Q Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 8,545 reviews, this publication has graded:
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42% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.7 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 67
Highest review score: | A Hero's Death | |
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Lowest review score: | Gemstones |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,112 out of 8545
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Mixed: 4,355 out of 8545
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Negative: 78 out of 8545
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It's during the quieter moments that Fearless discovers real depth. [Mar 2020, p.117]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 3, 2020 -
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Aims for the middle ground, aided by Phil Ek and a sturdier indie-rock back-up that doesn't always suit them. [Mar 2020, p.120]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 31, 2020 -
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There's still an absence of real emotional heft, but it's hard not to be won over by Blossoms' relentless, effervescent cheeriness.- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 30, 2020 -
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A four-part story in the record's centre is propelled by a whirligig of percussion that rapidly becomes total overwhelm[ing]. But in its final 20 minutes the album finds steadier ground, allowing space for Deacon's undaunted imagination to come into its own. [Mar 2020, p.117]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 29, 2020 -
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As singularly off-kilter as the time-travelling she seemingly blew in on us. [Mar 2020, p.114]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 29, 2020 -
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Relentlessly entertaining--a vessel for the impressive vim and vigour of an artist who is many things, but never a bore. [Mar 2020, p.115]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jan 28, 2020 -
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Offsetting these slightly creepy lyrics, however, are seductive sonics. [Mar 2020, p.122]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 28, 2020 -
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By eerie last track 80 Ondula, all moody Vangelis synths and bad-acid vibes, there comes the realisation it's actually the sinister undertone that lurks beneath all Jenkinson's esoteric soundscapes which makes them so compelling. [Mar 2020, p.122]- Q Magazine
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Pushes the DBT envelope a little further and for a band whose catalogue boasts more double-albums than single ones--at 43 minutes it's extra punchy, and fully fit for impeachment-fuelling purpose. [Mar 2020, p.117]- Q Magazine
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At times, Leaneagh and Ryan Olson, her co-conspirator, glance off power-balladry, but when they ditch the linear, Poliça find their true form. [Mar 2020, p.119]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 27, 2020 -
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Like eclipse glasses, these songs are a way to see things too intense to stare at directly. Peer through them, though, and there's Bejar's world, darkness and beauty visible. [Mar 2020, p.121]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jan 24, 2020 -
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The result is as dreamy and captivating as anything Nicolas Godin has ever done. [Mar 2020, p.117]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 24, 2020 -
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On Power they fully engage their inner Depeche Mode and LCD Soundsystem. ... Ordinarily this could point to an identity crisis, but it works. [Mar 2020, p.122]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 23, 2020 -
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Hotspot sounds anything but anachronistic and yet, brushing shoulders against, say, the Europop grandeur of Will-O-The-Wisp, the tender intimacies dispensed in Only The Dark or a beautiful existential audit called Burning The Heather, it's also a record on which such classics such as Left To My Own Devices or Rent wouldn't sound especially out of place. [Mar 2020, p.123]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 23, 2020 -
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The Neon Skyline stands up as a great collection of moodily atmospheric songs. [Mar 2020, p.120]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jan 17, 2020 -
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The mood change from insurrection to brooding dystopia makes for a less immediate set of songs, but listen long enough and this is another powerful, affecting set. [Mar 2020, p.114]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 17, 2020 -
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Back on track. ... The time away has taught them that if the sings are good enough, there 's no need to chuck in the kitchen sink too. [Mar 2020, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jan 16, 2020 -
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There's a new-found clarity and sense of purpose here. [Feb 2020, p.113]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 16, 2020 -
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This deeply melancholic brand of haunting, sparse folk is as intoxicating as it is unsettling. [Feb 2020, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 16, 2020 -
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Respite is offered up by the lilting Don't Go Outside, which reveals a beating heart beneath the conceptual framework. [Mar 2020, p.120]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 14, 2020 -
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The minimalism only focuses the listener on his searching, spiritual lyrics and lovely, time-aged voice. [Feb 2020, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 14, 2020 -
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Despite there being little opportunity for euphoric release, it's easy to lose yourself in Deleter's darker, more brutal moments. [Mar 2020, p.119]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 14, 2020 -
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Another rewarding helping of tuneful art-rock that moves their initial Sonic Youth fixations into far more expansive fields. [Feb 2020, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 14, 2020 -
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Her crystalline, sparse voice shines on melancholic but dreamy break-up songs and dark, cinematic tracks. [Feb 2020, p.115]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 10, 2020