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1
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Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
April 12, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Post-Britpop
Critic Score
82
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Low - C'mon
April 12, 2011
Slowcore
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Wild Flag - Wild Flag
September 13, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Wilco - The Whole Love
September 27, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Dirty Beaches - Badlands
March 29, 2011
Experimental Rock
,
Slacker Rock
,
Hypnagogic Pop
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
The Antlers - Burst Apart
May 10, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
80
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
September 13, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
79
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
April 11, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
79
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
January 25, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Noise Pop
Critic Score
79
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Mother Mother - Eureka
March 15, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
78
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
January 18, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
August 16, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic
August 23, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
May 10, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
77
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
March 15, 2011
Shoegaze
,
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
77
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Wire - Red Barked Tree
January 11, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk
Critic Score
77
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Wye Oak - Civilian
March 8, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Robert Pollard - Lord of the Birdcage
May 31, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Augustines - Rise Ye Sunken Ships
August 23, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Foxygen - Take the Kids Off Broadway
October 7, 2011
Psychedelic Rock
,
Glam Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Crooked Fingers - Breaks in the Armor
October 11, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
9
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
22
.
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien
August 30, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
The Kills - Blood Pressures
April 5, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
August 29, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Yuck - Yuck
February 15, 2011
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
75
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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