Grayson Haver Currin

Grayson Haver Currin’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 22 reviews, going back to 2009, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Metal & Punk 32%
  • Rock 27%
  • Electronic 18%
  • Indie & Alternative 9%

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By the numbers

1A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
2albums given a perfect score
17years of their reviews we track, 2009 to 2025
How their scores spread
  • 0–493
  • 50s0
  • 60s2
  • 70s5
  • 80s6
  • 90+6

Their favorites

  1. The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceAre You Experienced 100 Pitchfork
  2. Brian EnoAmbient 1: Music for Airports 100 Pitchfork
  3. Popol VuhHosianna Mantra 95 Pitchfork
  4. Bob DylanTime Out of Mind 94 Pitchfork
  5. Rage Against the MachineRage Against the Machine 91 Pitchfork

A-Sides they reviewed

1 album that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 1 of them 75 or higher.

Every review

Outlet
The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceAre You ExperiencedPitchfork via Wikipedia100 10/10100Jun 1, 2025
Popol VuhHosianna MantraPitchfork via Wikipedia95 9.5/10882025
Brian EnoAmbient 1: Music for AirportsPitchfork via Wikipedia100 10/10832024
Dave Matthews BandCrashPitchfork via Wikipedia75 7.5/10752021
Godspeed You! Black EmperorG_d’s Pee at State’s End!Pitchfork via Wikipedia81 8.1/10822021
BabymetalMetal GalaxyPitchfork via Wikipedia47 4.7/10682019
Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsGhosteen“Forty years into his career, Nick Cave emerges with one of his most powerful albums yet, an endlessly giving and complex meditation on mortality and our collective grief.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia88 8.8/10952019
Lamb of GodVII: Sturm und Drang“Despite the Roman numerals and German words in its title, Lamb of God’s seventh album is a satisfactorily settled, gimmick-free record. VII: Sturm und Drang, featuring a guest spot from…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia78 7.8/10782015
OpethPale Communion“Opeth's first album in three years lacks the absolute willpower and prevailing ambition of the band’s best work. These eight songs run cold on new energies and ideas, a rarity…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia43 4.3/10782014
CynicKindly Bent to Free Us“Mixing technical death metal and thundering jazz fusion, the Florida band Cynic's 1993 debut, Focus, still sounds like future music, and their post-reunion LP, 2008’s Traced in Air, thrived on…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia40 4/10642014
WatainThe Wild Hunt“Imagining Watain as one of the most popular heavy metal bands in the world is easy: During the last decade, the Swedish group have stretched and sculpted primitive black metal…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia67 6.7/10792013
Death GripsNo Love Deep Web“The 13 tracks on NO LOVE DEEP WEB thrive on paranoia and aggression, feelings threaded together by the sense that everything could be ending right now. For the second time…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia82 8.2/10782012
MelvinsFreak Puke“Under the name "Melvins Lite," Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover pull away from the younger half of their band, adding double bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) to cover Macca, improvise,…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia67 6.7/10672012
James BlakeJames Blake“After a brilliant run of EPs, James Blake returns with an album that tilts toward traditional songwriting while refining his unique approach to production.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia90 9.0/10782011
AlcestÉcailles de lune“French artist Neige finally fits all his component parts– arching atmospherics, celestial melodies, suffocating roars– into one dynamic metal record.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia84 8.4/10842010
Sunn O)))Monoliths & Dimensions“Sunn O)))'s latest album may be their best, as dozens of collaborators join on four epic tracks that run from slow metal to shimmering orchestral drone.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia85 8.5/10882009
Jack WhiteEntering Heaven AliveMojo via Wikipedia80 4/574
MayhemEsoteric WarfarePitchfork via Wikipedia76 7.6/1073
Rage Against the MachineRage Against the MachinePitchfork via Wikipedia91 9.1/1086
Sturgill SimpsonThe Ballad of Dood and JuanitaPitchfork via Wikipedia74 7.4/1071
The HighwomenThe Highwomen“On a dozen songs that transcend stereotypes of women in country music, this supergroup explores love, politics, and family.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia77 7.7/1076
Bob DylanTime Out of MindPitchfork via Wikipedia94 9.4/1086

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