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For 4,036 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Channel Orange
Lowest review score: 0 Revival
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,751 out of 4036
  2. Mixed: 1,214 out of 4036
  3. Negative: 71 out of 4036
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Class Clown Spots a UFO
    While Class Clown doesn't come close to the highs of Alien Lanes or the vastly underrated Universal Truths and Cycles, it still riffs and rolls enough.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Under the Pale Moon
    Miles runs through the fields of melancholic '80s pop with ease.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Leave No Trace
    Leave No Trace exemplifies Fool's Gold's versatility, a trend that will hopefully continue on future albums.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Church That Fits Our Needs
    Picker and the rest of Lost in the Trees have said plenty while also crafting a unique album that blends classical music with contemporary flair.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This
    A little more of this adventurous spirit could launch Surf City from being a very good band to a great one.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Saves the Day
    Saves the Day puts the “pop” in pop punk, but it’s a sweet formula.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Pt. 2 [OST]
    It meets the expectations of its predecessors: music lovers get something new from beloved artists and the fans of Twilight who wouldn't generally dip into such genres expose themselves to more challenging tunes.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Queen of the Wave
    Yeah, it's garish, but it's also gaudy, loud, and primarily fun.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rocket Juice & the Moon
    The result is a highly enjoyable album of Afrobeat music accented with edgy bass and artsy guitar/synth melodies.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Whispers in the Dark
    Whispers at its best offers every reason to anticipate Supreme Cuts as a force in their chosen field – even if that field's exact location, as it were, remains to be fully seen.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Let's Be Still
    Compared to their eponymous debut, Let’s Be Still leans more heavily on pop ditties, which enliven and invigorate the album.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Electric
    he overriding feel of the album is one of attack although conscious maybe that light and shade is always to be found within the Thompson palette.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    What Happened to the La Las
    What Happened to the La Las is their 10th studio album and continues their trend of solid studio efforts.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Images du Futur
    As introverted as this album is, it manages to move the band forward a great deal.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Acousmatic Sorcery
    Despite a few missteps, Acousmatic Sorcery is still a unique debut announcing the emergence of a fresh talent worthy of the buzz Beal has been receiving.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Burn Your Town
    Much like the performance that has forever etched the band into my brain, this LP has a whole lot of showmanship and theatricality, but under the surface it's a refreshing take on the post-punk movement.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Roses
    Arguably mellower, definitely matured, Roses is a collection that will please more than enough people to chart without quite winning best in bloom.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    IV Play
    Interestingly, the album’s emotive selection happens to be its most musically daring as well.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sketches from the Book of the Dead
    It's an album dependent on listener mood and one that can often feel droningly dark and unfocused.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Desperation
    Despite the layoff, Desperation is the work of a band that still knows a few things about rock ‘n’ roll stripped of pretense.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ensemble Pearl
    Though all of this buildup of expressionist anxiety demands a steam release, Ensemble Pearl leave the pot boiling and the lid closed tight. Ensemble Pearl shifts and melds in mystery, but with an undeniable dark cast.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bright Sunny South
    Amidon sounds equally curious about the songs he picked up from his parents as he is about those he picked up from the radio; so naturally, juxtaposition plays a huge role in this album.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All Things Will Unwind
    This is a big album full of big emotions, and to close out on one of the biggest cements its themes.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Trouble
    He's added emotional depth to the popular DJ scene, and in doing so, finds its heart.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    bounty
    Like last year’s kin, bounty is a lively collection of electro-pop that does lots with its limited palette.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Strike Gently
    It’s almost too obvious that a band that kinda looks like The Strokes, sorta sounds like The Strokes, and is currently making moves like The Strokes would get that nod, but don’t typecast The Virgins just yet.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The North
    Their sixth album comes as a breath of fresh air after the dreary synthetics and spectral meditations of The Five Ghosts, opting once more to focus on the need to love passionately, messily, and dramatically, this time in the face of middle-aged stability rather than the reckless abandon of one's 20s.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Field Report
    The album is retrospective and relatable, and it proves that Vernon isn't the only Wisconsin resident to poetically wow us.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Holidaydream: Sounds of the Holidays, Vol. 1
    It's a delicate balancing act when a band attempts to rework Christmas music, but surprisingly, from an act known for upending expectations, Holidaydream's greatest asset rests in the Spree's restraint.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Flower Lane
    The Flower Lane is an honest-to-god pop record.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Uncanney Valley
    The band is so good together, though, and sound so at peace and at ease knocking these songs out, that it makes it hard to even dislike the record, problems though it may have.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    General Dome
    Their sutured songs aren't singular in nature or theme, which makes it a gem for sonic sleuths. But it's not exactly the most accessible of listens to a general audience.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Church of Rock and Roll
    The entire album is driving, clever, and bombastic.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Bardo Story
    The Bardo Story can tread toward the familiar, especially on the Sacred Bones psych of Salvia Plath. But, even in those moments it’s clear that Collins’ ever-developing songwriting voice is moving toward something even more noteworthy.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Putrifiers II
