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Paramore - Paramore
April 5, 2013
Pop Rock
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Power Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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2
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Touché Amoré - Is Survived By
September 24, 2013
Screamo
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Cult of Luna - Vertikal
January 29, 2013
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Sigur Rós - Kveikur
June 17, 2013
Art Rock
,
Post-Industrial
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Balance and Composure - The Things We Think We're Missing
September 9, 2013
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Letlive. - The Blackest Beautiful
July 9, 2013
Post-Hardcore
,
Art Punk
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond the Sun
February 19, 2013
Score
90
Amazon
8
.
The Thermals - Desperate Ground
April 16, 2013
Pop Punk
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Defeater - Letters Home
July 16, 2013
Hardcore Punk
,
Melodic Hardcore
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Silverstein - This Is How the Wind Shifts
February 5, 2013
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Jimmy Eat World - Damage
June 11, 2013
Alternative Rock
,
Emo-Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation
May 14, 2013
Pop Punk
,
Emo-Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
twenty one pilots - Vessel
January 8, 2013
Indie Pop
,
Electropop
,
Pop Rap
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal
April 1, 2013
Metalcore
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
All Pigs Must Die - Nothing Violates This Nature
July 23, 2013
Hardcore Punk
,
Metalcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
July 23, 2013
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Best Coast - Fade Away
October 22, 2013
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Drug Church - Paul Walker
July 22, 2013
Post-Hardcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us Is the Killer
May 14, 2013
Mathcore
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
We Came As Romans - Tracing Back Roots
July 23, 2013
Metalcore
Score
80
Amazon
21
.
Dropkick Murphys - Signed and Sealed in Blood
January 8, 2013
Celtic Punk
,
Folk Punk
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
True Widow - Circumambulation
July 23, 2013
Slowcore
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Son Volt - Honky Tonk
March 5, 2013
Alt-Country
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Daylight - Jar
April 30, 2013
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Hardcore
,
Post-Grunge
,
Grunge
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
25
.
Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium
September 3, 2013
Indie Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Alternative Press awarded albums throughout 2013.
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