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1
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Pixies - Doolittle
April 18, 1989
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
100
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Pixies - Surfer Rosa
March 21, 1988
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
99
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
October 26, 1999
Indie Rock
,
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
92
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
April 20, 1992
Slacker Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Noise Pop
Critic Score
92
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
April 22, 1997
Indie Rock
,
Noise Pop
Critic Score
91
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
91
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Cat Power - Moon Pix
September 22, 1998
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
Critic Score
91
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Wilco - Summerteeth
March 9, 1999
Indie Rock
,
Pop Rock
Critic Score
91
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
June 22, 1993
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
90
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004
Indie Rock
,
Chamber Pop
Critic Score
90
23
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Guided by Voices - The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
October 4, 2003
Indie Rock
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Muncie Girls - From Caplan To Belsize
March 4, 2016
Indie Rock
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
January 20, 2015
Indie Rock
Critic Score
89
46
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)
May 24, 1993
Slowcore
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle
August 6, 1996
Psychedelic Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
16
.
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
June 13, 2000
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
88
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Pillow Queens - In Waiting
September 25, 2020
Indie Rock
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
August 3, 2010
Indie Rock
Critic Score
88
43
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
March 5, 2002
Slowcore
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Critic Score
88
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
boygenius - the record
March 31, 2023
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
88
38
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Menomena - I Am the Fun Blame Monster!
June 20, 2003
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
88
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
June 21, 1994
Slacker Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
88
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Hamish Hawk - Angel Numbers
February 3, 2023
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
88
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Elastica - Elastica
March 13, 1995
Britpop
,
Punk Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
88
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
April 9, 1996
Indie Rock
,
Post-Rock
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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