Metafile Legend: 2013

This applies to the following metacritic files:

The metacritic data is primarily obtained from metacritic.com, which surveys the following publications and converts their rating scales into a 0-100 point range. We count ratings ≥ 80, and register the rest. The data is usually collected weekly, so late reviews tend not to be counted (unless we bother to look again, which can get to be a lot of work). U&LC abbreviations are counted; LC are not, but are registered.

A few publications are checked from time to time, where it's not too much work and we're likely to pick up more interesting obscurities than metacritic.com tracks. These are noted below, mostly in brackets indicating the date they were last checked.

  • MC: Metacritic: two numbers: avg points and number reviews; not counted, but every constituent review is listed and counted if ≥ 80.
  • AbP(30): Absolute Punk
  • AC(): Austin Chronicle: {1:15, 1.5:30, 2:40, 2.5:53, 3:67, 3.5:78, 4:89}; EOY was 10 staff lists: 2+ mentions count as AC list, 1 mention raises or sets grade [11-22]
  • AM(50): All Music Guide
  • AP(10): Alternative Press
  • AS(50): American Songwriter: [12-07]
  • AV(23): Onion AV Club: A=100, A-=91, B+=83, B=75, B-=67, C+=58, C=50, C-=42 [11-22] [12-05]
  • BB(15): Billboard [11-22]
  • BBC: BBC Music
  • BG: Boston Globe
  • Bl: Blurt: broken up to March 2013, when site was redesigned and archives lost; switched from 10-star to 5-star sometime [12-31]
  • BPM(130): Beats Per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM) [12-31]
  • Cl(40): Clash Music: [12-18]
  • CMG(30): Cokemachineglow: no ratings [11-20]
  • CMJ(30): CMJ
  • CR: Classic Rock Magazine
  • CS(50): Consequence of Sound: [11-20]
  • CT(20): Chicago Tribune: Greg Kot
  • CW(10): Country Weekly [11-12]
  • DA: Delusions of Adequacy
  • Dec(40): Decibel: reviews not tracked
  • DIY(40): This Is Fake DIY [12-31]: reader's poll
  • DJB: DJ Booth: "Editor's Pick" counted; most records don't have reviews: if they do, 4 spins = 80; skipped unknown "unsigned" non-Editor's choice mixtapes [11-23]
  • DS(100): Drowned in Sound [12-07]
  • Du: Dusted Magazine
  • EW(10): Entertainment Weekly [11-20]
  • Ex(20): Exclaim: reviews in genre queues: dance & electronic, folk & country [link], hip-hop, improv & avant-garde [link], metal, pop & rock, soul funk & world [12-08]; EOY list is pop & rock, but other genre/format/etc. lists are handled below
  • F(30): Filter: note: Metacritic scales Filter's grades down {38:64, 46:68, 50:70, 52:71, 58:74, 60:75, 62:76, 64:77, 66:78, 68:79, 70:80, 72:81, 74:82, 76:83, 78:84, 80:85, 82:86, 84:87, 86:88, 90:90} [12-31]
  • Fa(50): FACT [11-23] + reissues, mixtapes
  • Fly(50): The Fly [12-19]
  • G(40): The Guardian (UK): haven't looked at until [11-21]
  • Gw(50): Gigwise: didn't track reviews
  • HDX(26): HipHopDX: using user ratings for unrated mixtapes (2X - 10) -- after 07-09 just marking w/o count [11-23]
  • I: The Independent (UK)
  • IS: The Independent on Sunday (UK)
  • K(25): Kerrang! (UK)