    Every track presents a new side of the band in quick succession, like pushing a magic Scan button on a radio and finding a paradoxically coherent choppiness.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Don't Be a Stranger
    Don't Be a Stranger is grounded in a pessimistic reality.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Golden Grrrls
    This isn’t the kind of thing you’re going to put on when you’re amped-up for a night out. But as far as sunporch indie punk goes, few albums constantly hit such sweet highs with sincerity.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Floating Coffin
    Thee Oh Sees are incapable of recording an unlikeable album, and Floating Coffin’s warmed garage slashers will satisfy a noise-addled listener.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tales of a Grass Widow
    The Casady sisters spin some of their most accessible tracks in years.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Babies
    The Babies is non-stop fun, refreshing in its straightforward approach and uncompromising energy.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    True North
    True North is another solid addition to the Bad Religion repertoire, even if it integrates itself a little too well to stand apart from the pack.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Desperate Ground
    Desperate Ground feels less righteous and ironic without the Dubyah & Guantanamo backdrop.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Money Store
    While it's more "mainstream" musically, its subtlety will still melt faces.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Volume 3
    While Deschanel’s songwriting is classically strong, the performances spot-on, and the arrangements undeniably impressive, She and Him don’t offer much of an update to this classic sound.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Divine Providence
    Divine Providence is the Deer Tick we've always known was behind the chugging, 90 proof country rock.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Emancipated Hearts
    Here we see the man post-fallout, head buried in his hands. Amidst the defeat, Wareham is still committed to describing the intricacy of his surroundings with a wide-eyed wonder.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Birthmarks
    Birthmarks is, largely, the sound of the band learning how to gracefully leave behind pre-pubescent tomfoolery in favor of meatier themes and weightier production.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Last Night on Earth
    Almost every aural detail is simply pretty, every guitar texture inviting, and perhaps the most impressive part is that it’s here just one year after Times and Tides.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Girl on Fire
    This balance of radio-friendly R&B and piano ballads bursting with her irrefutable talent is a road frequently traveled for this singer, but it's oh-so-entertaining to watch her set the road ablaze.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Long.Live.A$AP
    On LongLiveASAP, his major-label debut, Rocky expands his horizons even further, indulging in relative experimentation while also adhering to the gifts that have catapulted him to stardom in just over a year.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Comedown Machine
    The risks feel warranted, even if it doesn’t result in something that’s sticky or punchy. This might explain why the album doesn’t carry a single hit.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Watching Movies with the Sound Off
    Watching Movies is Miller’s most enduring, and endearing, project yet.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Melody's Echo Chamber
    While some albums evoke a dream-like state, Melody's Echo Chamber ensnares the listener into its elegant wilderness, not wanting to let go.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    AM
    Their music is suddenly sexier, no doubt a credit to Turner’s vision for AM, and continues to mature.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nightmare Ending
    Nightmare Ending might be too big to work as a first-time introduction to Cooper’s music (either Talk Amongst the Trees or Lambent Material would do better), but it’s a loving summit for anyone who has been trailing him through the years.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ohnomite
    There's a consistent intensity and power in Oh No's production.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Love Your Dum and Mad
    Shah always find a way to keep Love Your Dum and Mad simultaneously heartbreaking and inspiring throughout.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stranger Than Fiction
    Looking back at Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak, there is much strength to be gained in weakness--Gates current momentum is fueled with that power.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Threace
    They’re a patient, intrepid, explorative band that rewards the patient, intrepid, explorative listener.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Friends for Now
    All in all, Friends for Now is an impressively strong debut that exceeds even the vast expectations of those fans primed on the band's introductory singles and releases.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Poor Moon
    To put it bluntly, Taylor's music sounds bad on paper, but good in headphones.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Obsidian
    Obsidian is a brave and necessary record that builds on Baths’ glitchy poignance.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Crusher
    Whether acting the ranting wild man (“IV”) or the depressed New Waver (“No Fear”), Wahlfeldt draws you into his dark world with a knowing smile that says it’s not necessarily a bad place to be.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mowgli
    The themes and imagery on Mowgli are articulated and tied together with an intense focus and surprising maturity.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Out of View
    It's a cache of catchy flavors, the sort of bubble gum sticky shit that you can't help but chew repeatedly, and it's made satisfactory through the brilliant self-production.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No One Can Ever Know
    For a young band with only three records under its belt, the exactitude and evolution that The Twilight Sad shows on No One is impressive.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Adventures in Your Own Backyard
    The entire album has such a beautiful richness to it that it's mind-boggling to discover that it was all recorded in the singer's Montreal apartment--although you can hear the creaking of floorboards and chairs throughout, which only adds to the album's charm and comfort.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Electric
    Throughout the record a pleasing balance of melody and repetition is maintained.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cyclops Reap
    Unsurprisingly, the fuzz escapes through every pore, seeing Presley revving through erratic, lovely bedroom recordings.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Stoned Immaculate
    This LP helps demonstrate variance and unseen skills within those confines [infectious bangers and more romantic, nostalgic odes] to truly set Curren$y apart
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Aufheben
    With each effort, BJM continue a transcendence from their early days feigning the swagger of their namesake's band toward a more complex realization; Aufheben is certainly no different.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Will Happiness Find Me?
