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The Best Indie Rock Albums of 2016 by User Score
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1
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Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
May 20th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
87
3,776 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Various Artists - Life Is Strange
January 19th, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
86
59 ratings
Amazon
3
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Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.
October 14th, 2016
Pop Punk
,
Power Pop
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
85
1,575 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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草東沒有派對 [No Party for Cao Dong] - 醜奴兒
February 19th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
84
54 ratings
Amazon
5
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The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil In Confessional
September 9th, 2016
Progressive Rock
,
Rock Opera
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
83
87 ratings
Amazon
Music
6
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Mitski - Puberty 2
June 17th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
83
2,907 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
September 2nd, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
83
1,548 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Carne Doce - Princesa
August 24th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
82
96 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Grouper - Paradise Valley
December 21st, 2016
Dream Pop
,
Slowcore
,
Ambient Pop
USER SCORE
81
271 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Валентин Стрыкало [Valentin Strykalo] - Развлечение
October 13th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
81
51 ratings
Amazon
11
.
Big Thief - Masterpiece
May 27th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
USER SCORE
79
1,168 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gales
October 14th, 2016
Power Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
79
327 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
O Terno - Melhor do Que Parece
August 26th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
79
121 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
June 3rd, 2016
Indie Folk
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
79
490 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
May 13th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Emo-Pop
USER SCORE
79
435 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Palace - So Long Forever
November 4th, 2016
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
78
84 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Emma Ruth Rundle - Marked for Death
September 30th, 2016
Dream Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
USER SCORE
78
139 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
RY X - Dawn
May 6th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
USER SCORE
78
56 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Pinegrove - Cardinal
February 12th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
78
475 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Blue Smiley - return
July 11th, 2016
Shoegaze
,
Indie Rock
,
Slacker Rock
USER SCORE
78
137 ratings
Amazon
21
.
The Frights - You Are Going to Hate This
February 12th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Surf Punk
,
Garage Punk
USER SCORE
77
92 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
September 23rd, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
,
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
77
227 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math
June 17th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
77
52 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years
September 16th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
77
115 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
VACATIONS - Vibes
December 9th, 2016
Indie Rock
,
Jangle Pop
USER SCORE
76
190 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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