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For 2,132 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 Modern Times
Lowest review score: 10 Eat Me, Drink Me
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,576 out of 2132
  2. Mixed: 509 out of 2132
  3. Negative: 47 out of 2132
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Craft
    Xcel’s production doesn’t stray very far from its R&B and soul influences, but this time it comes without almost any samples, relying sometimes on players from a homebrewed funk band to create clearance-free beats instead. Unfortunately, this new recipe doesn’t always hit the mark, and songs such as “Black Diamonds and Pearls” sound more like smooth jazz than What’s Going On-era Marvin Gaye.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Twins
    To have a release that's altogether thrashing, infectious and emotional achieves a depth that the slew of garage rock revivalists today fail to encapsulate.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Breaks in the Armor
    It's all spare and often dark, but Breaks in the Armor is a surprisingly comforting album in its cloudy way.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Visions
    There's no doubt that Grimes has drawn from a sea of influence to craft her dark, structured, idiosyncratic sound, but those influences have all passed through a filter so thorough, have been pulled so far from context, that the most striking thing left is Claire Boucher's point of view.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On the Water
    Water is leagues more mature than last year's In Evening Air--the production more robust, the lyrics more evocative of people who've been around long enough to know what's worth lamenting.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ascent
    Despite a sharp shift in direction, the spirit of Ascent floats--sometimes upwards, at times skittish and swooping underneath clouds--but nonetheless rising.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Party Intellectuals
    At times, Party Intellectuals is as close to a straight raw rock sound as Ribot has come, though this record is all about uncorking a heavy dose of his improv/punk/soul/noise/free-jazz vocabulary, with some drone, some Moog, a little Latin, and a little blues tossed in.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Okonokos [Live]
    Couple the immaculate playing with a contagious, everlasting energy, and you have a true representation of My Morning Jacket on top of its game.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Coral Sea
    It seems Smith and Shields simply both did what they are best at, and in the process uncovered some common ground that few thought existed. Fortunately, the results are riveting.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Furr
    Furr still finds Blitzen Trapper as a band that’s relentlessly restless, just one that’s purposefully that way.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Animal Years
    The Animal Years feels effortless.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In Flesh Tones
    In Flesh Tones is sensitive, unsure and guarded, yet it's comfortable and inviting despite this.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    In and Out of Youth and Lightness
    If there's one thing made clear by the satisfying catharsis and musical quantum leap of In And Out Of Youth And Lightness, it's that Patterson should ignore his earlier advice more often if it results in albums of this caliber.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas
    Brimming with the enthusiasm of a true lover of music -- jazz, in particular -- The Further Adventures of Lord Quas will appeal to listeners who don’t bring any preconceived notions of what a hip-hop record should sound like. But even for the biggest fans, the second Quasimoto record can feel uneven.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vapours
    Vapours gives Thorburn fans what they’ve wanted for a while: a great album of pop bliss from a guy who for too long has avoided delivering just that.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Flight Of The Conchords
    Pulling off the high-wire act of musical comedy this well deserves an unabashed kudos.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Swanlights
    Swanlights may not be the best of his works, but it is a welcome excursion along the path of his career.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wavering Radiant
    This is perhaps the first Isis album since Oceanic that both demands and inspires repeat listens. It might very well be Isis’s best work to date. At the very least, Wavering Radiant affirms that we still have good reason to follow the band's every move.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez
    The result was as smart and refreshing as any rap release of the last two years. Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez, despite its droll title, is similarly serious minded.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Lenses Alien
    It may be easy to namedrop a litany of '90s bands to describe Cymbals Eat Guitars, but Lenses Alien proves that doing so is a fool's errand. This sound doesn't fit such easy spaces, which is what makes it so damn good.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    In Advance Of The Broken Arm
    In Advance of the Broken Arm is at least two songs too long. Yet Stern's manner of weaving together fiercely subjective, lyrical daydreaming with Olympus-level fret-searing finally means that the album justifies the majority of its many decisions.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Beyond
    Beyond's highlights not only stand comfortably with Dinosaur's legendary best, but they also sound like they could have been lost outtakes from the very same sessions.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Son
    Folk-ambient doesn't get any better than this.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Liars
    The stylistic buffet has enough strength to survive a handful of duds.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Behold the Spirit
    It's rich in talent, even if short on crossover appeal. Tyler is gifted enough to do most anything with his guitar, and he'll move you if you let him.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Am Very Far
    Okkervil River has never provided easy answers in their albums--unless you read the many interviews with Sheff, who always seems willing to explain what he can--and I Am Very Far is another fine album in an increasingly finer canon.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    In Prism
    It’s the sound of Polvo insistently reminding listeners that they brought hot fire in 1993, and they can still bring it as good as ever in 2009.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    So This Is Goodbye
    So This Is Goodbye displays an impressive maturation on the part of Junior Boys leading man Jamie Greenspan.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Biophilia
    At the heart of it though, we're still left with what's Björk's been doing for most her whole life: music.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Runner
    Runner [is] an exceptional Sea and Cake record, and if it's not their best since their classic album, Nassau, it is at least the most surprising since then.
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