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Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile
September 30, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
Critic Score
90
6
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iTunes
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2
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Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
Critic Score
90
21
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Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa
January 8, 2013
World
Critic Score
88
7
reviews
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4
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Future of the Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
October 21, 2013
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
87
12
reviews
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5
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My Bloody Valentine - m b v
February 3, 2013
Shoegaze
Critic Score
87
40
reviews
Amazon
6
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Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net
February 5, 2013
Avant-Garde Jazz
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
Amazon
7
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Gorguts - Colored Sands
August 6, 2013
Death Metal
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
8
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Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
May 27, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
86
36
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
9
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Teeth of the Sea - Master
October 7, 2013
Post-Rock
Critic Score
85
8
reviews
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Music
Spotify
10
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Julia Holter - Loud City Song
August 19, 2013
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
28
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
11
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Nils Frahm - Spaces
November 18, 2013
Ambient
Critic Score
85
15
reviews
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Spotify
12
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Bilal - A Love Surreal
February 26, 2013
R&B
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
13
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Carcass - Surgical Steel
September 17, 2013
Melodic Death Metal
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
14
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Danny Brown - OLD
October 8, 2013
Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
26
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
15
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Jon Hopkins - Immunity
June 3, 2013
Microhouse
Critic Score
85
28
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
16
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Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky
May 14, 2013
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
11
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
17
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Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
March 19, 2013
Country
Critic Score
85
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
June 26, 2013
Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
25
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
19
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Jason Isbell - Southeastern
June 11, 2013
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
12
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
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Patty Griffin - American Kid
May 7, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
85
10
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
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Special Request - Soul Music
October 7, 2013
Techno
Critic Score
84
9
reviews
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iTunes
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Spotify
22
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Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
April 30, 2013
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
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Hiss Golden Messenger - Haw
April 1, 2013
Folk
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
24
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The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
April 15, 2013
Drone
Critic Score
84
18
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
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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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