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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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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lost Songs
    The sequencing on Lost Songs is top-loaded with furious rockers that gradually dial down velocity and acceleration toward atmospheres familiar, anthemic and delicate as Conrad Keely's ragged-from-shouting vocal style continues to command attention. [Nov 2012, p.86]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 22, 2012
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Local Business
    Stickles seems more into channeling his inner Mick Jones, making Local Business sound weirdly like lost sessions from Give 'Em Enough Rope. [Nov 2012, p.94]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 22, 2012
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Banks
    Banks is a dense (and sometimes prickly) listen that's not immediately accessible, although it rewards those who give it time. [Nov 2012, p.86]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Parallax II: Future Sequence
    Parallax II may be the strongest 72 consecutive minutes they have put together so far. [Nov 2012, p.86]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Heavy Mood
    Their fourth effort is sabotaged by a weak second half spent on played-out '80s darkwave fascinations. [Nov 2012, p.94]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Information Retrieved
    The highs are higher, the lows are lower and what resonates in the middle is a frontrunner for one of the best summer-transitions-into-fall records that you'll hear in a long, long time. [Nov 2012, p.94]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Transcendental Youth
    Darnielle still ties this album up under a loose theme, but it is a bold, Cinemascope-like vision of social and religious outcasts. [Nov 2012, p.92]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Lightning
    The other songs beg for remixes, guest vocalists or anything to give them more depth. [Nov 2012, p.92]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Afterman: Ascension
    "Key Entity Extraction: Domino The Destitute" contains everything that makes Ascension a great record: heavy riffage, soaring leads, shouting, undeniable hooks, and no bullshit in between. [Nov 2012, p.91]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All We Love We Leave Behind
    Ballou has captured the genuine sound of its four members together in a room, less of a monster in your closet and more of a brilliant basement show. [Nov 2012, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    II
    II's best moments actually come when the songs sound like nothing either singer has ever done. [Nov 2012, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Former Lives
    Gibbard isn't reinventing himself with Former Lives, but after a decade and a half in the business, he proves he's still got a lot to say. [Nov 2012, p.88]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vital
    Vital [is] the most we;l-rounded Anberlin album to date. [Nov 2012, p.86]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 19, 2012
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Dethalbum III
    Other than "I Ejaculate Fire," the lyrics aren't that funny--it often seems like Small is trying to write real metal songs. And it's hard to see the point of that.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beacon
    Thankfully, there's enough variation in tempo, nuance and arrangements to stave off monotony. [Oct 2012, p.92]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Oct 10, 2012
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Diluvia
    There's lots of talent in this New York sextet, but it gets lost in all the unbridled exploration and layers.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    METZ
    These are tightly constructed songs that sledgehammer a jagged line between the Pixies' inventive pop clamor and the hazy beauty of another clever noise purveyor deserving of the all-caps treatment, HEALTH.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bright Black Heaven
    The moments of stylistic diversity, as well as the lack of trendhopping (read: no dubstep) makes the continued evolution of Blaqk Audio worth following.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Awakened
    Awakened is the best As I Lay Dying album you can point to as metal both modernized and maximized. [Oct 2012, p.84]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 27, 2012
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    End of Daze [EP]
    Their continued filtering of '50s girl-group melodies through swelling pop songs that crib equally from the noise/indie/dream spheres captivates in newly charming ways. [Oct 2012, p.88]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 24, 2012
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
    Murder By Death have created their most dramatic and symphonic work to date. [Oct 2012, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 24, 2012
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Strapped
    The fun carries all the way until the album's lengthy psychedelic jam, "Captain Ace," which bursts with wild saxophone and shows how to capture a brilliant act of Tape. [Oct 2012, p.92]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 24, 2012
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Violent Waves
    Perhaps the only surprise about Violent Waves is how strong and focused, creatively fierce and yet cohesive Circa Survive sound.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Moms
    You can feel that relaxed swagger throughout Moms thanks to some of Seim's slinkiest funk rhythms, and the giddy arena-rock guitar antics the pair allow to pop up throughout the proceedings. [Oct 2012, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 20, 2012
    • 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
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Young Blood
    Thick and lethal guitar chug and vocals bordering on death-metal bellowing are offset by spidery single-note melodies and catchy sequences. [Sep 2012, p.92]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 19, 2012
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Uno!
    ¡Uno! does what Green Day have always done best: play loud, fast, catchy-as-fuck punk rock that results in near-endless replay value.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Sound of the Life of the Mind
    There's nothing about Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee's performance on Life that will make you realize you're listening to Ben Folds Five. Still, a few songs are gems. [Oct 2012, p.84]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 18, 2012
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow
    It feels safe and too familiar.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Mirage Rock
    The Southern-rock grit that used to make Band Of Horses spellbinding is in dangerously short supply, but there's nothing else there to replace it. [Oct 2012, p.84]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 12, 2012
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