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Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Critic Score
91
18
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2
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Lankum - Between the Earth and Sky
October 27, 2017
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
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3
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Live
April 28, 2017
Critic Score
89
5
reviews
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4
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Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts
July 14, 2017
Critic Score
86
9
reviews
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5
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Richard Dawson - Peasant
June 2, 2017
Critic Score
85
12
reviews
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6
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Jake Xerxes Fussell - What In The Natural World
March 31, 2017
Critic Score
84
6
reviews
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7
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The Weather Station - The Weather Station
October 6, 2017
Critic Score
83
11
reviews
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8
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Circuit Des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo
October 20, 2017
Critic Score
83
12
reviews
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9
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Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Critic Score
83
30
reviews
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10
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Laura Marling - Semper Femina
March 10, 2017
Critic Score
83
37
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11
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Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now
February 10, 2017
Critic Score
82
12
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12
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Jim Ghedi - Hymn for Ancient Land
November 10, 2017
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
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13
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Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
June 16, 2017
Critic Score
82
36
reviews
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14
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Robert Plant - Carry Fire
October 13, 2017
Critic Score
82
19
reviews
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15
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Bedouine - Bedouine
June 23, 2017
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
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16
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Aldous Harding - Party
May 19, 2017
Critic Score
82
15
reviews
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17
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Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway
February 24, 2017
Critic Score
82
12
reviews
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Spotify
18
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Neil Young - Hitchhiker
September 8, 2017
Critic Score
81
19
reviews
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19
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Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Navigator
March 10, 2017
Critic Score
81
20
reviews
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20
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Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
September 22, 2017
Critic Score
81
15
reviews
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Spotify
21
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Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
January 27, 2017
Critic Score
80
19
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
22
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Linda Perhacs - I’m a Harmony
September 22, 2017
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
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Spotify
23
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Nick Mulvey - Wake Up Now
September 8, 2017
Critic Score
80
6
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
24
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Nadia Reid - Preservation
March 3, 2017
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
25
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Feist - Pleasure
April 28, 2017
Critic Score
80
34
reviews
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Spotify
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