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Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
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1 Hip Hop Mar 16

Sam Lee & Friends The Fade In Time
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2 Folk Jun 16

Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell
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3 Indie Folk Mar 31

Mbongwana Star From Kinshasa
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4 World May 19

Sleater-Kinney No Cities to Love
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5 Indie Rock Jan 20

Elza Soares A Mulher do Fim do Mundo
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6 MPB Oct 03

Julia Holter Have You in My Wilderness
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7 Art Pop Sep 25

Joanna Newsom Divers
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8 Singer-Songwriter Oct 23

Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear
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9 Singer-Songwriter Feb 10

Susanne Sundfør Ten Love Songs
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10 Art Pop Feb 16

John Howard & The Night Mail John Howard & The Night Mail
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11 Singer-Songwriter Aug 21

Björk Vulnicura
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12 Art Pop Jan 20

Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase.
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13 Art Rock Mar 03

Kamasi Washington The Epic
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14 Jazz Fusion May 05

James McMurtry Complicated Game
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15 Americana Feb 24

Vince Staples Summertime '06
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16 Hip Hop Jun 30

Julien Baker Sprained Ankle
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17 Singer-Songwriter Oct 23

Dave Rawlings Machine Nashville Obsolete
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18 Americana Sep 18

Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat The Most Important Place In The World
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19 Folk Mar 16

Gretchen Peters Blackbirds
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20 Americana Feb 10

Jamie xx In Colour
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21 UK Bass Jun 01

Hop Along Painted Shut
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22 Indie Rock May 05

Dwight Yoakam Second Hand Heart
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23 Country Apr 14

Jlin Dark Energy
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24 Footwork Mar 24

VHÖL Deeper Than Sky
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25 Heavy Metal Oct 23

Daniel Romano If I've Only One Time Askin'
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26 Americana Jul 31

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Ba Power
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27 World Apr 24

Bop English Constant Bop
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28 Indie Rock Apr 14

Rhiannon Giddens Tomorrow Is My Turn
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29 Folk Feb 10

Grimes Art Angels
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30 Art Pop Nov 06

Napalm Death Apex Predator
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31 Grindcore Jan 27

Natalie Prass Natalie Prass
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32 Chamber Pop Jan 27

Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
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33 Indie Rock Mar 24

PWR BTTM Ugly Cherries
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34 Power Pop Sep 18

Haiku Salut Etch and Etch Deep
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35 Art Pop Jul 31

Cattle Decapitation The Anthropocene Extinction
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36 Grindcore Aug 07

Destroyer Poison Season
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37 Chamber Pop Aug 28

Jason Isbell Something More Than Free
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38 Singer-Songwriter Jul 17

Royal Headache High
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39 Garage Rock Aug 21

Tame Impala Currents
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40 Psychedelic Pop Jul 17

Kagoule Urth
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41 Alternative Rock Aug 21

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Blossom
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42 no_genre Aug 14

Allison Moorer Down To Believing
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43 Country Mar 17

Floating Points Elaenia
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44 Electronic Nov 06

Ashley Monroe The Blade
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45 Country Jul 24

M.E.S.H. Piteous Gate
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46 IDM Jul 24

Rolo Tomassi Grievances
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47 Mathcore Jun 01

Olivia Chaney The Longest River
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48 Folk Apr 28

DAWN Blackheart
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49 Alternative R&B Jan 15

Ghost Meliora
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50 Hard Rock Aug 21

The Dear Hunter Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise
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51 Progressive Rock Sep 04

John Grant Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
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52 Singer-Songwriter Oct 02

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma A Year With 13 Moons
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53 Ambient Feb 09

Dr. Yen Lo Days With Dr. Yen Lo
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54 Hip Hop May 16

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment Surf
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55 Neo-Soul May 29

Patty Griffin Servant of Love
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56 Singer-Songwriter Sep 25

Container LP
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57 Electronic Jun 08

Evans The Death Expect Delays
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58 Indie Rock Mar 10

The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die Harmlessness
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59 Emo Sep 25

Lanterns on the Lake Beings
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60 Dream Pop Nov 13

LoneLady Hinterland
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61 Indie Rock Mar 23

Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy
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62 Indie Rock Jul 28

Lightning Bolt Fantasy Empire
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63 Noise Rock Mar 24

Everything Everything Get To Heaven
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64 Progressive Pop Jun 15

Pusha T King Push
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65 Hip Hop Dec 18

Young Fathers White Men Are Black Men Too
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66 Hip Hop Apr 07

Laura Marling Short Movie
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67 Singer-Songwriter Mar 23

Roots Manuva Bleeds
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68 Hip Hop Oct 30

