New Musical Express (NME)'s Scores
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For 5,983 reviews, this publication has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: | to hell with it [Mixtape] | |
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Lowest review score: | Maroon |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,209 out of 5983
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Mixed: 1,621 out of 5983
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Negative: 153 out of 5983
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If you’re a fan of the band’s stoner charm and enjoy guessing lyrics to songs as they meander from your speakers, there’s fun to be had here.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 21, 2013
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Overall, Shulamith is a record that takes on serious issues but always feels engagingly personal, with ideas set to the kind of alt.pop melodies you couldn’t forget even if you wanted to.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 21, 2013
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On the whole, Red Hot + Fela works both as an introduction to Afrobeat, and as a reworking of the genre, making it a fitting tribute not just to Fela’s music but also his indomitable spirit.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 16, 2013
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Sheffield's ever-progressive 65daysofstatic have outdone themselves here, loading their fifth album of megaton guitar instrumentals with electronic styles.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 15, 2013
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BOATS II is your standard 2013 Southern hip-hop record, complete with ticking beats (‘Extra’), Auto-Tune (‘So We Can Live’) and eye-rollingly explicit lyrics (‘Where U Been?’).- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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It’s not awful, just bland, and lacks the bite that electro-pop records need to be lifted out of the purgatory that is mediocrity.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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Across is nonetheless a very fond retread around the outskirts of a dank, delectable career.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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A rush job, perhaps, but it’s still the sound of three guys having the time of their lives.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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He’s mastered this stylistic skittishness and you’ll do well to find much dispute about his talent.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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Although not as immediate as his collaborators’ work, his introversion pulls you into his unique soundscape.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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Drizzy’s candid lyrics about battered egos and insecure relationships were refreshing early on in his career, but the persona is wearing thin as he recalls how rich his melancholy has made.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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As a whole, it’s winningly Lynchian, and ballsy enough to open with an 11-minute song.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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Two properly good moments out of five isn’t a great ratio, but at least it’s telling us that The Men’s wagon is still rollin’ steady.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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He flirts with past glories on the throbbing ‘I Am Dust’, but Splinter never sounds ahead of the curve he created.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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- Posted Oct 14, 2013
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A whiff of unoriginality aside, what this EP offers Parquet Courts addicts is fresh meat to chew on, signs of innovation and further evidence that these New Yorkers are one of the world’s most essential new bands.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 8, 2013
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It’s minimal without being clinical, catchy without being clichéd and, thanks to the influence of MBV and Neu!, full of sonic left turns.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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the promised sense of youth and experimentation rarely surfaces. If anything, Feel Good goes too far the other way, sounding insipid and polished in comparison to The Internet’s debut.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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While it doesn’t reach the impossibly high standards of their back catalogue, there’s enough promise to suggest there are good times ahead.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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Somewhere beneath the unconvincing sheen of these songs there’s a great band trying to break out. Maybe next time.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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Yet as her sounds grow bolder, her lyrics become more intimate. Mesirow is in confident control of an inviting world that’s all her own.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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Bitter Rivals is their toughest and most focused work yet. It’s also their poppiest, which is very much a good thing.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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There’s new confidence here, and a sense that she’s stretching herself musically and lyrically.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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If only the rest of the album was as inventive [as 'Spend Some Money'], instead of a derivative box-ticking exercise that features Dizzee going on about his "willy" a lot.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 1, 2013
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Tracks like 'Torture' borrow far too liberally from A$AP Rocky's cloud-rap aesthetic to be considered original. But otherwise, Old is a perfect example of why 2013 is a very exciting time for hip-hop.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 30, 2013
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There is an admirable consistency to the production, and at its best Event II is touched by greatness.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 30, 2013
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There's a strange disconnect here, one that might be ironed out by facing the past head-on rather than treating it as a concept.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 30, 2013
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