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Dream Wife - Dream Wife
January 26, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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Black Foxxes - REIðI
March 16, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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3
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Of Mice & Men - Defy
January 19, 2018
Alternative Metal
Score
100
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4
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Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It
March 2, 2018
Mathcore
Score
100
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5
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The Xcerts - Hold on to Your Heart
January 19, 2018
Power Pop
Score
100
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6
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Teenage Wrist - Chrome Neon Jesus
March 9, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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7
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A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant
April 20, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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8
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The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
April 6, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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9
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Parkway Drive - Reverence
May 4, 2018
Alternative Metal
Score
100
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10
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Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
August 31, 2018
Post-Punk
Score
100
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11
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Basement - Beside Myself
October 12, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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12
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Architects - Holy Hell
November 9, 2018
Metalcore
Score
100
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13
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Black Peaks - All That Divides
October 5, 2018
Progressive Rock
Score
100
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14
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Bury Tomorrow - Black Flame
July 13, 2018
Metalcore
Score
100
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15
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Estrons - You Say I'm Too Much, I Say You're Not Enough
October 5, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
90
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16
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Fall Out Boy - M A N I A
January 19, 2018
Electropop
Score
80
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17
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Black Veil Brides - Vale
January 12, 2018
Hard Rock
Score
80
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18
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Tonight Alive - Underworld
January 12, 2018
Pop Rock
Score
80
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19
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Shame - Songs of Praise
January 12, 2018
Post-Punk
Score
80
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20
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Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers
February 9, 2018
Heartland Rock
Score
80
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21
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Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends
March 2, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
80
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22
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Marmozets - Knowing What You Know Now
January 26, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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23
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DZ Deathrays - Bloody Lovely
February 2, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
80
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24
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Goat Girl - Goat Girl
April 6, 2018
Post-Punk
Score
80
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25
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Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
May 18, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Upset awarded albums throughout 2018.
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