  • L: The List: not MC [11-25]
  • LAT(10): Los Angeles Times
  • LBF(50): The Line of Best Fit [12-31]
  • M(50): Mojo (UK)
  • Mg(25): Magnet + ambient, hard rock, hip-hop, indie roots, jazz improv, metal, noise, reissues, singer-songwriter
  • Mix(50): Mixmag + compilations (10)
  • MO(50): MusicOMH.com [09-17]
  • NME(50): New Musical Express (NME) [12-04]
  • Now(10): Now Magazine [01-03..12-31]: not sure if issue scans are complete
  • NR(50): No Ripchord [12-19]
  • NYT(10*4): New York Times
  • Ob: The Observer (UK)
  • Ok(13): Okayplayer [06-18]: appears to be mostly defunct; + mixtapes
  • P(50): Paste [12-05]
  • Pf(50): Pitchfork [12-31]
  • Ph: The Phoenix
  • PM(75): PopMatters [12-31]: + Americana, bluegrass, Canadian, country, electronic, film scores, hip-hop, indie pop, -indie rock, metal, jazz, mixtapes, noise rock, overlooked, pleasant surprise, -progressive rock/metal, r&b, reissues, world music
  • PMA(40): Pretty Much Amazing: top ten are listed alpha, so all noted as (10)
  • Pn(20): Punknews.org: staff reviews, LP only, limited backlog (backtracks: byrne, Renaldo69, Rich27, sarahbochat, thepopeofchill-town) [06-19]
  • Pot(50): Potholes in My Blog: not in metacritic [12-31]
  • Px: Prefix [12-31]
  • Q(50): Q
  • Qs(100): The Quietus: no ratings
  • RA(20): Resident Advisor [12-31]
  • ReC: Record Collector: no reviews online
  • Rev(20): Revolver
  • RkS(50): Rock Sound
  • RR: RapReviews.com
  • RS(50): Rolling Stone [12-04]
  • S(50): Spin [12-05]: limited website scanning + metal
  • Sg(50): Stereogum: reviews not tracked
  • Sk(10): The Skinny: no metacritic [11-29]
  • Sl(25): Slant [12-18]
  • So(25): The Source
  • Spk(50): Sputnik Music
  • St(50): State (Ireland): no metacritic [12-19]
  • T: The Telegraph (UK)
  • TMT(50): Tiny Mix Tapes [11-26]
  • TO(40): Time Out London: no metacritic [12-07]
  • U(80): Uncut
  • UR(125): Under the Radar [12-24]
  • W(50): The Wire + archive releases + avant rock, critical beats, electronica, hip-hop, jazz & improv, modern composition, outer limits
  • XL(30): XLR8r: generally don't add EPs/singles (e.g., album cover shows round label, or title "b/w") [07-11]
  • XXL(25): XXL: {L:60, XL:80, XXL:100} [11-29]

Second section notes individual critics for reference purposes:

  • CM(53): Chris Monsen: year-end list
  • DB: Downbeat: editor's picks [01..10]
  • DW(50): Dan Weiss, from radio.com
  • FJ(15): FreeJazz Collective: 4:80+ [12-03]
  • JM: The Jazz Mann: 4:80+ [06-27]
  • JT(40): Jazz Times: no grade so I'm just noting reviews, but counting Editor's Picks [10-12]
  • JG(40): Jason Gubbels: picks (**) and near picks (*); also quarterly lists (HM and up)
  • MR(100): Matt Rice
  • RC(85): Robert Christgau: counts * and above
  • MT(65): Michael Tatum: counts * and above
  • TH(143): Tom Hull: counts * and above
  • V:rank-points-votes: Village Voice Pazz and Jop: 1 point for each album receiving one or more votes

Year-end lists: added at end, with id in braces, top-10 rank (if applicable); top-ten picks count as 2 (if marked as *); all else as one.