Preoccupations Viet Cong
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69 Post-Punk Jan 20

Jazmine Sullivan Reality Show
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70 R&B Jan 13

Baroness Purple
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71 Stoner Metal Dec 18

Protomartyr The Agent Intellect
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72 Post-Punk Oct 09

Meat Wave Delusion Moon
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73 no_genre Sep 18

Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus
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74 Jazz May 26

The Story So Far The Story So Far
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75 Pop Punk May 19

Tuxedo Tuxedo
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76 no_genre Mar 03

Eric Chenaux Skullsplitter
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77 Singer-Songwriter Feb 17

JD McPherson Let the Good Times Roll
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78 Rockabilly Feb 10

Kenny Wheeler Songs for Quintet
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79 no_genre Jan 13

Ought Sun Coming Down
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80 Post-Punk Sep 18

Pops Staples Don't Lose This
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81 Gospel Feb 17

Wolf Alice My Love is Cool
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82 Indie Rock Jun 22

Ezra Furman Perpetual Motion People
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83 Indie Rock Jul 10

Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp
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84 Singer-Songwriter Apr 07

Locrian Infinite Dissolution
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85 Post-Rock Jul 24

Sexwitch Sexwitch
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86 Post-Punk Sep 25

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
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87 Post-Rock Mar 31

The Mavericks Mono
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88 Americana Feb 17

Panda Bear Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
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89 Psychedelic Pop Jan 13

Jenny Hval Apocalypse, girl
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90 Art Pop Jun 09

Unknown Mortal Orchestra Multi-Love
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91 Psychedelic Pop May 26

Leviathan Scar Sighted
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92 Black Metal Mar 03

Patrick Cowley Muscle Up
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93 Electronic Oct 19

Prurient Frozen Niagara Falls
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94 Noise May 12

Holly Herndon Platform
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95 Art Pop May 19

The Necks Vertigo
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96 Post-Rock Sep 25

Windhand Grief's Infernal Flower
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97 Doom Metal Sep 18

Miguel Wildheart
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98 Alternative R&B Jun 30

Goatsnake Black Age Blues
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99 Stoner Metal Jun 02

Deafheaven New Bermuda
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100 Atmospheric Black Metal Oct 02

Ryley Walker Primrose Green
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101 Singer-Songwriter Mar 31

Kehlani You Should Be Here
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102 R&B Apr 28

Deerhunter Fading Frontier
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103 Indie Rock Oct 16

Jim O'Rourke Simple Songs
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104 Chamber Pop May 19

Beach House Depression Cherry
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105 Dream Pop Aug 28

Alabama Shakes Sound & Color
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106 Southern Rock Apr 21

Iris DeMent The Trackless Woods
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107 Country Aug 07

C Duncan Architect
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108 Indie Pop Jul 17

Outfit Slowness
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109 Art Pop Jun 15

Stornoway Bonxie
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110 Indie Folk Apr 13

Downtown Boys Full Communism
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111 Hardcore Punk May 04

Lubomyr Melnyk Rivers and Streams
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112 Modern Classical Nov 27

The Unthanks Mount the Air
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113 Folk Feb 09

Dick Diver Melbourne, Florida
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114 Indie Pop Mar 10

Tenement Predatory Headlights
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115 no_genre Jun 02

Petite Noir La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
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116 Electropop Sep 11

Empress Of Me
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117 Electropop Sep 11

Dr. Dre Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre
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118 Hip Hop Aug 07

Sauna Youth Distractions
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119 Indie Rock Jun 08

Songhoy Blues Music In Exile
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120 World Feb 24

Spectres Dying
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121 Shoegaze Feb 23

Girl Band Holding Hands with Jamie
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122 Post-Punk Sep 25

Lady Lamb After
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123 Singer-Songwriter Mar 03

The Charlatans Modern Nature
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124 Indie Rock Jan 26

The Spook School Try To Be Hopeful
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125 Post-Punk Oct 09

Visionist Safe
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126 UK Bass Oct 09

Dornik Dornik
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127 Alternative R&B Aug 07

Valet Nature
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128 Neo-Psychedelia May 25

Zun Zun Egui Shackles' Gift
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129 Experimental Rock Jan 27

Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer
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130 Indie Rock Apr 21

Dan Friel Life
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131 Indietronica Oct 16

TRAAMS Modern Dancing
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132 Indie Rock Nov 13

Buffy Sainte-Marie Power in the Blood
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133 Folk May 12

Mini Mansions The Great Pretenders
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134 Progressive Pop Mar 23

Marika Hackman We Slept At Last
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135 Singer-Songwriter Feb 16

