Prefix Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 2,132 reviews, this publication has graded:
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52% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: | Modern Times | |
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Lowest review score: | Eat Me, Drink Me |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,576 out of 2132
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Mixed: 509 out of 2132
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Negative: 47 out of 2132
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Unfortunately, instead of being an ambitious failure, and despite all of the fantastic moments, I Bet On Sky makes the potentially more damaging fault of being "just alright."- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 20, 2012
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You can see every angle and every side of the shape they've made. And the unimpeachable logic of each song, added to their odd tunefulness of the songs, makes them exciting to listen to.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 19, 2012
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Besides a cyclical feeling that veers the album into the direction of repetition at several points, Bend Beyond is a solid listen.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 18, 2012
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Conservative, instead, describes Shields: Veckatimest authorized it to be far bolder. You yearn for what could've been.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 17, 2012
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We're now at a place where we can pretty well look at Dylan's career as, essentially, an entire body of work--and, even when considering all of the obvious highlights of his past half-century, Tempest still stands out.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 17, 2012
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Though this record's pace does not change much during its 43 minutes of playtime, each track is a slow-burning confession from Summers and Weikel's subconscious, a genuine feat that has taken them 16 years to convey.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 13, 2012
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Sic Alps towers above the rest of the ample retro garage acts today, in both scope and measure.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 13, 2012
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The result is 10 songs of lyrical brilliance that will have music listeners giving Porterfield the credit that's long overdue.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 12, 2012
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You'd be forgiven to not have the hooks of these songs stuck in your head, or worse, confusing them for some other band.... Ignoring this, you have another quality catalog entry from one of modern indie rock's somewhat more surprising career bands.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 12, 2012
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Ragon has the skill to twist all his found objects into something real and new: a strange breed of robust neo-folk with a fiery art-punk streak.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 11, 2012
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It's a summer album released just too late, but should do a stellar job of carrying some heat over into the colder months. Most importantly, it's yet another case in the argument to trust Thee Oh Sees with whatever sounds capture their interest.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 11, 2012
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The duo successfully crosses Clark's talent of romanticizing morbidity through melody and Byrne's knack for eccentric pop by using a prominent horn section both as a bridge between the two and an unfamiliar element that distinguishes this as a partnered effort.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 10, 2012
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Algiers is a good record, and though perhaps it could have been great, it's still another fine turn in the winding, ever-shifting road of the Calexico canon.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 7, 2012
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- Posted Sep 6, 2012
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It's a collective of conjoined poems, meticulously attuned to shake both the earth and eardrums alike.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 6, 2012
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Marshall still manages to wring pathos out of her work, if not to the same degree and not in the same way.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Sep 4, 2012
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Many musicians watermark every second of their albums with their signature, but not Caminiti, and that's what makes his album surprisingly individual.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 31, 2012
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- Posted Aug 30, 2012
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In short; it's new, interesting, and the inevitable remixes are going to be great.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 30, 2012
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For all its delicate psychological workings and spot-on embodiments of that feeling's senseless, aimless guilt, it's completely mesmerizing.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 30, 2012
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In addition to great production and invigorated rhymes, the album also sees four guest spots from the likes of Damon Albarn of Gorillaz/Blur, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, Goodie Mob's Khujo Goodie and Boston Fielder.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 29, 2012
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This type of rough-spun music isn't for everyone, but Among the Leaves is a valuable effort regardless of its pockmarks and dogged minimalism. Enjoy at your own risk.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 29, 2012
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One of the most satisfying, a nearly unclassifiable mammoth of sound that manages to weave brutality, atmosphere, and aching melody into a body-enveloping cocoon that sticks around longer than the average Hollywood movie.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 28, 2012
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Each track stands on its own; there is no filler, and it highlights each musician's strengths.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 28, 2012
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Come for the shrill dopamine triggers like you knew you would, but stick around for the miles and miles of quiet rolling country rendered in this multitalented artist's flooring instrumental sweeps.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 27, 2012
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Advaitic Songs is Om 2.0's second full-length album, and it is far and away the most entrancing document the band has released.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 24, 2012
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Despite a sharp shift in direction, the spirit of Ascent floats--sometimes upwards, at times skittish and swooping underneath clouds--but nonetheless rising.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 24, 2012
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On Devotion, Ware demonstrates a knack for weaving everything together. And just like in the best-tailored clothes, it's difficult to see the seams.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 20, 2012
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Spring is using her EP to carry on the torch until they can reunite, and producer Jorge Elbrecht (of Violens) provides adequate reinforcements for Spring's filmy sound.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 17, 2012
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- Posted Aug 13, 2012
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If you like rock tunes with sharp melodies and earworm choruses, Researching the Blues isn't likely to give you anything to complain about. It's an album that feels, at its best, effortless. Other moments, however, feel too effortless, and as a result there are some missed opportunities.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 3, 2012