  • {22} 225 (20*)
  • {2d} 2DopeBoyz: Shake, Meka {+n}
  • {3v} 3voor12 (12*) + individual lists
  • {a3} Austin 360 (50*)
  • {aa} Amoeba Music Amoeblog (50*) + electronic, eps, world
  • {aag} Amoeba Music Amoeblog: Billy Gil (50*)
  • {aas} Amoeba Music Amoeblog: Brad Schelden (50*)
  • {ab} ABC News: Go: Allan Raible (50*)
  • {abt} About.com: rap/hip-hop (15)
  • {ac} A Closer Listen: ambient, drone
  • {ad} Aquarium Drunkard (69)
  • {adm} Any Decent Music? (50*)
  • {ag} The Age [Australia] (25*)
  • {ah} Ad Hoc (21)
  • {ai} Agit Reader (20*)
  • {aj} Album Rock [France] (10)
  • {ak} Absolute Punk (30*)
  • {al} Alarm (10)
  • {am} Acclaimed Music Forums (100*): aggregate to Oct. 31
  • {ama} Americana (100*)
  • {amg} All Music lists: Americana, blues, compilations, country, electronic, folk, hip-hop/rap, indie pop/rock, jazz, latin and world, metal, pop, r&b, reggae, reissues, rock, singer-songwriter
  • {an} Allston Pudding (50*)
  • {ap} Ann Powers (NPR) (10)
  • {apf} Associated Press: Mesfin Fekadu (10)
  • {apt} Associated Press: Chris Talbott (10)
  • {aq} Antiquiet (20*)
  • {ar} Arizona Republic: Ed Masley (10)
  • {at} Anastasia Tsioulcas (NPR) (10)
  • {ath} Austin Town Hall (50*)
  • {au} Austin Chronicle: 10 writers x (10): also elevates AC grade
  • {auk} Amazon UK (100*)
  • {av} A Voir - A Lire [France] (30*)
  • {aw} The Awl: least annoying metal
  • {az} Amazon (100*): albums
  • {b6} BBC Radio 6 (15*)
  • {ba} Bonnaroo
  • {baj} Burning Ambulance: Jazz (25*)
  • {bam} Burning Ambulance: Metal (25*)
  • {bb} Blissblog (Simon Reynoles) (?)
  • {bc} Baltimore City Paper (10*) + genres (but no local)
  • {bd} The Bleader: Peter Margasak (40*)
  • {be} Banning Eyre (10)
  • {bet} BET (20)
  • {bf} BuzzFeed: pop, rap (32), r&b (36), rock, 31 records you may have missed
  • {bg} Billings Gazette (10)
  • {bgc} Boston Globe: Martin Caballero (10)
  • {bgm} Boston Globe: Siddhartha Mitter (10)
  • {bgr} Boston Globe: James Reed (10)
  • {bgs} Boston Globe: Sarah Rodman (10)
  • {bi} A Bit of Pop Music (20*)
  • {bk} Break on a Cloud (25*)
  • {bl} Bleep (50*)
  • {bm} Boomkat (100*)
  • {bn} Buffalo News: Jeff Miers (25*)
  • {bnd} Bandsmachine (10)
  • {bng} Bangor Daily News: Culture Shock (10)
  • {bnz} Benzine [France] (10)
  • {bo} The Boombox: hip-hop (10), r&b (10)
  • {bp} Behind Punk (17*)
  • {br} Blues Rock Review (20*)
  • {bt} The Boot (10)
  • {bv} Best Ever Albums (100*): 2014-01-29
  • {bvp} Brooklyn Vegan: Bill Pearls {20*)
  • {bvs} Brooklyn Vegan: Andrew Sacher (20*)
  • {bw} Bowlegs (15*)
