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Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
March 5, 2021
Slowcore
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90
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Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy
April 9, 2021
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
88
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
April 2, 2021
Post-Rock
Score
85
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Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
March 26, 2021
Modern Classical
Score
85
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Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird - These 13
March 5, 2021
Country
Score
85
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Anna B Savage - A Common Turn
January 29, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
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The Anchoress - The Art Of Losing
March 12, 2021
Art Rock
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85
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Sarah Mary Chadwick - Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby
February 5, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
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85
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Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
February 26, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
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85
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Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams
January 29, 2021
Bedroom Pop
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85
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Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club
March 19, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
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12
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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
February 25, 2021
Art Rock
Score
84
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Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom
February 26, 2021
Score
83
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14
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Bicep - Isles
January 22, 2021
Future Garage
Score
82
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Hiraki - Stumbling Through The Walls
April 9, 2021
Noise Rock
Score
80
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Amazon
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The Armadillo Paradox - Out of Gas in Oil Country
March 26, 2021
Score
80
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Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt - Made Out Of Sound
March 26, 2021
Free Improvisation
Score
80
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Amazon
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Valerie June - The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
March 12, 2021
Country Soul
Score
80
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Yoshinori Hayashi - Pulse of Defiance
April 9, 2021
Breakbeat
Score
80
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Amazon
20
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The Armed - Ultrapop
April 16, 2021
Noise Rock
Score
80
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Du Blonde - Homecoming
April 2, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
80
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22
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Koldovstvo - Ни царя, ни бога [Ni Tsarya, Ni Boga]
March 5, 2021
Score
80
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Amazon
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serpentwithfeet - DEACON
March 26, 2021
Alternative R&B
Score
80
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Dale Crover - rat a tat tat
January 15, 2021
Score
80
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YUNGMORPHEUS & ewonee - Thumbing Thru Foliage
March 5, 2021
Hip Hop
Score
80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spectrum Culture awarded albums throughout 2021.
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