Blurt Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 1,384 reviews, this publication has graded:
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57% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison [Live] | |
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Lowest review score: | Collapse |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 950 out of 1384
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Mixed: 427 out of 1384
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Negative: 7 out of 1384
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It’s always comforting to know that certain stylistic bents of rock never go out of style. That’s usually because someone puts a new spin on an old formula. That’s arguably the case with E.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Dec 2, 2016
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The album is chirpy, playful and transitory, dispensing 10 songs in 31 minutes.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Apr 23, 2013
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Interesting juxtapositions proliferate, but Ava Luna often seems to be pursuing oddity for its own sake. The best cuts here are the most unitary.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted May 8, 2014
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Paul Walker’s not for everyone but will at least get the 40-somethings to quit bitching about Green Day.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Aug 7, 2013
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Free Reign, co-produced by Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin, is subtler, jazzier and ever-so-slightly sexier than previous Clinic outings.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Nov 13, 2012
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While some tracks prove unradical, it is when Astronautalis fuses heavy bluesy-rock influences with his beats that Science truly shines.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Dec 12, 2011
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Sermon on the Rocks should speak to anyone with an ear for melody and an appreciation for a commanding, compelling delivery. Whether or not this broadens Ritter’s reach remains to be seen, but even if it falls short, be assured that it’s still excellent regardless.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Dec 7, 2015
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The problem is the album starts to wear thin about halfway in and never really gets back the strength of those first few songs.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted May 17, 2013
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They ply the same general furrow as American contemporaries like Wooden Shjips, though with a tighter, more consciously limited focus.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Apr 7, 2015
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As Toro Y Moi is mirroring sounds from genres past, Anything in Return sounds all too familiar.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jan 22, 2013
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While not nearly as great as seeing the band live, this record does a commendable job of capturing the band at their energetic, playful best.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Feb 20, 2015
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The Canadian chanteuse offers up a series of deceptively delicate entreaties that quickly give way to the sort of emphatic rhythms and boisterous melodies that reflect an unmistakably bold confidence.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Oct 29, 2013
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All in all, it makes for a rich and resilient brew, and maybe, just maybe, the kind of opus that will propel Jurado towards the greater accolades he so clearly deserves.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jan 21, 2014
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None of these songs (well maybe “Hear No Evil”) will really shock long-term Lightning Bolt fans--but they do depart in interesting ways from the main project.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jul 16, 2013
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Mollestad gives us a generous and welcome taste of that classic sound, which her own twist on it that would hopefully make McLaughlin himself proud.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jun 28, 2013
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There is nothing particularly revolutionary about the new record, rather it is a band finding confidence in a sound that’s new to them.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Apr 24, 2015
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- Posted Sep 9, 2013
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Deer Tick’s fifth and latest offering is a tad darker and surprisingly personal compared to earlier efforts. The result is ultimately a stronger album, but it takes a little time to get to the good stuff.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Oct 31, 2013
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For all that remarkable restraint, Dennison creates a stirring impression, making this convergence of emotion and execution equate to nothing less than pure, evocative bliss.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted May 1, 2013
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If you’ve heard their main/prior bands then the sound of this won’t surprise you, but it’ll still feel like an old friend that you always pick up right where you left off.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jun 24, 2016
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One should not have to turn in anywhere from one-to-two-hours of wages to hear the old coot warble out Willie Nelson’s “On The Road Again”, regardless of how novel the way by which he crafted it.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jun 5, 2014
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Modestly presented but expertly crafted, Incidental Hum does exactly what a solo album from a well-respected bandleader is supposed to do: show off a different side of the artist’s talent and provide plenty of entertainment in the bargain.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Oct 9, 2015
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The instrumental nuances make for a vibrant whole, but often times, less works best.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Sep 30, 2011
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For you kids out there planning to attend space camp, I can't think of better counselors than Elders and Valentine to take you far out where few have journeyed before.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted May 16, 2012
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Musically, expressive and thematically sound, I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always is as promising a pronouncement as its title suggests.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jan 31, 2017
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Though hardly the type of platter meant to accompany any sort of festive gathering, Little Heater still manages to stir the senses.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Feb 19, 2013
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Breaking away from their by now trademark South Jersey, cruising with the radio on brand of punk rock that first got them noticed, the band is likely to alienate some early fans with Get Hurt. In doing so, however, The Gaslight Anthem is doing much more to preserve the band in the long run, evolving at a steady, but satisfying clip.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Aug 15, 2014
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While the band may seem more aware of emphatic expression overall, many of the melodies maintain the anthemic perspective that ‘s always been so inherent and inspired.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Dec 18, 2019
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It has, not surprisingly, an elegiac quality, a mournful, melancholy cast to its elliptical phrasing. Like the first iconic first lady, the music is polished and well reined in.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jan 6, 2017
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With Holly, Waterhouse really comes into his own, branding himself as a retro crossover crooner whose immediate intent appears intended to instigate a ‘60s soul revival.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Mar 19, 2014
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