Top Albums of 2007
1 |
91 |
Radiohead |
In Rainbows |
Alternative Rock,
Art Rock
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2 |
119 |
LCD Soundsystem |
Sound of Silver |
Dance-Punk,
Indietronica
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3 |
179 |
Burial |
Untrue |
Dubstep,
Future Garage
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4 |
237 |
Bon Iver |
For Emma, Forever Ago |
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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5 |
248 |
M.I.A. |
Kala |
Electropop
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6 |
360 |
The National |
Boxer |
Post-Punk Revival
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7 |
446 |
Panda Bear |
Person Pitch |
Psychedelic Pop
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8 |
504 |
Arcade Fire |
Neon Bible |
Indie Rock
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9 |
536 |
MGMT |
Oracular Spectacular |
Indie Pop,
Indietronica,
Synthpop
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10 |
693 |
Of Montreal |
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? |
Indie Pop,
Neo-Psychedelia,
Psychedelic Pop
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11 |
748 |
Battles |
Mirrored |
Math Rock
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12 |
758 |
Justice |
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Electro House
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13 |
834 |
Spoon |
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
Indie Rock
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14 |
869 |
Animal Collective |
Strawberry Jam |
Neo-Psychedelia
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15 |
880 |
Kanye West |
Graduation |
Pop Rap
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16 |
1122 |
Feist |
The Reminder |
Indie Pop
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17 |
1143 |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss |
Raising Sand |
Americana,
Country Rock
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18 |
1271 |
PJ Harvey |
White Chalk |
Singer/Songwriter
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19 |
1288 |
Arctic Monkeys |
Favourite Worst Nightmare |
Indie Rock
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20 |
1458 |
The Field |
From Here We Go Sublime |
Minimal Techno
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21 |
1475 |
Wilco |
Sky Blue Sky |
Alt-Country,
Alternative Rock,
Pop Rock
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22 |
1580 |
The Good, the Bad & the Queen |
The Good, the Bad and the Queen |
Indie Rock
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23 |
1597 |
Miranda Lambert |
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
Contemporary Country
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24 |
1779 |
Jens Lekman |
Night Falls Over Kortedala |
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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25 |
1826 |
Bruce Springsteen |
Magic |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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26 |
1836 |
Beirut |
The Flying Club Cup |
Indie Folk
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27 |
1871 |
Robert Wyatt |
Comicopera |
Canterbury Scene,
Singer/Songwriter
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28 |
1996 |
Kings of Leon |
Because of the Times |
Alternative Rock,
Southern Rock
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29 |
2110 |
Okkervil River |
The Stage Names |
Folk Rock,
Indie Rock
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30 |
2131 |
Iron & Wine |
The Shepherd's Dog |
Americana,
Folk Rock,
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter |
31 |
2181 |
The White Stripes |
Icky Thump |
Alternative Rock,
Blues Rock,
Garage Rock Revival
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32 |
2389 |
Tinariwen |
Aman Iman: Water is Life |
Tishoumaren
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33 |
2477 |
El Guincho |
Alegranza |
Neo-Psychedelia
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34 |
2483 |
Grinderman |
Grinderman |
Blues Rock,
Punk Blues
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35 |
2649 |
The Shins |
Wincing the Night Away |
Indie Pop
|
36 |
2702 |
Yeasayer |
All Hour Cymbals |
Neo-Psychedelia,
Psychedelic Pop
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37 |
2743 |
Andrew Bird |
Armchair Apocrypha |
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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38 |
2767 |
Klaxons |
Myths of the Near Future |
Alternative Dance,
Dance-Punk,
Indie Rock
|
39 |
2788 |
Stars Of The Lid |
And Their Refinement Of The Decline |
Ambient,
Drone
|
40 |
2962 |
Band of Horses |
Cease to Begin |
Folk Pop,
Indie Rock
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Caribou |
Andorra |
Indietronica,
Psychedelic Pop
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Jamie T |
Panic Prevention |
Hip Hop,
Indie Pop
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Britney Spears |
Blackout |
Dance-Pop,
Electropop
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Deerhunter |
Cryptograms |
Experimental Rock,
Indie Rock,
Neo-Psychedelia
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Modest Mouse |
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank |
Indie Rock
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Lil Wayne |
Da Drought 3 |
Hip Hop
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Bright Eyes |
Cassadaga |
Alt-Country,
Indie Folk
