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The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing
March 1, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
71
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
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29
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Wilco - The Whole Love
September 27, 2011
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
28
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Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
March 8, 2011
Folk Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
27
.
Dog Day - Deformer
August 2, 2011
Indie Rock
Amazon
Spotify
26
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EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
May 10, 2011
Experimental
Critic Score
80
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Cults - Cults
June 7, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Twee Pop
Critic Score
72
32
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital
June 28, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
75
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Adele - 21
January 24, 2011
Pop Soul
,
Adult Contemporary
Critic Score
77
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
February 25, 2011
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
80
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread
June 21, 2011
Garage Rock
Critic Score
75
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Battles - Gloss Drop
June 6, 2011
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Experimental Rock
,
Math Rock
Critic Score
78
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Tom Waits - Bad as Me
October 25, 2011
Blues Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Rich Aucoin - We're All Dying To Live
November 1, 2011
Indie Pop
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
Spotify
17
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Yuck - Yuck
February 15, 2011
Noise Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
75
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
April 5, 2011
Americana
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
78
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
September 13, 2011
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
79
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Beirut - The Rip Tide
August 30, 2011
Indie Folk
Critic Score
75
28
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
March 29, 2011
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
31
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Shotgun Jimmie - Transistor Sister
March 8, 2011
Critic Score
59
2 reviews
Amazon
Spotify
11
.
Wild Flag - Wild Flag
September 13, 2011
Indie Rock
Critic Score
81
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces
October 18, 2011
Experimental
Critic Score
78
7
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
9
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Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On
April 5, 2011
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
74
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
February 14, 2011
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
89
44
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Austra - Feel It Break
May 13, 2011
Electropop
Critic Score
74
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Braids - Native Speaker
January 18, 2011
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Destroyer - Kaputt
January 25, 2011
Sophisti-Pop
Critic Score
85
30
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
M83. - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.
October 18, 2011
Synthpop
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
75
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Feist - Metals
October 4, 2011
Indie Pop
Critic Score
78
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
September 12, 2011
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
86
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
June 21, 2011
Indie Folk
,
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
41
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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