DIY Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 3,088 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 0.1 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: 2,184 out of 3088
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Mixed: 891 out of 3088
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Negative: 13 out of 3088
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For a project that could have held unreasonable expectations, it overdelivers time and time again. Both parts of the duo are on their A-game in equal parts.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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Their most complete record by a serious stretch, it's a work that laughs, cries, detests, adores and above anything else inspires.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 21, 2014
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A journey of self-discovery, confidence abounding like limits simply don’t exist.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 2, 2015
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Clearly not ones to do things by halves, ‘Sex, Death & The Infinite Void’ may be an album that feels boldly unexpected for a rock band in 2020, and that makes it all the more remarkable: for Creeper, it’s their most astonishing and liberating move yet.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 30, 2020
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Across its 40-odd minutes, Joy As An Act of Resistance makes you want to laugh and cry and roar into the wind and cradle your nearest and dearest. It is a beautiful slice of humanity delivered by a group of men whose vulnerability and heart has become a guiding light in the fog for an increasing community of fans who don’t just want, but need this.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 31, 2018
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With resounding beauty, ‘Heterosexuality’ deconstructs social norms through a powerful freedom of self-expression, yet also acknowledges this pain and struggle.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 9, 2022
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It’s musical exorcism at its very best, rallying against socially-imposed doubt and anxiety and - in its unique horror - finding welcome moments of inner peace.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 4, 2024
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In equal parts an unequivocal call to arms and an excitable ode to a wonderful friendship, even in the company it keeps. RTJ3 shines.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 10, 2017
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Over four songs and just twelve minutes, it packs enough punch to inspire air guitar, desk drumming, shower singing and wanting to start a band just so you can try and shred like these three. Truly fantastic.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 30, 2019
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- Posted Jun 15, 2015
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Punchy, fun and beautifully constructed, ‘Pink Noise’ is the triumphant sound of Laura Mvula finding her feet. A career-defining return that most artists can only dream of; pure synth-pop ecstasy.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 6, 2021
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Steeped in blissful American nostalgia, Bleachers’ sublime self-titled fourth studio album embodies it all, from the rolling vistas to the warmth of distant city lights, at once watching the world pass by and deeply cemented in a moment. It’s rare for an album to capture a feeling so intensely, promoting a universal recognition through something so intrinsically linked to an individual’s time and place.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 6, 2024
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Never has an album title been better chosen - the duo are at the centre of a brightly burning, ever-expanding sonic explosion, all of their own making, and just like a supernova, it is utterly stunning to witness. Bow down to the queens.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 16, 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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The picture it paints as a whole is a hugely rich one - not just of the album itself, but of English Teacher as the opposite of a flash-in-the-pan buzz band; as a group really only just getting started.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 10, 2024
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St. Vincent showcases Annie Clark as a fiercely accomplished musician, a relentlessly original artist, and now, an innovator of pop.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 24, 2014
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A rare album without a single Achilles heel, The Magic Gang have created a debut that’ll be remembered as a milestone moment in years to come.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 15, 2018
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- Posted Jun 19, 2015
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- Posted Oct 25, 2023
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Cure-y closer ‘24 Hours’ underlines the fact that Heartworms are one to keep a trained eye on, its rumbling outro an omen not for an oncoming rapture so much as the arrival of a Seriously Fucking Cool new artist with vision and formidable talent to her name.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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Hurrying urgently down the rushing veins of every song, colliding surreally poetic lyrics with thumping racket in a tense, on-edge mess, Untitled could well’ve put WALL on the same trajectory as their equally absurdist contemporaries Parquet Courts.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 3, 2017
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It does everything a debut should, dipping into multiple pools but uniting them all with a consistent outlook and a clear voice. Joy Crookes, by rights, should be riding ‘Skin’ into the big leagues.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 15, 2021
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‘Hideous Bastard’ sees Oliver take on both these past and present realities with a candour that surprises even him.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 7, 2022
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- Posted Jan 2, 2024
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Melodrama's acceptance of taking what you can get while never failing to reach for the stars makes it one of the smartest pop records of the decade.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 20, 2017
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‘Happier Than Ever’, then, is not just a triumph in progressing a signature sound into new territories, but a lesson in how to own your reality with confidence and class.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 2, 2021
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MGMT haven't necessarily re-discovered their mojo, but re-imagined it, and in doing so, may well have given us one of the best albums of the year.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 18, 2013
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More than anything, ‘Tigers Blood’ is a refinement of the blueprint laid down by ‘Saint Cloud’, and a showcase of Katie at the peak of her powers.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 20, 2024
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Both varied and beautifully evocative, Voyageur is the perfect listen for merging wintery wistfulness with ethereal wonder.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 10, 2012
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It’s as fun and messy as it is timelessly trendy; as silly as it is erotic.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 13, 2023
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