Magnet's Scores
- Music
For 2,325 reviews, this publication has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
| Highest review score: | Comicopera | |
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| Lowest review score: | Sound-Dust |
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Positive: 1,874 out of 2325
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Mixed: 380 out of 2325
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Negative: 71 out of 2325
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Each soft, slow hymn to the darkness makes the band's beauty more pronounced. [#51, p.102]- Magnet
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Tyler's command of his instrument is commendable, but his ability to use it for a compelling, lyrical collection of instro cuts is even more so. [No. 96, p.60]- Magnet
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The fantasy and the fantastic continue, and his soft sculptural Dadaist lyrical sense of romance will always go with DevBan's trembling, lilting melodies like cheese and chocolate. [No. 136, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Oct 18, 2016 -
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By keeping the songs a little shorter, and by bandleader Gustav Ejstes not being such a musical ball hog this time around, Dungen has made a record that’s far more sophisticated musically and melodically.- Magnet
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The tunes here are understated. The atmospheric arrangements give the material a feel that's more reminiscent of empty bedrooms than smoky barrooms. [No. 141, p.55]- Magnet
Posted May 12, 2017 -
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Untethered Moon is almost undeniably a classic slice of BTS. [No. 119, p.51]- Magnet
- Posted Apr 14, 2015
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Seekers And Finders is the straight cannonball the world's premier Gypsy punks haven't quite offered since 2005's Gypsy Punks: Underdog Wold Strike itself. [No. 145, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Aug 22, 2017 -
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Everything about the resulting album elevates what could've been a gimmicky lark into something affecting. [No. 136, p.53]- Magnet
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The songs work as robust individuals, as well as in the dynamic context of the album's sequencing; up-tempo rockers connect with sparse 'n' sullen twangers. [No.91, p.53]- Magnet
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An impressive mix of high and low art, Local Business is at once outsider, mainstream, universal and massive. [No. 94, p.61]- Magnet
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Blonde Redhead's early sound, however, can be tough grasp as an "artistic" aesthetic sometimes derails the excellent juggling of downtown noise and heads-down rock of the band's more focused moments. [No. 136, p.53]- Magnet
- Posted Oct 24, 2016
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The music carries you along, building to a very gradual crescendo that feels like Popol Vuh stretching out one Phil Spector moment for three-quarters of an hour. [No. 118, p.53]- Magnet
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For all his anger, the most convincing songs on Washington Square Serenade are about love, devotion, messing up and simply wanting to be heard. [Fall 2007, p.93]- Magnet
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O'Neill's voice is so perfectly suited to the material that you can hear single spour forth like rain. [#56, p.109]- Magnet
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3rd is somewhat overstuffed at 18 songs.... But it's still an ideal soundtrack for the dead of winter, when you're pining for pitchers and catcher to report, or when your team's out of the race by the dog days of August. [No. 108, p.54]- Magnet
Posted Apr 23, 2014 -
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Lasting impressions: Unlike sophomore clunker Room On Fire, you'll still be listening to First Impressions in two years and probably digging it even more. [#71, p.113]- Magnet
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Fear not, this is a kick-ass rock'n'roll record all the way around. [No. 146, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Sep 20, 2017 -
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Tweedy is a certified master of the simple, effective melody--time and again, he's built something grand from the pieces of something small, and trace evidence of this trick is splattered all over Schmilco. [No. 136, p.60]- Magnet
Posted Oct 18, 2016 -
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It's bold, colorful palette is wider and more enveloping than in the past. [No. 107, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Mar 12, 2014 -
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Less, in this case, proves to be much more; Jurado's songs just cut closer when unadorned. [#58, p.95]- Magnet
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The members of The Cave Singers seem intent on scraping away their previous bands' noise and bluster to find a music that's no less nervy and riveting. [Fall 2007, p.92]- Magnet
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These songs benefit from Gundersen’s past, yet leave hope (some of it, at least) and genteelness behind in a cloud of ambient smoke. Good. [No. 123, p.59]- Magnet
- Posted Aug 31, 2015
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An overview with passionate, vibrant performances, Disconnected In New York City shows the band's history, talent and diversity with heartland rock, folk excursions, shuffling R&B and inevitable Latin rave-outs from many different points of its amazing career. [No. 104, p.58]- Magnet
Posted Dec 13, 2013