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Bloc Party |
A Weekend in the City |
Post-Punk Revival
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Patrick Wolf |
The Magic Position |
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Apparat |
Walls |
IDM
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Pantha du Prince |
This Bliss |
Microhouse,
Minimal Techno
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Blonde Redhead |
23 |
Dream Pop,
Indie Rock
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El-P |
I'll Sleep When You're Dead |
Abstract Hip Hop,
Experimental Hip Hop
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Against Me! |
New Wave |
Pop Punk
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Interpol |
Our Love to Admire |
Post-Punk Revival
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Matthew Dear |
Asa Breed |
Microhouse,
Synthpop
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Jay-Z |
American Gangster |
Hip Hop
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Mika |
Life in Cartoon Motion |
Pop Rock
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The Twilight Sad |
Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters |
Indie Rock,
Post-Punk
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Los Planetas |
La Leyenda del Espacio |
Indie Rock
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Róisín Murphy |
Overpowered |
Dance-Pop,
Electropop
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Florent Marchet |
Rio Baril |
French Pop,
Indie Pop,
Nouvelle chanson française
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Menomena |
Friend and Foe |
Indie Rock
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Les Savy Fav |
Let's Stay Friends |
Post-Punk Revival
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Rufus Wainwright |
Release the Stars |
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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St. Vincent |
Marry Me |
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Gui Boratto |
Chromophobia |
Microhouse,
Tech House
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Tegan and Sara |
The Con |
Indie Pop
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Editors |
An End Has a Start |
Post-Punk Revival
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Liars |
Liars |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock
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Vic Chesnutt |
North Star Deserter |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter,
Slowcore
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
100 Days, 100 Nights |
Funk,
Soul
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Triángulo de Amor Bizarro |
Triángulo de Amor Bizarro |
Indie Rock,
Noise Pop
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Tocotronic |
Kapitulation |
Indie Rock
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Baroness |
Red Album |
Progressive Metal,
Sludge Metal
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Manu Chao |
La Radiolina |
Latin Alternative,
Singer/Songwriter
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The Coral |
Roots & Echoes |
Indie Pop,
Indie Rock
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Björk |
Volta |
Art Pop,
Electronic
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Dinosaur Jr. |
Beyond |
Indie Rock
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Eluvium |
Copia |
Ambient
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Calle 13 |
Residente o Visitante |
Latin Rap
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Nine Inch Nails |
Year Zero |
Alternative Rock,
Electronic,
Industrial Rock
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Low |
Drums and Guns |
Slowcore
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Nick Lowe |
At My Age |
Singer/Songwriter
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Electrelane |
No Shouts No Calls |
Indie Rock
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Simian Mobile Disco |
Attack Decay Sustain Release |
Electro,
Electro House,
Tech House
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Neil Young |
Chrome Dreams II |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Dizzee Rascal |
Maths + English |
UK Hip Hop
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!!! |
Myth Takes |
Dance-Punk,
Indie Rock
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The Dillinger Escape Plan |
Ire Works |
Mathcore
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Rilo Kiley |
Under the Blacklight |
Indie Pop
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Mavis Staples |
We'll Never Turn Back |
Country Soul,
Southern Soul
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Josh Ritter |
The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Babyshambles |
Shotter's Nation |
Indie Rock
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Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective |
Wátina |
Garifuna Folk Music
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Patty Griffin |
Children Running Through |
Contemporary Folk,
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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The New Pornographers |
Challengers |
Indie Pop,
Power Pop
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Deerhoof |
Friend Opportunity |
Indie Rock
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Bettye LaVette |
The Scene of the Crime |
Rhythm & Blues
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Foo Fighters |
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace |
