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The Alternative's 50 Best Albums So Far in 2017
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(Sandy) Alex G - Rocket
May 19, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
76
23
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
A Will Away - Here Again
March 3, 2017
Amazon
Adult Mom - Soft Spots
May 19, 2017
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Big Thief - Capacity
June 9, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
82
21
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Charly Bliss - Guppy
April 21, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
82
10
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound
January 27, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
73
23
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Cool American - Infinite Hiatus
June 2, 2017
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Deer Leap - Wind & Words
June 9, 2017
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Diet Cig - Swear I'm Good At This
April 7, 2017
Indie Pop
Critic Score
80
17
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Eisley - I'm Only Dreaming
February 17, 2017
Indie Pop
Critic Score
69
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Girlpool - Powerplant
May 12, 2017
Indie Pop
Critic Score
75
21
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Gnarwolves - Outsiders
May 5, 2017
Critic Score
77
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Grayscale - Adornment
May 5, 2017
Pop Punk
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Half Waif - form/a
February 24, 2017
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Heart Attack Man - The Manson Family
March 3, 2017
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Hundredth - RARE
June 16, 2017
Shoegaze
Critic Score
62
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
January 27, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
77
30
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Jay Som - Everybody Works
March 10, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
78
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Joey Bada$$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
April 7, 2017
Hip Hop
Critic Score
77
16
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Hip Hop
Critic Score
92
35
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Kevin Morby - City Music
June 16, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
79
18
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
February 24, 2017
Psychedelic Rock
Critic Score
73
17
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017
Art Pop
Critic Score
90
36
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
February 24, 2017
Indie Pop
Critic Score
80
16
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Meat Wave - The Incessant
February 17, 2017
Garage Punk
Critic Score
73
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Milk Fluid - Flake
April 24, 2017
Amazon
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
90
17
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Oso Oso - the yunahon mixtape
January 13, 2017
Emo
Critic Score
78
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Palehound - A Place I'll Always Go
June 16, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Paramore - After Laughter
May 12, 2017
New Wave
Critic Score
83
17
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Pile - A Hairshirt of Purpose
March 31, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
82
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural
January 27, 2017
Post-Punk
Critic Score
76
12
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Remo Drive - Greatest Hits
March 16, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
70
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Rozwell Kid - Precious Art
June 23, 2017
Power Pop
Critic Score
76
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 25, 2016
Hip Hop
Critic Score
86
31
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged
January 27, 2017
Emo
Critic Score
79
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
Critic Score
82
29
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Smidley - Smidley
June 2, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
75
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else - Enjoy The Great Outdoors
May 12, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
71
3 reviews
Amazon
SZA - Ctrl
June 9, 2017
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
82
18
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Tall Ships - Impressions
March 31, 2017
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
80
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
The Flats - Auburn in the Everlast
January 6, 2017
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
The Maine - Lovely, Little, Lonely
April 7, 2017
Pop Rock
Critic Score
80
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
The Obsessives - The Obsessives
March 17, 2017
Indie Rock
Amazon
iTunes
Music
The Spirit of the Beehive - Pleasure Suck
March 24, 2017
Critic Score
72
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Tigers Jaw - Spin
May 19, 2017
Emo
Critic Score
68
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Turtlenecked - Vulture
June 16, 2017
Critic Score
60
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Vagabon - Infinite Worlds
February 24, 2017
Indie Rock
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
Vasudeva - No Clearance
March 31, 2017
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
White Reaper - The World's Best American Band
April 7, 2017
Glam Rock
Critic Score
78
9
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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