Uncut's Scores

  • Music
For 12,008 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
Score distribution:
12008 music reviews
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The retro-futurist fun peaks with the bopping space-disco of the title track and the irresistible "Refractions (In The Rain)," while loungey sax and self-help guides to meditation smooth "On The Other Side..."'s journey to the stars. [Nov 2021, p.27]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Going Places is a felicitous reversion to type, full of mature and nuanced songcraft. [Sep 2022, p.30]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The smoky drawl and casual phrasing of her vocal often seems to channel Billie Holiday. [Jun 2023, p.31]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A surprisingly moving reflection of the big issues - family, death and companionship - as he processes his feelings through caustic noise and deep-flanged techno. [Ju 2025, p.31]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [Soulwax has] always been great at eroding the lines between rock and dance music, utilising and harnessing the power of the riff in an electronic context. This continues to be forcefully apparent on tracks like "Idiots In Love". [Dec 2025, p.36]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Grimly compelling. [Apr 2016, p.66]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Introspective, diaristic songs that make a virtue of their simplicity. [Jul 2015, p.76]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This may just be [the] finest pop break-up album since [Justin] Timberlake's Justified. [Aug 2006, p.95]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If there's a signpost that Cripple Crow isn't quite the record it could've been, it's that the most engaging moments here recall Banhart records past. [Oct 2005, p.96]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Too often La Vie Est Belle, produced by Boxed In's Oli Bayston, has all the flair of an Editors potboiler, so a potentially uplifiting record becomes quite draining. [Nov 2015, p.80]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jeremy Gaudet's Jonathan Richman-esque speak-sung tones breathe life into protagonists widescreen-daydreaming their way out of drudgery. [Feb 2021, p.29]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a remarkably seamless companion piece to her previous [compilation disc]. [May 2006, p.122]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Howling from the eye of the storm, Scott Hutchinson's raw holler and bleakly poetic worldview remain the key points of emotional connection. [Feb 2013, p.73]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Friko's second is sonically ambitious but just as immediate. [May 2026, p.29]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They’ve managed to make tonal inconsistencies feel like an actual consistency, rather than being a jarring and detracting experience. They’ve wrangled chaos into submission, and currently sound like no other band out there. [Aug 2022, p.34]
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The commitment that Vedder brings to all this material, from the rowdiest thrashing to the schmaltziest ballad makes this feel like a unified and ultimately convincing project. [Oct 2009, p.90]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pelican don't look like metal kids - however, their ruminative riffology and ability to raise apocalyptic visions mark them out as practitioners of a new, reflective metallurgy alongside the likes of Sun0)))'s Stephen O' Malley. [Jan 2010, p. 123]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    At 15 tracks, it outstays its welcome, but in small does this is deliciously addictive. [June 2008, p.86]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Take Me To The Land Of Hell is one of Yoko Ono's strongest efforts. [Oct 2013, p.72]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What could be tokenistic gels well. [Nov 2015, p.81]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The album's refracted harmonies, fluttering synths and off-klter beats are sometimes unsettling, sometimes in deceptive, sensual communion. [May 2020, p.27]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's business as usual with sludgy riffs marrying metal and punk. [Mar 2021, p.32]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Without question, Schmilco is Wilco's quietest, most disquieting album. [Oct 2016, p.24]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The disparate elements feel abstract and abrasive in places, yet the whole is sumptuously melodic and sonically rich. [May 2016, p.75]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Producer Ed Stasium keeps the production crisp, melodic and controlled. [Mar 2019, p.30]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A gorgeous collection of songs steeped in Americana roots and full of breezy canyon vibes. [May 2023, p.28]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    “Poppies” is an aching, Beatle-esque waking dream, half-heard car radio for company, prime Aimee Mann a comparison. Cleveland’s distorted electric guitar, cool, Stereolab-like synth glides and dub Ethio-jazz further colour the scene. [Jul 2024, p.35]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    11 raw but gorgeously melodic songs. .... One of the least cliched [breakup] records you're ever likely to hear. [Nov 2025, p.31]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    That old adage about the quiet ones hold true for Elanor, whose debut capitalizes on I'm Going Away's fleeting ease. [Aug 2011, p.87]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Field recordings, ASMR, personal effects and various metals combine to conjure some magical moments. [Jul 2025, p.31]
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