Mixmag's Scores

  • Music
For 450 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 77% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 20% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 79
Highest review score: 100 Xen
Lowest review score: 50 The Mountain Will Fall
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 450
450 music reviews
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The squelchy synths and intergalactic funk of the record's first half stand tall, but at 20 tracks long, it becomes a tad tiresome at the halfway mark.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you’re a fan, you won’t be disappointed. ... If you’re new to the zoo, prepare for a 20-track musical trip you won’t forget in a hurry.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Names like Underground Resistance, Moodymann, Ectomorph and Claude Young should be all you need to hear to assure you you’re in safe hands, and the results are stunning, as they twist the disco, funk and psychedelia into fresh and crisp patterns.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The operatic IDM of the previously released 'Mountain Divide' is hard not to view as the pick, but even so, Tundra still has all the sonic intensity of an R&S classic.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Infectious and groove-laden, Lose My Cool manages to be both forward-thinking and vintage at the same time.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It’s a record of subtle strength, with all-encompassing warmth and chilled introspection.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Whether its impish character makes for a consistently engrossing listening experience is questionable, but it has moments of brilliance.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Its 13 tracks are more versatile in lyrical depth and vocal flow than before and, when added to his trademark intensity, are proof that Mykki's moved to the next level.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is music from a mind with a digitized imagination.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Love School Of Seven Bells and The XX? You'll like this.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The whole album is perfectly paced, with hypnotic grooves and simple songwriting: density and space are constantly played off each other, helping to create something that should be taken in as a whole. It’s been well worth the wait.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This isn’t going to win over any newcomers but, when you tune in to its ebbing and flowing intensities, it can be totally transporting.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As the mix migrates to the dancefloor, Lone drops some smooth 90s techno with John Beltran’s ‘Placid Angles’ and the cyber-electro of Drexciya’s ‘Bubble Metropolis’, before signing off with Radiohead’s obscure and atmospheric mood sketch ‘Worrywort’.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Nothing finds beauty in exploring dreams of a human-free world. Kode9's strength has always been to show that serious scholarship and avant-garde instinct don't need to separate from dancefloor culture and here, he's made one of his clearest statements of that yet.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    And
    Mayer has always had an ability to weave the richest dancefloor cheese into forms both experimental and emotional, and here he’s chosen exactly the right people to amplify different sides of his music.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Effectively present(ish), past and downtempo, it’s a fascinating glimpse into one of dance’s most fertile minds.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There’s something about CEO’s second album that’s so wide-eyed, so full of wonder that even when it approaches absolute sugar overload it’s impossible to dislike.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Glasgow quartet have put their talent for irresistible hooks to good use and come up with a solid new LP that splices towering post rock with potent dancefloor sensibilities
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Not as immediately blissful as ‘Elaenia’, but a magical new direction nonetheless.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ultimately, the sincerity and craft of the composition and production make it much more emotionally satisfying than the untold PCO knock-offs out there.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Whether doomily atmospheric or dissonant like 'Insulin', Crystal Castles successfully nail it for the third time running.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Epoch is perhaps a little overly fluffy at times, but plenty of sunshine pokes through the clouds.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    936
    It's an all-encompassing experience ideal for Mixmag readers seeking transportation to a Balearic state of bliss.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Take a cult Bristolian label and add an African influence from Italian musician Clap! Clap!, and we might just have the best fusion record to kick of 2017 so far.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An album of outstanding pop, shuddering dance-rock and intricate electronic moods.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is Matmos doing what they do best: taking a strange idea for a wild digital ride until it turns into something completely magical.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is some of Willner’s most enriching and captivating work yet.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    By going back to the first principles of house he's built something very new and very wonderful.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Strangely fascinating.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Even when the groove lessens, doubters are liable to be persuaded by their innate knack for epic choruses.