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For 1,396 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 29% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 The Stand Ins
Lowest review score: 10 The Raven
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,197 out of 1396
  2. Mixed: 180 out of 1396
  3. Negative: 19 out of 1396
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Flies The Fields
    The proceedings, though, are not without occasionally lesser moments and that’s something that fans of Save Everything and Very Soon may be surprised to hear.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Origin Vol. 1
    Origin Vol. 1 could be [a] guilty pleasure album for indie-rock fans, mainly due to the high-quality production.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wind In The Wires
    At 21, he has the raconteur’s wit of a younger Nick Cave still buoyed by the weightlessness of possibility.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Exquisite Corpse
    Daedelus is a master at what he does, and what he does is different than virtually everything else around him, but he’s playing a little too close to the vest here, trading much of his style for a little more beat.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No Wow
    An above-average nouveau-garage punk record that blends the elements of disjointed noise, R&B-inflected punk and a post-modern pop sensibility into something interesting and enjoyable, but not quite groundbreaking.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Set Yourself On Fire
    This is a gorgeous pop album that deals maturely with a wide range of emotions and ideas.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Let Them Drink
    A record that could easily be mistaken by record geeks as a 60s underground lost-classic... like maybe Quicksilver Messenger Service’s first album.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Frances The Mute
    It’s not prog rock. It’s not punk rock. It’s not emo. It’s not indie. It’s just music, and it will incinerate your mind if you let it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Aha Shake Heartbreak
    Wrongly cast as a chicken-fried version The Strokes after 2003’s stellar Youth & Young Manhood, on their latest, Aha Shake Heartbreak, The Kings prove that they’re a band of significant depth and originality.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Transistor Radio
    Musically imaginative, robustly performed, and drawn from a golden well of warmth and intelligence.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Awake Is The New Sleep
    Contrary to what its title might imply, there’s really not a whole lotta "new" goin’ on here.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Woman King [EP]
    Beam’s songwriting has always been the defining element of Iron & Wine, and it’s evident on these tracks, especially the lovely “My Lady’s House” with its gentle and loving theme.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003
    Government Commissions is a must-have for any Mogwai fan, as the live version of “Like Herod” alone is worth the price of the full CD.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nashville
    Rouse’s ambiguity and storytelling, so strong on Under the Cold, coupled with the quirky pop pastiche that found it’s backbone on 1972, is what his latest effort is all about.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Outside Closer
    Hood’s particular brand of indie rock is easily recognizable and refreshingly unique, and despite a few faults along the way, Outside Closer is an excellent album, if not totally fulfilling of its promise.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Healthy Distrust
    It’s a virulent mixture of political discourse, political polemic, self-aggrandizement, self-diminution, childish humor, and intelligent irony; but, above all, everything is pulled off with undeniable character.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Manzanita
    Manzanita is an uneven album that nonetheless reveals a great talent and a terrific voice.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
    Genre mash-ups this ambitious aren’t easy to come by; albums that accomplish that goal with the effortless grace of Eggs are even rarer.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    World's Apart
    Worlds Apart is easily the most accessible album for the band.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Emoh
    Emoh is one of the first surprisingly great albums of 2005.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
    Despite all the bleeps and blurbs of this album’s electronic window dressing, it’s still Oberst’s emo-tive honesty and lyrical daring that makes up for the album’s forgettable moments.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
    I’m Wide Awake is an uneven product, full of everything there is to loathe and love about Oberst.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Knuckle Down
    While Knuckle Down doesn’t wow with new musical directions, the album undeniably satisfies by being familiar and stunning.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Great Destroyer
    A career-defining work.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Before The Dawn Heals Us
    Gonzalez bathes us in a sound so big and enveloping that it’s impossible not to bask in its powerful, optimistic glow.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wilderness
    A gentle yet insistent collection of songs, Wilderness is marked by its subtle beauty and meticulous attention to sonic detail.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Valende
    If you get one psych album this year, make it Valende.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    School Of The Flower
    As eclectic as Chasny’s influences may be, there isn’t much here that would sound out of place to underground rock fans.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    All Harm Ends Here
    All Harm Ends Here is undoubtedly the band's defining release, a true gem of understated songwriting and melancholy rock.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    While the rest of the album fails to live up to the breadth of “City” and “Crumbs,” and while it takes serious missteps on the shockingly bad “Man and a Woman” and “Yahweh,” this is, by and large, an album to be thankful for, regardless of your demographic.
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