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The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation
May 14, 2013
Pop Punk
,
Emo-Pop
Critic Score
91
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
October 1, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Spiritual Jazz
Critic Score
90
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
Critic Score
89
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net
February 5, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Jazz
,
Post-Bop
Critic Score
89
7
reviews
Amazon
5
.
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net
February 5, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Jazz
,
Post-Bop
Critic Score
89
7
reviews
Amazon
6
.
Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
April 30, 2013
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Post-Black Metal
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa
January 8, 2013
Critic Score
87
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
my bloody valentine - m b v
February 3, 2013
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
,
Noise Pop
Critic Score
87
42
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Gorguts - Colored Sands
August 6, 2013
Technical Death Metal
,
Dissonant Death Metal
Critic Score
87
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Martin Simpson - Vagrant Stanzas
July 28, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Carcass - Surgical Steel
September 17, 2013
Melodic Death Metal
Critic Score
86
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
May 27, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
86
40
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Teeth of the Sea - Master
October 7, 2013
Post-Rock
Critic Score
85
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Future of the Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
October 21, 2013
Post-Hardcore
,
Noise Rock
Critic Score
85
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Bilal - A Love Surreal
February 26, 2013
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jama Ko
April 2, 2013
Mande Music
Critic Score
85
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
17
.
Patty Griffin - American Kid
May 7, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Nils Frahm - Spaces
November 18, 2013
Ambient
,
Modern Classical
,
Minimalism
,
ECM Style Jazz
Critic Score
85
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky
May 14, 2013
Art Pop
,
Experimental Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Special Request - Soul Music
October 7, 2013
Techno
,
Electronic
Critic Score
84
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Jason Isbell - Southeastern
June 11, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Critic Score
84
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
The Ocean - Pelagial
April 30, 2013
Progressive Metal
,
Post-Metal
,
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Critic Score
84
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Danny Brown - Old
October 8, 2013
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
April 15, 2013
Drone
,
Dark Ambient
,
Electronic
,
Ambient
Critic Score
84
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
June 3, 2013
Microhouse
,
IDM
,
Ambient
Critic Score
84
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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