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The Best Indie Rock Albums of the 2020s

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1.

Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
June 18, 2020
Critic Score
88
43 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Pillow Queens - In Waiting
September 25, 2020
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
June 4, 2021
Critic Score
87
33 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

The White Stripes - Greatest Hits
December 4, 2020
Critic Score
86
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Wunderhorse - Cub
October 7, 2022
Critic Score
85
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
October 8, 2021
Critic Score
85
17 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Gaz Coombes - Turn The Car Around
January 13, 2023
Critic Score
85
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Porridge Radio - Every Bad
March 13, 2020
Critic Score
84
20 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Beach Bunny - Blame Game
January 15, 2021
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Hippo Campus - LP3
February 4, 2022
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
January 20, 2023
Critic Score
84
21 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
April 2, 2021
Critic Score
84
33 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
October 21, 2022
Critic Score
83
27 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Wet Leg - Wet Leg
April 8, 2022
Critic Score
83
38 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Empty Country - Empty Country
March 20, 2020
Critic Score
83
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Soccer Mommy - color theory
February 28, 2020
Critic Score
83
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

False Heads - It's All There But You're Dreaming
March 13, 2020
Critic Score
83
5 reviews
Amazon

18.

Alex G - God Save the Animals
September 23, 2022
Critic Score
83
22 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE
August 26, 2022
Critic Score
82
26 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Porridge Radio - Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky
May 20, 2022
Critic Score
82
16 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Do Nothing - Glueland
March 12, 2021
Critic Score
82
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Body Type - Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising
May 20, 2022
Critic Score
82
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

The Cribs - Night Network
November 20, 2020
Critic Score
82
15 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Daniel Romano's Outfit - How Ill Thy World Is Ordered
September 18, 2020
Critic Score
82
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Doves - The Universal Want
September 11, 2020
Critic Score
82
24 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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