DIY Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 3,080 reviews, this publication has graded:
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54% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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42% 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: | Not to Disappear | |
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Lowest review score: | Let It Reign |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,176 out of 3080
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Mixed: 891 out of 3080
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Negative: 13 out of 3080
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- Posted Feb 9, 2023
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It’s cleverly written and produced too, with motifs (both sonic and lyrical) seeping from one track to the other. In all, this makes ‘Raven’ completely alluring, and offers a soundtrack for melancholic late-night drives through buzzing cities.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 8, 2023
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‘Breaking…’ offers up a feast of exuberance, standout track ‘Riots and Jokes’ musically epitomising the album’s forward-charging freedoms, and neatly sums up Quasi’s modus operandi there in its very title.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 8, 2023
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A curious collection of contrasts. Most notably, that between the protagonists’ own voices. ... That said, the duo know when to complement each other, too.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 2, 2023
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With the emotionally charged beats of ‘Black Mascara’, the candour of ‘Body Dysmorphia’ and the unfiltered soul of ‘Buss It Down’, it would be impossible for anyone to sleep on RAYE anymore.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 2, 2023
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- Posted Feb 1, 2023
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Sam’s latest finds them exploring self-acceptance and self-growth across their now-classic style of soul-tinged pop. ... While ’Unholy’’s catchy melodies may be elsewhere untouchable, it breaks down the boundaries of topics to explore throughout the rest of ‘Gloria’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 27, 2023
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A bright and inviting pop album that brilliantly captures the emotional snapshots of life.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 25, 2023
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There are whispers of similarity to her queer contemporaries, too, from Shura (’Pandora’s Box’) to Years & Years (’Nightingale’), that make this break-up record much more exciting than its conveyor belt competition.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 25, 2023
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‘Lifetime’ remains one of the album’s strongest pursuits; lovestruck and introspective, each beat keenly felt. The album revels in this on a whole; a lovelorn sheen which dances between interludes. It’s less dancefloor filler, more earnest confessions and professions of absolute adoration.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 25, 2023
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This one does find itself running out of steam a little towards its conclusion without enough robust new ideas. For the most part, though, this bold experiment pays off, and Fucked Up can be admired for their ambition as much as they can for their enviable productivity.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 25, 2023
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Energetic, furious and deeply lamentful, perhaps the main achievement here is how Italia 90 so forwardly address a near fifty-year old cultural heritage which so many depend on yet take for granted.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 23, 2023
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The mixtape allows space for this experimentation, jumping from one emotion to the next, yet finds consistency in Biig Piig’s inability to stand still.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 20, 2023
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Dave’s voice holds up well throughout, showing vulnerability. It makes for an exciting, experimental, laid back 11 tracks, and we can only hope this isn’t the last solo work from him.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 19, 2023
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While some might mourn the loss of their one-time raucousness, ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ shows that their momentum swings only forwards.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 19, 2023
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While the album may find itself guilty of treading the line of pretty-but-unassuming at times - the sheer beauty of every detail is impressive, if not a little tiring - ‘Time’s Arrow’ remains a sumptuous listen.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 18, 2023
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‘Mercy’ provides another delicious example of an esteemed old-timer triumphantly pushing his creative frontiers into a much-shifted modern age.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 18, 2023
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There is a surety to ‘Permanent Damage’, however, in the sheer force of lyricism at play. With soulful, silk-like vocals, Joesef weaves this narrative, deftly dealing the blows of this world in absolute destruction, before showing that ultimately, some marks never fade and that’s OK.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 12, 2023
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While the off-kilter rhythms and cowbells of ‘This Love’ give way to a central chorus line that’s almost Bowie-esque. They’re big reference points but ‘Turn The Car Around’ uses them masterfully to drive down its own sonic motorway.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 11, 2023
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There’s still that personable rawness to her production – the synthetic drums and often sparse arrangement mirroring her frequently despondent lyrical themes (“The death of everything real has happened…” begins ‘apathy is wild’). But her vocal offers warmth.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 11, 2023
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By embracing all sides of his 50 years in the game, ‘Every Loser’ is Iggy throwing out the late-career rulebook and having a whole bunch of fun. Which is, of course, what made him so brilliant in the first place.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 4, 2023
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- Posted Dec 9, 2022
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While the album is certainly softer in sound, it never plays it safe - experimental pay-offs are peppered throughout.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 28, 2022
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On the album’s most transcendental moments, its slow pace tires like the midsection of a dissertation, but nonetheless its beauty and melancholia is infectious.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 21, 2022
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A record that plays like an unwieldy and unravelling ode to all the twists and turns of Brockhampton’s journey.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 17, 2022
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The music is the same gorgeous blend of folk-rock in the vein of Joni Mitchell and Stevie Nicks as on previous albums, and indeed, many of the song titles, such as ‘Children of the Empire’, feel lifted from the dusty cover of a forgotten LP of ballads.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 16, 2022
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The resultant ‘Tropical Gothclub’ is so polished and pristine that the only pity is that it didn’t come sooner. Given the pantheon of rock stars he’s bolstered over the years, Dean has finally earned a little slice of time in his own limelight.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 15, 2022
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Synths bloom like the early morning rays of the sun, reaching out to a lover lost in the darkness. ‘Tu sais ce qu’il me faut’ celebrates seduction as he lusts over a beau; the way they walk, the way they dance, their body is celebrated in all its glory.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 9, 2022
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‘Loud Without Noise’ is flawless. Wildly ambitious, it works to showcase perfectly why the Merseysiders have garnered such a fervent fanbase to date – and just how far they could go.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 8, 2022
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Much of Cavetown’s fifth album is as one would expect. ... However then arrives ‘a kind thing to do’ - featuring Pierce The Veil’s Vic Fuentes - which plays with punk-pop revival tropes in captivating ways.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 8, 2022
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