Andrew Dorsett

Andrew Dorsett’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 10 reviews, going back to 2016, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 40%
  • R&B & Soul 20%
  • Electronic 20%
  • Metal & Punk 10%

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By the numbers

2years of their reviews we track, 2016 to 2017
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s1
  • 60s1
  • 70s5
  • 80s2
  • 90+1

More numbers (how close they land to the other critics, release-week calls) appear once we track 15 of their reviews.

Their favorites

  1. WarpaintHeads Up 90 PopMatters
  2. KelelaTake Me Apart 80 PopMatters
  3. ShuraNothing’s Real 80 PopMatters
  4. AlvvaysAntisocialites 70 PopMatters
  5. HaimSomething to Tell You 70 PopMatters

Every review

Outlet
KelelaTake Me Apart“It's a rare feat that Kelela Mizanekristos has accomplished, establishing herself as such a driving force in contemporary electronic and R&B music over”PopMatters80 8/10802017
AlvvaysAntisocialites“Antisocialites, the second full-length from Toronto indie pop outfit Alvvays, is in nearly every way the equal of its predecessor. As with their 2014”PopMatters70 7/10772017
HaimSomething to Tell You“Haim specialize in pinpointing a specific place along a continuum of distance. Though their songs are often big, snappy, extraverted affairs, the L.A. sister”PopMatters70 7/10642017
London GrammarTruth Is a Beautiful Thing“London Grammar have long suffered from a bounty of comparisons, fair or otherwise. Even as they released their earliest singles leading up to their debut,”PopMatters60 6/10702017
KehlaniSweetSexySavage“Amidst the long trail of singles leading up to the release of SweetSexySavage, P. Diddy credited Kehlani with "saving R&B". Whether the genre needed”PopMatters70 7/10732017
Telefon Tel AvivFahrenheit Fair Enough“If I were to describe Telefon Tel Aviv's debut album Fahrenheit Fair Enough as "meditational" music, one might mistakenly assume that I meant it dismissively.”PopMatters via Wikipedia70 7/10662016
MobyThese Systems Are Failing“As a confessed millennial who grew up in the era of Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, and finally iTunes, I've never had much of a problem with MP3s. Audio”PopMatters via Wikipedia50 5/10642016
Regina SpektorRemember Us to Life“Regina Spektor has her paradoxes. Besides singing the Orange Is the New Black theme song, she is known for her sweet love songs and her "quirky" mannerisms;”PopMatters70 7/10692016
WarpaintHeads Up“Not to overemphasize labels, but whenever I hear Warpaint described as "dream pop" I am slightly taken aback. True, the band has a ghostly aura and uses a lot”PopMatters90 9/10752016
ShuraNothing’s Real“The long-anticipated debut album of English singer Shura, who has been steadily releasing songs since "Touch" in 2014, reveals an artist already surprisingly”PopMatters via Wikipedia80 8/10772016

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