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1
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Shad - Flying Colours
October 15, 2013
Hip Hop
Score
100
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2
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Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
March 26, 2013
Synthpop
Score
100
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3
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Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - UZU
October 29, 2013
Psychedelic Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
5
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The-Dream - IV Play
May 28, 2013
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
6
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Kylesa - Ultraviolet
May 28, 2013
Sludge Metal
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
7
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito
April 16, 2013
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
,
Art Punk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others
October 15, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
February 18, 2013
Art Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
June 26, 2013
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Hayden - Us Alone
February 5, 2013
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Suuns - Images du Futur
March 5, 2013
Post-Punk
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Dawn Richard - Goldenheart
January 15, 2013
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Illangelo - History of Man
August 20, 2013
IDM
,
Electronic
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Gorguts - Colored Sands
August 6, 2013
Technical Death Metal
,
Dissonant Death Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
James Blake - Overgrown
April 8, 2013
Electronic
,
Future Garage
,
Art Pop
,
Alternative R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
FaltyDL - Hardcourage
January 22, 2013
Future Garage
,
UK Funky
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Suede - Bloodsports
March 18, 2013
Britpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
June 11, 2013
IDM
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Pissed Jeans - Honeys
February 12, 2013
Noise Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Quadron - Avalanche
June 4, 2013
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
September 3, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
April 23, 2013
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
A Tribe Called Red - Nation II Nation
May 7, 2013
Electro
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Charles Bradley - Victim of Love
April 2, 2013
Soul
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 NOW Magazine awarded albums throughout 2013.
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