Post-Grunge
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Eddie Vedder |
Into the Wild |
Acoustic Rock,
Film Soundtrack,
Singer/Songwriter
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High on Fire |
Death Is This Communion |
Sludge Metal,
Stoner Metal
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The Swell Season / Various Artists |
Once: Music from the Motion Picture |
Film Soundtrack,
Folk Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Queens of the Stone Age |
Era Vulgaris |
Alternative Rock
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The Besnard Lakes |
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse |
Indie Rock,
Neo-Psychedelia
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Neil Young |
Live at Massey Hall 1971 |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Supersilent |
8 |
Free Improvisation
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Alcest |
Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde |
Blackgaze,
Post-Metal,
Shoegaze
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The Raveonettes |
Lust Lust Lust |
Noise Pop
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Von Südenfed |
Tromatic Reflexxions |
Electronic
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Dirty Projectors |
Rise Above |
Art Rock,
Progressive Pop
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Modeselektor |
Happy Birthday! |
IDM
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Thurston Moore |
Trees Outside the Academy |
Alternative Rock,
Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Säkert! |
Säkert! |
Indie Pop
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The Cribs |
Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever |
Post-Punk Revival
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Ryan Adams |
Easy Tiger |
Alt-Country,
Singer/Songwriter
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Alicia Keys |
As I Am |
Contemporary R&B
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Dan Deacon |
Spiderman of the Rings |
Indietronica
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Phosphorescent |
Pride |
Americana,
Contemporary Folk
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Richard Hawley |
Lady's Bridge |
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Daft Punk |
Alive 2007 |
French House
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Elliott Smith |
New Moon |
Indie Folk,
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Neurosis |
Given to the Rising |
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
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Marissa Nadler |
Songs III: Bird on the Water |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Akron/Family |
Love Is Simple |
Folk Rock,
Psychedelic Folk,
Psychedelic Rock
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Aesop Rock |
None Shall Pass |
Abstract Hip Hop
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Devendra Banhart |
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Porcupine Tree |
Fear of a Blank Planet |
Progressive Rock
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Black Moth Super Rainbow |
Dandelion Gum |
Indietronica,
Neo-Psychedelia,
Psychedelic Pop
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Shugo Tokumaru |
Exit |
Art Pop,
Folk Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Explosions in the Sky |
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone |
Post-Rock
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Angels of Light |
We Are Him |
Experimental Rock,
Folk Rock
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Shout Out Louds |
Our Ill Wills |
Indie Pop
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Jesu |
Conqueror |
Drone Metal,
Post-Metal,
Shoegaze
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Lupe Fiasco |
Lupe Fiasco's The Cool |
Conscious Hip Hop
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The Avett Brothers |
Emotionalism |
Alt-Country,
Contemporary Folk
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Brother Ali |
The Undisputed Truth |
Conscious Hip Hop
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Do Make Say Think |
You, You're A History In Rust |
Post-Rock
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The Tough Alliance |
A New Chance |
Balearic Beat,
Dance-Pop,
Indie Pop
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Keren Ann |
Keren Ann |
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Biffy Clyro |
Puzzle |
Alternative Rock
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Lisabö |
Ezlekuak |
Post-Hardcore
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UNKLE |
War Stories |
Alternative Rock,
Trip Hop
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Maxïmo Park |
Our Earthly Pleasures |
Indie Rock
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Airbourne |
Runnin' Wild |
Hard Rock
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Ted Leo & The Pharmacists |
Living with the Living |
Indie Rock
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Gogol Bordello |
Super Taranta! |
Gypsy Punk
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No Age |
Weirdo Rippers |
Indie Rock
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Hidrogenesse |
Animalitos |
Art Pop,
Indie Pop
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Pharoahe Monch |
Desire |
Conscious Hip Hop
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Rihanna |
Good Girl Gone Bad |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop
