The Fly (UK)'s Scores
- Music
For 370 reviews, this publication has graded:
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61% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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: | Channel Orange | |
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Lowest review score: | Sequel to the Prequel |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 262 out of 370
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Mixed: 99 out of 370
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Negative: 9 out of 370
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Copious candid personal insights are shared with the gravitas of Johnny Cash over a bit of blues here, a fleck of folk there, and country stylings aplenty.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 13, 2012
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These are tracks made for the pub, to be bawled to with beating hearts and swollen lungs. Get involved.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Mar 26, 2012
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- Posted Mar 23, 2012
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It may be a skip away from the processes they know best but, in 'In Time To Voices', Blood Red Shoes find fresh invention.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Mar 23, 2012
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- Posted Oct 8, 2013
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At just eight songs, doesn't stick around long enough to outstay its welcome.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Feb 10, 2012
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The potential for unfocused drudgery could've been huge, but they've sidestepped far enough to create an involving and endearingly creepy work.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 24, 2012
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Some way off a breakthrough they may be, but they're still a chilling thrill for those unafraid of the dark.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Feb 10, 2012
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The tenth Magnetic Fields album sees Stephin Merrit returning to both form and familiar territory.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Mar 2, 2012
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As far as second albums go, this is quite brilliant--enough of a departure to render it excitingly fresh, yet still tinged with all the bleeps, pulses and slides that put the magic in Magic Arm the first time of asking.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 28, 2013
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'Infinity Overhead' finds [Minus the Bear] pondering The Big Questions, confirming suspicions that amateur existentialism and post-millennial indie rock comprise a winning formula.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Sep 21, 2012
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Their debut is yearning blog-pop, which might be a bit ‘2009 called...’ if songs like ‘New House’ weren’t just as sharp as their 80s, sax-ballad ancestors.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Aug 13, 2013
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Whilst Lorde’s world creates its own incredibly distinctive atmosphere, it feels accessible and open to maturing.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Nov 1, 2013
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- Posted Jul 16, 2012
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Join The Dots makes good on the band’s promise to deliver a new album every year, though you can’t help but feel certain songs were neglected in favour of more sophisticated production values.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Dec 17, 2013
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- Posted Nov 8, 2013
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The very retro Sleeper is an acoustic affair, characterised by bluesy downers and portentous balladry.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Aug 14, 2013
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An unholy marriage of the brutal and the brilliant, fuelling suspicion that their best is yet to come.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Sep 17, 2013
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[Their] slightly-off-kilter lyrical slant is probably the most remarkable thing about Evans The Death's Echobelly familiar indie.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 25, 2012
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Though Modern Vampires Of The City is flawed--there’s no stand-out single, and the low-key ‘Obvious Bicycle’ is far too sombre to justify its billing as the opening track--repeat listens to this third act are rewarded.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 9, 2013
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This sinister, skittering collection (recorded before the sad passing of singer Trish Keenan in 2011) is the perfect compliment to Peter Strickland's marvellous film.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jan 8, 2013
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This isn't a reinvention of Dinosaur Jr. so much as a sideways glance; a new angle to help us appreciate their wonder in a new light.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Sep 5, 2012
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Total Strife Forever (thanks, Foals) is an ambitious, absorbing debut, and still probably only a glimpse of what East India Youth’s capable of.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jan 7, 2014
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Beneath every stoner vocal or woozy guitar line there’s enough melodic nous to ensure Melbourne never wobbles too far into drug casualty territory.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Sep 9, 2013
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Not a great leap forwards, then, but a welcome throwback nonetheless.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 9, 2013
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More Light is prosaic, but also proof that when you want to rally a new generation, it’s not Marcus Mumford you want holding the megaphone.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 10, 2013
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This is just the latest in a series of EPs from the Philadelphian, though some may quibble it’s light on original material.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Nov 18, 2013
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Menace Beach may have their sonic ingredients already established, but the result is even better than the sum of their parts.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jan 16, 2014
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A comforting return to the hazy psychedelia and laconic 1960s bohemia of prime BJM, only now with added eastern twinges.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 4, 2012
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It all feels rather too short, which was surely Mazes’ plan all along: leave ‘em wanting more.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Nov 26, 2013
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