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1
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Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
91
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
March 5, 2002
Slowcore
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
88
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
October 15, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
87
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Radar Bros. - And The Surrounding Mountains
May 6, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Slowcore
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
5
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Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
August 20, 2002
Post-Punk Revival
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
82
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Sonic Youth - Murray Street
June 25, 2002
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
August 20, 2002
Indie Rock
Critic Score
80
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
February 26, 2002
Post-Hardcore
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
80
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things
October 1, 2002
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
80
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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The Delgados - Hate
October 14, 2002
Indie Rock
Critic Score
79
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Low - Trust
September 24, 2002
Slowcore
Critic Score
79
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
90 Day Men - To Everybody
February 12, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Math Rock
,
Post-Rock
Critic Score
79
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
13
.
Idlewild - The Remote Part
July 15, 2002
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
79
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Cooper Temple Clause - See This Through and Leave
February 11, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
August 20, 2002
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Hot Hot Heat - Make Up the Breakdown
October 8, 2002
New Wave
,
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
,
Dance-Punk
Critic Score
77
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
The Coral - The Coral
July 29, 2002
Indie Rock
Critic Score
77
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Pedro The Lion - Control
April 16, 2002
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
October 14, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
JJ72 - I to Sky
October 14, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
21
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Paul Westerberg - Stereo
April 23, 2002
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
74
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Cornershop - Handcream for a Generation
April 1, 2002
Indie Rock
Critic Score
74
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Radio 4 - Gotham!
February 5, 2002
Dance-Punk
,
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk Revival
Critic Score
73
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish
February 12, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Emo
Critic Score
73
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Clinic - Walking With Thee
March 5, 2002
Indie Rock
Critic Score
72
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
2
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