The Boston Phoenix's Scores
- Music
For 1,091 reviews, this publication has graded:
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63% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.2 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: | Pink | |
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Lowest review score: | Last of a Dyin' Breed |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 956 out of 1091
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Mixed: 88 out of 1091
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Negative: 47 out of 1091
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Rot Gut, Domestic never sugarcoats its uglier tendencies, and yet the uncompromising--and uncomfortable--nature of the music is oddly compelling.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 21, 2012
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Reissued last year, the debut Icky Mettle had their most celebrated pop songs ("Web in Front," "Wrong," "Plumb Line") but the follow-up Vee Vee was just as great, and thicker.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 21, 2012
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Lissy Trullie sounds simultaneously hungry and tepid, as if Trullie wants to make a big splash, but her album lacks the conviction or vision to make it happen.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 20, 2012
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The General Strike sticks to the same supposedly state-smashing standards that drove the previous six or so albums from these Pittsburgh-bred punks into redundancy.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 19, 2012
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Mixed Emotions is a shiny bear-hug of an album--sometimes short on fresh ideas, but never lacking in heart.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 14, 2012
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- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 13, 2012
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The bulk of Roses is like a spring day in the first week of May - not exactly shocking, but sunny and warm.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 13, 2012
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- Posted Mar 13, 2012
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Zoo is a fine tribute to [often-compared band]Wire's heavier side, alternating between powerful, lumbering riffs and manic splatters of guitar noise.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 13, 2012
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Giving us a taste of what this genre [shoegaze]could encompass with a modernized touch.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 8, 2012
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- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 6, 2012
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Rad Times is a towering paean to a time that never was, when too much was never enough, and a three-minute song could gloriously last forever.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 6, 2012
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Although there's still a menacing pulse to be found, anything constituting traditional dubstep is largely forgone.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 6, 2012
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His inaugural gathering of bona-fide solo work summons an aura of full-blown tranquility.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 6, 2012
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As a post-Occupy album, it's less ripped-from-the-headlines and more cribbed-from-older-and-better-ideas.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Mar 6, 2012
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The disc largely lacks the memorable song- writing Merritt is known for, and that deficit is only compounded by the misguided production.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 29, 2012
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It's exactly the kind of album one imagines Bird could whip up on a lazy Sunday afternoon after a cat-nap.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 28, 2012
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This showcases Stewart's proclivity for macabre imagery and borderline perversion waging war with his pop-songwriting expertise.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 28, 2012
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- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 27, 2012
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This might not be the experimental genre-crossing venture the duo set out to accomplish, but it is a slideshow of timeless pop songs.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 21, 2012
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- Posted Feb 21, 2012
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- Posted Feb 21, 2012
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- Posted Feb 21, 2012
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Gemini's theater-rock is no pain to listen to, but true drama queens will want to get their fix elsewhere.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 16, 2012
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They are a hell of a band if you're looking for catchy rock with occasional sparks of brilliance.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 15, 2012
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- Posted Feb 15, 2012
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The mood ... is decidedly bleak- populated by disillusioned lovers and working class escapists, the lyrics splitting at the seams with dark religious imagery.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 14, 2012
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Who's Feeling Young Now? strikes a perfect balance between flash and form, running blistered fingers on otherwise scholarly templates.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 13, 2012
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It'll inevitably be pigeonholed as post-house or something equally asinine, but for now, it exists without definition, and for that we can be grateful.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 10, 2012
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Tennis are still cute as a button, but now they have songs to go along with the smiles.- The Boston Phoenix
- Posted Feb 9, 2012
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