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  1. 8.2

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    MCII

    Mikal Cronin

    MCII

    Second album, and first on Merge, from the Californian garage punk / power pop singer-songwriter and Ty Segall collaborator

    Added: 07/05/2013

     
  2. 8.2

    Modern Vampires Of The City

    Vampire Weekend

    Modern Vampires Of The City

    Third album of indie pop / rock from the New York four-piece produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Charli XCX, Usher, Major Lazer)

    Added: 07/05/2013

     
  3. 8.2

    Once I Was An Eagle

    Laura Marling

    Once I Was An Eagle

    The 23-year-old indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist's fourth album, again produced by Ethan Johns (Kings Of Leon, Ryan Adams)

    Added: 17/05/2013

     
  4. 8.2

    Trouble Will Find Me

    The National

    Trouble Will Find Me

    The Brooklyn indie rock band with album No.6, following up the widely-acclaimed High Violet

    Added: 09/05/2013

     
  5. 8.2

    Haw

    Hiss Golden Messenger

    Haw

    Fourth album from North Carolina indie folk / alt country and Americana duo MC Taylor and Scott Hirsch

    Added: 08/04/2013

     
  6. 8.1

    Acid Rap

    Chance The Rapper

    Acid Rap

    Second self-released mixtape from Chicago hip hop artist Chancelor Bennett

    Added: 08/05/2013

     
  7. 8.1

    Silence Yourself

    Savages

    Silence Yourself

    Debut album from the UK post-punk band labelled by some as the new Siouxsie & The Banshees

    Added: 02/05/2013

     
  8. 8.0

    Impossible Truth

    William Tyler

    Impossible Truth

    Second collection of instrumental guitar compositions from the Nashville-based occasional member of Lambchop

    Added: 30/04/2013

     
  9. 8.0

    The Graceless Age

    John Murry

    The Graceless Age

    Debut solo release from the Mississippi-born, California-based Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist (and relative of William Faulkner)

    Added: 14/05/2013

     
  10. 7.8

    Excavation

    The Haxan Cloak

    Excavation

    Second release from producer Bobby Krlic, dealing in dark electronica drone, ambient techno and industrial IDM

    Added: 12/04/2013

     
  11. 7.7

    Deerhunter

    Monomania

    Bradford Cox and Co up the garage rock quotient on the 6th full-length release from the Atlanta indie rock / ambient punk band

    Added: 30/04/2013

     
  12. 7.7

    Daft Punk

    Random Access Memories

    Fourth studio album from the French electronic duo featuring collaborations from Panda Bear, Julian Casablancas Giorgio Moroder and Nile Rodgers

    Added: 09/05/2013

     
  13. 7.6

    Colin Stetson

    New History Warfare Vol 3: To See More Light

    The innovative Canadian sax player with the final installment of his trilogy, featuring vocals from Bon Iver

    Added: 26/04/2013

     
  14. 7.6

    Tera Melos

    X'ed Out

    Fourth album from the Sacramento trio, combining math rock and offbeat pop-punk

    Added: 13/05/2013

     
  15. 7.6

    Milk Music

    Cruise Your Illusion

    The Washington indie punk band's first full-length release

    Added: 08/04/2013

     
  16. 7.6

    Ghostpoet

    Some Say I So I Say Light

    Second release from London singer and producer Obaro Ejimiwe, dealing in downtempo R&B, experimental hip hop and glitchy electronica and co-produed with Richard Formby

    Added: 02/05/2013

     
  17. 7.6

    Sam Amidon

    Bright Sunny South

    The Vermont singer-songwriter adds jazz touches to his established template of reworking traditional folk songs

    Added: 13/05/2013

     
  18. 7.5

    Iron & Wine

    Ghost on Ghost

    Fifth studio album from folk rock singer-songwriter Sam Beam

    Added: 11/04/2013

     
  19. 7.5

    Young Galaxy

    Ultramarine

    Fourth album of dream pop from Vancouver indie five-piece

    Added: 24/04/2013

     
  20. 7.5

    Thee Oh Sees

    Floating Coffin

    Latest collection of psyched-out garage rock from the San Francisco five-piece fronted by John Dwyer

    Added: 17/04/2013

     
  21. 7.5

    Primal Scream

    More Light

    Bobby Gillespie & Co in psychedelic mode on album No.10, produced by David Holmes and featuring the likes of Robert Plant and Mark Stewart

    Added: 03/05/2013

     
  22. 7.5

    Pistol Annies

    Annie Up

    Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley follow up their 2011 hit country music debut Hell on Heels

    Added: 17/05/2013

     
  23. 7.4

    Evening Hymns

    Spectral Dusk

    Second release from the indie folk collective led by Canadian Jonas Bonetta, themed on the death of his father

    Added: 30/04/2013

     
  24. 7.4

    Public Service Broadcasting

    Inform - Educate - Entertain

    Debut from London duo J Willgoose Esq and Wrigglesworth, blending old propoganda movie dialogue with electronica, krautrock and synthpop

    Added: 06/05/2013

     
  25. 7.3

    Bill Ryder-Jones

    A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart

    Second solo album of minimal alt.rock from former guitarist of The Coral

    Added: 08/04/2013

     
  26. 7.3

    The Child Of Lov

    Child Of Lov

    Debut album from enigmatic Dutch musician Cole Williams featuring contributions from DOOM, Thundercat and Damon Albarn who also produces

    Added: 03/05/2013

     
  27. 7.2

    Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats

    Mind Control

    A 3rd installment of 70s metal-inspired psych rock from the English four-piece

    Added: 15/05/2013

     
  28. 7.2

    Jessica Pratt

    Jessica Pratt

    Debut LP from the folk artist who is often compared to Joni Mitchell and said to be part of a new generation of singer-songwriters inspired by the 00s freak-folk movement

    Added: 16/04/2013

     
  29. 7.2

    Still Corners

    Strange Pleasures

    London indie pop / dream pop duo Greg Hughes and Tessa Murray expand into synthpop and disco territory on their 2nd album

    Added: 03/05/2013

     
  30. 7.2

    Phoenix

    Bankrupt!

    First album in four years for the French synth pop band, following up the hugely successful Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

    Added: 15/04/2013

     

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