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Stormzy - Heavy Is the Head
December 13, 2019
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El Khat - Saadia Jefferson
November 22, 2019
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90
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Lakou Mizik - HaitiaNola
October 25, 2019
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90
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Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons
September 6, 2019
Avant-Garde Jazz
Score
90
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5
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The Good Ones - RWANDA, you should be loved
November 8, 2019
Score
90
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
October 4, 2019
Singer-Songwriter
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90
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7
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The Garifuna Collective - Aban
September 15, 2019
Score
90
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Céu - APKÁ!
September 13, 2019
Indie Pop
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90
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9
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Sudan Archives - Athena
November 1, 2019
Alternative R&B
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90
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Klein - Lifetime
September 6, 2019
Post-Industrial
Score
90
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11
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Alexander Noice - NOICE
August 23, 2019
Art Pop
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90
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12
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Darrin Bradbury - Talking Dogs & Atom Bombs
September 20, 2019
Score
90
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Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee
August 23, 2019
Neo-Soul
Score
90
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JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
September 13, 2019
Experimental Hip Hop
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90
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Opeth - In Cauda Venenum
September 27, 2019
Progressive Rock
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90
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Sampa The Great - The Return
September 13, 2019
Neo-Soul
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90
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Pere Ubu - The Long Goodbye
July 12, 2019
Post-Punk
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90
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18
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Saint Abdullah - Mechanical Flirtations
June 13, 2019
Post-Industrial
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90
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Chick Corea - Antidote
June 28, 2019
Score
90
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Luke Cissell - String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2
June 21, 2019
Score
90
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Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends
August 30, 2019
Indie Rock
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90
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Tinariwen - Amadjar
September 6, 2019
Tishoumaren
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90
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Moodymann - SINNER
June 21, 2019
Deep House
Score
90
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24
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Nekfeu - Les étoiles vagabondes
June 6, 2019
Score
90
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Mariee Sioux - Grief in Exile
June 7, 2019
Folk
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90
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