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1.

Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
February 7, 2012
Critic Score
78
29 reviews
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2.

Sonic Youth - Smart Bar - Chicago 1985
November 14, 2012
Critic Score
76
5 reviews
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3.

Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
75
28 reviews
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4.

The Invisible - Rispah
June 12, 2012
Critic Score
75
10 reviews
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5.

Dave Matthews Band - Away From the World
September 11, 2012
Critic Score
75
5 reviews
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6.

Elbow - Dead in the Boot
August 27, 2012
Critic Score
75
7 reviews
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7.

Soulsavers - The Light The Dead See
May 22, 2012
Critic Score
75
10 reviews
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8.

Bob Mould - Silver Age
September 4, 2012
Critic Score
74
20 reviews
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9.

Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil
September 11, 2012
Critic Score
74
12 reviews
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10.

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
October 23, 2012
Critic Score
74
17 reviews
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11.

Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks
March 27, 2012
Critic Score
73
23 reviews
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12.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
72
21 reviews
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13.

The Big Sleep - Nature Experiments
February 14, 2012
Critic Score
71
5 reviews
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14.

2:54 - 2:54
May 29, 2012
Critic Score
69
13 reviews
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15.

We Are The Ocean - Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow
September 17, 2012
Critic Score
68
5 reviews
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16.

Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
January 24, 2012
Critic Score
68
21 reviews
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17.

Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
May 8, 2012
Critic Score
68
16 reviews
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18.

Soundgarden - King Animal
November 13, 2012
Critic Score
68
25 reviews
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19.

Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV
January 31, 2012
Critic Score
68
9 reviews
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20.

The Stranglers - Giants
March 5, 2012
Critic Score
68
10 reviews
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21.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
June 18, 2012
Critic Score
67
23 reviews
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22.

The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Critic Score
67
26 reviews
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23.

Everclear - Invisible Stars
June 26, 2012
Critic Score
67
5 reviews
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24.

The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
April 21, 2012
Critic Score
67
21 reviews
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25.

Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour
February 14, 2012
Critic Score
66
13 reviews
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