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Oct 16
Mac DeMarco
2
75
critic score
(19)
78
user score
(1,691)
Nov 6
Alex G
Trick
73
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(767)
Sep 18
Grizzly Bear
Shields
79
critic score
(38)
81
user score
(735)
Aug 1
Car Seat Headrest
Monomania
81
user score
(575)
Jun 5
Japandroids
Celebration Rock
82
critic score
(35)
79
user score
(459)
Aug 28
Wild Nothing
Nocturne
75
critic score
(27)
80
user score
(359)
Nov 22
Car Seat Headrest
Starving While Living
76
user score
(317)
Feb 7
Sharon Van Etten
Tramp
81
critic score
(34)
78
user score
(274)
Sep 4
Two Door Cinema Club
Beacon
63
critic score
(19)
66
user score
(260)
Jan 16
Alex G
Rules
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(231)
Aug 21
Bloc Party
Four
67
critic score
(39)
67
user score
(230)
Mar 20
The Shins
Port of Morrow
69
critic score
(41)
73
user score
(226)
Feb 21
Sleigh Bells
Reign of Terror
73
critic score
(35)
71
user score
(187)
Apr 1
Cigarettes After Sex
I.
71
user score
(182)
Jun 12
Metric
Synthetica
69
critic score
(26)
74
user score
(145)
May 29
The Walkmen
Heaven
79
critic score
(35)
79
user score
(144)
Sep 4
The Vaccines
Come of Age
65
critic score
(20)
64
user score
(130)
Apr 2
Lotus Plaza
Spooky Action at a Distance
77
critic score
(14)
77
user score
(122)
May 5
Hop Along
Get Disowned
79
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(108)
Oct 2
The Mountain Goats
Transcendental Youth
78
critic score
(25)
78
user score
(104)
Aug 18
Imagine Dragons
It's Time
60
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(101)
Jan 9
The Maccabees
Given to the Wild
73
critic score
(17)
70
user score
(90)
Aug 6
IDLES
Welcome
67
user score
(86)
Mar 6
Pond
Beard, Wives, Denim
72
critic score
(10)
74
user score
(85)
Jun 19
WALK THE MOON
Walk The Moon
63
critic score
(5)
70
user score
(79)
May 8
Silversun Pickups
Neck of the Woods
68
critic score
(16)
75
user score
(79)
May 9
きのこ帝国 [Kinoko Teikoku]
渦になる [Uzu ni Naru]
85
user score
(78)
Oct 23
Titus Andronicus
Local Business
76
critic score
(21)
75
user score
(73)
Mar 6
Now, Now
Threads
68
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(71)
Mar 27
Half Moon Run
Dark Eyes
74
critic score
(7)
75
user score
(70)
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Jul 24
The Antlers
Undersea
76
critic score
(14)
79
user score
(65)
Oct 23
Pile
Dripping
80
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(63)
Apr 25
Good Night & Good Morning
Narrowing Type
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(61)
Sep 18
Menomena
Moms
79
critic score
(24)
79
user score
(59)
Apr 21
Arcade Fire
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
95
user score
(54)
Aug 28
Divine Fits
A Thing Called Divine Fits
76
critic score
(25)
74
user score
(53)
May 15
mewithoutYou
Ten Stories
70
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(53)
Mar 26
The All-American Rejects
Kids in the Street
58
critic score
(7)
57
user score
(48)
May 22
Gossip
A Joyful Noise
56
critic score
(22)
58
user score
(44)
Oct 23
Paul Banks
Banks
71
critic score
(16)
66
user score
(43)
Jan 6
Xiu Xiu
I Luv the Valley OH!
93
user score
(42)
Jun 5
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap
56
critic score
(13)
57
user score
(41)
Sep 29
Feed Me Jack
Chumpfrey
81
user score
(40)
Feb 7
The Twilight Sad
No One Can Ever Know
76
critic score
(19)
72
user score
(38)
Oct 15
Balthazar
Rats
70
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(37)
Sep 11
The Raveonettes
Observator
67
critic score
(13)
75
user score
(35)
Nov 20
The Evens
The Odds
79
critic score
(9)
75
user score
(34)
May 31
O Terno
66
65
user score
(34)
Jan 30
Stuck In The Sound
Pursuit
72
user score
(33)
Nov 28
Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado
La Dinastía Scorpio
76
user score
(32)
Aug 28
Minus the Bear
Infinity Overhead
63
critic score
(12)
65
user score
(28)
Aug 13
Spector
Enjoy It While It Lasts
62
critic score
(14)
65
user score
(28)
Oct 16
Pinback
Information Retrieved
66
critic score
(14)
73
user score
(27)
Jan 1
Guided By Voices
Let's Go Eat the Factory
69
critic score
(31)
65
user score
(27)
May 7
The Cribs
In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
66
critic score
(24)
71
user score
(26)
Jan 16
Matt Elliott
The Broken Man
78
user score
(25)
Aug 6
Everyone Everywhere
Everyone Everywhere
82
user score
(25)
May 21
The Enemy
Streets in the Sky
29
critic score
(6)
26
user score
(24)
Apr 2
Graham Coxon
A+E
76
critic score
(20)
73
user score
(23)
Jun 11
Maxïmo Park
The National Health
65
critic score
(20)
66
user score
(22)
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