  • {bz} Kevin John Bozelka (10)
  • {ca} Cancatervation (50*)
  • {cd} Colorado Daily (10)
  • {ce} Code Picks (Billboard): dance (20)
  • {cf} Club Fonograma [Mexico]: international (25*)
  • {ch} Chronic'art [France] (10)
  • {cl} Columbia Alive (20*)
  • {cm} Contactmusic [Joe Wilde] (20)
  • {cn} The Current (89*)
  • {co} Complex (50*)
  • {cp} Copenhagen Post (5-10) per writer
  • {cr} Crave (20)
  • {cs} Chicago Sun-Times: Mark Guarino (10*+)
  • {ct} Central Track (50*)
  • {cu} Culture Trip: Polish jazz (10)
  • {cw} Chromewaves (10)
  • {da} Dagbladet [Norway] (20*)
  • {db} Daily Beast (10)
  • {dc} Desconseilsdubarbu (10)
  • {dd} Do Androids Dance (15*)
  • {de} Daily Emerald: several lists of (5)
  • {dg} Dagsavisen [Norway] (40*)
  • {dh} David Hajdu [The New Republic] (10)
  • {di} Disco Naivete (15*)
  • {dj} Daily Trojan (10)
  • {dm} De Morgen [Belgium] (50*)
  • {dn} Daily Noise (50*)
  • {do} Dot Dash: Simon Geraghty (5+)
  • {dr} Drift (100*)
  • {dro} The Drone (10)
  • {ds} Digital Spy (30*)
  • {dt} Death & Taxes (25): no order
  • {du} Dummy (20*)
  • {dv} De Volkskrant [Netherlands] (34): minus classical
  • {dz} Dazed (10*)
  • {e1} Engine 145 (30*)
  • {ea} Earmilk (50*)
  • {eb} East Bay Express: staff lists
  • {em} eMusic (100*)
  • {emu} eMusic UK (100*)
  • {es} Evening Standard [London UK] (10)
  • {eu} End User 2013 (10)
  • {ew} Entertainment Weekly Music Mix: country
  • {ex} Exclaim(20): country/folk/blues (10), dance/electronic (10), hip-hop (10), metal/hardcore (10); eps (10), freeleases (10), rap mixtapes (10), reissues (10)
  • {fb} Fast 'n' Bulbous (100*)
  • {fd} Francis Davis (10+*)
  • {ff} Fabrice Fuentes/Le Desert Rouge (10)
  • {fi} Filter: staff top 10 mention
  • {fk} The Finest Kiss (30)
  • {fl} Faster Louder (50*)
  • {fn} Frontiers LA (10)
  • {fp} Fluctuat Premiere [France] (10*)
  • {fr} fRoots (20*)
  • {fs} Frontier Psychiatrist (50*)
  • {fu} Fuse (41)
  • {fv} Flavorwire (25*)
  • {fw} Free Williamsburg (50*)
  • {ga} The Globe and Mail: Brad Wheeler (10)
  • {gb} Gorilla vs Bear (40*)
  • {gi} God Is in the TV [UK] (100*)
  • {gl} Glide (20+20HM): alpha
  • {gm} Go-Mag [Spain]: international (10*)
  • {gn} Gangan sur le web (10)
  • {go} Goûtemesdisques [France] (50*)
  • {gr} Grantland: Steven Hyden (25*)
  • {gt} Gimme Tinnitus (26*)
  • {gw} Guitar World (10*)
  • {hb} Hop-Blog.fr [France] (50*)
  • {hc} Houston Chronicle: Joey Guerra (10)
  • {he} Heaven [Belgium] (34*)
  • {hf} HitFix/Immaculate Noise: Katie Hasty, Melinda Newman
