Mojo's Scores
- Music
For 10,504 reviews, this publication has graded:
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53% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.5 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
| Highest review score: | Hundred Dollar Valentine | |
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| Lowest review score: | Milk Cow Blues |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6,858 out of 10504
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Mixed: 3,612 out of 10504
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Negative: 34 out of 10504
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With its shuffling drums and strong tune, Microclimate has a song-like feel, while the title track is very different in mood as it gently pulses with restless rhythmic tics and a melancholic, meandering keyboard line. [Sep 2018, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Jul 23, 2018 -
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A mightily approachable and sometimes even fun album. [Nov 2015, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Oct 23, 2015 -
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The trade-off for this grandiloquent approach is that some of the songcraft has been swept away in the surge. [Nov 2011, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Dec 22, 2011 -
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On stand-out New Tracks, singer Joseph Arthur locates a pleasing interface that shades powerpop and balladry. [Jan 2013, p.102]- Mojo
Posted Jan 3, 2013 -
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Jo Bevan declaims like Siouxsie leading The Smiths, on fevered melodies worthy of a band named after a Cure rarity. [May 2017, p.98]- Mojo
Posted Mar 24, 2017 -
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The quieter moments work best, like the moody, organ-led reworking of Shakin' All Over, which lesser bands have thrashed into the ground over the years but really shines here. [Dec 2023, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Nov 2, 2023 -
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Viet Cong aren't quite home yet, but they're getting there. [Mar 2015, p.100]- Mojo
Posted Feb 18, 2015 -
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Texas troubadour's latest tales are his most potent. [March 2011, p. 97]- Mojo
Posted Apr 6, 2011 -
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Posted Apr 23, 2014 -
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A typical case of slack self-editing... Kelis was here too long, frankly. [Nov 2006, p.101]- Mojo
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Nothing here truly ventures into the unexpected as [Russell] did, but there was only one Arthur Russell. [Dec 2014, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Nov 19, 2014 -
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So far they make phrases rather than lyrics and sounds rather than songs, but they have a nice semi-chaotic way about them. [Sep 2008, p.108]- Mojo
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Although this is never less than excellent fun, the originals are still the best. [Dec 2010,. p.96]- Mojo
Posted Dec 20, 2010 -
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Hallucinatory sonic landscapes that whistle, throb, sing and buzz like the heightened inner-space rhythms of the body. [Apr 2014, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Mar 26, 2014 -
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The Visitor is curiously passionless and on occassion, too closely tied to its background music references to get excited about. [Nov 2009, p.102]- Mojo
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Lots here is clever and fun, and maybe Oh Snap is an album she needed to make, but heard end to end it's a bumpy ride. [Nov 2025, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Sep 19, 2025 -
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At least Wake Up Now lifts its voice in protest during turbulent times, rising even when it doesn't quite shine. [Oct 2017, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Sep 7, 2017 -
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Part 2 wins with the garage-guitar-pop of Hollywood and the hard edged though sugary Teflon. In keeping with Brix's own memoir, Part 2 suggests that pasts remain unpurged. [Nov 2017, p.100]- Mojo
Posted Oct 3, 2017 -
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Almost every track plays nice sweet-and-sour tricks on the ears. But maximum, piercingly intelligent, heartfelt Crow comes through only in Sending A Letter To God. [Oct 2005, p.98]- Mojo
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You might struggle to identify where their influences end and begin, but Mattiel's charisma - and solid gold tunes, in the form of Lighthouse and the darkly gothic Blood In the yolk - ultimately win out. [Apr 2022, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Mar 16, 2022 -
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Posted Apr 15, 2022 -
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Lyrics are lovably askew and songs rarely breach three-minutes. In conclusion: more is still more. [Mar 2019, p.99]- Mojo
Posted Feb 12, 2019 -
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The sudden shifts between smooth/jarring and soft/hard make for an uncomfortable but compelling ride. [Mar 2008, p.113]- Mojo
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A stylish, stoned variant of leftfield R&B in quick-fire bursts, exhibiting pop smarts, sojourns into shimmering, skewed house. [Apr 2018, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Apr 18, 2018 -
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While the production still feels ill-judged, there are some crackling tracks. [Jun 2016, p.92]- Mojo
Posted May 9, 2016 -
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Posted May 22, 2015 -
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They scrunch together Animal Collective-style off-kilter tech pop, new wave, ghetto bass and even twisted tango. [Jun 2011, p.97]- Mojo
Posted Jun 2, 2011 -
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Better than the conceptual barf of its predecessor Holy Wood, but not as sharp as his best record to date, '98's glammy Mechanical Animals. [Jun 2003, p.100]- Mojo
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Three long, meditative ideals of 49-note microtonal singing. [Dec 2020, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Nov 13, 2020