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For 4,039 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: 2,753 out of 4039
  2. Mixed: 1,215 out of 4039
  3. Negative: 71 out of 4039
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Temporary Room
    A revitalized take on noise-rock that honors the originating genre while eschewing its occasionally stifling boundaries.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Gloss Drop
    As a whole, the album has a lot of impressive musicianship, outstanding atmosphere, and interesting composition. That said, it lacks a lot of the pure, frenetic energy with which its predecessor pushed and pummeled.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hella Personal Film Festival
    Even when he covers familiar territory, Eagle rarely repeats himself. He’s constantly finding new ways to say something better, and it’s part of what makes Hella Personal Film Festival feel so necessary.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Until the Hunter
    It is a pleasure definitively for the listener, and from all reports for the musicians as well.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Captain of None
    More than any sort of technical achievement or genre alteration, Captain of None powerfully blends the mythic, organic, and internal.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sirens
    Jaar has signature tones--every musician does, and it’s hard to escape them--but he steps past expectations to make a political statement that’s still subdued, jaunty, and sharp.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Preoccupations
    Preoccupations does away with the murkiness, sounding remarkably clear in contrast to its predecessor.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Commontime
    The intangibles are all here in spades, and it’s obvious these guys have an exciting vision. Commontime is just arranged in such a way that the album’s contents are thrown into disarray.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Conatus
    Rather than radically reinventing the sound from Danilova's second full length, 2010's Stridulum II, Conatus comes across as a more fully-realized Zola Jesus production.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Horror
    In all its abrasive, atonal, and grotesquely depraved glory, The Horror brings some overdue edge and mayhem to the scene.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Natives
    Natives is an effort of exquisite pop.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Both
    It’s [not] the best album from either performer (the low-pressure nature of their collaboration makes for equally low stakes), but it’s definitely the most digestible.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Gunnera
    Gunnera isn’t a grand statement. It just lets some familiar names expand their expression, free from the shadow of their parent bands.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In Our Heads
    Most of the London electronic outfit's fifth album, In Our Heads, fills the perfect middle dance floor between their disparate influences.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Head Cage
    A more focused sonic direction would have been more potent and a more adventurous one would have been more exciting. Still, every track delivers a bruising and it’s hard to imagine anyone interested in the group being disappointed by the album.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Things Take Time, Take Time
    Things Take Time, Take Time feels like a collection of thoughtful postcards, with us all being the lucky recipients.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Marriage of True Minds
    On their Thrill Jockey debut, The Marriage of True Minds, the oddities are stomached for a healthy dose of chaos.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Barchords
    What makes Bahamas worth a listen is the soulful pairing of glowing, slow-building melodies and sun-kissed songs.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Earthling
    Earthling plants itself firmly in this moment, a trial-and-error soundtrack to one man’s maturation.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Broken Dreams Club
    Broken Dreams Club may only be an EP, but if it's any indication of the future of the band, then Girls will sophomore soar, rather than slump.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Lover
    The maturation through Taylor Swift’s career has also shown her react to personal change in real time. ... Maturity for Taylor Swift means shrugging off what isn’t worth a fight, looking inward rather than blaming others, and being able to admit when you were wrong.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    FEET OF CLAY
    Some Rap Songs was a few hairs more rewarding in this mode, but Earl Sweatshirt’s cemented a signature mood and production style unlike anyone else’s, and since he’s growing more thoughtful every year, there’s good reason to believe he’ll perfect it. Unfortunately, it also seems that every year he’s growing more depressed as well.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Here and Nowhere Else
    Twenty minutes of pedal-to-the-floor, tension-igniting rock ‘n’ roll can just be too much in most hands, but Here and Nowhere Else condenses these moments into more reasonable servings that are successful across the board.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pure Heroine
    Lorde’s clearly a gifted songwriter for her age, but don’t let the novelty affect your perception of Pure Heroine. It’s a very grown-up album despite its teenage topics, and if you give a damn about good pop songs, then you owe it a listen.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    No Color
    No Colors showcases a band who knows exactly who they are and feels completely comfortable in their sound, constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible for a two-piece.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Slugger
    The energy of that debut track [“Basement Queens”] carries over into Slugger, which weaves catchy pop synthesizers around stylized guitar effects and melodic choruses.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    With Light and With Love
    While With Light and With Love might sound more instantly accessible than previous Woods albums, it also shows that it might not be a good thing for Woods to tinker with their most defining quality: the intimacy of their songs.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cerulean Salt
    While the band’s dichotomy is uncommon, it works because, no matter the ratio of Crutchfield to the band, the emotion’s always pure and unfettered.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Factory Floor
    For now, they’ve delivered a derivative LP that’s also, ultimately, very much theirs.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    II
    If II proves anything, it’s that Fuzz remains a force to be reckoned with. Segall and co. have only honed their chops in the years since their debut, and it’s almost terrifying to project what will come in the next stage of their evolution.
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