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This is an ordered list of Slant Magazine's highest rated albums of 2013. Check out
Slant Magazine's Year End List
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1
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Laura Veirs - Warp and Weft
August 19, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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2
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Dungeonesse - Dungeonesse
May 14, 2013
Synthpop
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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The Icarus Line - Slave Vows
July 8, 2013
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
4
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Mountains - Centralia
January 22, 2013
Ambient
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
February 18, 2013
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Arcade Fire - Reflektor
October 29, 2013
Alternative Dance
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
May 14, 2013
Indie Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
May 27, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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my bloody valentine - m b v
February 3, 2013
Shoegaze
,
Dream Pop
,
Noise Pop
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Lightning Dust - Fantasy
June 25, 2013
Indie Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Kylesa - Ultraviolet
May 28, 2013
Sludge Metal
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Califone - Stitches
September 3, 2013
Indie Folk
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Hebronix - Unreal
July 9, 2013
Indie Rock
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Madeleine Peyroux - The Blue Room
March 5, 2013
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - Untamed Beast
February 19, 2013
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
August 5, 2013
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Gold Panda - Half of Where You Live
June 11, 2013
Electronic
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon
February 26, 2013
Country
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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John Vanderslice - Dagger Beach
June 11, 2013
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Frog Eyes - Carey's Cold Spring
October 7, 2013
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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inc. no world - No World
February 19, 2013
Contemporary R&B
,
Experimental
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Mikal Cronin - MCII
May 7, 2013
Garage Rock
,
Power Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Colleen - The Weighing of the Heart
May 13, 2013
Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
November 18, 2013
Alternative R&B
,
Synth Funk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
February 5, 2013
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Slant Magazine awarded albums throughout 2013.
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