For 158 reviews, this publication has graded:
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55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.2 points lower than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 65
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Positive: 96 out of 158
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Mixed: 40 out of 158
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Negative: 22 out of 158
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Filthy Philly rapstress ropes in famous mates, but falls short of rap superstardom.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Either way, this latest effort is set to be interpreted more ways than the Qur'an and see him sat atop an almighty fence pushing anyone who hears it either side with reckless glee.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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This is pure non-homogenised, heart-on-sleeve, downright meaningful music, the sort of thing The Wombats cry themselves to sleep over on a nightly basis. For that alone it’s worth a tenner of anybody’s money.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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His latest album, Hold Time, is as finely wrought and thoroughly affecting an indie effort as 2009 is likely to see.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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The disc ultimately hangs together on mood; Price unfailingly accentuates the bright, shiny, and happy. This not only makes good pop sense, it provides an effective counterbalance to Flowers and his achy-breaky vocals.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Q-Tip's flow on his new disc remains mellow, freewheeling, and vaguely inspirational. But it doesn't feel relevant.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Though the album can’t really stand with the Pretenders first three, it approximates them pretty well, like a faux vintage T-shirt that’s faded just right.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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There are no state-of-the-art flourishes (like Kanye West’s sped-up soul samples); he furnishes most of his own hooks, without the assistance of Auto-Tune, the now ubiquitous vocal effect favored by rappers who can’t really sing (Devin sings, and quite nicely too); and the only big-name rapper he invites is Snoop Dogg, with whom he shares some genuine stoner chemistry. Track after track (there are only twelve, and mercifully no skits), the beats land just so. And nowhere is he more confident than in his rhymes.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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The whole record is about the band skillfully weaving in and out of dramatically different textures and arrangements; each song plays with several musical ideas, not just one or two.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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It rewards that attention with small pleasures: guitar and organ playing off each other’s reverb, bass and drum dancing in and out of step, horns and vocals collapsing into a single bellow. In essence, it offers that luxuriant buzz that made rock and roll one of the great narcotics of the last half-century.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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When in doubt, crank the amps. This is the philosophy behind R.E.M.’s new album, Accelerate, their best, and certainly their loudest, in years.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Badu has rejected the role of soul princess and chosen instead to embrace a raw, unhinged spirituality that separates her from the pack.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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If you give it the chance, though--and if you’re not already a member of the tribe, it takes perseverance--Bedlam sinks its fangs into you.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Put the last eight years of Williamsburg micro-genres in a blender— all that electroclash, disco rock, retro glam, and psych-folk—and you’ve got a sense of the charming mess that is this Connecticut-via-Brooklyn duo’s debut.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Dirt Farmer is an iconic album, this year’s "Time Out of Mind" or "Freedom." Just give him a Grammy.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Packaged in big, bright doses of piano-pop, her expressions of puppy love are as irresistible as puppies themselves.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Their debut album, released in the U.S. this week, proves that the Brighton lasses aren't only well constructed, but sharp and tough all on their own.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Though his voice is strong and sincere throughout the album, most of the material has a certain karaoke-like vibe.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Although it lifts off with a flawless indie-pop opener and sounds somehow lively even at its most melancholy, the lovely new Weakerthans album disc is all about the art of settling in and telling a good, unhurried story.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Notice it now, or wait until people start hailing it as a lost classic in a decade's time.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Animal Collective has evolved; its songs continue to meander and digress, but the mania seems driven by a greater sense of purpose.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Per Vulture, the Curtis-shaming Graduation "has better songs waiting in the wings. Bonus: No Jamie Foxx!"- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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The latest electro-folk offering from these Canadian twins is somehow cuter, catchier, and more heartache-y than their last disc.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Underneath all of those lush, gorgeous strings, [producer] Hogarth then layered the electronic beats, delays, fades, and distortions that lend the album its freshness and vitality.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Each and every hand clap and piano chord on their foot-stomping, flawless new album, now streaming on their label's Website, is obsessively placed.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Like The OC, Easy Tiger manages to be pleasurable without ever being interesting.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Sky Blue Sky shows his restlessness as an artist, his need to keep moving - not always forward, but never merely standing still, and certainly not dipping into the back catalogue for an idea or two.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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What really makes Ghosthorse and Stillborn worthy of a jump for joy is CocoRosie’s transformation from self-conscious oddity into an actual songwriting force.- New York Magazine (Vulture)
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