Matthew E. White Fresh Blood
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136 Singer-Songwriter Mar 10

Oneohtrix Point Never Garden of Delete
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137 Electronic Nov 13

Tobias Jesso Jr. Goon
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138 Singer-Songwriter Mar 17

Hiatus Kaiyote Choose Your Weapon
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139 Alternative R&B May 04

Flying Saucer Attack Instrumentals 2015
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140 Drone Jul 17

Gaz Coombes Matador
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141 Indie Rock Jan 26

Gengahr A Dream Outside
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142 Indie Rock Jun 15

Death Grips Jenny Death
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143 Hip Hop Mar 19

Wrekmeister Harmonies Night of Your Ascension
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144 Ambient Nov 13

Richard Thompson Still
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145 Folk Rock Jun 23

Wilco Star Wars
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146 Indie Rock Jul 16

High on Fire Luminiferous
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147 Stoner Metal Jun 16

Majical Cloudz Are You Alone?
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148 Ambient Pop Oct 16

Thunderbitch Thunderbitch
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149 Blues Rock Aug 29

The Telescopes Hidden Fields
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150 Noise Rock Aug 07

Lindi Ortega Faded Gloryville
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151 Alt-Country Aug 07

Errors Lease of Life
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152 Electronic Mar 23

Troye Sivan Blue Neighbourhood
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153 Electropop Dec 04

Swim Deep Mothers
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154 Neo-Psychedelia Sep 25

Robert Forster Songs to Play
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155 Singer-Songwriter Sep 18

Pinkshinyultrablast Everything Else Matters
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156 Shoegaze Jan 27

Blur The Magic Whip
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157 Alternative Rock Apr 27

TORRES Sprinter
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158 Singer-Songwriter May 05

Nadine Shah Fast Food
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159 Indie Rock Apr 06

Future DS2
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160 Hip Hop Jul 17

Polar Bear Same As You
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161 Avant-Garde Jazz Mar 31

Robert Glasper Trio Covered
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162 Jazz Jun 16

Little Simz A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons
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163 Hip Hop Sep 18

London O'Connor O∆
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164 Hip Hop Jun 23

Vessels Dilate
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165 Electronic Mar 02

Dilly Dally Sore
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166 Indie Rock Oct 09

Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION
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167 Dance Pop Aug 21

Anna von Hausswolff The Miraculous
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168 Experimental Rock Nov 13

Iron Maiden The Book of Souls
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169 Heavy Metal Sep 04

CHVRCHES Every Open Eye
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170 Synthpop Sep 25

METZ II
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171 Noise Rock May 05

Paul Weller Saturns Pattern
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172 Alternative Rock May 18

Trust Fund Seems Unfair
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173 Indie Pop Oct 30

Between the Buried and Me Coma Ecliptic
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174 Progressive Metal Jul 10

Colleen Captain of None
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175 Art Pop Apr 07

Richard Hawley Hollow Meadows
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176 Singer-Songwriter Sep 11

East India Youth Culture of Volume
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177 Synthpop Apr 07

Arca Mutant
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178 IDM Nov 20

Low Ones and Sixes
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179 Slowcore Sep 11

Zu Cortar Todo
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180 Noise Rock Mar 23

Beach Slang The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us
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181 Alternative Rock Oct 30

Punch Brothers The Phosphorescent Blues
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182 Bluegrass Jan 27

Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld Never Were The Way She Was
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183 Modern Classical Apr 28

Jessica Pratt On Your Own Love Again
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184 Singer-Songwriter Jan 27

Bob Dylan Shadows in the Night
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185 Traditional Pop Feb 03

Earl Sweatshirt I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
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186 Hip Hop Mar 23

Killing Joke Pylon
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187 Industrial Rock Oct 23

RP Boo Fingers, Bank Pads, and Shoe Prints
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188 Footwork Jun 30

Georgia Georgia
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189 Electropop Aug 07

Florence + The Machine How Big How Blue How Beautiful
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190 Art Pop Jun 02

The Internet Ego Death
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191 Neo-Soul Jun 30

The Mekons & Robbie Fulks Jura
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192 no_genre Nov 27

The Phoenix Foundation Give Up Your Dreams
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193 no_genre Aug 07

Rabit Communion
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194 Grime Oct 30

Pile You're Better Than This
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195 Post-Hardcore Mar 03

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
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196 Psychedelic Pop Nov 13

Michael Rault Living Daylight
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197 no_genre May 05

Drenge Undertow
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198 Garage Rock Apr 06

Veruca Salt Ghost Notes
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199 Alternative Rock Jul 10

Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee
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200 Experimental Feb 03

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