Top Albums of 2017
1 |
181 |
Kendrick Lamar |
DAMN. |
Conscious Hip Hop
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2 |
240 |
Lorde |
Melodrama |
Art Pop,
Synthpop
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3 |
442 |
SZA |
Ctrl |
Alternative R&B
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4 |
528 |
Mount Eerie |
A Crow Looked at Me |
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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5 |
767 |
Arca |
Arca |
Art Pop,
Glitch Pop
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6 |
833 |
The War on Drugs |
A Deeper Understanding |
Heartland Rock,
Indie Rock
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7 |
903 |
St. Vincent |
MASSEDUCTION |
Art Pop
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8 |
911 |
LCD Soundsystem |
American Dream |
Dance-Punk,
New Wave
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9 |
933 |
King Krule |
The Ooz |
Art Rock
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10 |
940 |
Slowdive |
Slowdive |
Dream Pop,
Shoegaze
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11 |
983 |
Tyler, the Creator |
Flower Boy |
Hip Hop,
Neo-Soul
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12 |
1008 |
Vince Staples |
Big Fish Theory |
Experimental Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop
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13 |
1083 |
Fever Ray |
Plunge |
Art Pop,
Electropop
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14 |
1133 |
Perfume Genius |
No Shape |
Art Pop
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15 |
1299 |
The National |
Sleep Well Beast |
Art Rock,
Indie Rock
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16 |
1371 |
The xx |
I See You |
Indietronica
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17 |
1468 |
Father John Misty |
Pure Comedy |
Chamber Pop,
Piano Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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18 |
1545 |
Jlin |
Black Origami |
Footwork,
IDM
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19 |
1547 |
Charli XCX |
Pop 2 |
Bubblegum Bass,
Electropop
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20 |
1599 |
Thundercat |
Drunk |
Funktronica,
Neo-Soul,
Psychedelic Soul
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21 |
1692 |
Kelela |
Take Me Apart |
Alternative R&B,
UK Bass
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22 |
1753 |
Sampha |
Process |
Alternative R&B
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23 |
1834 |
Phoebe Bridgers |
Stranger in the Alps |
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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24 |
1917 |
Jay-Z |
4:44 |
Hip Hop
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25 |
2007 |
Björk |
Utopia |
Art Pop,
Glitch Pop
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26 |
2036 |
Algiers |
The Underside of Power |
Industrial Music,
Post-Punk
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27 |
2385 |
Power Trip |
Nightmare Logic |
Thrash Metal
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28 |
2403 |
Aldous Harding |
Party |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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29 |
2410 |
Moses Sumney |
Aromanticism |
Art Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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30 |
2445 |
Alvvays |
Antisocialites |
Indie Pop,
Jangle Pop
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31 |
2573 |
Fleet Foxes |
Crack-Up |
Chamber Folk,
Progressive Folk
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32 |
2652 |
Julien Baker |
Turn Out the Lights |
Singer/Songwriter
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33 |
2717 |
Big Thief |
Capacity |
Indie Rock
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34 |
2885 |
Paramore |
After Laughter |
Alternative Dance,
New Wave,
Pop Rock
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35 |
2943 |
Migos |
Culture |
Southern Hip Hop,
Trap
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36 |
2964 |
Laura Marling |
Semper Femina |
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Spoon |
Hot Thoughts |
Indie Rock
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Protomartyr |
Relatives in Descent |
Post-Punk
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Japanese Breakfast |
Soft Sounds from Another Planet |
Dream Pop,
Indie Rock
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IDLES |
Brutalism |
Post-Hardcore,
Post-Punk
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Charlotte Gainsbourg |
Rest |
Art Pop
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(Sandy) Alex G |
Rocket |
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Queens of the Stone Age |
Villains |
Alternative Rock
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Stormzy |
Gang Signs & Prayer |
Grime,
UK Hip Hop
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Hurray for the Riff Raff |
The Navigator |
Folk Rock
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Grizzly Bear |
Painted Ruins |
Art Rock,
Neo-Psychedelia
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Él Mató a Un Policía Motorizado |
La sintesis O'Konor |
Indie Rock
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Priests |
Nothing Feels Natural |
Post-Punk
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Richard Dawson |
Peasant |
Avant-Folk,
Progressive Folk
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Sheer Mag |
Need to Feel Your Love |
Garage Rock,
Power Pop
