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1.

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
September 30, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
Critic Score
90
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
Critic Score
90
21 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa
January 8, 2013
World
Critic Score
88
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Future of the Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
October 21, 2013
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
87
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

My Bloody Valentine - m b v
February 3, 2013
Shoegaze
Critic Score
87
40 reviews
Amazon

6.

Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net
February 5, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
Critic Score
87
6 reviews
Amazon

7.

Gorguts - Colored Sands
August 6, 2013
Death Metal
Critic Score
87
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
May 27, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
86
36 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Teeth of the Sea - Master
October 7, 2013
Post-Rock
Critic Score
85
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Julia Holter - Loud City Song
August 19, 2013
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
28 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Nils Frahm - Spaces
November 18, 2013
Ambient
Critic Score
85
15 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Bilal - A Love Surreal
February 26, 2013
R&B
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Carcass - Surgical Steel
September 17, 2013
Melodic Death Metal
Critic Score
85
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Danny Brown - OLD
October 8, 2013
Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
26 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Jon Hopkins - Immunity
June 3, 2013
Microhouse
Critic Score
85
28 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky
May 14, 2013
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
March 19, 2013
Country
Critic Score
85
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
June 26, 2013
Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
25 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Jason Isbell - Southeastern
June 11, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Patty Griffin - American Kid
May 7, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
85
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Special Request - Soul Music
October 7, 2013
Techno
Critic Score
84
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
April 30, 2013
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Hiss Golden Messenger - Haw
April 1, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

24.

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
April 15, 2013
Drone
Critic Score
84
18 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
February 18, 2013
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
84
41 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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