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For 3,071 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 LANY
Lowest review score: 0 Results May Vary
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,331 out of 3071
  2. Mixed: 695 out of 3071
  3. Negative: 45 out of 3071
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Several Shades of Why
    The relatively hushed tone of Several Shades Of Why is unnerving at first spin, strictly when considering the auditory atom bomb of Mascis' well-documented projects; but the second go 'round clears the clouds, revealing a vast lo-fi victory. [Apr 2011, p.115]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Mar 16, 2011
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Apollo Sunshine
    What Apollo Sunshine may lack in cohesion, it more than makes up for in spirit. [Nov 2005, p.218]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Friend And Foe
    The combination of thundering drums with whimsical vocals and melodies can be charming, insanely catchy and headache-inducing, sometimes all at once. [Feb 2007, p.114]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Promises Promises
    Die! Die! Die! craft a rickety balance between cacophony and attractive post-punk melody. [Mar 2008, p.136]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Standards
    Standards succeeds by making the most of the intellectual side of Tortoise--their stylistic cross-pollinations, their meta-musical analyses--without ever losing sight of the music's ability to do more than engage the mind. [March 2001, p.94]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On! Air! Library!
    If Lush hadn't died, it might have wound up in the same solemn, yet provocative, place. [May 2004, p.104]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Hour of Bewilderbeast
    Musically, he's a little more conventional than one would hope. [12/2000, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Two Way Monologue
    His arrangements are floral and handcrafted and warm. [May 2004, p.102]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kill My Blues
    This is a record that cuts deep, but rushes right over to tend to your wounds. [Oct 2012, p.88]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 20, 2012
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Heart Is a Monster
    The Heart Is A Monster is not only a stark reminder of why the band have been so influential, but it also underscores their status as modern trailblazers. [Jul 2015, p.97]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Jun 30, 2015
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A New Wave of Violence
    An LP of remarkable dynamic shifts, stop-on-a-dime time changes, tribal menace and sinister lyrics. [Jun 2016, p.102]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted May 20, 2016
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Maserati VII
    Like their kindred spirits and labelmates in Turing Machine, Maserati have their headspace programmed to "liftoff" in an effort to take you higher than you've ever been. [Nov 2012, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 25, 2012
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hammer of the Witch
    This is a knuckle-walking, face-punching, tooth-spitting hardcore/metal album that’ll have you looking around for things and people that could use a good kicking.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Koloss
    The trouble is, not much sets this new album apart from their career benchmarks, like 2002's Nothing or 1998's Chaosphere.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Once More 'Round the Sun
    What glosses over those small, weird choices is the collective strength and sense of purpose found here.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Terrestrials
    What keeps this from being a cavernous frightfest is what the members of Ulver bring to the table. [Mar 2014, p.94]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Feb 20, 2014
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Emperor of Sand
    Mastodon prove they keep moving ahead with this rewarding album. [May 2017, p.80]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Apr 6, 2017
    • 78 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Everything All The Time
    Everything All The Time is almost pitifully lacking in soul, and it suffers from a few real snoozers, to boot. [May 2006, p.162]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An Omen EP
    If You ever needed proof that great tension can be generated without screaming or dialing an amplifier volume knob all the way up, start here. [Dec 2012, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Nov 19, 2012
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    First Ditch Effort
    Really, punk doesn't get much better than this. [Nov 2016, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 10, 2016
    • 78 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Bem-Vinda Vontade
    For the wide-awake, it's a crashing bore. [Aug 2005, p.164]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Fire
    There's not a ton of new ground broken, but The Fire is proof that Senses Fail consistently toe the line between singing and screaming better than most of their peers. [Nov 2010, p.116]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 29, 2010
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    You & Me
    You & Me is a consolidation of strengths, intensity and pathos with enough '60s echo-chamber reverb to singe synapses. [Oct 2008, p.153]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Strange Peace
    On their fierce third album, METZ have ratcheted their cacophony up high enough and still have it be considered rock music. [Oct 2017, p.81]
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Change Is Coming
    A sweetass blaxploitation-film score in waiting. [Dec 2001, p.87]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Titles & Idols
    A substantial improvement over the gentle snoozefest that was 2000's Early Days. [Apr 2002, p.76]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    On Top
    A well-crafted ode to cock rock, minus the cliches. [May 2002, p.98]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
    Deftly balancing country, classical and cabaret, the National are darkly dramatic and deliciously doomed. [Oct 2003, p.124]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Feminist Sweepstakes
    This is still some of the most original, passionate and listenable music of the year, but the mood has changed. [Jan 2002, p.95]
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