Urb's Scores
- Music
For 1,126 reviews, this publication has graded:
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63% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.2 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
| Highest review score: | The Golden Age of Apocalypse | |
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| Lowest review score: | This Is Forever |
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Positive: 856 out of 1126
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Mixed: 256 out of 1126
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Negative: 14 out of 1126
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Surprisingly sophisticated for a collection of shouty-pouty ballads from a trio of 20-year-olds. [Dec 2005, p.98]- Urb
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This glorious racket... has a beating, hideous heart to it. [Oct 2005, p.76]- Urb
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Despite what the blog-haters might say, Gibbard and Co. more than make the grade. [Oct 2005, p.77]- Urb
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These ornate, post-folk musings are bittersweet and beautiful. [Sep 2005, p.118]- Urb
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Much like Sufjan Stevens (but without the history professor schtick) Vanderslice is a one-man orchestra of plucked and bowed strings, living-breathing organs and lullaby vocals that narrate his musical characters with explicit detail. [Sep 2005, p.114]- Urb
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It all adds up to the effect of watching American Graffiti while plugged into a morphine drip. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.105]- Urb
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Beauty comes in all forms, even if it might be over our heads. [Oct 2005, p.76]- Urb
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Like the Postal Service's wiser uncle, this is emo-electronic that doesn't whine, but rather approaches with a sense of musical and lyrical purpose. [Sep 2005, p.104]- Urb
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At times it can feel like the Flaming Lips locked in a log cabin with a bottle of morphine. [Sep 2005, p.119]- Urb
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Like attending a bombastic revival of Kraftwerk, Eno and Devo presided over by a Juan Atkins and Derrick May DJ tag team. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.102]- Urb
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Somewhere between Matmos and Ariel Pink, this is wickedly out there. [Sep 2005, p.110]- Urb
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A raucous blend of rockabilly, country and '80s indie rock best listened to before a heavy night of Caledonian pint-drinkin'. [Sep 2005, p.112]- Urb
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The tactic [of increased vocals] hits and misses, as the album's standout tracks owe their success to the crew's innovative and polished production, not their lyrical prowess. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.104]- Urb
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Their micro-programmed folk has worn thin due to imitators. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.107]- Urb
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Should find a home on your iPod alongside Zero 7 and Brazilian Girls. [Jun 2005, p.85]- Urb
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Somewhere between the Plimsouls and The La's, this should keep your top down throughout the summer. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.109]- Urb
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Annie explodes with a white-hot teen spirit that shames 99% of what passes for pop in America today. [Jun 2005, p.76]- Urb
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The harmonies resonate and the melodies hook into your skull. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.109]- Urb
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This [is] all the Kraftwerk you need, if you didn't need all the Kraftwerk ever made. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.106]- Urb
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She's made some excellent and creative dancefloor techno here, but like so much great techno of the past, it fails to gel into a definitive album. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.99]- Urb
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Ecstatic may not be the warm follow-up some people were expecting, but it's an equally fascinating, engaging album. [Jun 2005, p.78]- Urb
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For every gloomy 4AD inspired "Hail Xnanax," there's the poppy metronic Kraftwerk pulse of "Zugaga." [Jun 2005, p.77]- Urb