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The Magnetic Fields |
50 Song Memoir |
Indie Pop
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Cigarettes After Sex |
Cigarettes After Sex |
Dream Pop,
Slowcore
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Kelly Lee Owens |
Kelly Lee Owens |
Ambient Pop,
Tech House
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J Hus |
Common Sense |
Afrobeats,
UK Hip Hop
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Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile |
Lotta Sea Lice |
Folk Rock,
Indie Rock
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Jay Som |
Everybody Works |
Dream Pop,
Indie Rock
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Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit |
The Nashville Sound |
Alt-Country,
Americana
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Laurel Halo |
Dust |
Ambient Pop,
Art Pop,
Electronic
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The Horrors |
V |
Neo-Psychedelia
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Lana Del Rey |
Lust for Life |
Art Pop,
Dream Pop
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Playboi Carti |
Playboi Carti |
Cloud Rap,
Southern Hip Hop,
Trap
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Wolf Alice |
Visions of a Life |
Dream Pop,
Indie Rock
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Ulver |
The Assassination of Julius Caesar |
Synthpop
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Mount Kimbie |
Love What Survives |
Indietronica
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Mac DeMarco |
This Old Dog |
Folk Pop,
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Brockhampton |
Saturation II |
Pop Rap
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Sleaford Mods |
English Tapas |
Post-Punk,
Synth Punk
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith |
The Kid |
Art Pop,
Neo-Psychedelia
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Julie Byrne |
Not Even Happiness |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Converge |
The Dusk in Us |
Metalcore
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Syd |
Fin |
Alternative R&B
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The Weather Station |
The Weather Station |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Dirty Projectors |
Dirty Projectors |
Alternative R&B,
Art Pop,
Glitch Pop
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Robert Plant |
Carry Fire |
Blues Rock,
Folk Rock
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Chelsea Wolfe |
Hiss Spun |
Doom Metal,
Gothic Rock
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Four Tet |
New Energy |
Ambient House,
Microhouse
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
Flying Microtonal Banana |
Garage Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
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Charly Bliss |
Guppy |
Indie Rock,
Power Pop
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Juana Molina |
Halo |
Folktronica
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Gas |
Narkopop |
Ambient,
Ambient Techno
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Arcade Fire |
Everything Now |
Alternative Dance,
Synthpop
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Jane Weaver |
Modern Kosmology |
Art Pop,
Dream Pop
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Kevin Morby |
City Music |
Folk Rock,
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Ryuichi Sakamoto |
async |
Ambient
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Loyle Carner |
Yesterday's Gone |
Jazz Rap,
UK Hip Hop
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Sylvan Esso |
What Now |
Electropop,
Indietronica
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Ibeyi |
Ash |
Alternative R&B,
Art Pop
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Jens Lekman |
Life Will See You Now |
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Drake |
More Life |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop Rap
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alt-J |
Relaxer |
Art Pop,
Indietronica,
Progressive Pop
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Los Espíritus |
Agua ardiente |
Blues Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
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Circuit des Yeux |
Reaching for Indigo |
Art Pop,
Avant-Folk
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John Maus |
Screen Memories |
Hypnagogic Pop,
Synthpop
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Brand New |
Science Fiction |
Emo,
Indie Rock
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Kesha |
Rainbow |
Pop Rock,
Pop Soul
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Manchester Orchestra |
A Black Mile to the Surface |
Indie Rock
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Feist |
Pleasure |
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Daniel Caesar |
Freudian |
Contemporary R&B
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Margo Price |
All American Made |
Contemporary Country
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Mastodon |
Emperor of Sand |
Progressive Metal
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Susanne Sundfør |
Music for People in Trouble |
Art Pop
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Benjamin Clementine |
I Tell a Fly |
Art Pop,
Progressive Pop
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Bonobo |
Migration |
Downtempo,
Future Garage
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Bicep |
Bicep |
Ambient House,