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The Ohio-based band led by singer/songwriter Jerry DeCicca bears its share of melancholy and then some on their fifth album, but so do a million and one other indie bands, and none of them come anywere close to evoking the same sort of sad-sack super session [like one with Lee Hazlewood, Townes Van Zandt, Stuart Staples from Tindersticks, and Mickey Newbury].- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Aug 1, 2012
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Unlike the surreality of their peers, distant and hiding behind static, múm is entirely here, wholly present and astoundingly beautiful.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 30, 2012
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Levi's gift lays in kitschy nuance that is inherently pleasurable. And by diving into more conventional songs on Never, she loses a bit of this endearing personality.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 30, 2012
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There's a true songwriter's ear buried beneath all the fist-pumping, and it relies on a well-honed melodic sensibility that borrows on classic power-pop tropes but introduces impressive key and tempo shifts.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 26, 2012
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While maintaining a slick vibe embodying the sultry lowlights of an unsuspecting loft party, Foals' Tapes are nothing particularly groundbreaking--but sure as hell an intoxicating listen.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 25, 2012
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You will not hear another album as straight-forward, unburdened by emotional distance and downright open as this one this year. And that's Major.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 24, 2012
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ike Animal Collective, Copeland's work is musician's music, geared toward the adventurous listener with a trained ear and a tendency to enjoy music as, well, an expansive, ever-shifting experiment.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 23, 2012
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At its best Gossamer is, like its namesake, delicate at first glance but possessed of incredible molecular strength.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 23, 2012
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Without sacrificing any of his detailed, anecdotal lyricism or thoughtful keyboard arrangements, Advanced Base managed to construct a record you can play over and over again without feeling so sorry for yourself.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 19, 2012
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At times, Life is Good is Nas' most satisfying album since God's Son, and at times it is just as flawed as its predecessors.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 17, 2012
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Keeping the music simultaneously lush and light is a good choice for songs that prominently feature people moving too fast and making weighty decisions that would seem reckless if they weren't so endearingly passionate.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 10, 2012
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It strikes a perfect balance between musical invention that will leave you cupping your ears, semiotically puzzling lyrics that will leave you scratching your head, and catchy pop style that will leave you tapping your feet.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 9, 2012
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At its core, Mostly No prioritizes songcraft above bare texture, and Cohen's willingness to temper eruption with meditation sets Milk Maid apart from many of its buzzy peers.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 5, 2012
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This is still a consistently great set of songs, and the album another major accomplishment for Aesop Rock--but it's still there on the edges, keeping a great record from becoming another classic from one of our best working emcees.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 5, 2012
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It's a perfectly serviceable and enjoyable post-metal/rock album that makes no real mistakes, and does manage to tweak the knobs of the formula ever-so-slightly.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 3, 2012
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Ultimately, BEAK> are only interested in that quasi-mysticism that endless jamming affords.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jul 2, 2012
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- Posted Jun 29, 2012
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White is an accomplished storyteller – and stories and music both represent the best of what a ghost can be: incomplete presences, something that seems substantial in the moment but disappears in a matter of minutes, leaving only an impression in your mind.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 29, 2012
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The album feels unfinished, but not totally incomplete--instead, a documentation of something altogether mystical.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 28, 2012
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- Posted Jun 27, 2012
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Longtime Companion feels like the first cracked smile after the tears have stopped, somewhere between dusk and the gloom of night.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 26, 2012
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For those readers familiar with Whitman, rest assured that this record only strengthens his hold on the contemporary experimental electronic scene.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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Hallelujah the Hills steps out on their own turf with a new record label and a refined sound, they've also gone ahead and made their best record.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 20, 2012
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For all the foot-stomping vitriol that seeps out here and there, The Idler Wheel... is the sound of a brilliant songwriter putting away childish things, and waiting tensely for what comes next.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 19, 2012
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Unsurprisingly, The Lost Tapes is a masterpiece in his own right, much like previous revolutionary releases Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 19, 2012
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Lucifer transforms the mundane into the magnificent, slowly but surely edging out all other summer listening options.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 18, 2012
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At times the results might sound strained, but they are entirely consistent both with the principles of free jazz, from which the record emerges, and with the spirit of Don Cherry, towards which it returns.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 18, 2012
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Even with the highlights, there remains a feeling of paralysis on Synthetica that's reflected in the uneven tracklist.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 18, 2012
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Under The Pale Moon pays homage to the pasty romantics of '80s pop, the dramatic crooners of years further past, the intriguingly depraved icons of post-punk, and several others without sounding like a pastiche or a mere exercise in genre tourism.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 15, 2012
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The Diver, in its poppiest moments or in its dingiest moments, can never quite get out of the house.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 15, 2012
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The Sister is Marissa Nadler looking down and realizing that she has recently written eight good songs.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 14, 2012
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Class Clown Spots a UFO is a fine record, but now two records into their return, it feels like this "classic" version of Guided By Voices is following too closely to a script.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 14, 2012
