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1. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
January 20, 2015
Critic Score
87
33 reviews
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2. Hop Along - Painted Shut

Hop Along - Painted Shut
May 5, 2015
Critic Score
84
13 reviews
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3. Bop English - Constant Bop

Bop English - Constant Bop
April 14, 2015
Critic Score
84
6 reviews
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4. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
March 24, 2015
Critic Score
83
35 reviews
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5. Kagoule - Urth

Kagoule - Urth
August 21, 2015
Critic Score
82
5 reviews
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6. Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy

Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy
July 28, 2015
Critic Score
82
28 reviews
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7. Evans The Death - Expect Delays

Evans The Death - Expect Delays
March 10, 2015
Critic Score
81
7 reviews
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8. LoneLady - Hinterland

LoneLady - Hinterland
March 23, 2015
Critic Score
81
11 reviews
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9. PWR BTTM - Ugly Cherries

PWR BTTM - Ugly Cherries
September 18, 2015
Critic Score
80
7 reviews
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10. Gaz Coombes - Matador

Gaz Coombes - Matador
January 26, 2015
Critic Score
80
10 reviews
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11. Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp

Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
April 7, 2015
Critic Score
80
25 reviews
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12. Wilco - Star Wars

Wilco - Star Wars
July 16, 2015
Critic Score
80
22 reviews
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13. Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People

Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People
July 10, 2015
Critic Score
80
16 reviews
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14. Deerhunter - Fading Frontier

Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
October 16, 2015
Critic Score
79
35 reviews
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15. Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool

Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool
June 22, 2015
Critic Score
79
20 reviews
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16. Sauna Youth - Distractions

Sauna Youth - Distractions
June 8, 2015
Critic Score
79
8 reviews
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17. TORRES - Sprinter

TORRES - Sprinter
May 5, 2015
Critic Score
79
21 reviews
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18. TRAAMS - Modern Dancing

TRAAMS - Modern Dancing
November 13, 2015
Critic Score
79
6 reviews
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19. Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer

Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer
April 21, 2015
Critic Score
79
23 reviews
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20. Gengahr - A Dream Outside

Gengahr - A Dream Outside
June 15, 2015
Critic Score
79
10 reviews
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21. Nadine Shah - Fast Food

Nadine Shah - Fast Food
April 6, 2015
Critic Score
78
8 reviews
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22. Dilly Dally - Sore

Dilly Dally - Sore
October 9, 2015
Critic Score
78
14 reviews
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23. The Charlatans - Modern Nature

The Charlatans - Modern Nature
January 26, 2015
Critic Score
78
13 reviews
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24. Low - Ones and Sixes

Low - Ones and Sixes
September 11, 2015
Critic Score
77
23 reviews
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25. City and Colour - If I Should Go Before You

City and Colour - If I Should Go Before You
October 9, 2015
Critic Score
77
5 reviews
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