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For 3,422 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 Superbloom
Lowest review score: 20 Let It Reign
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,498 out of 3422
  2. Mixed: 911 out of 3422
  3. Negative: 13 out of 3422
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    From Deewee
    Unfortunately, that sense of immediacy isn’t always present. Sometimes it shows that From Deewee was rehearsed many times and things get a little bit too mechanical in the middle. It’s still easy to find yourself getting wrapped up in it though and, when it hits, it’s easy to hear why Soulwax are hailed as such innovators.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sugar at the Gate
    Unfortunately, although that slight detachment feels pretty good in the midst of listening, much like tucking into an ice cream cone with more than a few sprinkles, you might get brain freeze trying to recall some of the tunes afterwards.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    When You See Yourself
    ‘When You See Yourself’ sounds like a jolt back into something potentially promising: there could still be life in the old Kings yet.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Have We Met
    His outlook on the world is no happier than it was before, but the lack of a bigger band brings out a fresher sound in the Destroyer canon. It loses some energy in that regard, especially compared to the magnificent ‘Kaputt’, but it does show that, with 13 albums under his belt, Bejar still has plenty to say and even more fantastical ways to say it.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rapture
    While each track is meticulously crafted, you can’t help but feel a sense of familiarity and perhaps repetition settle in the last half of the album.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Twin Forks
    In short, if you're a Dashboard Confessional fan then you'll find plenty to enjoy here. Full-blown pretty-boy emotion dished out by a musician as adept at pulling the heart strings with big, simple feelings as anyone you might care to name.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Not For Lack Of Trying
    Throughout the album, hidden instrumental flourishes surface with repeat plays, though some stay too buried. Elsewhere, the decadent production swallows her breathy voice (‘The Answer’, ‘Hold Fire’).
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Feel Something
    It’s nice enough to pass the time with, but certainly not a staple record worth revisiting time and time again.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Harlequin
    There are very few moments on Harlequin that don’t click either sonically or thematically. Izenberg has established himself as a gifted songwriter with a firm grasp on the strange side of things, and his beguiling debut plays like the nexus of Mac DeMarco and Anna Meredith.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nothing Is Real
    Sometimes the record feels a little samey--‘Better Things’ is ironically the worst thing on there, not bringing much to the four-legged furniture--but there’s enough variety to keep the record afloat.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon
    Aalthough Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon is perhaps done little favours by its February release date; woozy summer drives are when it’ll really find its feet.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gallery [EP]
    Gallery is an enjoyable offering from Craft Spells.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    How Do You Love?
    Unfortunately, none of the later tracks hit with the same urgency as the first few. The album is a fun listen, still, and one that encapsulates that Polaroid summer we’re all after.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fool's Paradise
    Ultimately, it feels as if she’s still waiting for her words and her sound to match up, but what we’ve got in the meantime is an intriguingly personal record.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Painting of a Panic Attack
    This album may declare itself a painting--and an intense one, at that--but there’s a much bigger picture to see here.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    World's Strongest Man
    Gaz’s third solo offering continues to find him moving into his next phase with real class.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lifeforms
    There’s enough for fans to enjoy across ‘Lifeforms’, but it is not as lofty as it perhaps thinks itself to be.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    I Won't Care How You Remember Me
    Although accomplished in its tone, ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’ longs for dynamic crescendos to differentiate the album’s eleven tracks, no matter how pleasant they may be.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Performer
    A potent mix of influences, it manages to sound equally focused and effortless - the work of a true performer.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Apple
    ‘Airhead’ is a piece of bubblegum goodness, ‘Haunted’ is a celestial sizzler, while ‘Jumper’ almost calls back to 00s pop-punk classics (with an AG spin, obv) and closer ‘Lifeline’ is a sprawling synth slowburner. Though sprinkled with bops, ‘Apple’ doesn’t pack the expected punch.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wake Up Now
    Nick would do better to stick to his signature rippling guitar on the ethereal ‘Infinite Trees’, the quietly sensual ‘Lullaby’, or, best yet, the charming ‘Remembering’, which chugs along with a jolty percussive joy.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There Used to Be a Place for Us
    While it might lack some of the emotional resonance that the absolute best of their peers can achieve SYB should be commended for getting the pain parts of the deceptively tricky pop-rock jigsaw together with some aplomb.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Close to the Glass
    Each and every track has its own identity that perfectly mixes the familiar with the unfamiliar, which is simply a continuation of what The Notwist have always been best at.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Good Thing
    While he proves in spades that he’s not merely a throwback artist who has to rely on nostalgia, the mishmash of sounds coming from the album does feel a little muddled at times.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Laughing Party
    'Sit Tight', 'Melting', 'Never Get Tired' and 'All In One Day' all make you imagine the band having a really grand time recording this, but you'd have a hard time figuring out where these songs are going.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    All We Need
    The strength of All We Need is in how he filters the madness into a slick, easy-flowing record. If one album changed his life, he’s taken that knowledge to make something intentionally cohesive.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sound of a Woman
    Kiesza may have already dominated the charts and club scene, but she’s got a whole lot more tricks up her sleeve.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sum/One
    It isn't quite as defined or as consistent as his work with Gang Gang Dance, but through persistence it certainly comes close.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    I Want to Grow Up
    What seems to work best--in the fact that it stands out from other pop-punk solo artists--is the more hypnotic, vintage cuts.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Utopia
    There are times, however, when the mix doesn’t quite lend Björk’s message enough power. ... For the most part, Utopia sounds like an album where she’s followed her own advice. It demonstrates how the Icelandic alt-pop legend has pushed past her own emotional turmoil, taking yet another step in her ever-evolving saga, one that sets a path for future endeavours.
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