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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
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100
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M83 - Junk
April 8, 2016
Synthpop
Score
100
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The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell - Keep It Greasy!
October 14, 2016
Score
80
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Ebbot Lundberg & The Indigo Children - For The Ages To Come
February 26, 2016
Score
80
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5
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Oskar's Drum - A Cathedral Of Hands
November 7, 2016
Score
80
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6
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John Southworth - Small Town Water Tower
November 4, 2016
Score
80
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7
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Angelina - Vagabond Saint
December 2, 2016
Score
80
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Saint Leonard's Horses - Good Luck Everybody
October 14, 2016
Score
80
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The Songbook Collective - The Songbook Collective
October 17, 2016
Score
80
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10
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Skinny Lister - The Devil, The Heart & The Fight
September 30, 2016
Score
80
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11
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Wakrat - Wakrat
November 8, 2016
Score
80
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The Orchestra Of Syrian Musicians - Africa Express Presents... The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians & Guests
December 16, 2016
Score
80
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Amazon
13
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Ultrasound - Real Britannia
December 2, 2016
Score
80
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Amazon
14
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Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 25, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
80
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15
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Hannah Peel - Awake But Always Dreaming
September 23, 2016
Score
80
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The Computers - Birth/Death
September 23, 2016
Score
80
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The Clang Group - Practice
September 30, 2016
Score
80
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A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
November 11, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
80
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19
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Dele Sosimi - You No Fit Touch Am in Dub
July 29, 2016
Score
80
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Lewis & Leigh - Ghost
August 26, 2016
Score
80
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The Dirty Strangers - Crime and a Woman
July 1, 2016
Score
80
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22
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Madness - Can't Touch Us Now
October 28, 2016
Ska
Score
80
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23
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Alejandro Escovedo - Burn Something Beautiful
October 28, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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24
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Alabama 3 - Blues
October 28, 2016
Score
80
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25
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Gabriella Cohen - Full Closure and No Details
February 24, 2016
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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