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 Top Alternative Rock Album Chart for the Year of 2025 | Roots Music Report

The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2025

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Manning Fireworks
by: MJ Lenderman

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Label: Anti
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Songs of a Lost World
by: The Cure

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Label: Polydor
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Cutouts
by: The Smile

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Label: Self Help
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Evergreen
by: Soccer Mommy

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Label: Loma Vista
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One of a Kind
by: The Heavy Heavy

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Label: ATO
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Dotr
by: LP Giobbi

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Label: Counter
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No Name
by: Jack White

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Label: Third Man
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EELS
by: Being Dead

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Label: Bayonet
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Patterns in Repeat
by: Laura Marling

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Label: Chrysalis
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Memoir of a Sparklemuffin
by: Suki Waterhouse

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Label: Sub Pop
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No Obligation
by: The Linda Lindas

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Label: Epitaph
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Something is Working Up Above My Head
by: Shovels & Rope

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Label: Dualtone
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Five Dice, All Threes
by: Bright Eyes

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Label: Dead Oceans
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The Human Fear
by: Franz Ferdinand

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Label: Domino
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Everybody Needs a Hero
by: Orla Gartland

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Label: New Friends
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Romance
by: Fontaines D.C.

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Label: County Love Train
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Wild God
by: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Label: Play It Again Sam
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Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
by: Sharon Van Etten

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Label: Jagjaguwar
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Tigers Blood
by: Waxahatchee

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Label: Anti
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I Blow out Big Candles
by: Freak Slug

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Label: Future Classic
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Lagos Paris London (feat. Tony Allen)
by: Yannis & The Yaw

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Label: Transgressive
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Horror
by: Bartees Strange

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Label: 4AD
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Changes All the Time
by: James Bay

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Label: Mercury
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Moon Mirror
by: Nada Surf

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Label: New West
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Viva Hinds
by: Hinds

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Label: Lucky Number
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What's Wrong with New York?
by: The Dare

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Label: UMG
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1
by: bby

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Label: Glassnote
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Two Star & the Dream Police
by: Mk.gee

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Label: Two Star & The Dream Police
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Boys These Days
by: Sports Team

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Label: Bright Antenna
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Fate & Alcohol
by: Japandroids

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Label: Anti
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The Cleansing
by: Peter Perrett

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Label: Domino
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Year of the Banana
by: Rubblebucket

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Label: EggHunt
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Subtropical
by: Variety

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Label: Very Soft
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H.E.A.R.T.
by: Katrina Ford

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Label: Chrysalis
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Daniel
by: Real Estate

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Label: Domino
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Pacific Highway Music
by: Skegss

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Label: Loma Vista
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My Method Actor
by: Nilufer Yanya

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Label: Ninja Tune
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As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
by: The Decemberists

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Label: YABB
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News of the Universe
by: La Luz

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Label: Sub Pop
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Make It Right
by: Steve Wynn

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Label: Fire
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Ohio Players
by: The Black Keys

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Label: Nonesuch
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Ten Small Fractures
by: Human Drama

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Label: Bob Frank Ent
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Strange Burden
by: Font

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Label: Acrophase
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All Born Screaming
by: St. Vincent

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Label: Loma Vista
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Glimmer of God
by: Jean Dawson

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Label: P+
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Paradise Pop. 10
by: Christian Lee Hutson

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Label: Anti
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Good Together
by: Lake Street Dive

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Label: Concord
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12
by: White Denim

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Label: Bella Union
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The Breaks
by: Suuns

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Label: Joyful Noise
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Dream Noise
by: Spun Out

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Label: Shuga
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Power
by: illuminati hotties

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Label: Snack Shack Tracks
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Untame the Tiger
by: Mary Timony

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Label: Merge
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Flight B741
by: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

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Label: Self-Release
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Lucky for You
by: Bully

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Label: Sub Pop
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Lucifer on the Sofa
by: Spoon

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Label: Matador
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Searching for Strawberries: the Story of Jongo Bongo
by: Rare Americans

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Label: Crooked City
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The 4th Album
by: The Record Company

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Label: Round Hill
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This Side of the Island
by: Hamilton Leithauser

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Label: Glassnote
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Five Mile Point
by: Unlettered

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Label: Self-Release
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Soberish
by: Liz Phair

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Label: Chrysalis
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Boeckner!
by: Boeckner

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Label: Sub Pop
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Not God
by: Finom

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Label: Joyful Noise
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Sugarcoat
by: Blushing

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Label: Kanine
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SORCS 80
by: Thee Oh Sees

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Label: Castle Face
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Bite Down
by: Rosali

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Label: Merge
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Mucho Mistrust
by: Fake Fruit

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Label: Carpark
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FEVER / SKY
by: Wilder Woods

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Label: Dualtone
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Careful!
by: Deeper

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Label: Sub Pop
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The Collective
by: Kim Gordon

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Label: Matador
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Frog in Boiling Water
by: DIIV

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Label: Fantasy
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Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here
by: Friko