  • {hh} Those Hip-Hop Guys: Damon "Jank" Joy, Bizzon (+n)
  • {hi} Hipinion (20*) + HM
  • {hr} Hip Hop Is Read (50*)
  • {hs} The Herald Sun [Australia]: Cameron Adams (10)
  • {ht} Hidden Track (25*)
  • {hu} Humo [Belgium] (20*)
  • {hv} Harvard Crimson (10)
  • {hw} Hollywood Reporter: Chris Willman (10)
  • {hy} Hypetrak (10*+6)
  • {id} Idolator (10*)
  • {if} Indie Music Filter: Chris, Lenore, Lior, Rita, Sam
  • {ih} Indie Hoy [Argentina] (50*)
  • {im} Impose ()
  • {in} Intro [Germany] (50*)
  • {ip} Indiepoprock [France] (10*) + individual lists
  • {it} Inside Tim's Head (16)
  • {jad} JJA: Alain Drouot
  • {jbl} AAJ: Bruce Lindsay
  • {jbw} JJA: Nick Bewsey
  • {jcb} JJA: Christian Broecking
  • {jcm} Slate: Chris Molanphy
  • {jcw} Slate: Carl Wilson
  • {jd}: Jim DeRogatis (30*)
  • {jda} JJA: David R Adler
  • {jdb} JW: Duke Baker
  • {jdf} JJA: David Franklin
  • {jdj} AAJ: Jeff Dayton-Johnson
  • {jdk} JJA: David Kunian
  • {jdo} JJA: Dan Ouelette
  • {jdr} JJA: Doug Ramsey
  • {jeh} AAJ: Eyal Hareuveni
  • {jek} AAJ: Elzy Kolb
  • {jfk} Slate: Fred Kaplan
  • {jgg} JJA: Gary Giddins
  • {jgh} JJA: Geoffrey Himes
  • {jgi} JW: George Harris
  • {jgr} JJA: George Grella + The Big City Blog
  • {jgs} JJA: Gene Seymour
  • {jha} AAJ/JJA: Hrayr Attarian
  • {jhm} JJA: Howard Mandel
  • {jhr} Howard Reich: Chicago Tribune jazz
  • {jhs} JJA: Hank Shteamer
  • {jhu} AAJ/JJA: J Hunter
  • {jip} AAJ: Ian Patterson
  • {jjb} AAJ: Jakob Baekgaard
  • {jjc} AAJ: John Chacona
  • {jjh} JJA: James Hale
  • {jjk} AAJ: John Kelman
  • {jjm} JW: John McDonough
  • {jjs} AAJ: John Sharpe
  • {jjt} JJA: Jeff Tamarkin
  • {jjl} JJA: Joe Lang
  • {jjs} JJA: Jeffrey Siegel
  • {jjw} JJA: Joyce Wilson
  • {jkf} JJA: Ken Franckling
  • {jlb} Larry Blumenfeld
  • {jld} JJA: Laurence Donohue-Greene
  • {jlh} The Paradigm for Beauty: Lyn Horton
  • {jmb} JJA: Marcela Breton
  • {jmc} AAJ: Mark Corroto
  • {jmk} New York Observer: Matthew Kassel
  • {jmm} AAJ/JJA: Matt Marshall
  • {jmn} Jazz Messenger: Michael Nastos
  • {jms} JJA: Mike Stratton
  • {jmt} JW: Mark F Turner
  • {jmw} JJA: Mike West
  • {jnb} JJA: Nancy Barell
  • {job} JW: Ollie Bivens
  • {jpb} JJA: Philip Booth
  • {jpm} JJA: Perry Tannenbaum
  • {jpn} AAJ: Paul Naser
  • {jpt} JJA: Pedro Tavares
  • {jrj} JJA: R.J. DeLuke
  • {jrm} JJA: Ralph Miriello
  • {jsc} JJA: Sharonne Cohen
  • {jsf} JJA: Steve Feeney
  • {jst} JJA: Scott H. Thompson
  • {jsy} JW: Scott Yanow
  • {jsz} JJA: John Szwed
  • {jtc} AAJ: Troy Collins
  • {jtd} Thomas Conrad
  • {jtr} JJA: Travis Rogers Jr.
