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KURO - KURO
November 11, 2016
Score
100
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Bitch 'n' Monk - We Are Peering Over
September 30, 2016
Score
100
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3
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Paper Tiger - Blast Off
May 27, 2016
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
4
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Christine Tobin - Pelt
November 25, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
5
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Xylaroo - Sweetooth
June 3, 2016
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
6
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Old Fire - Songs From the Haunted South
June 24, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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7
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Bosco Rogers - Post Exotic
July 8, 2016
Score
100
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8
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The Early Years - II
September 23, 2016
Score
100
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9
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Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
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Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter
November 4, 2016
Dream Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
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Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
October 21, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
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Orlando Voorn - In My World
January 25, 2016
Score
100
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Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
13
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Black Merlin - Hipnotik Tradisi
June 23, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
14
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Deap Vally - Femejism
September 16, 2016
Garage Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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Music
Spotify
15
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Death In Vegas - Transmission
May 27, 2016
Electronic
Score
100
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Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
16
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Damir Imamović's Sevdah Takht - Dvojka
April 29, 2016
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
17
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RM Hubbert - Telling the Trees
April 29, 2016
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
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Swans - The Glowing Man
June 17, 2016
Post-Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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ANOHNI - Hopelessness
May 6, 2016
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
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Beth Orton - Kidsticks
May 27, 2016
Indietronica
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
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Brian Eno - The Ship
April 29, 2016
Ambient
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
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Jessy Lanza - Oh No
May 13, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
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Steve Mason - Meet the Humans
February 26, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
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El Guincho - Hiperasia
February 12, 2016
Glitch Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
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Emma Pollock - In Search of Harperfield
January 29, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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