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Highest Rated Indie Rock Albums of 2016
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The Coral - Distance Inbetween
March 4, 2016
Score
100
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The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come to Expect
April 1, 2016
Score
80
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Wilco - Schmilco
September 9, 2016
Score
80
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Twin Peaks - Down In Heaven
May 13, 2016
Score
80
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Okkervil River - Away
September 9, 2016
Score
80
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Blossoms - Blossoms
August 5, 2016
Score
80
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American Wrestlers - Goodbye Terrible Youth
November 4, 2016
Score
80
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Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
June 10, 2016
Score
60
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Peter Doherty - Hamburg Demonstrations
December 2, 2016
Score
60
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The Veils - Total Depravity
August 26, 2016
Score
60
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The Kills - Ash & Ice
June 3, 2016
Score
60
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Haley Bonar - Impossible Dream
August 5, 2016
Score
60
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The Strumbellas - Hope
April 22, 2016
Score
40
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The Courteeners - Mapping the Rendezvous
October 21, 2016
Score
40
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2016.
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