  • {jws} JJA: W. Royal Stokes
  • {jp} Juno Plus (25*)
  • {jv} Johanna's Visions (25*)
  • {jw} Jazzwise (20*)
  • {jr} Jody Rosen: New York [Vulture] (10)
  • {km} KindaMuzik [Netherlands/Belgium] (21*)
  • {kn} Knack [Belgium] (10*)
  • {kt} Ken Tucker (NPR) (10)
  • {kw} KCRW: Jason Bentley (10) + other DJs
  • {kz} Kalporz [Italy] (20*)
  • {la} Laut [Germany] (25*)
  • {lab} LA Music Blog (50*)
  • {lar} Los Angeles Times: Randall Roberts (10)
  • {law} LA Weekly (10)
  • {lb} Libération [France] (33)
  • {le} Little White Earbuds (10)
  • {li} Les Inrock[uptible]s [France] (100*) + world jazz chanson
  • {lm} L Magazine (20*)
  • {lr} Last Rites: Craig Hayes (10)
  • {ls} Listener [New Zealand] (20)
  • {lw} Louder Than War (150*
  • {lx} Loudwire: metal (10), rock (10)
  • {ma} MagicRPM [France] (10)
  • {man} Mess and Noise (25)
  • {mc} Glenn McDonald (10)
  • {me} MusikExpress [Germany] (50*)
  • {mh} Metal Hammer (50*)
  • {mi} Metal Insider (10)
  • {mj} Mother Jones: Jon Young (10)
  • {ml} Metro Lyrics: Amanda (10)
  • {mn} The Morning News: Andrew Womack (19*)
  • {mp} La Musique à Papa (10)
  • {ms} Mondosonoro [Spain] (40*) + world, metal, Americana/folk, hardcore/punk, electronic
  • {mt} MTV: James Montgomery (20*)
  • {mu} Muso's Guide [UK] (25*)
  • {mw} Metro Weekly: SoundWaves (30*)
  • {myh} My Kind of Country: Occasional Hope
  • {myp} My Kind of Country: Jonathan Pappalardo
  • {myx} My Kind of Country: Razor X
  • {mz} Muzikalia [Spain]: international (30*)
  • {na} National Post (27)
  • {nas} Nashville Scene (35*)
  • {nb} No Depression blogs (10*) + blogger lists
  • {nc} Narrowcast (50*)
  • {ncr} Noisecreep (10)
  • {nd} New York Daily News: Jim Farber (35*)
  • {ne} The Needle Drop (50)
  • {nf} Nick Farruggia (Odyshape) (10)
  • {ni} Nialler9 (50*)
  • {nn} New Noise [France] (52*)
  • {no} Norman Records (50*)
  • {now} Now [Toronto] critics: Benjamin Boles, Carla Gillis, Michael Hollett, Julia Leconte
  • {np} NPR (50)
  • {npb} NPR: Bob Boilen (20)
  • {nph} NPR: Robin Hilton (10)
  • {npt} NPR: Stephen Thompson (10)
  • {ns} No Depression: community (50*)
  • {nt} Neon Tommy [Ashley Hawkins]
  • {nu} Numerocero [Spain] (20*)
  • {nw} Newsday: Glenn Gamboa (50*)
  • {nyr} New York Times: Ben Ratliff (10)
  • {nyc} New York Times: Jon Caramanica (10)
  • {nyh} New York Times: Nate Chinen (10)
  • {nyp} New York Times: Jon Pareles (10)
  • {nz} New York Post: Hardeep Phull/Michaelangelo Matos (5 each)
  • {ob} The Obelisk (20*)
  • {oc} On the Red Carpet (10)
  • {oh} Omaha World-Herald: Rock Candy: Kevin Coffey (25*)
  • {om} Other Music (30) + reissues
  • {on} Ondarock [Italy] (50*)
  • {oo} OOR [Netherlands) (30*)
  • {or} The Oregonian: David Greenwald (30*)
  • {os} Obscure Sound (50*)
  • {ow} The Owl (25)
  • {pa} Pansentient (20*)
  • {pc} Pop Crush (13)
  • {pd} Popdust (13*)
  • {pe} Pontone (50*)
  • {pg} Plugged [France] (50*)
  • {ph} Philadelphia Inquirer/Philly.com: Dan DeLuca (10)
