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

Every review

All genresIndie & AlternativePopRockAll years200920082005

Album	Outlet	Their score	Breakdown	Published
MorrisseyYears of Refusal“Facts about this album: Noel Gallagher thinks that Morrissey is the greatest lyricist ever As a child, Morrissey was obsessed with ’60s girl groups and female singers such as Dusty…”	NME via Wikipedia	80 8/10	70	2009
Sigur RósMeð suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust“As incongruous sights go, it was up there with seeing Kasabian doing Swan Lake. In 2000, when the relatively unknown Sigur Rós played All Tomorrow’s Parties, I saw the four…”	NME via Wikipedia	60 6/10	72	2008
Belle and SebastianDear Catastrophe Waitress“The great thing about Glasgow’s B&S is how many people hate them. The tweeness, the indie unambitiousness, the simpering voice and ‘having a thing’ about cuddly toys has inspired the…”	NME via Wikipedia	80 8/10	80	2005
Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand	NME via Wikipedia	90 9/10	86	2005
NicoThe Marble Index“Although most famous for fronting the first Velvet Underground album, Nico was actually central to every key cultural movement from the 1950s onwards. First she was an in-demand model, then…”	NME via Wikipedia	70 7/10	67	2005
MuseBlack Holes and Revelations	NME via Wikipedia	90 9/10	79
Bill CallahanSometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle	NME via Wikipedia	80 8/10	83
The LibertinesThe Libertines	NME via Wikipedia	90 9/10	79

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