DIY Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 3,422 reviews, this publication has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
| Highest review score: | Superbloom | |
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| Lowest review score: | Let It Reign |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,498 out of 3422
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Mixed: 911 out of 3422
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Negative: 13 out of 3422
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Highlight ‘By Myself’ sings of relapsing after getting sober, but is set over a simply joyous ska-tinged musical romp - musical and lyrical contradictions are all over Almost Free, but it gains its power from dancing through the hard times with a massive grin on your face. The musical experimentation of the record continues throughout.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 25, 2019
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A ten-track album that combines both of their styles to create something that doesn’t sound quite like either of them.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 24, 2019
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Assume Form keeps that same desire [as The Colour In Anything] to break new ground, while taking it to the red line and managing to not outstay its welcome.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 17, 2019
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The resulting back-and-forth between herself and Ellery - her honeyed tones set against his unmistakably raspy roars - is enthralling, and holds up regardless of musical backdrop. There’s low-key moments of genuine menace (‘Black Sun Rising’, the disquieting churn of ‘Serenity Says’) and some major key nods towards anthemic territory, too.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 15, 2019
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A transitional work perhaps, but whichever fork in the road he follows next, you feel he’ll continue to adapt.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 15, 2019
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It’s not a record that jumps out on the first listen, but The Unseen In Between works as an effective relaxant.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 15, 2019
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The sea change in Sharon’s personal life has given rise to a tidal wave of ambition in her music; that she has harnessed it so masterfully surely confirms her position as one of her generation’s most compelling voices.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 15, 2019
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Deerhunter have often dealt in lofty, intense blows, but on album eight, they provide a breezy distraction from the chaos outside, and it’s most welcome.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 15, 2019
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The record finds a way of making her atypical pop sit comfortably in the mainstream, offering something genuinely new. Coming a long way since sitting adjacent to Pharrell in the studio at NYU, Maggie Rogers has certainly found her own voice.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 15, 2019
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Their fifth album is anchored by thudding, motorik beats that create a dancier base on which James exorcises his deepest demons, and it’s an even more intense form of communication.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 15, 2019
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There isn’t much range across the record; the last few tracks merge into one. Which is disappointing given Peter’s track record for one, but overall there are plenty of highs and the downsides should be sorted by the next installment.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 11, 2019
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Lyrically, it’s a scattered series of ruminations on the end of an era, with anger, guilt and sadness all permeating its fabric. Musically, though, it expands the singer’s palate, transmitting these feelings via new, punchier textures.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 2, 2019
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The band put their flag in the ground as the most intriguing musical voice we have, creating a bombastic, immaculately put together portrait of modern life.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 20, 2018
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There’s not much in the way of stylistic cohesion, either, and you wonder whether that’s simply because the creativity was flowing out of the almost-fully-reformed lineup or simply because Billy felt confident in following his every whim.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 16, 2018
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At this point Mumford & Sons know exactly what they have to do to keep the Spotify streams rolling over, and Delta feels like an exercise in box-ticking, no more, no less.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 16, 2018
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Across the record, all prop each other up to create something that’s more than the sum of their parts. In this case, three in a B.E.D fits just fine.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 13, 2018
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It’s powerfully honest and refreshingly unfiltered, beautifully crafted and distinctive. Most importantly of all it carries the legacy of Tom Searle, and of the remaining Architects members, forward.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 9, 2018
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It’s when they come together on closer ‘Ketchum, ID’, an ode to the state of Idaho and the detachment of constant touring, that boygenius really comes into its own and sees the project become more than the sum of its parts.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 8, 2018
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Take a step back from the ins and outs of the record and Simulation Theory stands as a ridiculous, bombastic stab of maximalism from one of the world’s biggest stadium rock bands.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 8, 2018
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Paying homage to songwriting ancestors, there’s an unmistakable Americana twist across much of the record that on occasion even turns to Nashville-tinged country. Yet Bought To Rot is pulled together by consistently bestowing valuable life lessons.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 8, 2018
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The last couple of Dinosaur Jr. records in particular have been praised from all angles for their consistency, but J Mascis is continuing to fire out hidden gems under his own name, too.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 8, 2018
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Paul’s commitment to trying new things is to be lauded, but it does mean Diagrams lacks cohesion; it feels less an album and more a collection of ideas, some thrilling, others less so.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 7, 2018
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At times, No Tourists feels like a companion to their debut. That was the night out and this is the morning after’s hangover. While this isn’t vintage Prodigy, it gets pretty damn close and gives hope there is still life in the old dog yet.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 6, 2018
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Individually the likes of ‘Time Will Be The Only Saviour’, with its creeping strings and weighty sorrow, or the Rizzo-quoting ‘There Are Worse Things I Could Do’, are tender, sad things, but as a whole piece, Yawn can wind up a claustrophobic listen.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 6, 2018
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This second LP Crush Crusher sees her grab all the promise of her 2016 debut and years at the heart of her hometown’s DIY scene and turn it into something great.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 5, 2018
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While ‘Big Fish Theory’ saw the rapper centre stage, relentless and omnipresent, on ‘FM!’ he lets us tune in to a calmer world, one which he dips in and out of when he pleases, filling in the blanks and staying in the fast lane.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 5, 2018
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The one constant success of her sound is her ability to jump from one song to the next in a way that rarely seems jarring; it’ll serve her well to keep the multi-faceted nature of her sound from here on out.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 29, 2018
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With Fudge Sandwich, Ty breathes new life into an already solid collection of rock songs, and he is an ever-mutating musician on this album as he is in real life.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 26, 2018
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‘Hanoi 4’ is a driving, groove-led funk workout, while ‘Hanoi 5’ pits all kind of warped gurgles against a nocturnal jazz saxophone. They’re stranger, more direct beasts without the foil of Ruban’s soft vocal and often all the more ominous for it.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 26, 2018
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From micro passages like the 30-second ‘An Audition’ to the 14-minute swell of ambient vocal track ‘A Chorus Of One’, he successfully contrasts optimism and tenderness with hopelessness and terror, with an impressive breadth of emotion being evoked across each track.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 26, 2018
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