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Highest Rated Indie Rock Albums of 2014
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Real Estate - Atlas
March 4, 2014
Score
85
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Mazes - Wooden Aquarium
September 8, 2014
Score
85
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Spoon - They Want My Soul
August 5, 2014
Score
85
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Bad Suns - Language & Perspective
June 24, 2014
Score
80
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Augustines - Augustines
February 3, 2014
Score
80
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Ex Hex - Rips
October 7, 2014
Score
80
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Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
July 29, 2014
Score
80
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Hospitality - Trouble
January 28, 2014
Score
80
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Cymbals Eat Guitars - LOSE
August 26, 2014
Score
80
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St. Vincent - St. Vincent
February 25, 2014
Score
80
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The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
March 18, 2014
Score
75
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Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
June 3, 2014
Score
75
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Wampire - Bazaar
October 7, 2014
Score
75
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The Men - Tomorrow's Hits
March 3, 2014
Score
75
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Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
April 1, 2014
Score
75
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EMA - The Future's Void
April 8, 2014
Score
75
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Warpaint - Warpaint
January 21, 2014
Score
75
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The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams
March 25, 2014
Score
75
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Speedy Ortiz - Real Hair
February 11, 2014
Score
75
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Interpol - El Pintor
September 9, 2014
Score
70
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...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - IX
October 20, 2014
Score
70
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Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
February 3, 2014
Score
70
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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wig Out at Jagbags
January 7, 2014
Score
70
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Hey Rosetta! - Second Sight
October 21, 2014
Score
70
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Guided By Voices - Motivational Jumpsuit
February 17, 2014
Score
70
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