Top Albums of 2006
1 |
127 |
Amy Winehouse |
Back to Black |
Pop,
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul
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2 |
168 |
Arctic Monkeys |
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not |
Indie Rock
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3 |
315 |
The Knife |
Silent Shout |
Electropop,
Synthpop
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4 |
329 |
Joanna Newsom |
Ys |
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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5 |
368 |
TV on the Radio |
Return to Cookie Mountain |
Art Rock,
Indie Rock
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6 |
646 |
J Dilla [Jay Dee] |
Donuts |
Instrumental Hip Hop
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7 |
700 |
Bob Dylan |
Modern Times |
Blues Rock,
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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8 |
709 |
Justin Timberlake |
FutureSex/LoveSounds |
Dance-Pop
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9 |
730 |
Cat Power |
The Greatest |
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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10 |
785 |
Gnarls Barkley |
St. Elsewhere |
Experimental Hip Hop,
Neo-Soul
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11 |
859 |
Hot Chip |
The Warning |
Electropop,
Indietronica
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12 |
879 |
Clipse |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Gangsta Rap
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13 |
894 |
The Hold Steady |
Boys and Girls in America |
Heartland Rock,
Indie Rock,
Pub Rock
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14 |
917 |
Ghostface Killah |
Fishscale |
Hardcore Hip Hop
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15 |
1217 |
Scott Walker |
The Drift |
Experimental,
Singer/Songwriter
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16 |
1221 |
Neko Case |
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood |
Alt-Country,
Americana,
Singer/Songwriter
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17 |
1223 |
Liars |
Drum's Not Dead |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock
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18 |
1311 |
Burial |
Burial |
Dubstep,
Future Garage
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19 |
1317 |
Grizzly Bear |
Yellow House |
Indie Folk,
Psychedelic Folk
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20 |
1376 |
The Decemberists |
The Crane Wife |
Folk Rock,
Indie Folk,
Indie Pop
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21 |
1386 |
Lily Allen |
Alright, Still |
Pop
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22 |
1478 |
Junior Boys |
So This Is Goodbye |
Electropop,
Synthpop
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23 |
1498 |
Belle and Sebastian |
The Life Pursuit |
Chamber Pop
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24 |
1505 |
Midlake |
The Trials of Van Occupanther |
Americana,
Folk Rock,
Indie Folk
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25 |
1656 |
Beirut |
Gulag Orkestar |
Indie Folk
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26 |
1742 |
Muse |
Black Holes & Revelations |
Alternative Rock
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27 |
1928 |
Bonnie "Prince" Billy |
The Letting Go |
Americana,
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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28 |
1995 |
Thom Yorke |
The Eraser |
Indietronica
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29 |
2025 |
Tom Waits |
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards |
Blues Rock,
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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30 |
2026 |
Band of Horses |
Everything All the Time |
Indie Rock
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31 |
2185 |
Camera Obscura |
Let's Get Out Of This Country |
Twee Pop
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32 |
2420 |
Ali Farka Touré |
Savane |
Blues,
Mande Music,
Songhai Music
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33 |
2433 |
M. Ward |
Post-War |
Folk Rock,
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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34 |
2527 |
Yo La Tengo |
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass |
Indie Rock
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35 |
2529 |
The Raconteurs |
Broken Boy Soldiers |
Alternative Rock,
Garage Rock Revival
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36 |
2538 |
Girl Talk |
Night Ripper |
Mashup
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37 |
2540 |
Sonic Youth |
Rather Ripped |
Indie Rock
|
38 |
2664 |
Gossip |
Standing in the Way of Control |
Dance-Punk
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39 |
2690 |
My Chemical Romance |
The Black Parade |
Pop Punk
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40 |
2772 |
The Thermals |
The Body, The Blood, The Machine |
Indie Rock,
Pop Punk
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41 |
2807 |
Bruce Springsteen |
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions |
American Folk Music,
Americana,
Folk Rock
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42 |
2880 |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
Show Your Bones |
Indie Rock
|
43 |
2918 |
Mastodon |
Blood Mountain |
Progressive Metal,
Sludge Metal
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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The Roots |
Game Theory |
Hip Hop
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Destroyer |
Destroyer's Rubies |
Chamber Pop
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Regina Spektor |
Begin to Hope |
Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Peter Bjorn and John |
Writer's Block |
Indie Pop
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Lupe Fiasco |
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor |
Conscious Hip Hop
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Johnny Cash |
American V: A Hundred Highways |
Americana
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Guillemots |
Through the Windowpane |
Chamber Pop
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Studio |
West Coast/Yearbook 1 |
Balearic Beat
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The Flaming Lips |
At War with the Mystics |
Indie Pop,
Neo-Psychedelia,
Progressive Pop
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Phoenix |
It's Never Been Like That |
Indie Pop,
Indie Rock
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Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins |
Rabbit Fur Coat |
Alt-Country
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Bat for Lashes |
Fur and Gold |
Art Pop,
Folktronica,
Singer/Songwriter
