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Iceage - New Brigade
January 7, 2011
Post-Punk
Critic Score
80
19
reviews
Amazon
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49
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
June 21, 2011
Psychedelic Pop
Critic Score
72
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
48
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...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
February 8, 2011
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
72
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
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47
.
Sloan - The Double Cross
May 10, 2011
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
72
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
46
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Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
February 14, 2011
Post-Rock
Critic Score
76
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
45
.
British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall
January 10, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
69
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
44
.
Hooray for Earth - True Loves
June 7, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
72
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
43
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Cults - Cults
June 7, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Twee Pop
Critic Score
72
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
42
.
Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines
February 15, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
70
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
41
.
Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo
February 15, 2011
Indie Pop
Critic Score
73
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
40
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Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche
June 7, 2011
Indie Pop
Critic Score
69
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
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39
.
Violens - Nine Songs 2011
September 29, 2011
Indie Pop
Amazon
38
.
Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
January 18, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
37
.
Miles Kane - Colour of the Trap
May 6, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
69
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
36
.
Neon Indian - Era Extraña
September 7, 2011
Chillwave
Critic Score
73
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
35
.
Junior Boys - It's All True
June 14, 2011
Electronic
Critic Score
76
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
34
.
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
March 15, 2011
Shoegaze
,
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
77
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
33
.
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
May 10, 2011
Neo-Psychedelia
Critic Score
81
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
32
.
Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
April 5, 2011
New Wave
Critic Score
66
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
31
.
Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital
June 28, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
75
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
30
.
Friendly Fires - Pala
May 24, 2011
Indietronica
,
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
73
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
29
.
The Black Keys - El Camino
December 6, 2011
Blues Rock
,
Garage Rock
Critic Score
79
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
28
.
Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting
February 15, 2011
Indie Pop
Critic Score
77
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
27
.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
March 29, 2011
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
26
.
Wye Oak - Civilian
March 8, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
February 25, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
80
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Wild Beasts - Smother
May 9, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
81
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
White Denim - D
May 23, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Psychedelic Rock
Critic Score
75
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
September 12, 2011
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
86
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
The Antlers - Burst Apart
May 10, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
80
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
April 12, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Post-Britpop
Critic Score
82
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
November 8, 2011
Britpop
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
68
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Destroyer - Kaputt
January 25, 2011
Sophisti-Pop
Critic Score
85
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - It's A Corporate World
June 7, 2011
Critic Score
67
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
August 16, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Raveonettes - Raven in the Grave
April 5, 2011
Dream Pop
Critic Score
65
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost!
April 5, 2011
Synthpop
Critic Score
69
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The Rapture - In The Grace of Your Love
September 6, 2011
Alternative Dance
,
Dance-Punk
Critic Score
66
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Atlas Sound - Parallax
November 8, 2011
Psychedelic Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Critic Score
80
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Real Estate - Days
October 18, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Critic Score
75
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
June 28, 2011
Hypnagogic Pop
,
Synthpop
Critic Score
73
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Metronomy - The English Riviera
April 8, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Indietronica
,
New Wave
Critic Score
78
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
February 18, 2011
Experimental Rock
,
Electronic
Critic Score
75
41
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Yuck - Yuck
February 15, 2011
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
75
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
June 7, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
75
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Future Islands - On The Water
October 11, 2011
Synthpop
Critic Score
78
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Cut Copy - Zonoscope
February 4, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Synthpop
Critic Score
72
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Washed Out - Within and Without
July 12, 2011
Chillwave
,
Synthpop
Critic Score
71
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
The Horrors - Skying
July 26, 2011
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Post-Punk
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
81
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
.
M83. - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.
October 18, 2011
Synthpop
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
75
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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