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For 370 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Channel Orange
Lowest review score: 10 Sequel to the Prequel
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 262 out of 370
  2. Mixed: 99 out of 370
  3. Negative: 9 out of 370
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen
    The Londoners' ramshackle summer vibes are still happy to coast along on a slacker wave rather than streamlining too directly.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Overgrown Path
    Another twelve inches of brilliance.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Halcyon
    Halcyon is a bold and confident step forward.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ester
    Ester is very much an individualist work.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fragrant World
    It's the freakier corners here that shine bright like neon.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Who Needs Who
    In short, this time, they've nailed it.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Choreography
    Morbid one minute, cute the next, finally untangling 'Choreography' is an engrossing pleasure.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lysandre
    That Christopher Owens' songs are so simultaneously vivid, immersive and indulgent is one thing, that he has crafted the character to execute them so expertly is quite another.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Flash Flood of Colour
    Disenchantment should always be this spellbinding.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Baby
    Ecstatic, raucous, spine-tingling and delivered in the only way they know, Baby is a piece of Tribes for their devoted followers to hold onto.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    America Give Up
    America Give Up proves them to be far more exciting than a mere second generation rip-off.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Blue Record [EP]
    With psych bite and cosmic volume stripped away, Nielson’s brilliant, dextrous playing and addled lyrical bravery are illuminated brighter than ever.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Deserters
    Her classically trained sensibilities shine through on her first solo effort, which sparkles with understated beauty.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Warpaint
    A well-rounded and mature second album.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Visions
    'Visions' is a cornucopia of Claire Boucher's most vivid waking dreams. Gripping, then, but also as intangible as the prevailing dread of a forgotten nightmare.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wakin on a Pretty Daze
    Despite its length and moments of lyrical self-loathing, Wakin' neither bores nor depresses.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sob Story
    An album that ups the radio-friendly factor without compromising any emotion.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Piramida
    A fully realised work of intellect and warmth.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Exercises [EP]
    This majestic medley of eight 'exercises' is a fine display of creativity, where morphing piano loops sound like the modern classical of Philip Glass honed into a structured formula.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Algiers
    Algiers, then, is everything we know Calexico to be: lucid with grit and tempered with melody, easily the equal of their career's best work.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beacon
    There are times when all you need is a stompy bass drum to underpin a killer melody, and that's exactly what makes Beacon tick; nothing's overworked or overcomplicated.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    E Volo Love
    Prepare to swoon.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Lion's Roar
    The resulting collection of campfire singalongs proving nothing short of magical.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The New Life
    Girls Names make sadness moreish and hypnotic.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Manifest!
    Whatever their reference points, Friends always end up sounding like Friends: now but new wavey, cool but catchy, spare but packed with odd sonic squiggles.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Four
    On Four Bloc Party manage to make their affecting and dizzyingly devilish music sound relevant and exciting again.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Django Django
    Smart guys, smart record.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Noctourniquet
    Their narratives have been stronger before, but 'Noctourniquet' remains abject absurdity masquerading as sexy heroism.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
    It’s a rewarding mixture of romance, wit and fantasy.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Born to Die
    Born To Die may ultimately prove too-blinkered a vision to fully appeal to the Sheeran-loving public in the long run, but Lana has certainly proved that she's not just here to play games.
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