and-fall of trended-out indie rock bands. Then there are music magazines obsessed with music, and soundwaves, and vinyl, and pure, simple, beautiful design. Fans of the latter should pick up a copy of The Journal of Popular Noise."
VMagazine.com

"As a response to the current state of the music industry, particularly its rapid digitalization the Journal seeks to reinforce, all the while challenging, the coupling of design and the visual arts with recorded sound as it has traditionally been found in commercial LPs."
Printed Matter

"For those who miss the aesthetic quality of pamphlets and cover art, the Journal of Popular Noise provides a refreshingly corporeal sense of nostalgia."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"In the tone of its writing, The Journal of Popular Noise shares something of the kind of whimsy to be found in the page of The Believer and McSweeney's, but this is held nicely in balance with the music."
Frieze Magazine Nov/Dec '07

"Praise to the Journal of Popular Noise for keeping vinyl hope alive...will vinyl become obsolete? Not if people continue making finely crafted artifacts like this."
BPM magazine

"With an ingenious package containing three 45 rpm records, this magazine...explores the infinite combinations between the traditional and the avant-garde like a time-delayed explosive." Hi-Nu (french)