Austin Chronicle's Scores
- Movies
- Music
For 1,950 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: 1,538 out of 1950
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Mixed: 380 out of 1950
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Negative: 32 out of 1950
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Four songs clocking in at nine minutes or more, Föllakzoid's III unfolds subtly and gradually to steady, hypnotic rhythms inspired by their Andean forebears.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 7, 2015
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At just 25 minutes, these 10 tracks zip quick, but their aural, emotional weightiness demands compression.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 7, 2015
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They're more punk at 70 than a truckload of Sex Pistols 45s, and still decimate every other band in your record collection.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 30, 2015
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The acoustic "Hold No Guns" and yawning dirge "You've Haunted Me All My Life" spin austere--dramatic--but ring flat. Even so, Death Cab for Cutie's breakup ballads remain anthemic and radio-ready.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 30, 2015
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Earl Sweatshirt finally reconciles those influences and the voices inside his own head on sophomore effort I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 30, 2015
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You're inclined to not like the too-self-aware man of I Love You, Honeybear, rejecting his moodiness because you can't stand another white man taking himself so fucking seriously. Then again, making fun of him is just falling into his trap.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 23, 2015
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Like his piano chops, his lyrics are no-frills expressions, ripe and ready to be groomed into something even bigger.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 23, 2015
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It's a well-grooved vision filled with stunning images and sobering emotions.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 23, 2015
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Production rings crisp as the title track jolts at the outset with a speakeasy strut that turns to jumping jive on "Wanna Be Your Man," while chugging percussion and horns drive "Underground."- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 20, 2015
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Sophomore effort Let the Good Times Roll continues similarly [as 2012 debut, Signs & Signifier] without sinking into more of the same.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 16, 2015
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The Oregonians' confident comeback is balls-out bold, the threepiece returning with fresh vitality.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 9, 2015
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What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World isn't a concept LP or any kind of statement of higher purpose. Instead, it simply illuminates the Decemberists' inviolate strengths.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 9, 2015
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The real treat in hearing Dylan rework tunes like "Autumn Leaves" is a slow-motion, humanistic view of how he finds the song's critical path.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 9, 2015
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Stepping upward into the macro, the album's landmark achievement lies in Kendrick Lamar's elevation of hip-hop into subtle invisibility, his blackness not exclusively tied to the rapper image.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 9, 2015
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- Posted Apr 8, 2015
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- Posted Apr 8, 2015
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The results are predictably top-notch.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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Though far from cohesive, the album instead showcases Carlile's range, and suggests she can conquer any direction she chooses, or maybe even all of them.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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Houndmouth pulls it all together into a packed album without faltering.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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The general tone is that of the least fun dance group in the world, with Gill still spraying noise like a Strat thrown down a staircase across the works.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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Sour Soul eschews the Tony Starks comic book concept narrative of the past two efforts in favor of some good old-fashioned coke rap and braggadocio.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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One can easily imagine these instrumentals finding a happy home at the National Air & Space Museum.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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It's not fair to hold Viet Cong's hype against them, but an album this ordinary points to a generation of indie-rock writers trying, and failing, to pretend the bubble hasn't burst.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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The L.A.-based songwriter's fifth LP finds him focused solidly in the present. Fear still mines enough scarred grit to match Bingham's distinctive rasp.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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With a couple of exceptions, Earle's songwriting never reaches the peak of his previous work.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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As always, the contrast between Adam Franklin's smooth pipes and his and Jimmy Hartridge's strident six-strings provides the sonic setting, enabling Swervedriver to put the brawn back in beauty.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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- Posted Mar 18, 2015
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