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1
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lovely Creatures
May 5, 2017
Post-Punk
,
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
Critic Score
90
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
85
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Paramore - After Laughter
May 12, 2017
New Wave
,
Pop Rock
,
Alternative Dance
Critic Score
83
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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PVRIS - All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
August 25, 2017
Pop Rock
,
Synthpop
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
83
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
September 29, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
82
34
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
82
35
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Lowly - Heba
February 10, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Synthpop
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Tall Ships - Impressions
March 31, 2017
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
79
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet
July 14, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
79
26
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle
April 28, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
79
27
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Quicksand - Interiors
November 10, 2017
Post-Hardcore
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
78
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Queens of the Stone Age - Villains
August 25, 2017
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
78
41
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Jay Som - Everybody Works
March 10, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
The Afghan Whigs - In Spades
May 5, 2017
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
78
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Nightlands - I Can Feel the Night Around Me
May 5, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
July 28, 2017
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
Critic Score
77
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - On the Echoing Green
June 16, 2017
Shoegaze
,
Ambient
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Hey Colossus - The Guillotine
June 2, 2017
Alternative Rock
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Thurston Moore - Rock N Roll Consciousness
April 28, 2017
Alternative Rock
,
Noise Rock
Critic Score
76
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Modern Ruin
January 27, 2017
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
76
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Yumi Zouma - Willowbank
October 6, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
76
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Matthew Sweet - Tomorrow Forever
June 16, 2017
Power Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy
February 24, 2017
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
75
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Teen Daze - Themes for Dying Earth
February 10, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Chillwave
,
Ambient Pop
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Beach Fossils - Somersault
June 2, 2017
Indie Pop
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
75
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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