Mixmag's Scores

  • Music
For 450 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 77% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 20% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 79
Highest review score: 100 Xen
Lowest review score: 50 The Mountain Will Fall
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 450
450 music reviews
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s another LP from the Londoner exploring sense, sexuality and seduction, picking up where her 2012 debut ‘Playin’ Me’ left off.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The release date really doesn't matter: this is an absolute stunner of an album from start to finish.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Glow is an epic achievement, an album that bolsters its disco-flecked gems with 80s funk, Euro synth-pop and chunky 90s house tropes.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All in all, an impressive album.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It finds the Welshman departing even further from his garage roots in favour of a more visceral warehouse sound.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a hot, sweaty but very beautiful dream of a record.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What you get here is more of the same star-crossed rave-pop.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nick Weiss and Logan Takahashi's second coming finds the youngsters exploring a more symphonic sound.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Woman is a really good record and an accomplished, confident body of work, but it may leave those hankering for something with more venom feeling a little impatient.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It arguably only packs one real standout track, but Cellar Door is still a refined and fluid long-player.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The key, though, is that each track will slot effortlessly into their famously hypnotic live shows.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Laced with menace and atomically sonic, this second coming is nothing short of a masterclass in dark craft.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This album is something that any open-minded Mixmag reader could appreciate.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    While 2010’s Compass--produced by Beck, and festooned with stellar guests--was about electronic folk and scuzzy pop, this new record’s got the funk.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    U
    Journeying and introspective, U pieces together a narrative that reflects on a past relationship; sculpting electronica, garage and piano together effortlessly.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Absolutely sterling work, very possibly the most consistent album yet from the duo, and not a star guest in sight.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On the whole, Sleep Of Reason is a stirring and cerebral venture into avant-soul.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Flashes of 80s electro sleaze, throwback house and glossy diva vocals all add to the fun.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    His new LP feels like a return to the resonance of his earlier work.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Arc
    Everything Everything hit their targets with aplomb.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The debut album from mysterious group Babyfather features bucketloads of frontman Dean Blunt’s devilish humour. But like all the best satire, it’s also steeped in grit and realness.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Its 13 tracks are more versatile in lyrical depth and vocal flow than before and, when added to his trademark intensity, are proof that Mykki's moved to the next level.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Steffi appears totally in control on an album that’s an important milestone in her career: mature, emotive and imbued with a hint of futurism, it’s a delight.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Undulating melodies, exquisite sparkling detail and a sense of vast space all add up to a blissful listening experience.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bratten's sound is somewhere in-between classic Trentemøller and BOC's campfire melodies. By your third listen, you'll be hooked.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Like a warm embrace on an icy morning, the pair’s captivating harmonies come together effortlessly on debut album Silhouette.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An album that is as melancholic as is it banging.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Honey is an energetic and youthful love letter to Katy B’s clubbing roots.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Black Is Beautiful is nigh-on indescribable--in a very good way.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    OK, it can be a bit tiring at times, but if you’re feeling open minded enough, this is a fluid, super-charged masterpiece.