By far the best review yet...

[Michelle*s_Farm]

is courtesy of IGN.com (see original thread). This review is sophisticated and time was spent developing it. Props to Todd Gilchrist, the writer.

I doubt Pitchforkmedia.com will be able to compete with Todd Gilchrist this time around because they (i.e., Pitchfork) appears to have dropped off when it comes to the research-end of writing. Albeit Pitchfork does review the best new releases (they are making good decisions as to what releases need assessment) but the writers appear over-worked because the reviews are lacking serious effort.

[seurat]

It was a damn good one. But I'm also glad rolling stone gave it a great review too...great for marketing and credibility after the 6 year layoff.

[balohna]

Kind of funny since IGN's music page is probably their least popular (it's a games site first and foremost).

[Rich Cheney]

Funny, being a hardcore gamer myself IGN's editor's choice awards actually holds water.