Kevin EG Perry’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 10 reviews, going back to 2012, each next to the album’s Breakdown.
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NME 2012–2023 · 10 reviews
What they review
- Indie & Alternative 60%
- Hip-Hop & Rap 20%
- Metal & Punk 10%
- Pop 10%
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By the numbers
12years of their reviews we track, 2012 to 2023
How their scores spread
- 0–491
- 50s0
- 60s1
- 70s3
- 80s5
- 90+0
More numbers (how close they land to the other critics, release-week calls) appear once we track 15 of their reviews.
Their favorites
Metallica72 Seasons 80 NME
Earl SweatshirtDoris 80 NME
Sigur RósKveikur 80 NME
The StrokesComedown Machine 80 NME
NasLife Is Good 80 NME
Every review
| Outlet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metallica72 Seasons“On album eleven, the hard rock veterans roll back the years to deliver a thrilling sonic onslaught – including their longest ever song” | NME via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 74 | 2023 |
| Earl SweatshirtDoris | NME via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 81 | 2013 |
 EditorsThe Weight of Your Love | NME via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 49 | 2013 |
| Sigur RósKveikur“For almost 20 years, across six albums, celestial string swells and sweet, soothing post-rock have been the cornerstones of Sigur Rós’ sound. It’s a formula that’s seen them become Iceland’s…” | NME via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 80 | 2013 |
 Vampire WeekendModern Vampires of the City“Vampire Weekend had the misfortune of arriving in 2008, just as the landfill-indie boom was hitting its peak. Clean-cut and puppyish, the New Yorkers were often dismissed as poster boys…” | NME via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 85 | 2013 |
| The StrokesComedown Machine“For the past decade, fans of The Strokes have watched the band fading away before their very eyes. Not just through a series of albums produced with decreasing care, but…” | NME via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 68 | 2013 |
 HurtsExile“Choking on your own hubris is the undoing of many a callow rock star, and the backstreets of pop history are littered with second albums from people who booked the…” | NME via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 64 | 2013 |
 Mumford & SonsBabel“Two-and-a-half million copies of debut ‘Sigh No More’ shifted in the States alone. A bigger festival draw than a reformed Smiths with Rolf Harris on didgeridoo. Their very own continent-hopping…” | NME via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 63 | 2012 |
| NasLife Is Good | NME via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | |
 The Smashing PumpkinsMonuments to an Elegy“There’s been a sense of diminishing return about the records Smashing Pumpkins have released since Billy Corgan resurrected them seven years ago. They’re now the Pumpkins in name alone. Guitarist…” | NME via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 71 |
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