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The Go! Team |
Proof of Youth |
Indie Rock,
Indietronica
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Kevin Drew |
Spirit If… |
Indie Rock
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The Cinematic Orchestra |
Ma fleur |
Downtempo,
Nu Jazz
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Murcof |
Cosmos |
Ambient,
Glitch
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Common |
Finding Forever |
Conscious Hip Hop
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Mark Ronson |
Version |
Pop Soul
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La Casa Azul |
La revolución sexual |
Indie Pop
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Black Lips |
Good Bad Not Evil |
Garage Punk
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Holy Fuck |
Holy Fuck LP |
Indietronica
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Lucinda Williams |
West |
Alt-Country,
Singer/Songwriter
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Stars |
In Our Bedroom After the War |
Indie Pop
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UGK |
Underground Kingz |
Dirty South,
Gangsta Rap,
Southern Hip Hop
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Art Brut |
It's a Bit Complicated |
Post-Punk Revival
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Wu-Tang Clan |
8 Diagrams |
Hardcore Hip Hop
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Shellac |
Excellent Italian Greyhound |
Math Rock,
Noise Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Bill Callahan |
Woke on a Whaleheart |
Alt-Country,
Singer/Songwriter
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Madee |
L'Antartica |
Indie Rock
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Chloé |
The Waiting Room |
Minimal Techno,
Tech House
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Machine Head |
The Blackening |
Groove Metal,
Thrash Metal
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Orchestra Baobab |
Made in Dakar |
Wolof Music
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dälek |
Abandoned Language |
Abstract Hip Hop,
Industrial Hip Hop
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The Apples in Stereo |
New Magnetic Wonder |
Indie Pop,
Neo-Psychedelia
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Ricardo Villalobos |
Fabric 36 |
Microhouse
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Sunset Rubdown |
Random Spirit Lover |
Indie Rock
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Kate Nash |
Made of Bricks |
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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The Clientele |
God Save The Clientele |
Indie Pop
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Gravenhurst |
The Western Lands |
Indie Rock
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The Maccabees |
Colour It In |
Post-Punk Revival
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Digitalism |
Idealism |
Electro House,
Electroclash
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Future of the Left |
Curses |
Post-Hardcore
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José González |
In Our Nature |
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Deathspell Omega |
Fas—Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum |
Black Metal
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The Fiery Furnaces |
Widow City |
Art Pop,
Indie Pop,
Progressive Pop
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Blu & Exile |
Below the Heavens |
Boom Bap,
Conscious Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap
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Fall Out Boy |
Infinity on High |
Pop Punk,
Pop Rock
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Maps |
We Can Create |
Dream Pop
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Watain |
Sworn to the Dark |
Black Metal
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Soulsavers |
It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land |
Slowcore,
Trip Hop
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Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba |
Segu Blue |
Mande Music
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Tunng |
Good Arrows |
Folktronica,
Indie Folk,
Indie Pop
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Cass McCombs |
Dropping the Writ |
Singer/Songwriter
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Thrice |
The Alchemy Index: Vols. I & II - Fire & Water |
Art Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Paul McCartney |
Memory Almost Full |
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Electric Wizard |
Witchcult Today |
Doom Metal,
Stoner Metal
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Manic Street Preachers |
Send Away the Tigers |
Alternative Rock
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Nothink |
Spotlights |
Alternative Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Om |
Pilgrimage |
Stoner Metal,
Stoner Rock
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Down |
III: Over the Under |
Southern Metal,
Stoner Metal
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Primordial |
To the Nameless Dead |
Folk Metal
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Municipal Waste |
The Art of Partying |
Crossover Thrash
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Ulver |
Shadows of the Sun |
Ambient,
Electronic
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Between the Buried and Me |
Colors |
Metalcore,
Progressive Metal
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