Matthew Strauss

Matthew Strauss’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 6 reviews, going back to 2016, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 50%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 33%
  • Rock 17%

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

Their favorites

  1. Bon IverI, I 88 Pitchfork
  2. Vampire WeekendOnly God Was Above Us 86 Pitchfork
  3. Billy JoelThe Stranger 85 Pitchfork
  4. Fleet FoxesShore 83 Pitchfork
  5. Kid CudiPassion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ 67 Pitchfork

Every review

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Fleet FoxesShore“On their fourth album, singer-songwriter Robin Pecknold refines and hones the band’s crisp folk-rock sound, crafting another musically adventurous album that is warm and newly full of grace.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia83 8.3/10852020
Bon IverI, I“On his fourth album, Justin Vernon reassembles the familiar Bon Iver elements like a cubist collage, with his voice fearlessly front and center. The result is his most honest and…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia88 8.8/10752019
Kid CudiPassion, Pain & Demon Slayin’“Scott Mescudi’s latest tome, the 87-minute Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’, is the most focused he’s sounded since 2010’s Man on the Moon II, with the same drawbacks that have…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia67 6.7/10732016
Joey Bada$$All-Amerikkkan BadassPitchfork via Wikipedia64 6.4/1076
Vampire WeekendOnly God Was Above UsPitchfork via Wikipedia86 8.6/1083
Billy JoelThe StrangerPitchfork via Wikipedia85 8.5/1085

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