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For 5,096 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Vol.II
Lowest review score: 10 California Son
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,315 out of 5096
  2. Mixed: 753 out of 5096
  3. Negative: 28 out of 5096
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Comedown Machine
    Comedown Machine is a more even effort [than Angles], but it lacks any show-stopping moments, allowing the forgettable songs to blend together.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nostalchic
    Lapalux has found his home at Brainfeeder, with Nostalchic and its masterful genre crossings a fitting first release.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Impossible Truth
    This is a fine soundtrack to a road movie that's yet to be filmed.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Entrench
    After producing such a powerful, chimeric record, which will unquestionably stand as their masterpiece, there's no question that KEN Mode are currently at the peak of their collective talents.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Rituals
    Team Ghost and Fromageau have a number of good ideas, but the band's biggest downfall stems from the fact that they sometimes condense too many of these ideas into too small a space.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Woolen Men
    The ten raw and carelessly endearing tracks feel oddly cathartic and refreshing, in an often pitilessly, anxious world more concerned with who tripped up the stairs at the Oscars.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The False Alarms
    They have made their most consistent release yet, stretching the earworm-y catchiness their album Weeds employed.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Off the Record
    Off the Record may be dated in some respects, but it still sounds like it's aimed at the future.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Earth Rocker
    Unique and dynamic, this is what Clutch do--and do best.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Miami
    It sounds more rigorously composed, but still with the swing that comes from live performers on un-quantized instruments, filtering the rhythms through their singular perspectives.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Muchacho
    A raucous centrepiece it is not. A soundtrack for a nightcap alone though? Absolutely.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Invisible Life
    Invisible Life is a great electronic pop record that sees Lange meld the experimental and pop threads of his music seamlessly.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Chronicles of Marnia
    On her fourth album, inventive and demented singer/songwriter/guitar hero Marnie Stern whips up a potent batch of quirky, invigorating and, at times, beautiful new material.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Adrian Younge Presents the Delfonics
    Though a bit short at 36 minutes, there isn't a weak track to be heard.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tooth & Nail
    Tooth & Nail is mellow, but not un-edgy.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The 20/20 Experience
    The issue is whether he's done enough to quench our R&B-infused pop sensibilities; he hasn't. The needle may have jumped a bit, but ultimately nothing here turns things over.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Water on Mars
    The cleaner sound of Water on Mars introduces a newfound confidence to the music of Purling Hiss and it's certainly a welcome direction.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)
    Apparat's foray into ethereal compositions is a powerful, vivid work of art. Krieg und Frieden deserves a standing ovation.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Stand-In
    There's no question that The Stand-In is a step-up from her previous effort; her delivery and songwriting show a confidence that previously lacking. However, The Stand-In is no stand out.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lism
    The words only hint at the true meaning of the piece; it is an experience that needs to play out in a linear fashion, felt and absorbed through multiple senses.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Old Sock
    Old Sock [is] a pleasant, but ultimately uninspired collection that ranges from country and folk standards such as "Born to Lose" and "Goodnight Irene" to the classic jazz of "All Of Me" and "Our Love is Here to Stay."
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Crusher
    Crusher shows that Grave Babies know how to get down with some morbid music, all in the name of good, clean fun.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Next Day
    The Next Day is a good latter-day Bowie record, worthy of at least a few listens, but since it's so evocative of his earlier, better work there's little reason not to put on Scary Monsters or Heroes instead.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bushcraft
    Simply put, Bushcraft is the best Converge worship since the Power and the Glory dropped Call Me Armageddon in 2004.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Deserters
    No matter how enchanting the music gets, nothing quite eclipses her exquisite voice, which elevates the songs on The Deserters to a blissful level that no one can touch.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Welcome to Mikrosector-50
    Welcome To Mikrosector-50 is an album designed for front-to-back listening and, as such, is entertaining in a similar fashion to a movie or TV show, given its detailed plot and narrative style.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    100 Records, Vol. 3
    While it would be easy to lose oneself behind a wall of genre tropes in a project like this, Smith's easy breezy, man-out-of-time persona stays front and centre on each of these 15 tracks.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Disrupted Ads (Audio Dispensary System), Vol. 1
    With Disrupted Ads, Oh No manages consistency, even when cleaning out the vaults.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Through the Window
    Through the Window might finally allow Fernow's critics to move past the "noise" label, because in his mind, he's been beyond that for years.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Incubation
    The record packs familiar Function trademarks--industrial themes, hissing white noise, acid loops and retro rhythms--but the ideas fall short of reinvigorating the legacy established after Sandwell Disctrict's full-length, Feed Forward, landed in 2010.
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