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Trentemøller |
The Last Resort |
Minimal Techno
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Beyoncé |
B'Day |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop
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Sr. Chinarro |
El mundo según |
Indie Pop,
Pop Rock
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Built to Spill |
You in Reverse |
Indie Rock
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Sally Shapiro |
Disco Romance |
Italo-Disco,
Synthpop
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Ellen Allien & Apparat |
Orchestra of Bubbles |
Glitch Pop,
IDM
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Booka Shade |
Movements |
Tech House
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T.I. |
King |
Dirty South,
Gangsta Rap
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Pearl Jam |
Pearl Jam |
Alternative Rock,
Hard Rock
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John Mayer |
Continuum |
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Califone |
Roots & Crowns |
Alt-Country,
Psychedelic Folk
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Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Stadium Arcadium |
Alternative Rock
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Tim Hecker |
Harmony in Ultraviolet |
Ambient
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Love Is All |
Nine Times That Same Song |
Twee Pop
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The Pipettes |
We Are The Pipettes |
Girl Group,
Indie Pop
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Cold War Kids |
Robbers & Cowards |
Indie Rock
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Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan |
Ballad of the Broken Seas |
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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The Killers |
Sam's Town |
Alternative Rock,
Pop Rock
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Spank Rock |
YOYOYOYOYO |
Hip Hop
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Herbert |
Scale |
Art Pop,
House
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Scritti Politti |
White Bread Black Beer |
Sophisti-Pop
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Jarvis Cocker |
Jarvis |
Britpop,
Indie Pop
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Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint |
The River in Reverse |
Adult Contemporary,
New Orleans R&B
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Ornette Coleman |
Sound Grammar |
Free Jazz
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Mogwai |
Mr. Beast |
Post-Rock
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Standstill |
Vivalaguerra |
Indie Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Tool |
10,000 Days |
Alternative Metal,
Progressive Rock
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Donald Fagen |
Morph the Cat |
Jazz Pop,
Soft Rock
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Beck |
The Information |
Alternative Rock
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Subtle |
For Hero: For Fool |
Abstract Hip Hop,
Experimental Hip Hop
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Espers |
Espers II |
Psychedelic Folk
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The Streets |
The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living |
UK Hip Hop
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Final Fantasy |
He Poos Clouds |
Chamber Pop
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My Morning Jacket |
Okonokos |
Indie Rock
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The Long Blondes |
Someone to Drive You Home |
Indie Pop,
Post-Punk Revival
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The Dears |
Gang of Losers |
Indie Rock
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Silversun Pickups |
Carnavas |
Indie Rock,
Shoegaze
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DJ Drama & Lil Wayne |
Dedication 2: Gangsta Grillz |
Gangsta Rap
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Danielson |
Ships |
Indie Pop
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Patrick Watson |
Close to Paradise |
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Nelly Furtado |
Loose |
Contemporary R&B,
Dance-Pop
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Rosanne Cash |
Black Cadillac |
Alt-Country,
Contemporary Country
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Damien Rice |
9 |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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John Legend |
Once Again |
Neo-Soul
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Neil Young |
Living with War |
Rock
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Los Lobos |
The Town and the City |
Heartland Rock,
Latin Rock,
Tex-Mex
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Drive-By Truckers |
A Blessing and a Curse |
Southern Rock
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Morrissey |
Ringleader of the Tormentors |
Alternative Rock,
Pop Rock
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Carla Bozulich |
Evangelista |
Experimental,
Singer/Songwriter
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Lindsey Buckingham |
Under the Skin |
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Iron Maiden |
A Matter of Life and Death |
Heavy Metal
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Alejandro Escovedo |
The Boxing Mirror |
Alternative Rock
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The Kooks |
Inside In / Inside Out |
Indie Pop,
Indie Rock
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New York Dolls |
One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This |
Glam Rock
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The Coup |
Pick a Bigger Weapon |
Conscious Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop
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Dixie Chicks |
Taking the Long Way |
Country Pop,
Pop Rock
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Sparklehorse |
Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain |
Indie Pop,
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
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Matmos |
The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast |
Electronic,
Experimental
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PeterLicht |
Lieder vom Ende des Kapitalismus |
Electropop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Mission of Burma |
The Obliterati |
Post-Punk
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Scissor Sisters |
Ta-Dah |
Dance-Pop
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Sunset Rubdown |
Shut Up I Am Dreaming |
Indie Rock
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Nathan Fake |
Drowning in a Sea of Love |
IDM
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The Strokes |