    The new LP from bright and bookish producer Maria Minerva (AKA Maria Juur), Will Happiness Find Me? is a surprising mosaic of deeply pained electronics paired with intense techniques, and a pop sensibility.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    More Beautiful Than Silence [EP]
    K'Naan more than makes up for it [occasionally cheesy, pop choruses] with intelligent and innovative verses, not to mention excellent guest spots.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Drifters/Love Is the Devil
    Hungtai’s ideas swing rapidly from beautiful to chaotic to completely atonal.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Everybody Wah
    Provides more than enough reasons to keep Bosco Delrey's warm tunes on your playlist beyond the cold winter.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Leaving Atlanta
    Gentleman Jesse's positive energy is as infectious as the hooks in his songs, but it's the sonic uniformity of those songs that make Leaving Atlanta overbearing when consumed as a whole.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lonerism
    The melodies are clearer, pushed up in the mix, given agency by their immediacy. The psych bits have earned an assured swagger, spiraling out from the center of songs.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Clay Class
    Tightly wound, little post-punk tunes.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    These United States
    The band's willingness to persevere rather than fall victim to the misery gives These United States a winning quality.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Human Again
    Her vocal abilities are as strong as ever.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Long Way to Fall
    By honing in on sharper song structures instead of billowing vocals and effects, Schnauss has cut past Goodbye's indulgences into a maturation of his unmistakable electronic streak.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Live on I-5
    There's nothing too exceptional about Live on the I-5, but given that this is the first new release from the recent reincarnation of Soundgarden, it's worth a listen.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Thee Physical
    Thee Physical is music ready for a dance floor (just as much as past Pictureplane releases have been), but it's also a disc that shows growth towards a better ability to blend the synthetic and the organic.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Blouse
    Blouse avoids dismissal as just another '80s dream pop group with a consistent, sophisticated grasp of the genre's tenets.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Psychedelic Pill
    Psychedelic Pill is a maximalist work from Young; he has taken the central premise of one of his many musical sides and stretched its vision as far as it will go.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Downtown Rockers [EP]
    What prevents this record from becoming merely a trip down memory lane is its energetic freshness and its urgency, which sounds like that of the music Frantz and Weymouth made 30 years ago.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Post Tropical
    Post Tropical is an intriguing and rewarding contribution to the alt R&B movement.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Empty Estate [EP]
    This EP is dressed exactly how it sounds: a little more vibrant and a little more stoned.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nobody Knows
    It’s not a mulligan by any means, but more a second round of laying all his raw talent out on the table before the unraveling of his mystery begins.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    II
    While II doesn’t kick around quite the same as its predecessor, it makes up for that with subtleties.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Monument
    There's a lot of life here to be had, and it'll only get better.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Two Matchsticks
    Two Matchsticks marks and forges a charm of its own.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Write Me Back
    With the release of his 11th studio album, Write Me Back, Kelly has found a balance between both sensibilities, and forged an album that's a definitive career landmark.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Until the Colours Run
    With the pieces not yet there, Lanterns on the Lake is still an immensely promising band that’s one risky move away from releasing a stunning album and filling stadiums.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We the Common
    It’s certainly a more political-leaning album for the outfit, but one that sweats with fresh optimism.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Howl
    There’s a sense listening to Howl that its creation might have stung a bit, but in the end, the band’s pain proves to be the listener’s pleasure.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dead Gaze
    While the ambitions and output of Furlow have been consistent, it will still be most interesting to hear a fully formed LP of new material--the potential Dead Gaze fans have always admired hasn’t left these tracks.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    American Goldwing
    Earley's songs may adhere to a certain formula, but that formula works wonders on American Goldwing.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sorry To Bother You
    He [Boots Riley] validates his beliefs while simultaneously crafting an inspired rap-fusion record. In that respect, Sorry to Bother You is both a musical and argumentative success.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Holiday
    Port St. Willow is its own project, and one to watch at that.
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