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For 4,040 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: 2,754 out of 4040
  2. Mixed: 1,215 out of 4040
  3. Negative: 71 out of 4040
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Mountain Will Fall
    The repetition of the word “mambo” over another messy beat fails to do much. There’s too much going on to really make much sense of what’s happening. Shadow quickly makes up for that with two of the most alluring tracks on the record. “Ashes To Oceans” features British jazz composer and trumpeter Matthew Halsall, providing a gorgeous contribution to the already haunting composition. On “Pitter Patter,” rain-fall piano notes permeate the track while producer Bleep Bloop and Nite School Klik associate/trap producer G Jones give it an ethereal feel.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Monkey Been to Burntown [EP]
    The guys from Baltimore prove that only two tracks pulled from the same album can be the impetus for limitless creation.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
    Ultimately, she knows the pitfalls of dating more than one gender better than anyone in pop, and those moments of insight are when Hopeless Fountain Kingdom truly stands out from the pack, but it’s also reassuring that Halsey (who tags herself “alternative” rather than “pop”) conceives herself as an album artist first.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    4 x 4 = 12
    He's not relying on anybody else out there to make something unique for him to sample; he's making them all himself. Joel Zimmerman only has to rely on deadmau5, and the party won't ever stop. And the mouse is far from dead.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Breakthrough
    Breakthrough is a challenge for listeners, and the producers that make up the growing California beats scene.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Two Vines
    The content of Two Vines doesn’t need to truly illustrate that concept to succeed. Empire of the Sun have managed to remain steadfast in the sound they’ve carved out for themselves since day one, which can be a challenge for a band that has pushed as big and wide as these two have.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho
    There is no palpable effort or discomfort on Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, resulting in a perfectly fine album that no one will remember next year or maybe even next month.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shaky Dream
    Just recently reaching their five-year milestone as a band, Dinosaur Bones have solidified their ability to weave talented instrumentalists through the voids of Fox’s lyrical sorrow without falling into the trap of indie pop redundancy.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Music For Listening To Music To
    Music for Listening to Music To is also subject to some of La Sera’s usual pitfalls, and ultimately is a bit lacking in variety. Yet as the band digs deeper into the foundation of their sound, this album points to them finding more gold in the future. In every sense, this is a smart, confident step forward for La Sera.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ready to Die
    That fleeting escape aside [“Unfriendly World”], Ready to Die is another torrid tour de force from a band built for speed, not comfort.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Get Along [Live]
    The 15-track live album is a testament to what a polished act they have become.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    American Goldwing
    Earley's songs may adhere to a certain formula, but that formula works wonders on American Goldwing.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Z [EP]
    What ultimately makes it stick, from the beaming hooks to the gossamer production, is the execution, how all the scattered pieces eventually jell until the puzzle is complete.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Outside
    All in all, Outside is a solid third album and a return to form of sorts from a band clearly in the midst of a big transition.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Numun
    Lush and soothing, nūmūn doesn’t settle for uncomplicated beauty.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    White Women
    Despite a few setbacks, White Women proves that Chromeo are on their way back to form via a playful deconstruction of dance floor jams and an innocent, universal heartache.
    • 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.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Come of Age
    The result is a quarter-life crisis set to music, one you won't mind experiencing over and over again.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As Above So Below [EP]
    As Above So Below tells a pretty basic love story, but soaks everything in dreams (though calling Azure Ray "dreamy" this far into their career is borderline cliché).
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Between the Walls
    Between the Walls sounds significantly more prepared than both prior outings, its many synth, organ, drum, and guitar textures more attentively placed.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Jackrabbit
    All the pieces are in place; the composer and players are uncannily gifted for a rock band. All that’s missing is the will to transcend expectations.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Party Ain't Over
    All in all, The Party Ain't Over proves to be a bold success.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dirty Gold
    Dirty Gold is plenty inviting, sonically speaking, with patches of rock, EDM, and pop. It’s problematic, however, that the album zones in on those genres with about as much specificity as those designators have.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    1977
    Nash doesn't seem like he's willing to fully own up to his shortcomings and take a full and deep-enough personal-via-lyrical inventory. It works against him on 1977, but the music, as usual, is on point.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Breakin' Point
    The pop hooks may get repetitive from time to time, a fault much pop is guilty of, but the trio rework it to their favor when things slow down. For the first time in a long time, possibly a decade, Peter Bjorn and John sound best not when amping up a crowd, but when giving them a song to wave lighters in the air to.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I Love You, It's Cool
    The end result is more appealing than the retro-heavy work of many of their fellow Brooklynites.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Otero War
    Emotions and feelings are generated clearly, but more overt references to specific story elements (characters, settings, plot) would carry Otero War to another level. Otherwise, it’s hard to shake the notion that this sounds just like another breakup album.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Leisure Seizure
    How long before the next Vek release remains to be seen, but Leisure Seizure will be stuck in your head long after you quit listening.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    El Camino Real
    A few missteps aside, El Camino Real continues to affirm that Camper Van Beethoven are far more than just a potential answer to a Before & After puzzle on Wheel of Fortune.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Always Tomorrow
    Deeply satisfying on multiple levels, Always Tomorrow is great guitar pop and a bracing account of one person’s struggle to construct a new life. Free of sugar-coating or easy answers, it should speak to everyone who wants to take better care of themselves.
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