Punknews.org (Staff)'s Scores

  • Music
For 515 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 60% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 The Center Won't Hold
Lowest review score: 10 Just Like You
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 11 out of 515
515 music reviews
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All of this adds up to another winning album in a near-flawless discography.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Jar
    Daylight have released an album that'll have you talking about it for weeks.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Comfort/Distraction is a good album that shows off how well Broadway Calls understand how to make pop-punk, but it's hard to shake the feeling that the band are pulling its punches in the name of wider appeal.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All the elements that make Ghost who they are in place on Infestissumam; they're just surrounded by the sound of the band trying new things, some of which work better than others.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Stevenson and her band have been improving in every aspect since their inception, and they've nailed it here on Wheel.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The question is then, on Everybody Loves Sausages, the band's first all covers album, can they maintain the originality that seeps through their reworkings for an entire album? Yes, yes they can. And how.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Say What You Mean is eminently listenable and thoroughly appealing.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's certainly Clutch's most enjoyable album in a good number of years, and any fan of the group's post-Pure Rock Fury era would do well to give Earth Rocker a spin.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Meir is a highly enjoyable record from a band who has already carved out their own niche in the metal scene.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, Tape Deck Heart is not his strongest offering as a whole, but it features a number of fantastic tracks that could conceivably be "hits" and will surely become live staples.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This batch of tunes has got enough of everything The Thermals do best to satisfy their die-hards (who might call it a "return to form") and would even be a good jumping-off point for new fans.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    TSSF find its true sound here and it is a pleasant spin of melodic punk.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Because this album snaps together so well with such a varied texture, it does more in 40 minutes than most lecturers do in their entire career.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A nice rebound from the fan service of its predecessor, showing that even this late in the game, Alkaline Trio can still write better songs than the vast majority of their contemporaries and take them to uncharted waters when it feels right.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It is a welcome, surprising return to form.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Abandon All Life isn't a radical departure, but it is the most clever use of the band's tools to date.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New Moon is an exciting, challenging and rewarding listen.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With Wavves, you know what you're getting, and while Afraid of Heights offers no major surprises, it may be their finest hour yet.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Real to Reel would have benefited from more diversity.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In Home, Off With Their Heads have crafted an album that should satisfy both fans looking for more of the same, and listeners who like to see the band stretch their legs a bit, creatively.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    While American Weekend had clear standouts in tracks like "Be Good" and "Bathtub," Cerulean Salt manages to maintain a consistently high quality throughout.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    By combining the ragged, sloppy riffs of garage rock with the minor scales of death rock and darker music, the band create a haunting sound that also rocks the hell out.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fans of melodic rock music with a tinge of punk attitude will find plenty to sing along to here.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The worst songs make you wish they had more to say. Their best ones make you glad that they don't.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All in all, with bad songs few and far between, this was a pleasant surprise.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Some improved diversity and novel musical ideas make 13.0.0.0.0 a much more interesting listen, though, and it's nice to hear a math rock band bringing more than just math to their songwriting sensibilities.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The more intelligible lyrics and mid-fi production keep things entertaining and give it the feeling of a fully fleshed-out work.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wolf's Law doesn't expand on the Joy Formidable's sound so much as it cements their sound.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    It's easily the band's best release in the last 10 years, and with time it will garner more appreciation in the overall catalog.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    For now, call it a calculated risk that mostly works.