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 |
Score distribution:
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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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The songs are vibrant enough to convince you to forgive their derivative nature. [#67, p.87]- Magnet
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Posted Jun 14, 2012 -
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Nothing about Sunday Run Me Over should stop fans from flocking to this. [No. 92, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Oct 10, 2012 -
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Mala is his finest attempt at not killing momentum by diving down a rabbit hole. [No. 97, p.52]- Magnet
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It's not difficult to hear everyone from John Cate to Ryan Adams in the soundtrack. And yet, it's always distinctly Margot. [No. 108, p.57]- Magnet
Posted May 19, 2014 -
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Whether in the flesh or behind-the-scenes, each work is all Wainwright. [No. 131, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Jun 1, 2016 -
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Vacancy has a more organic, "big indie rock" real feel to it as opposed to something automatically designed to blast from convertibles and iPods in high-school lockers. [No. 134, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Aug 18, 2016 -
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Too frequently, though, the new material doesn't have the constitution to withstand the heavy hand of producer and former Dawes guitarist Blake Mills. [No. 137, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Nov 16, 2016 -
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Fans and obsessive will love this, but it may not qualify as a return journey for the rest of us. [No. 147, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Oct 17, 2017 -
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While not on par with the best from those two bands [The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers], American Fail is still potent. [No. 148, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Nov 21, 2017 -
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Posted May 10, 2013 -
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This is the most blistering set the duo have put out in a long time. [No. 81, p. 56]- Magnet
Posted Feb 2, 2012 -
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In control, indeed, and not just of scathing language. His command over his songwriter's rainbow, from pop sprite to pastoral sage to rockabilly goat gruff, redlines on "Hegira Emigre." [No. 103, p.56]- Magnet
Posted Oct 18, 2013 -
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Turn Blue is a soft pack of post-coital smokes, and Marlboro Lights 100's at that. [No. 110, p.51]- Magnet
Posted Jun 18, 2014 -
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It's when things slow down that Tare and Co.'s melodic intentions (and intensity) gets a better, clearer outing without losing their daring noisiness. [No. 108, p.58]- Magnet
Posted Apr 18, 2014 -
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The Foo sextet has made its hardest, yet most curvaceous and warm-blooded record to date. [No. 148, p.54]- Magnet
Posted Nov 21, 2017 -
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The overwhelming success of this unexpected Mac mashup is clear evidence that it's more than a one-off idea. [No. 144, p.52]- Magnet
Posted Jul 18, 2017 -
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Only when [Earle] tries to escape his tuneful-yet-limited vocal range do the songs struggle. [#86, p.54]- Magnet
Posted Apr 6, 2012 -
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This fourth full-length goes somewhere stranger: the 1980s. [No. 115, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Nov 12, 2014 -
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Erasure avoids the obvious pitfalls with its usual combination of intelligence and good humor. [No. 104, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Dec 4, 2013 -
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Home Again is an album with a powerful voice, but little to say. [No.89, p.56]- Magnet
Posted Jul 20, 2012 -
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As an exercise in shimmering, occasionally funky rock, What For? succeeds. [No. 119, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Apr 15, 2015 -
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The formula is familiar... but the results can be stranger than recent 'Lab fare. [#71, p.91]- Magnet
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It would seem the sun has risen over Dead Meadow and the flowers are finally in bloom. [#67, p.90]- Magnet
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In some ways, shedding the epic storytelling has given Vanderslice a more universal appeal. [#69, p.111]- Magnet
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Posted Jun 18, 2013 -
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The pulse of their motorik grooves feel more mechanical than menacing, and the decision to put '80s-vintage synthetic drums and pomp-rock synths up high in the mix distracts from evil intent. [No. 139, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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The album includes a perky Cure pastiche, a taste of synth-pop and some very Spoon-ish back-and-forth between fuzzed-out, noisy guitars, but the succinct, kinetic rockers are its high points, and leaves you wanting more of them. [No. 97, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Apr 16, 2013