Deep House
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Phoenix |
Ti Amo |
New Wave,
Synthpop
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Alex Cameron |
Forced Witness |
Synthpop
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Open Mike Eagle |
Brick Body Kids Still Daydream |
Abstract Hip Hop,
Conscious Hip Hop
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Café Tacvba |
Jei Beibi |
Pop Rock
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Code Orange |
Forever |
Metalcore,
Post-Hardcore
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Blanck Mass |
World Eater |
Electro-Industrial
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Randy Newman |
Dark Matter |
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Various Artists |
Mono No Aware |
Ambient
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Kamasi Washington |
Harmony of Difference EP |
Spiritual Jazz
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Zola Jesus |
Okovi |
Art Pop,
Darkwave
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Peter Perrett |
How the West Was Won |
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Ariel Pink |
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson |
Hypnagogic Pop,
Psychedelic Pop
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James Holden & The Animal Spirits |
The Animal Spirits |
Progressive Electronic
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Depeche Mode |
Spirit |
Synthpop
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Taylor Swift |
Reputation |
Electropop
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The Moonlandingz |
Interplanetary Class Classics |
Neo-Psychedelia,
Noise Pop
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Torres |
Three Futures |
Art Pop
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Haim |
Something to Tell You |
Pop Rock
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Waxahatchee |
Out in the Storm |
Indie Rock
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
Soul of a Woman |
Deep Soul
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Rhiannon Giddens |
Freedom Highway |
American Folk Music
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Nadine Shah |
Holiday Destination |
Art Rock
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Los Planetas |
Zona Temporalmente Autónoma |
Dream Pop,
Indie Rock
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Aimee Mann |
Mental Illness |
Folk Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Forest Swords |
Compassion |
Ambient Dub,
Neo-Psychedelia
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Actress |
AZD |
Microhouse
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Broken Social Scene |
Hug of Thunder |
Indie Rock
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Bedouine |
Bedouine |
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Sparks |
Hippopotamus |
Art Pop
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Khalid |
American Teen |
Alternative R&B
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Destroyer |
Ken |
Art Pop,
Synthpop
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Maria Arnal & Marcel Bages |
45 cerebros y 1 corazon |
Avant-Folk
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The Clientele |
Music for the Age of Miracles |
Indie Pop
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Future |
HNDRXX |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop Rap,
Trap
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Oumou Sangare |
Mogoya |
Wassoulou
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Kehlani |
SweetSexySavage |
Alternative R&B
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Beck |
Colors |
Alternative Dance,
Pop Rock
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Harry Styles |
Harry Styles |
Pop Rock
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Oh Sees |
Orc |
Garage Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
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Rapsody |
Laila's Wisdom |
Conscious Hip Hop
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Colleen |
A Flame My Love, a Frequency |
Ambient Pop
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Ty Segall |
Ty Segall |
Garage Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
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Exquirla |
Para quienes aun viven |
Post-Rock
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Gorillaz |
Humanz |
Art Pop,
Electropop
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Sun Kil Moon |
Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood |
Progressive Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Nadia Reid |
Preservation |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Mogwai |
Every Country's Sun |
Post-Rock
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Valerie June |
The Order of Time |
Americana
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Foxygen |
Hang |
Baroque Pop,
Progressive Pop
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Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band |
Adíos Señor Pussycat |
Singer/Songwriter
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Pan Daijing |
Lack |
Industrial
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Ryan Adams |
Prisoner |
Heartland Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Casper |
Lang lebe der Tod |
Industrial Hip Hop
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Grandaddy |
Last Place |
Indie Rock
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Future Islands |
The Far Field |
Synthpop
