Austin Chronicle's Scores
- Movies
- Music
For 1,951 reviews, this publication has graded:
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43% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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54% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.3 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: | Wincing The Night Away | |
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Lowest review score: | Luminous |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,539 out of 1951
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Mixed: 380 out of 1951
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Negative: 32 out of 1951
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- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Oct 2, 2015
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The Desired Effect for a feel-good LP of self-discovery is coming-of-age stories that transform into lost Springsteen anthems. Mission accomplished.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Oct 2, 2015
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Kurt Vile's sixth LP ups the Philadelphian's creative ante, speckling finger-plucked finesse and Farfisa whimsy into his laid-back blues/folk crunch.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Oct 1, 2015
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By sidestepping guitar herodom, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim stakes out territory Gary Clark Jr. can proudly call his own.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 3, 2015
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- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 3, 2015
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These anthems drive their points home with unearthly force.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 2, 2015
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Danish raven Amalie Bruun integrates extreme intensity into both genres' [goth/black metal's] inherent drama.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 20, 2015
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The band's post-thrash attack still levels steel, but minor tweaks--snakefinger solos ("Slave the Hive"), waltz tempos ("The Sunless Years"), thrash dynamics ("Luminiferous"), and psychedelic haze ("The Cave")--bolt a crushing new frame on a classic chassis.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 13, 2015
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Eschewing Top 40 twang's shellacked production as well as God-and-guns patriotism, she adopted a gritty, unfettered small-band approach. Pageant Material maintains those standards, but spruced-up production and the "aw shucks" wonderment of her new reality.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 6, 2015
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Something More Than Free offers further proof of Jason Isbell's preeminent acuity.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 6, 2015
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"Get the Point" and "Big Decisions" strike a personal honesty James hasn't revealed before, and closer "Only Memories Remain" hearkens George Harrison as simultaneously devastating and uplifting. The personal is the universal.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 6, 2015
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A two-disc version of The Monsanto Years includes a DVD offering a full hour of songs, some sounding better than on the album proper.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 6, 2015
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- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jul 30, 2015
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As with 13 and Think Tank, noodling ensues ("Thought I Was a Spaceman") and melodies never dry fully ("My Terracotta Heart"), but that works both ways when "There Are Too Many of Us" marches into deep-cut territory through space and strings.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jul 30, 2015
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There's an enduring ebb and flow, and perhaps some intentional indecision, as the Denton-born Sylvester Stewart swings the band from humanist psychedelia to Church of God in Christ gospel modulation, James Brownian run-outs, and even showtune sing-alongs.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jul 17, 2015
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- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jul 13, 2015
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10 songs over 35 minutes at first feeling slight--yet not a sax bleed, organ snap, or female choral echo combs out as less than true-blue.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jul 9, 2015
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The Traveling Kind bests Old Yellow Moon by merging folk ballads, C & W, and a dollop of Texas soul.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 25, 2015
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Guitars, energy, and emotions are dialed up in a manner that's unique to Yoakam.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 25, 2015
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- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 25, 2015
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While the tale and methods of In Colour are well-worn, Jamie XX, like Burial and Four Tet before him, proves himself a master storyteller.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 25, 2015
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Constant Bop lights up a whole lot like his main band's 2011 breakout album D by the second song.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 18, 2015
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The combination of Wennerstrom's singular vocal style and the Bastards' multilayered guitars remains both lyrically commanding and musically transcendent.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 11, 2015
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Together, these giants deliver a master class on how country music is supposed to be done. It's also the strongest work of their three-decades-plus partnership.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 4, 2015
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Nine albums in, the newly downsized trio rolls categorically mind-bending and noisy while sustaining creative novelty.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 12, 2015
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- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 7, 2015
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Primitive and Deadly fares best when Carlson's emotive solos are afforded due perimeter.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 7, 2015
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Though culled from improvisational jams, this instrumental exploration of psych's deep catacombs never feels anything less than deliberate.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 7, 2015
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The NYCers fourth LP pulls from the trio's usual obsessions--shoegaze, noise rock, 120 Minutes circa 1988--with zero interest in making things easy.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 7, 2015
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