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For 2,722 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Island
Lowest review score: 0 Scream
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,896 out of 2722
  2. Mixed: 750 out of 2722
  3. Negative: 76 out of 2722
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Waterfall II
    The Waterfall lived up to its lofty ambitions, as the band navigated an enchanting patchwork of enchanting orchestral folk and winding prog rock. And that's just scratching the surface—by comparison, The Waterfall II is a little looser and rough around the edges. It's also a more overt attempt at sending a loving homage to their favorite pop songwriter.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Repulsion Box
    Nothing ground-breaking, but an all-round good proposition.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Big Balloon
    It’s an unfettered display of eighties-evoking posing that suits them perfectly well, but it also sounds like a step back after they’d already figured out how to match their compositional smarts with a clear message.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bad Witch
    While he denies us simple solutions, he uses this album to open sounds and atmospheres stranger and more daring than he’s used before. Rather than looking for answers, maybe the questions are what truly matter.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Last of the Country Gentlemen
    Once you press play on this wonderful record, Josh T. Pearson will take you with him. It might be painful, but you will savour every tear and be thankful for the bruises. Be greatful for this dark pariah.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Fool
    The Fool rewards at almost every step of the way with its experimental touches.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    To the Bone
    This record’s strength is its directness. It may lean more towards the mainstream than usual, but that makes it another fresh move in a career full of them. No matter what styles he tries, Wilson excels. In that case, To The Bone is not so different at all.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Baby
    This is a release of artfully constructed, seamlessly great indie-rock that could get easily passed by. Samia has the presence of someone effortlessly classy and commanding, which makes this project all the more appealing.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Sonic Nurse
    Sonic Nurse could be the best guitar rock album since, well, Murray St.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
    Take Care isn't without one or two missteps: the rapid-fire drums and nondescript chanting that open Trembling Hands come off a little too much like a cheap Arcade Fire pastiche, while the overlong closing track Let Me Back In is something of an anti-climax.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Reign of Terror
    While it can feel like juvenilia, it's in a very endearing way, a catalogue of the catharsis of a high-school misfit.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Deerhoof Vs. Evil
    As it stands, Deerhoof seems to have lost its footing a bit with this one.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Neo
    While a lack of editing and consistency may keep neo from being better than promising, the energized rush of holding the void and hyper-melodic the sickness deliver two of the album’s best moments, the latter being the most successful synthesis of So Pitted’s want of strange and aggro.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ashes Grammar
    Even if Ashes Grammar drifts quite nicely as a whole--best listened to it with eyes closed in a meditative position--it seems most appropriate for the short attention span generation.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love This Giant
    The two have crafted an album worthy of their names, stylistically bold and also a whole lot of fun.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Carrier
    There’s still much celebration to be had in Carrier; they just channel it in a way that’s not expected of them.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nabuma Rubberband
    Nabuma Rubberband is a solid album, but ideally you want a record that does more than remind you of the band’s existence.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Second Love
    If only she would’ve toned down the unnecessary sensual flourishes to cultivate more of what she does best: amiable, pleasant songs with outwardly simple, yet weighty underlying truths.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No Gods No Masters
    Considering the vast number of ideas they put forth here, they're still finding new ways to engage with their signature formula after all these years—easily one of their most robust since 2008's Version 2.0.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Cherry Thing
    The phenomenal performances from Cherry and Gustafsson simply blast away any genre preconceptions – by sheer virtue of the musical confidence of this collaboration, they've created something magnificent.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    To the Happy Few
    The resulting album feels fresh and contemporary--as much as any new young guitar band around today--and not at all a retro step.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The King Is Dead
    It's laudable that The Decemberists are still prepared to try something different, still prepared to break away from what they're known for. There's a tiny concern that they've lost something which set them apart from the pack, but as long as they're still capable of writing such strong material, they'll retain their deserved reputation.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Don't Want You Anymore
    The swinging electro-pop of Wild Times might sound out of place on a record like this, but when it's executed this infectiously, the change in mood is more than forgiven. Creevy sounds freer than ever, reclaiming her life amidst romantic entanglements that are equal parts vulnerable and resilient.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All Eternals Deck
    The result isn't a glorious one, that's not really what The Mountain Goats do, but it is a very strong addition to an already vast canon of work.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Silver Dollar Moment
    Silver Dollar Moment, is a consistently charming affair, veering on the right side of both nostalgic requiescence and syrupy saccharine sweet.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cheatahs
    Cheatahs doesn’t make any great claims of originality, and it certainly doesn’t break any new ground. It just succeeds because it is what it is.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Love And Its Opposite
    Love and Its Opposite is often a careful-sounding album and while that synopsis may not quicken the heart, it gives Thorn’s work an air of professionalism and care.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Plumb
    Plumb feels unsure of how ambitious it wants to be, but instead of landing in the middle of the road, the lack of focus and uncertainty create an incoherent mess.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    TOY
    They're much fuzzier than Deerhunter, more jam-inclined than The Horrors, far lighter than Slowdive – and if it's true that they're introducing the kids to krautrock and psychedelia I'm all for it. Perhaps more of an homage than an invention, then, but still, an absorbing debut.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
    Hardcore... may be their most consistent album for a while but any of its tracks would have fitted perfectly on its predecessors Mr Beast or The Hawk is Howling.
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