Austin Chronicle's Scores
- Movies
- Music
For 1,949 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: 1,537 out of 1949
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Mixed: 380 out of 1949
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Negative: 32 out of 1949
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Bulat's pipes and songwriting prowess flourish, more than in her prior folksy, singer-songwriter LPs.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 30, 2016
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Americana may find its best representation in the Kiwi's broad reach and inclusive interpretation.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 30, 2016
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Underneath the blustery sass and cynicism sparkles a tender human being still nursing old wounds.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 30, 2016
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They're fine tunes with few faults, but they fail to add anything meaningful to the conversation.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 30, 2016
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Everything we love about Local Natives remains, but they make us work harder for it.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 29, 2016
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Will Sheff creates albums as statements, and Away ultimately rings with a wonder in letting go.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Sep 15, 2016
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The band hits all marks on melody and dynamics, but the furious passion that drove their past work sounds muted.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 18, 2016
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Loathing permeates the band's third album like xenophobia at a Trump rally. Emulating Black Flag gone grindcore, You Will Never Be One of Us beats brief thrashers "Parasite," "Made to Make You Fail," "Violence Is Forever" senseless with merciless precision.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 18, 2016
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Miller indulges his appetite for electronics and repetition alongside psychedelic excursions.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 18, 2016
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Accompanied by piano, ex-Ulver shredder HÃ¥vard, and the Norwegian Girls' Choir, the now-New Yorker strips away intricate instrumental passages and dramatic flourish in favor of direct, oft-soaring communication. ... Brutal beauty.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 18, 2016
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It's a rare occasion of art transcending influence, with Toledo sounding like he's coming apart while doing it.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 11, 2016
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Like its predecessor, Hope's lyrics alone spur startling awe and fierce innovation.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 11, 2016
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Results including "Lucifer and God" and instant classic "The End of Things" equal Mould's most melodically explosive punk rock since his Eighties heyday in Minneapolis, all abrasive guitar work and barbed lyricism candy-coated by tunefulness.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 11, 2016
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Gone are any remnants of yesteryear's "rock music" ideology, thrusting Radiohead into a mature state of potentially their best work still to come.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 11, 2016
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Bishop's voice is typically smooth and Cobb's production sizzles on occasion, but save for soul-pop ditty "Too Late," Ain't Who I Was never catches fire.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 23, 2016
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Undercurrent might not be her best work, but she's set herself up to go wherever the music takes her, and those following along are sure to revel in the adventure.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 23, 2016
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The funky "Eastside," the snap and bop of "Green Light," and the honeyed coo of "Sweet Little Messages" all stand out on an effort that gets extra points for trying something different and succeeding beyond anybody's dreams.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 17, 2016
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The duo's "Ruby Tuesday" cover slides rough, understated, but their take on "You Were on My Mind" hits a high note.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 9, 2016
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Touches of Simon & Garfunkel lift "Catalogue" and "Gold," but the lingering harmonies feel more forced and measured than natural.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 3, 2016
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Not a lot of sky over NYC, but Kevin Morby capitalizes on any glimpse of it.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 27, 2016
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Pile arrives comparatively light on melodrama, brimming with live fast/die young missives instead, anthems of restless spirits who drink love and life from the same red plastic cup.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 18, 2016
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By effortlessly topping her own best work. Lemonade now sets a new standard for cross-genre collaboration.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 12, 2016
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Third album Down in Heaven moves through Monkees-level cheese with the walking bassline and soaring "ba-ba-bahs" of "My Boys," while "Holding Roses" swings Rolling Stones, guitarist Clay Frankel mastering both Mick Jagger's vocal swag and Keith Richards' guitar privateering.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 3, 2016
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Rough going at 75 minutes, but it's as pure an expression of Merzbow's vision as the first half is of Boris'.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 28, 2016
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Time signatures change gears with neck-snapping regularity, underpinned by Cronin's Krautrock bass, and a Devo-esque "concept" involves Segall as a masked, Booji Boy-ish character named Sloppo.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 28, 2016
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- Posted Apr 28, 2016
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Cosmic and eerie, the disc pays ample homage to the influences from whom IV swipes its title.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 28, 2016
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Across a decade and eight LPs, Brooklyn fivepiece Woods have perfected a lo-fi folk prone to spastic jam breakdowns. Ninth offering City Sun Eater in the River of Light now shatters any preconceived notions.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 28, 2016
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Constructed of parts from Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Comets on Fire, and Howlin Rain, the eponymous San Francisco quartet drowns ethereal folk melodies in a cauldron of distortion and feedback.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 28, 2016
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Freaks of Nurture captures Holy Wave as it takes a step toward greatness.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 28, 2016
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