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Cloud Nothings |
Life Without Sound |
Indie Rock
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Pallbearer |
Heartless |
Doom Metal
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Oxbow |
Thin Black Duke |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock
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Liam Gallagher |
As You Were |
Britpop
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Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet |
Ladilikan |
Chamber Music,
Mande Music
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Trettmann |
#DIY |
Cloud Rap,
Dancehall
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Big K.R.I.T. |
4eva Is a Mighty Long Time |
Southern Hip Hop
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The Dream Syndicate |
How Did I Find Myself Here? |
Paisley Underground
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Bell Witch |
Mirror Reaper |
Funeral Doom Metal
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Bilderbuch |
Magic Life |
Art Pop
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Charli XCX |
Number 1 Angel |
Electropop
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Everything Everything |
A Fever Dream |
Art Pop,
Progressive Pop
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EMA |
Exile in the Outer Ring |
Art Rock
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Errorsmith |
Superlative Fatigue |
Bleep Techno
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The Black Angels |
Death Song |
Psychedelic Rock
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Lil Uzi Vert |
Luv is Rage 2 |
Pop Rap,
Trap
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Foo Fighters |
Concrete and Gold |
Alternative Rock
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Girl Ray |
Earl Grey |
Indie Pop
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Mura Masa |
Mura Masa |
Alternative R&B
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Shabazz Palaces |
Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star / Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines |
Abstract Hip Hop,
Experimental Hip Hop
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Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda |
World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda |
Kirtan,
New Age
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Natalia Lafourcade |
Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos, Vol. 1) |
Mexican Folk Music,
Nueva canción latinoamericana
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Mark Lanegan Band |
Gargoyle |
Alternative Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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C. Tangana |
Ídolo |
Pop Rap,
Trap
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Baxter Dury |
Prince of Tears |
Indie Pop,
Synthpop
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Sufjan Stevens/Nico Muhly/Bryce Dessner/James McAlister |
Planetarium |
Ambient Pop,
Art Pop,
Indietronica
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Iglooghost |
Neo Wax Bloom |
UK Bass,
Wonky
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Songhoy Blues |
Resistance |
Afro-Rock,
Songhai Music
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Young Thug |
Beautiful Thugger Girls |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop Rap,
Trap
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Rosalía |
Los ángeles |
Flamenco Nuevo
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Vijay Iyer Sextet |
Far from Over |
Post-Bop
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Joey Bada$$ |
All Amerikkkan Bada$$ |
Conscious Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop
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Marika Hackman |
I'm Not Your Man |
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Noel Gallager's High Flying Birds |
Who Built the Moon? |
Pop Rock
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This Is the Kit |
Moonshine Freeze |
Indie Folk
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Call Super |
Arpo |
IDM
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2 Chainz |
Pretty Girls Like Trap Music |
Southern Hip Hop,
Trap
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Vetusta Morla |
Mismo Sitio, Distinto Lugar |
Indie Pop
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Miguel |
War & Leisure |
Alternative R&B
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Brockhampton |
Saturation |
Pop Rap
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Mark Eitzel |
Hey Mr. Ferryman |
Singer/Songwriter
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Toro y Moi |
Boo Boo |
Alternative R&B,
Chillwave,
Synth Funk
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Roger Waters |
Is This the Life We Really Want? |
Art Rock
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor |
Luciferian Towers |
Post-Rock
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Elbow |
Little Fictions |
Art Pop,
Indie Rock
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Thurston Moore |
Rock n Roll Consciousness |
Alternative Rock,
Noise Rock
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Amenra |
Mass VI |
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
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Japandroids |
Near to the Wild Heart of Life |
Indie Rock
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Elder |
Reflections of a Floating World |
Heavy Psych,
Stoner Rock
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