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D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Neo-Soul
Score
100
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At The Gates - At War with Reality
October 27, 2014
Melodic Death Metal
Score
100
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Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire
October 7, 2014
Industrial Metal
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100
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Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere
May 13, 2014
Black Metal
Score
100
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5
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Old 97's - Most Messed Up
April 29, 2014
Alt-Country
Score
100
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Slakah the Beatchild - Soul Movement, Vol. 2
March 11, 2014
Score
90
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Jonah Tolchin - Clover Lane
July 1, 2014
Folk
Score
90
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8
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Hobo Cubes - Apex Ideals
February 11, 2014
Score
90
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Alejandra Ribera - La boca
February 4, 2014
Score
90
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10
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Afrikan Sciences - Circuitous
December 8, 2014
IDM
Score
90
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11
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Anguish - Mountain
November 12, 2014
Doom Metal
Score
90
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12
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MoZaic - Unexpected Turns
November 4, 2014
Score
90
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13
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Exalt - Pale Light
November 4, 2014
Score
90
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Homewrecker - Circle of Death
October 31, 2014
Score
90
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Christian Löffler - Young Alaska
April 21, 2014
Score
90
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Devin Townsend Project - Z²
October 27, 2014
Progressive Metal
Score
90
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17
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Slim Twig - A Hound at the Hem
October 28, 2014
Score
90
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Black Milk - If There's A Hell Below
October 28, 2014
Hip Hop
Score
90
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19
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Slam - Reverse Proceed
October 27, 2014
Score
90
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Oh Susanna - Namedropper
October 21, 2014
Score
90
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Jane Weaver - The Silver Globe
October 20, 2014
Art Pop
Score
90
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22
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Logic - Under Pressure
October 21, 2014
Hip Hop
Score
90
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Horse Feathers - So It Is With Us
October 21, 2014
Indie Folk
Score
90
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24
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Oren Ambarchi - Quixotism
October 27, 2014
Ambient
Score
90
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Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
October 14, 2014
Country
Score
90
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