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Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads
January 26, 2018
Americana
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Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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2
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Black Peaks - All That Divides
October 5, 2018
Progressive Rock
,
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
3
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Macy Gray - Ruby
September 21, 2018
Soul
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4
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Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
August 31, 2018
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
,
Post-Hardcore
,
Punk Rock
Critic Score
88
34
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
5
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Robyn - Honey
October 26, 2018
Electropop
,
Dance-Pop
,
Synthpop
,
House
Critic Score
88
29
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
.
Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Contemporary R&B
,
Synth Funk
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
87
41
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
7
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Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
March 16, 2018
Progressive Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
.
John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
June 29, 2018
Post-Bop
,
Modal Jazz
Critic Score
86
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
.
Noname - Room 25
September 14, 2018
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
Critic Score
86
16
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
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Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
October 26, 2018
Noise Rock
,
Industrial Rock
Critic Score
86
13
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
March 23, 2018
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
12
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Christine and the Queens - Chris
September 21, 2018
Synthpop
,
Electropop
,
Electro-Disco
Critic Score
86
36
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
.
Voivod - The Wake
September 21, 2018
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
86
10
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
.
Architects - Holy Hell
November 9, 2018
Metalcore
Critic Score
85
14
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
.
Mitski - Be the Cowboy
August 17, 2018
Indie Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Critic Score
85
40
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
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Sigh - Heir To Despair
November 16, 2018
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17
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Low - Double Negative
September 14, 2018
Ambient Pop
,
Glitch Pop
,
Slowcore
Critic Score
85
26
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
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Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere
March 30, 2018
Country
Critic Score
85
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
February 9, 2018
Indie Rock
Critic Score
85
27
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
.
Pusha T - Daytona
May 25, 2018
Hardcore Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
,
Gangsta Rap
,
Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
24
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
February 16, 2018
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
27
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Various Artists - Brainfeeder X
November 16, 2018
Wonky
,
House
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
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Between the Buried and Me - Automata II
July 13, 2018
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
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Black Foxxes - REIðI
March 16, 2018
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
.
Saba - CARE FOR ME
April 5, 2018
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
9
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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