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The duo has mastered the strange art of countering divides marvelously on Red Night.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 12, 2012
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With Freak Puke, they continue to embody the creatively restless heart of independent experimental rock.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 12, 2012
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There's a deep sincerity here among the saccharine, and no amount of painstakingly throwback falsetto harmonies can shroud May's songwriting from its fluttering, well-intentioned heart.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 11, 2012
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Like A$AP Mob and Odd Future before him, Purrp arrives fully formed, with his own unique, fully realized aesthetic vision.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 11, 2012
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Upon hearing how masterfully Black Tambourine pull off these covers, it all makes sense. The sound these women helped codify with their music and their writing is inescapable today.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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In Our Heads boasts at least eight festival crowd decimators, and finally strikes the right balance between Hot Chip's two sides.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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Barring any idiomatic prejudices against the contemporary production techniques, there are no glaring missteps here.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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There's still an eerie distortion saturating Halo's vocals, as has become her trademark. But the prominence of her singing here is almost jarring, raw, practically emotive.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 7, 2012
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Patti Smith's voice is clear and powerful, an embodiment of her singularity as a poet and musician.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 7, 2012
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The blindingly sunny Endless Flowers is an album appropriate for the beginning of the summer, all popsicles, poppy beats and poolside parties coalescing into warm nights- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 7, 2012
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This is alt-country (or folk or whatever) at its finest, music that elides from well-worn and comfortable generic trope to bursts of originality, music that revels in the holy trifecta of lyricism, instrumentation and production.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 6, 2012
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- Posted Jun 6, 2012
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That he was able to keep as much of himself in the transition from the underground to the mainstream is what is admirable.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 6, 2012
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It's difficult to generalize about an album like Manifest!. For every flat moment or forgettable song there soars an incredibly high peak, the kind of song you keep on repeat for a solid hour. And even this binary critical formula fails; some songs succeed and stumble at the same time.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 5, 2012
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- Posted Jun 5, 2012
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Generals might sound like a spoonful of sugar, but it gives you a lot of medicine to get down.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 4, 2012
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If you're over alt-rock, then Brazen Bull is going to do little to bring you around. But if you need a new guitar rock record, one that you can headbang to without irony, then the Cribs have delivered.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 4, 2012
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At best, this would spark an awakening that provides the catharsis for yourself. At worst, WIXIW is an impressive statement by a band that regularly seems several steps ahead of their peers.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted Jun 4, 2012
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To say that Oh Holy Molar has a bite is a vast understatement -- the record grabs ahold of your skin and refuses to let go.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 31, 2012
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- Posted May 31, 2012
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It has a known start and finish, with a middle that's tied together cleanly enough.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 30, 2012
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Nupping proved it, and Natural History amplifies the point that Dope Body are a completely unimpeachable unit from a musical standpoint: able to fit in with contemporaries while still sounding undoubtedly like themselves, carrying on the proud outsider-rock tradition of their hometown.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 30, 2012
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As a genre that's saturated with trends, micro-trends, and anti-trends, it's rare to find someone doing something that makes a legitimate claim at being totally unique.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 29, 2012
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- Posted May 25, 2012
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It's the sound of a cooking band truly cooking it in the studio. Everything sounds like it's about to jump the rails at any given moment.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 25, 2012
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While the album, at times, feels a bit monochromatic, it maintains its intrigue and never loses its vision.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 25, 2012
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Words And Music expertly explores the intoxicated love of music and the sheer joy of being a music fan: feelings so universal that they will never be confined to particular eras.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 24, 2012
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The hooks often lack a singular focus, and there's a significant amount of fun to be had while working in a studio that's better off left on the cutting room floor.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 23, 2012
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- Posted May 23, 2012
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The true brilliance of Cancer For Cure is its refusal to find common ground, to come to the middle and meet anyone.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 22, 2012
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- Posted May 18, 2012
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If Family Perfume Vol. 1 can be seen as a progression where Presley is settling into his skin, Family Perfume Vol. 2 is a cathartic catalogue of letters never sent, the consequences of past decisions poignant enough to keep Presley musing, wide-eyed, remorseful--but nonetheless hopeful.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 17, 2012
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Dismania makes for an altogether appropriate title for an album this interested in gathering the common ingredients of despair, anger and disaffection.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 17, 2012
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It's his finest work yet, which is saying something, and the kind of record that will resonate for years not just because it's reveres history, but because it understands it and isn't afraid to demand answers from it.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 17, 2012
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Even if they are more refined, they may still sound very much like what Blackshaw has given us before.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 16, 2012
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In 2006, it seemed like Beach House couldn't outlive Beach House. In 2012, Bloom is the bar to clear.- Prefix Magazine
- Posted May 14, 2012
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