  • {pi} Piccadilly Records (100*)
  • {pj} Popjustice (33*)
  • {pl} Playground [Spain] (75*)
  • {pn} Pinpoint Music (10)
  • {po} Pop News [France] (10)
  • {pp} Pigeons & Planes (30*)
  • {pr} Porcys [Poland] (20*)
  • {pt} Plattentests.de [Germany] (20*)
  • {pu} Publico [Portugal] (30*)
  • {pw} Passion of the Weiss (50*)
  • {py} Philadelphia Weekly PWStyle: Bill Chenevert (50*)
  • {qf} Quest France [France] (10)
  • {rb} Rebel Yell (10)
  • {rc} Recorder [Hungary] (50*)
  • {rd} Redefine: staff picks
  • {re} Resident (100*) + comps & reissues
  • {rf} Renowned for Sound (50): alpha order
  • {rg} Rap Genius (20*)
  • {rh} Rhapsody (50*) + alt/indie, country, electronic, emo/punk, jazz, latin, metal, pop, r&b, rap, rock, world
  • {ri} Rip It Up [Australia] (10*)
  • {rk} Roughstock (13*)
  • {rl} Relevant (10*) + HM
    • {rm} Rate Your Music (100*): 2014-01-08
  • {ro} Rock Genius (30*)
  • {rq} Raul Roque (10)
  • {rr} Rock-A-Rolla (50*)
  • {rs} Rob Sheffield (20*)
  • {rsg} Rolling Stone [Germany] (25*)
  • {rss} Rolling Stone [Spain] (10*)
  • {rt} Rough Trade (101*)
  • {ry} Ryan's Smashing Life (50)
  • {rx} Rockdelux (50*)
  • {s4} Super 45 [Chile] (45*)
  • {sa} Salt Lake Tribune: David Burger (10*) + HM
  • {sb} Snob's Music (50)
  • {sc} The Spectator: James Mumford (10)
  • {se} Sentire Ascoltare [Italy] (30*)
  • {sg} Screenagers [Poland] (30*)
  • {sf} Sasha Frere-Jones (42): release date order
  • {sh} Southern Hospitality: Davey Boy Smith, Rob Pursey, Superix
  • {sj} Supajam (10)
  • {sl} Songlines (10)
  • {sm} Sick Mouthy (20)
  • {sn} San Jose Mercury News: Jim Harrington (10)
  • {so} Soundi [Finland] (5)
  • {sou} Sing Out!
  • {sp} Spex [Germany] (20*)
  • {spt} Spotinews (10)
  • {sr} Sister Ray staff
  • {ss} The Smoking Section (10*) + "slept-on"
  • {st} Storia della Musica [Italy] (50*)
  • {su} Sounds of the Universe (10)
  • {sv} Sound of Violence [France] (10)
  • {sw} SWQW [France]: experimental/modern classical/ambient/drone, techno/house, electronic, pop/rock/metal, HM
  • {sx} Sounds XP [UK] (20*)
  • {sy} Sydney Morning Herald (10)
  • {t4} The 405 (25*)
  • {tb} The Boot (10*)
  • {tc} Taste of Country (10)
  • {td} The Dude (Odyshape) (10) + HM, reissues, EPs
  • {te} Terrorizer (50*)
  • {tg} Ted Gioia (100*)
  • {th} Thrash Hits (20*)
  • {ti} Time (10*): Douglas Wolk
  • {tk} Turntable Kitchen (20*)
  • {tl} The Telegraph: Neil McCormick; country, folk, jazz
  • {tm} Tom Lane (20*)
  • {to} Time Out New York (10*) + Sophie Harris, Hank Shteamer, Steve Smith
  • {tr} Treblezine (50*)
  • {ts} Tsugi [France] (10)
  • {to} Total Guitar [UK] (20*)
  • {tv} Twangville (20*)
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  • {vjt} VPJ ballot: Jeff Tamarkin
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  • {vsd} VPJ ballot: Steve Dollar
  • {vse} Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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