The 405's Scores

  • Music
For 1,530 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 39% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998
Lowest review score: 15 Revival
Score distribution:
1530 music reviews
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The contemplative, climactic nature of Suicide Songs, filled with layers of swirling strings, glorious brass sections and celestial vocals, resonates with an affirming sense of having confronted death face to face. The timelessness of this album reflects the nature of its subject matter.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hinds have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with on Leave Me Alone.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    II
    He's a very capable multi-instrumentalist, but at no point does this album feel like his prowess is being waved under your nose. In amongst all the order and logic and the standardised tools he employs, something of a beautiful soul is fashioned. He has made an electronic album for humans.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    GoldLink's debut album has something for every mood. Usually it takes an artist two or three albums before they reach maturity, however, with And After That, We Didn't Talk, GoldLink is well ahead of schedule.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    While MNIMN's faults lie in its sequencing and filler, Darkest Before Dawn is concentrated and trimmed. And Pusha T, strengthened.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    On a surface level, I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler--the group's first album to be released by Downtown Records--has some exceptionally catchy moments.... Still, I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler leaves the listener wishing for a little less preaching and a little more grooving.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    It shows that she can create a cohesive album by playing out the songs she wrote. But while the poetry and the music are there and played correctly, there is that last little bit of magic missing.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The majority of the track list is made up of songs that run far too long, have beyond cringe worthy concepts and lyrics (see: the attempt at love struck club banger, complete with Beyoncé, on 'Hymn For The Weekend') or simply sound too unoriginal to stand out from the others.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It is undoubtedly made to be heard in one sitting. It may not always be a comfortable listen over the course of its hour, it will unflinchingly show you its grotesque beauty, and each listener's reactions and visions produced in the face of such peculiarities will be unique.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Things may have to dismantle a bit after Fever's stunning mastery of the current setlist, but fans will always have it to look back on the energetic high point of the band's time with its current lineup.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Riot Boi is an immensely listenable, often thrilling record, and on the first few spins you're more likely to be seduced by the beats, before digging into the lyrical content.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They balance catchy pop melodies with the sneer of a 20 something who still cherishes their old Black Flag and Talking Heads t-shirts. You catch something new each time you listen to this album.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    25
    Through 11 effortlessly sophisticated and deeply-layered torch songs, Adele's powerful vocals glide between thunderous roars and rib-cracking falsettos over large dramatic piano swells to fuzzy, warm lower-register rumblings. Ballads are bold and demanding.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Whether the transition marks his last shot at regaining his once dominating presence in the crowded trap-saturated landscape or just Jeezy shifting his purpose and place into a more mature direction, Church in The Streets is a respectable shot at both.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Ceremony may have easily conquered the sophomore slump, but The Miraculous is the moment where von Hausswolff truly arrives as an artist.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Notably shy of repetitive stadium-sized singalongs, it's a more intimate and mature affair on all accounts. By quieting things down, Justin Bieber may just drown out the noise.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ty Dolla $ign's most diverse and eminent offering to date.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Despite its depth of ideas and imagery, AQUARIA starts to feel a little thematically one-dimensional until you get to 'Only', a straight ahead piano-driven, introspective slow jam.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With Slime Season, Young Thug went back to the confidence that got him to where he currently is, but with this confidence comes a much improved skillset.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It is a wholly singular and groundbreaking release that, while adhering to many past and present genre trends, seems prepared to go further in collating and collaging influences than most other electronic releases dare to go.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dissolver is a confident and comparatively focused outing for Younghusband, one that sees them further developing their musical interplay and tightening their already sturdy sense of songcraft.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Visions put Grimes on the map as pop's pure misfit but Art Angels secured her tangible place as the genre's most unconventional star. For those that doubted, she's done that thing she does, but better. More defined.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The Òran Mór Session is for Twilight Sad completists only. If you loved the originals, you'll probably enjoy hearing them in a slightly different style. Just don't expect worlds to shake.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It is an album with a vibrant, thumping heart that, while bruised and battered, keeps beating through it all. This is music made for people who have needed music to keep going.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Seinabo Sey clearly has a fully formed vision in her head of where she wants to take herself musically and Pretend proves that it's just a matter of time before she finally arrives at that place.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Although it is thoughtfully sequenced, Central Belters is more of an anthology to dip in and out of, mainly due to its running time.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is an album that is constantly unfolding over its themes, so the only option remaining is that of acceptance of her ingenuity. If you want to make it easy, you can acknowledge the density and move on. If you want to understand the core of the record, you'll have plenty of details to work through for what now seems like forever.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    As Plantas Que Curam provides an interesting contrast--making us realise they've chilled-out and don't seem as interested in frantic neo-psych as they seemed to be in 2013. Manual is mature, engaging, and will prove to be--I believe--much more durable in its relevance to Boogarins' musical heritage.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Many Moons is the fussy, neat feeling we already know of him. The only real change is that we now have to look deeper and listen more closely to invoke a powerful connection between artist and listener. If the songs were more engaging, this would be easier to do. However, they all resolve to their same base parts, and thus become more forgettable than the feelings Real Estate's best songs have conjured.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This isn't a fully realised collaboration just yet, as there are a few filler tracks, but there is more than enough potential to suggest that if they get time and space to create more music together, EL VY could become more of a permanent project.