Mojo's Scores

  • Music
For 10,509 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 Hundred Dollar Valentine
Lowest review score: 10 Milk Cow Blues
Score distribution:
10509 music reviews
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wistful alt pop gets an ample glug of electro groove and distinct hints of '80s cheese comfortably reinforce Austin William's hazy vocals. [Oct 2015, p.98]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    McKeown adopts a sophisticated take on 4/4 grooves: with Calumet's stuttering organic rhythms offering a confident and captivating example. [Sep 2015, p.93]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
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    Her ideas and unabashed sexual allusions, certainly, are a good deal more interesting than her inflexible retro-electro rumble. [Oct 2015, p.92]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Not all [are] successful, but the extent of her ambition cannot be faulted. [Oct 2015, p.90]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A serious trip. [Oct 2015, p.95]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    From here, Del Rey will surely be forced to redraw the blueprint, but for now, this is her best yet.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wald is a continued move in more playful directions. [Oct 2015, p.95]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Caracal is nothing less than one of the best pop albums of the year. [Oct 2015, p.90]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is serious... and seriously good. [Oct 2015, p.89]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You don't dip into this music--it fully engulfs you. [Oct 2015, p.95]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The album is mainly archetypal Forster. [Oct 2015, p.92]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's their fourth album in six years, but quality hasn't wavered. [Oct 2015, p.94]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This darker edge lends substance to some of Vile's best songs to date. [Oct 2015, p.94]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    This is not a record that wants or needs to be solved, but the clues and traces it leaves behind are so compelling it's difficult to let it alone. [Oct 2015, p.86]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mind Over Matter's sleazy rockabilly nightmares and Captain Beefheart-channeling psychedelic detours are entirely keeping with the group's '80s records. [Jun 2015, p.93]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The winning formula could hold Chvrches back from breaking new ground. [Oct 2015, p.90]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The seven songs--mostly lengthy, one epic--have (as expected) extraordinary guitar solos, fused vocal harmonies, sprightly old-time and brooding folk. [Oct 2015, p.93]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A triumphant second solo chapter. [Oct 2015, p.98]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There is always the creamy centre of that angelic voice, making this a mightily impressive debut. [Oct 2015, p.93]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rattle That Lock escapes the weight of legacy and operates in the here and now in a serene triumphant manner. [Oct 2015, p.88]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Phil's voice is fierce, Dave is warm and the band masterly. [Oct 2015, p.93]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kwabs' effortless ability to glide through genres and attract ungrudging royal endorsements will, one suspects, give his moving debut serious legs. [Oct 2015, p.96]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wright has unequivocally delivered her best album yet. [Oct 2015, p.94]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    By turns whimsical, self-deprecating and humorous. [Oct 2015, p.93]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Such is the breadth of ideas and chutzpah here that you can even forgive Godin for having the temerity to name one track Bach Off. [Oct 2015, p.89]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hollow Meadows carries his usual stamp of songwriting quality, but rather than further develop these new sonics and dynamics it feels more like a retrenchment. [Oct 2015, p.88]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A more nuanced approach than generally prevails on his records with The Hold Steady. [Oct 2015, p.90]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Jazz and trip-hop shade this darkness. [Oct 2015, p.96]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The thrill-packed Mudflowers--as unlikely as it seems--will be high on 2015's American best-of lists. [Sep 2015, p.88]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    At times feeling almost uncomfortably personal, i the main these indie-folk confessionals are kept just the right side of maudlin to make Barlow's exposed emotional workings a surprisingly engaging listen. [Oct 2015, p.96]
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