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The Best Indie Rock Albums of 2016 by User Score

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1.

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
May 20th, 2016
Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Power Pop, Garage Rock Revival
USER SCORE
86
2,589 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.
October 14th, 2016
Power Pop, Pop Punk, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
84
903 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
September 2nd, 2016
Indie Rock, Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
83
1,382 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Mitski - Puberty 2
June 17th, 2016
Indie Rock, Noise Pop
USER SCORE
82
1,807 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Carne Doce - Princesa
August 24th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
82
78 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
June 3rd, 2016
Indie Rock, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
79
461 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Big Thief - Masterpiece
May 27th, 2016
Indie Rock, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
78
713 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

O Terno - Melhor do Que Parece
August 26th, 2016
Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock, Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
78
89 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost
May 13th, 2016
Indie Rock, Emo, Emo-Pop
USER SCORE
77
302 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Pinegrove - Cardinal
February 12th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
77
374 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
September 23rd, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
77
214 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math
June 17th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
77
51 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

The Frights - You Are Going to Hate This
February 12th, 2016
Indie Rock, Surf Punk, Garage Punk
USER SCORE
77
69 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

RY X - Dawn
May 6th, 2016
Indie Rock, Folk Rock
USER SCORE
77
52 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Honeyblood - Babes Never Die
October 28th, 2016
Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
77
52 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years
September 16th, 2016
Indie Rock
USER SCORE
76
117 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Parquet Courts - Human Performance
April 8th, 2016
Indie Rock, Post-Punk
USER SCORE
76
607 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Mothers - When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired
February 26th, 2016
Indie Rock, Indie Folk
USER SCORE
76
149 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Palace - So Long Forever
November 4th, 2016
Indie Rock, Dream Pop
USER SCORE
76
57 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

VACATIONS - Vibes
December 9th, 2016
Indie Rock, Jangle Pop
USER SCORE
76
78 ratings
Amazon

21.

Lucy Dacus - No Burden
February 26th, 2016
Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
76
191 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

The Veils - Total Depravity
August 26th, 2016
Indie Rock, Industrial Rock
USER SCORE
76
54 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Jay Som - Turn Into
July 22nd, 2016
Dream Pop, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
76
50 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

May 27th, 2016
Emo, Indie Rock
USER SCORE
75
293 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Camp Cope - Camp Cope
April 22nd, 2016
Indie Rock, Emo
USER SCORE
75
53 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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