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For 4,426 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 58% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Dead Man's Pop [Box Set]
Lowest review score: 10 Wake Up!
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,772 out of 4426
  2. Mixed: 623 out of 4426
  3. Negative: 31 out of 4426
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Loud Without Noise [Mixtape]
    ‘Loud Without Noise’ is brave in its honest lyricism and empowering in its sound while still paying homage to the angst-fuelled, punk spirit that first grew them a following. It is a nostalgic mixtape that will make you shed your inhibitions, let go of those social anxieties and, at least for the 20 minute duration, feel a complete freedom that you may not have ever felt.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    House of Sugar
    Through turns wholly strange and ambiguous, it’s often unclear where the breadcrumb trail of 'House Of Sugar' is leading us, but it’s a mind-bending trip worth taking nonetheless.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Juice B Crypts
    It would be hard to find an album to compete with theirs in regards of modernism or creativeness.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Asha's Awakening
    The album is bold, eccentric and proudly rooted in classical South Asian traditions, whilst sounding fresh and accessible at the same time.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Elastic Days
    It’s a plaintive, poetic, and endlessly endearing return, a sign that the acoustic well, while previously untapped, remains brimming with inspiration.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ca$ino
    It’s a staunchly creative gesture, defying the pressure of the outside world for a project which thrives on internal desires, and the power of autobiography at any cost.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The House
    ‘Find Me’ and ‘Anymore’ channel the danceable charm of ‘Pool’, while the powerful swell of ‘Now The Water’ proves as immersive as its title suggests. By and large, though, The House is marked by a hands-off recording style that dials back on the fine-tuned production of its predecessor.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Heard It in a Past Life
    It sticks in the mind for a good while after and just keeps bringing you back in with fantastic production, brilliant pop songwriting and a central personality as easy to like and support as any on the current music scene.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Life's a Beach
    A record you’re sure to fall hopelessly in love with, its immediacy taps into the endless zen of those long summer days.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Home Again
    This is an absolute treat for fans of rootsy vintage soul and a remarkable statement of intent for a debut release.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Symbolic Use of Light
    If you’re looking for a 3am club techno sound, then this record probably isn’t for you; its delicacy makes rather for an introspective experience.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Out of the Game
    A surprisingly effective 21st century take on the Seventies singer-songwriter album, with tight band performances from the likes of the Dap-Kings and sympathetic production from the king of the trumpets.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cosmogramma
    Dense and obtuse it may be but those who follow this most intense sonic explorer will be rewarded the greatest.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Isles
    It’s a brilliant pick me up, a dazzling set of songs that tap into our innermost impulses. A colourful way to remember those good times, and one that is perfectly prepared for our eventual return to the dance floor.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wonder Where We Land
    Reticent yet resplendent, SBTRKT is a master craftsman, humanising the digital and effortlessly shifting the shape of sounds.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DJ-Kicks
    The self-confessed non-DJ plays stylishly to the dancefloor's edge, flirting a little with the background before headline interjections from Bok Bok, Untold and 2562 yank you back to centre square.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reason to Live
    As ever, this latest window into his psyche prompts as many questions as it provides answers - despite offering his usual warmth and intimacy, he still deftly keeps the listener at bay by retaining a degree of mystery
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wish Defense
    ‘Wish Defense’ is probably FACS’ most fun album.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bolted
    A fascinating return, ‘Bolted’ is often greyscale in tone and shading; rolling back the physicality of ‘Compassion’, it seems to find Forest Swords revelling in a more minimalist, yet also profoundly empathetic space.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Full Circle
    Full Circle might not break any new ground, but with their simple yet thought-provoking approach to songwriting, HÆLOS have crafted one of the best debut albums in 2016 thus far.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Breakin' Point
    Breakin’ Point is a technicolour blur worth your time.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    First Two Pages of Frankenstein
    A carefully sculpted project, a level of fluidity and richness stitched together with the highest calibre of performance, production and songwriting. Like Frankenstein and his monster, the commitment to the design and blueprint of this record is incredible; every minute detail, sound, glitch, has been selected with the utmost care by The National.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Moon Music
    It reminds us of the power of love, hope and indeed music can overcome those dark days and the importance of trusting in the universe and more importantly yourself.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Chloe and the Next 20th Century
    The record is vast yet insular, and you cant help but get swept up by the show.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lonely Planet
    With this new album Wallace proves himself as a complex and multifaceted producer and this makes us even more excited to see what he’ll come out with next.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Courtneys II
    A record that raises as many smiles as it does questions, The Courtneys channel more wit, fun, humour, and intelligence into The Courtneys II than most bands manage in their entire discography. Go seek it out.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Chromatics
    It’s about love and life and happiness and positivity without being the slightest bit sloppy. It’s the perfect accompaniment to bashing away the January blues and starting 2015 with a smile on your face.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    R Is For Rocket
    Confident, strident guitar music, it’s a record that blends hugely effective songwriting with wicked production values, granting their work a crisp 90s-adjacent sheen that refuses to sacrifice their raw live endeavours.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Xiu Mutha Fuckin' Xiu: Vol. 1
    They know how to tackle them [cover songs], so they still sound as vibrant and exciting as the original but add that something extra so they sound, and feel, like a Xiu Xiu song.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Common Turn
    This is a gem of an album. Personal, honest and highly emotive, it tackles big questions; but most of all, it dares to be vulnerable.
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