Larry Fitzmaurice

Larry Fitzmaurice’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 28 reviews, going back to 2010, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 39%
  • Electronic 25%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 14%
  • Pop 11%

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By the numbers

17years of their reviews we track, 2010 to 2026
2outlets their reviews here ran in
54%of their scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (28 albums)
How their scores spread
  • 0–492
  • 50s4
  • 60s6
  • 70s6
  • 80s6
  • 90+4

Their favorites

  1. Daft PunkHomework 92 Pitchfork
  2. DisclosureSettle 91 Pitchfork
  3. The 1975Notes on a Conditional Form 91 Entertainment Weekly
  4. Ariana GrandeSweetener 91 Entertainment Weekly
  5. Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues 88 Pitchfork

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

Every review

Outlet
DIIVZIRP!Pitchfork70 7/1075Oct 30, 2026
Daft PunkHomeworkPitchfork via Wikipedia92 9.2/10802018
Thom YorkeTomorrow’s Modern Boxes“Thom Yorke's solo album, his first since The Eraser, was released last Friday as a paid BitTorrent download. Here, the line between man and machine has blurred to the point…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia63 6.3/10742014
The VoidzTyranny“The Strokes frontman is back with a new band and a new sound. Tyranny is overloaded with ideas, a palette of vibrant colors swirled together until there’s nothing left but…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia49 4.9/10682014
InterpolEl Pintor“On Interpol's first album in four years—and first without Carlos D—there’s nothing that touches the band’s creative peak, but it's still a step up from their 2010 self-titled record. El…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia59 5.9/10772014
Porter RobinsonWorldsPitchfork via Wikipedia69 6.9/10662014
ColdplayGhost Stories“Ghost Stories is unmistakably Coldplay's "breakup album," a subdued work that finds Chris Martin and his band crisply moping through mid-tempo soundscapes and fuzzy electronic touches that have the visceral…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia44 4.4/10612014
HaimDays Are Gone“Haim’s impeccably crafted mix of influences—soft rock’s incandescent glow, R&B’s sensuality, the spiky-yet-polished effervescence of pop-rock—come together seamlessly on their winning full-length debut.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia83 8.3/10792013
ChvrchesThe Bones of What You BelievePitchfork via Wikipedia85 8.5/10772013
DisclosureSettlePitchfork via Wikipedia91 9.1/10812013
LadytronGravity the Seducer“For the Liverpool mainstays' fifth album, they've removed the cinder block that Velocifero applied to the gas pedal, opting for a floatier, airy feel that often sounds as if its…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia60 6.0/10672011
Fleet FoxesHelplessness BluesPitchfork via Wikipedia88 8.8/10822011
!!!Strange Weather, Isn’t It?“Warp's dance-rock lifers return to basics after the at-times ham-handed, at-times highly effective rockism of 2007's Myth Takes.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia69 6.9/10682010
The Black KeysBrothersPitchfork via Wikipedia77 7.7/10802010
Lady GagaA Star Is Born – SoundtrackPitchfork via Wikipedia74 7.4/1074
Travis ScottAstroworldPitchfork via Wikipedia78 7.8/1087
Mumford & SonsDeltaPitchfork via Wikipedia58 5.8/1064
KhalidFree SpiritEntertainment Weekly via Wikipedia78 C+54
Pharrell WilliamsGirlPitchfork via Wikipedia62 6.2/1075
Taylor SwiftLoverEntertainment Weekly via Wikipedia88 B+79
The Chemical BrothersNo GeographyPitchfork via Wikipedia80 8.0/1077
The 1975Notes on a Conditional FormEntertainment Weekly via Wikipedia91 A-69
DrakeScorpionEntertainment Weekly via Wikipedia78 C+69
Ariana GrandeSweetenerEntertainment Weekly via Wikipedia91 A-77
AviciiTIMPitchfork via Wikipedia58 5.8/1057
Death GripsThe Powers That BPitchfork via Wikipedia67 6.7/1073
Animal CollectiveTime SkiffsEntertainment Weekly via Wikipedia88 B+80
The Black KeysTurn Blue“Working once again with Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, the Black Keys try for a moodier, more atmospheric record. Turn Blue sounds distant and subdued, a murky-sounding collection of '70s stoner-rock…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia58 5.8/1078

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