DIY Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 3,077 reviews, this publication has graded:
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54% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | Not to Disappear | |
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Lowest review score: | Let It Reign |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,173 out of 3077
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Mixed: 891 out of 3077
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Negative: 13 out of 3077
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By the time closer ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ hits, Dua’s already smashed it out the park, and the euphoric ballad cutting down inequality with her impassioned chorus of “boys will be boys but girls will be women” only further cements what this album has proved: Dua will be going down in pop history as one of the best.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 26, 2020
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There’s enough originality pumped throughout each track that ‘Tension’ will undoubtedly stand as one of the most favoured contemporary Kylie eras. There’s no pretension to its greatness, just our Kylie, once again, humbly proving how easily she can forge gold and transform into pop culture phenomenon.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 19, 2023
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The sound of an artist coming home to themselves, ‘The Theory Of Whatever’ is proof that you can grow up gracefully with every inch of your vibrancy still intact.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 21, 2022
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It’s impossible to resist the instant, limb-grabbing appeal of the pop music Grimes is making here, and dizzyingly big, this is a record about shaking off every constraint, and wrenching hold of reality with both fists.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 12, 2015
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over again. A snarling, twisted, mischievous creation, Foil Deer is a leaping, high-spirited joy of a record.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 20, 2015
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This is music in its purest, most experimental form. This is a record which doesn’t make sense, because it doesn’t have to.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 16, 2015
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It’s clear all three are being pushed beyond their usual creative comfort zones.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 30, 2023
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Streamlined and minimal but bursting with intelligence, humour and ideas, BODEGA are the real deal.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 6, 2018
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An overwhelmingly intimate record that makes you wonder just what Years & Years could be capable of next.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 6, 2018
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ENSWBL, Part 2 picks up the baton of its predecessor and sends it surging to the finish line, leaving Foals legions ahead of their competitors.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 17, 2019
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- Posted Feb 1, 2023
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Need to Feel Your Love is an album that not only shreds, but feels prescient, too.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 6, 2017
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It’s ambitious and uncompromising, in both structure and content; rather than spoonfeeding, Goat Girl demand more from their listeners and provide more in tandem.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 6, 2018
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The record feels more like opening a time capsule than self-congratulation; as if that 2011 statement locked a door we’re only now allowed to peek back into. Also crucially, many of the songs here were never even released as singles. ... The breadth and depth of how much they did while still keeping it (relatively) simple is so evident.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Dec 3, 2020
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A stellar record. ... Which is to say, it’s bangers, bops and top-notch observational lyrics at every turn.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 9, 2020
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The sheer breadth of sound is astonishing, yet easily pulled together by Lindsey’s distinctive wavering tones and lyrical impact.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 3, 2021
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On all the evidence here, The Big Moon have succeeded in unearthing the secret to a fire debut.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 7, 2017
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More than one kitchen sink has been proudly gafer-taped to their musical fun bus; every idea--however half-formed--integrated with complete confidence. Delivered with the swagger of someone who’s just half-inched Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat, it works spectacularly.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 2, 2015
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Taking stock of the dizzying array of touchstones on this record, this also the sound of an auteur hellbent on short circuiting all convention. ... Dirty Computer might just be the record that finally elevates her to pop’s highest echelons- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 27, 2018
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Sampha’s voice might be the most instantly recognizable piece of magic in his arsenal, but it’s his patience and craft that makes ‘LAHAI’ such a stunning experience.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 20, 2023
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This is a debut like few others. In fact, the only way we’ll ever get another record like Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is if Barnett hits Groundhog Day. It’s beyond bonzer, mate.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 23, 2015
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Kendrick Lamar rose to the top with his last album, and on DAMN. he tries to rediscover himself while on this new perch, with spectacular results.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 3, 2017
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It’s still a work that’s defined by its own dynamism. Anyone following these guys from the start won’t have doubted their capabilities, but that doesn’t stop A Dream Outside from dwarfing expectations.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 15, 2015
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For those who missed the rabble-rousing of ‘Dogrel’ but liked the darkness of ‘A Hero’s Death’, this record splits the perfect difference, sealing it along the middle with the superglue of a band who now know exactly where they’re going. Truth be told, they’ve never been more at home.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 20, 2022
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slowthai’s newest is the work of an artist clearly more excited than ever about what he himself can do now he’s booted his own doors wide open. ‘UGLY’ is a beautiful thing to behold.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 3, 2023
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Contagious and sarcastic, in-your-face and self-aware yet ultimately all about cutting loose, Wavves have offered up an album that proves themselves as leaders in the punk pack.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 2, 2015
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Beyond anything, A Moon Shaped Pool feels like the beginning of a new chapter--the first time these five have merged their own idiosyncrasies without compromising or crossing wires.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 11, 2016
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It’s the slightly wonky worldview of the band themselves that really elevates ‘Wet Leg’ into the realms of the truly special.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 6, 2022
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For a project that could have held unreasonable expectations, it overdelivers time and time again. Both parts of the duo are on their A-game in equal parts.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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Their most complete record by a serious stretch, it's a work that laughs, cries, detests, adores and above anything else inspires.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 21, 2014
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