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For 1,801 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 71% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 26% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 96 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Lowest review score: 10 Drum's Not Dead
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,648 out of 1801
  2. Mixed: 137 out of 1801
  3. Negative: 16 out of 1801
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Animator
    Delicate string arrangements and Jessie Stein's gossamer vocals, at once charming and sinister, build the lush Animator, livening the spirit through both sun and shadow.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Hands of Glory
    Bird stays true to his whimsical and intricate style while embracing the limitations of recording an acoustic set circled around a single microphone.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Banks
    Banks' phantasms manage a construct a decent corporeal form.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Tender New Signs
    This is a song cycle for those who like melancholy with a side of melodrama.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Information Retrieved
    Information Received is expertly manicured but never manufactured.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Long Slow Dance
    A slice of the Onlys' fanbase will miss the uncooked power of the group's early days, but this is an intrepid course that deserves sponsor.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Local Business
    The group raging behind him on Local Business are minimalist punchers, cruiserweights mixing a little Thin Lizzy and Big Star pop-ulism in with the basement bile.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Allah-Las
    Resurrecting ghosts of endless summers past, Allah-Las are modern surf and psych-rock at its best.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Mirror Gazer
    It's really Duvall's unique, calm and ready vocals that sets Onuinu and his promising debut apart.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Reckon
    Permanently set on "saunter," these songs' clever structures are often overshadowed by their aw-shucks delivery.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    2
    DeMarco, sans Elvis pitch-shift, delivers some quality tunes on 2.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Department of Disappearance
    This is probably as healthy as he'll ever sound.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Former Lives
    Gibbard has better demonstrated his strength as one of the best songwriters of the last decade in the past, but ardent fans will appreciate the effort here.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Haunted Man
    The Haunted Man is mostly a collection of fairly elementary meditations on the heart, but, without a doubt, there is still thunder in Natasha's soul.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Glow
    This record generally begs your wine-soaked attention on any winsome November night of your choosing.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Mumps, Etc.
    It's disjointed, but somehow held together by Wolf's honestly and sometimes-brilliant turns of phrases.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    METZ
    On its self-titled debut, the post-punk trio remarkably bottles the sound of a live show.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Django Django
    The result is a vibrant 13-song album that is overlaid with chanted lyrics that sometimes turn dull.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cobra Juicy
    Cobra Juicy drips with the group's trademark heady synthesizers, as well as infectious hooks and punchy electronica to craft their most melodic and accessible record to date.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    119
    While the group's penchant for humid power-dirges threatens to sink 119 in its middle, they're unbeatable--but only when they skip the accoutrements and just bang away at high speed.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Come of Age
    The record is more balanced, but that youthful spark is harder to find.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Sugaring Season
    [Thought there are] a few sweet moments on Sugaring Season--especially melancholic, piano-driven "Last Leaves of Autumn--it all feels a bit saccharine.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Twins
    Amidst the fuzz and noise, Segall has turned out a raucous blitz of an album that deserves your play, if it doesn't break your speakers first.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Shut Down The Streets
    The nitro-powered esoterica of his New Pornographers days has faded, though, in favor of a more restrained beauty.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Diluvia
    The vocal harmonies, synths and fancy banjo plucking are highlights on an album filled with enchanted imagery.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Heavy Mood
    If you're a grown-up who harbors a playful streak of rebellion, here's your new soundtrack.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Lonesome Dreams
    Impeccably crafted, Lonesome Dreams sets out into the sun, toward shores far and away.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Ultraista
    Bettinson's vocals can be a little... sweet, but the dark atmospherics sustain a palpable level of foreboding throughout.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Until the Quiet Comes
    Steven Ellison (aka Flying Lotus) manages to ensnare 18 night visions on his latest psych-bass masterwork, Until the Quiet Comes.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Soft Fall
    The electronic-pop of Jon Barthmus once again brings together the upbeat pop and whimsical electronic orchestration that made Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier such a dynamic debut.
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