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The Highest Rated Albums of 2013

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1. Deafheaven - Sunbather

Deafheaven - Sunbather

June 11, 2013

Critic Score

90

20 reviews

2. Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa

Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa

January 8, 2013

Critic Score

89

6 reviews

3. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile

September 30, 2013

Avant-Garde Jazz

Critic Score

88

5 reviews

4. Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net

Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net

February 5, 2013

Avant-Garde Jazz

Critic Score

88

5 reviews

5. My Bloody Valentine - m b v

My Bloody Valentine - m b v

February 3, 2013

Critic Score

88

36 reviews

6. Gorguts - Colored Sands

Gorguts - Colored Sands

August 6, 2013

Critic Score

87

5 reviews

7. Future of the Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident

Future of the Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident

October 21, 2013

Critic Score

87

12 reviews

8. Teeth of the Sea - Master

Teeth of the Sea - Master

October 7, 2013

Critic Score

85

8 reviews

9. Bilal - A Love Surreal

Bilal - A Love Surreal

February 26, 2013

Critic Score

85

7 reviews

10. Nils Frahm - Spaces

Nils Frahm - Spaces

November 18, 2013

Critic Score

85

13 reviews

11. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle

Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle

May 27, 2013

Critic Score

85

33 reviews

12. Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky

Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky

May 14, 2013

Critic Score

85

11 reviews

13. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park

Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park

March 19, 2013

Critic Score

85

8 reviews

14. Patty Griffin - American Kid

Patty Griffin - American Kid

May 7, 2013

Critic Score

85

10 reviews

15. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels

June 26, 2013

Critic Score

84

24 reviews

16. TORRES - Torres

TORRES - Torres

January 22, 2013

Critic Score

84

10 reviews

17. Josephine Foster - I'm A Dreamer

Josephine Foster - I'm A Dreamer

November 12, 2013

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

18. The Ocean - Pelagial

The Ocean - Pelagial

April 30, 2013

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

19. Clutch - Earth Rocker

Clutch - Earth Rocker

March 19, 2013

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

20. Danny Brown - OLD

Danny Brown - OLD

October 8, 2013

Critic Score

84

24 reviews

21. Carcass - Surgical Steel

Carcass - Surgical Steel

September 17, 2013

Melodic Death Metal

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

22. Julia Holter - Loud City Song

Julia Holter - Loud City Song

August 19, 2013

Critic Score

84

25 reviews

23. MONEY - The Shadow of Heaven

MONEY - The Shadow of Heaven

August 26, 2013

Critic Score

84

14 reviews

24. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

February 18, 2013

Alternative Rock

Critic Score

84

34 reviews

25. The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

April 15, 2013

Critic Score

84

16 reviews

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Critic Score

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Vampire Weekend Promise Double Album, New Music Out Next Week

10 points / 7 Comments

New Track: James Blake – “Lullaby For My Insomniac”

New Track: James Blake – “Lullaby For My Insomniac”

2 points / Comment

Album Stream: DAWN, 'new breed'

Album Stream: DAWN, 'new breed'

Listen to James Blake and Travis Scott’s New Song “Mile High”

Listen to James Blake and Travis Scott’s New Song “Mile High”

3 points / Comment

New Album Releases

82

81

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

84

Sharon Van Etten

Remind Me Tomorrow

85

The Twilight Sad

It Won/T Be Like This All the Time

74

Heard It In A Past Life

69

76

74

The Unseen In Between

77

80

About The Light

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