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The Kills - Midnight Boom
March 18, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Critic Score
75
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
202
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Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
May 13, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
74
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
203
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Pyramids - Pyramids
April 22, 2008
Shoegaze
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
204
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Robert Forster - The Evangelist
April 29, 2008
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
74
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
205
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Damon & Naomi - More Sad Hits [Reissue]
July 7, 2008
Slowcore
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
206
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Thalia Zedek Band - Liars and Prayers
April 22, 2008
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
207
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Damien Jurado - Caught in the Trees
September 9, 2008
Folk
Critic Score
74
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
208
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Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night
November 11, 2008
Indie Pop
Critic Score
74
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
209
.
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
July 22, 2008
Industrial Rock
Critic Score
74
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
210
.
Headlights - Some Racing, Some Stopping
March 6, 2008
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
74
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
211
.
Gojira - The way of all flesh
October 13, 2008
Progressive Metal
,
Death Metal
,
Progressive Death Metal
Critic Score
74
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
212
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The Black Keys - Attack & Release
April 1, 2008
Blues Rock
Critic Score
74
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
213
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Parenthetical Girls - Entanglements
September 9, 2008
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
214
.
Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be
June 10, 2008
Alt-Country
,
Americana
Critic Score
74
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
215
.
Scarface - Emeritus
December 2, 2008
Gangsta Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
216
.
Jeremy Warmsley - How We Became
October 6, 2008
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
217
.
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
August 18, 2008
Art Pop
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
74
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
218
.
Black Affair - Pleasure Pressure Point
July 28, 2008
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
219
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Ihsahn - angL
May 27, 2008
Melodic Black Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
220
.
Don Cavalli - Cryland
April 22, 2008
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
221
.
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
February 19, 2008
Mathcore
,
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Cybergrind
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
222
.
Jason Collett - Here's to Being Here
February 5, 2008
Alt-Country
Critic Score
74
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
223
.
Santogold - Santogold
April 29, 2008
Indie Rock
,
Indietronica
,
Electropop
Critic Score
74
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
224
.
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
March 28, 2008
Post-Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
74
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
225
.
Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
June 10, 2008
Folk Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Critic Score
74
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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