First Impressions of Earth |
Garage Rock Revival,
Indie Rock
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Comets On Fire |
Avatar |
Hard Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
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Brightblack Morning Light |
Brightblack Morning Light |
Neo-Psychedelia
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Paul Simon |
Surprise |
Singer/Songwriter
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J Dilla |
The Shining |
Hip Hop
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Sunn O))) & Boris |
Altar |
Drone
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Toumani Diabaté |
Boulevard de l'indépendence |
Mande Music
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Kante |
Die Tiere sind unruhig |
Indie Rock
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Howe Gelb |
Sno Angel Like You |
Alt-Country
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12Twelve |
L'univers |
Free Jazz,
Post-Rock
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Islands |
Return to the Sea |
Indie Pop,
Indie Rock
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The Sleepy Jackson |
Personality: One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird |
Baroque Pop,
Dream Pop,
Indie Pop
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Elvis Perkins |
Ash Wednesday |
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead |
So Divided |
Art Rock,
Indie Rock
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Sparks |
Hello Young Lovers |
Art Pop,
Chamber Pop
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The DFA |
The DFA Remixes: Chapter One |
Dance-Punk,
Electro-Disco
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The Rapture |
Pieces of the People We Love |
Dance-Punk,
Post-Punk Revival
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Current 93 |
Black Ships Ate the Sky |
Neofolk
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Gallows |
Orchestra of Wolves |
Hardcore Punk
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The Fratellis |
Costello Music |
Garage Rock Revival,
Indie Rock
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Lambchop |
Damaged |
Chamber Pop
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Grandaddy |
Just Like the Fambly Cat |
Indie Pop,
Indie Rock
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Juana Molina |
Son |
Folktronica,
Singer/Songwriter
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Isis |
In the Absence of Truth |
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
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The Beatles |
Love |
Pop Rock
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Kasabian |
Empire |
Alternative Dance,
Indie Rock
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OOIOO |
Taiga |
Experimental Rock
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Converge |
No Heroes |
Mathcore
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Fujiya & Miyagi |
Transparent Things |
Indietronica,
Krautrock
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Slayer |
Christ Illusion |
Thrash Metal
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Man Man |
Six Demon Bag |
Experimental Rock
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Wolf Eyes |
Human Animal |
Noise
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Cursive |
Happy Hollow |
Indie Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Pet Shop Boys |
Fundamental |
Synthpop
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Beth Orton |
Comfort of Strangers |
Folk Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Archie Bronson Outfit |
Derdang Derdang |
Blues Rock,
Indie Rock
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AFX |
Chosen Lords |
Acid Techno
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Blumfeld |
Verbotene Früchte |
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Plan B |
Who Needs Actions When You Got Words |
UK Hip Hop
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Razorlight |
Razorlight |
Indie Rock,
Pop Rock
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Corinne Bailey Rae |
Corinne Bailey Rae |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop Soul,
Singer/Songwriter
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Die Goldenen Zitronen |
Lenin |
Art Rock,
Post-Punk
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Sufjan Stevens |
The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album |
Chamber Pop,
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Nellie McKay |
Pretty Little Head |
Jazz Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Graham Coxon |
Love Travels at Illegal Speeds |
Britpop,
Indie Rock
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Bunbury & Vegas |
El tiempo de las cerezas |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Bert Jansch |
The Black Swan |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Kelley Stoltz |
Below the Branches |
Indie Pop,
Piano Rock
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Oneida |
Happy New Year |
Psychedelic Rock
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Basement Jaxx |
Crazy Itch Radio |
Dance-Pop
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Sway |
This Is My Demo |
UK Hip Hop
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The Blood Brothers |
Young Machetes |
Post-Hardcore
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Vetiver |
To Find Me Gone |
Folk Rock
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Secret Machines |
Ten Silver Drops |
Indie Rock
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Josh Rouse |
Subtítulo |
Folk Pop,
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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The Young Knives |
Voices of Animals & Men |
Indie Rock
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OutKast |
Idlewild |
Film Soundtrack,
Hip Hop
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Calexico |
Garden Ruin |
Alt-Country,
Americana,
Folk Rock
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Jolie Holland |
Springtime Can Kill You |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Howling Bells |
Howling Bells |
Indie Rock
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120 Days |
120 Days |
Indietronica
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The Handsome Family |
Last Days of Wonder |
Alt-Country
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The Futureheads |
News and Tributes |
Post-Punk Revival
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The Rifles |
No Love Lost |
Indie Rock,
Power Pop
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Candi Staton |
His Hands |
Soul
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The Mountain Goats |
Get Lonely |
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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