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Label: ATO
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Rose Pink Cadillac
by: Dope Lemon

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Label: BMG
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TANGK
by: IDLES

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Label: Partisan
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Only God Was Above Us
by: Vampire Weekend

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Label: Columbia
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Bright Future
by: Adrianne Lenker

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Label: 4AD
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OUI, LSF
by: Les Savy Fav

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Label: Frenchkiss
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X's
by: Cigarettes After Sex

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Label: Spanish Prayers
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Bunny
by: Beach Fossils

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Label: Bayonet
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Digital Dream
by: Deap Vally

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Label: Cooking Viny
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Wet Leg
by: Wet Leg

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Label: Domino
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Nightmare Daydream
by: The Velveteers

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Label: Easy Eye Sound
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Commander Trainwreck
by: Skinner

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Label: Faction
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A LA SALA
by: Khruangbin

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Label: Dead Oceans
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Come and See
by: Gurriers

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Label: No Filter
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Through Today
by: Chimers

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Label: 12XU
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Ain't It Tragic
by: Dead Sara

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Label: Atlantic
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Three Bells
by: Ty Segall

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Label: Drag City
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What Do We Do Now
by: J Mascis

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Label: Sub Pop
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I Got Heaven
by: Mannequin Pussy

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Label: Epitaph
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Little Rope (Deluxe)
by: Sleater-Kinney

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Label: Loma Vista
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Interplay
by: Ride

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Label: Wichita
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Up on Gravity Hill
by: Metz

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Label: Sub Pop
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Glasgow Eyes
by: The Jesus And Mary Chain

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Label: Fuzz Club
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Parallel Realms
by: STRFKR

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Label: Polyvinyl
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Before It's Gone
by: Salt Cathedral

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Label: Self-Release
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AMAMA
by: Crumb

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Final Summer
by: Cloud Nothings

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Label: Pure Noise
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Hovvdy
by: Hovvdy

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Label: Arts & Crafts
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Carrot on Strings
by: Man Man

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Label: Sub Pop
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Name Your Sorrow
by: Pillow Queens

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Label: Royal Mountain
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Light Verse
by: Iron & Wine

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Label: Sub Pop
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The Moon is in the Wrong Place
by: Shannon & The Clams

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Label: Easy Eye Sound
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EELS TIME!
by: Eels

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Label: Play It Again Sam
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Lapse
by: Idaho

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Label: Arts & Crafts
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Charm
by: Clairo

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Label: Self-Release
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My Light, My Destroyer
by: Cassandra Jenkins

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Label: Dead Oceans
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Valebol (feat. V.V. Lightbody & Daniel Villarreal)
by: Valebol

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Label: Otherly Love
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Voices
by: Phantogram

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Label: Republic
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The Million Masks of God
by: Manchester Orchestra

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Label: Loma Vista
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Sunshine
by: The Black Moods

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Label: STEELHORSE
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All Channels Clear
by: Ibex Clone

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Label: Goner
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Head of Pomegranate
by: Flamingods

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Label: The Liquid Label
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Iechyd Da
by: Bill Ryder-Jones

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Label: Domino
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Ill Times
by: GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith

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Label: p(doom)
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Blurred Wires
by: Upright Forms

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Label: SKiN GRAFT
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Expensive Air
by: Oneida

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Label: Joyful Noise
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Nick Waterhouse
by: Nick Waterhouse

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Label: Innovative Leisure
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Evolve
by: Phish

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Label: UMG
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Purple Mountains
by: Purple Mountains

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Label: Drag City
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The Record
by: Boygenius

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Label: Interscope
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Plastic Eternity
by: Mudhoney

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Label: Sub Pop
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When I Wake Up
by: Maverick Sabre

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Label: FAMM
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Self Made Man
by: Larkin Poe

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Label: Trick-Woo
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Obviously
by: Lake Street Dive

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Label: Nonesuch
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Work Hard and Be Nice
by: Michael Franti & Spearhead

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Label: Boo Boo Wax
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When You See Yourself
by: Kings of Leon

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Label: RCA
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Head of Roses
by: Flock Of Dimes

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Label: Sub Pop
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Cooler Returns
by: Kiwi jr.

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Label: Sub Pop
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The Juice
by: G. Love & Special Sauce

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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Sketchy.
by: Tune-Yards

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Label: 4AD
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Black Lipstick
by: Chicano Batman

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Label: ATO
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Texas Sun
by: Khruangbin

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Label: Dead Oceans
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"Let's Rock"
by: The Black Keys

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Label: Nonesuch
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Punisher
by: Phoebe Bridgers

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Label: Dead Oceans
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Everything Hits at Once: the Best of Spoon
by: Spoon

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Label: Matador
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Everyday Life
by: Coldplay

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Label: Atlantic
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WINK
by: CHAI

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Label: Sub Pop
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Expert in a Dying Field
by: The Beths

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Label: Carpark
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Smalltown Stardust
by: King Tuff

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