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  1. 6.5

    Patterson Hood

    Heat Lighting Rumbles in the Distance

    The Drive-By Truckers frontman takes an acoustic sidestep on his 3rd solo outing, a set of very personal songs based on an uncompleted novel

    Added: 13/09/2012

     
  2. 6.5

    The Avett Brothers

    The Carpenter

    The North Carolina folk-rock quartet led by brothers Seth and Scott moving in a soft rock direction aided by producer Rick Rubin on their 7th album

    Added: 10/09/2012

     
  3. 6.5

    R. Kelly

    Write Me Back

    70s soul provides the inspiration for the 11th album from the R&B singer and producer

    Added: 03/07/2012

     
  4. 6.5

    Sonny & The Sunsets

    Longtime Companion

    Latest offering from Sonny Smith and his San Francisco band, eschewing their usual psychedelic / garage pop sound for a country feel

    Added: 28/06/2012

     
  5. 6.5

    A Place to Bury Strangers

    Worship

    The Brooklyn experimental noise rock trio with their 3rd album

    Added: 25/06/2012

     
  6. 6.5

    Crocodiles

    Endless Flowers

    Third album from the San Diego noise pop duo

    Added: 06/06/2012

     
  7. 6.5

    Torche

    Harmonicraft

    Third studio album from the Miami sludge / stoner metal quartet led by singer-guitarist Steve Brooks

    Added: 23/04/2012

     
  8. 6.5

    Paul Weller

    Sonik Kicks

    Eleventh studio album from the former Jam and Style Council front man is a Krautrock-influenced affair

    Added: 26/03/2012

     
  9. 6.5

    VCMG

    Ssss

    Debut techno album from Vince Clarke and Martin Gore reunited 30 years after the former left Depeche Mode

    Added: 09/03/2012

     
  10. 6.5

    Plug

    Back On Time

    Newly unearthed previously unreleased drum and bass and jungle tracks from the West Country producer

    Added: 20/01/2012

     
  11. 6.5

    Yelawolf

    Radioactive

    Debut hip hop album from the Alabama rapper signed to Eminem's label

    Added: 01/12/2011

     
  12. 6.5

    Boris

    New Album

    Album number seventeen from Japanese experimental trio is their third release in 2011

    Added: 22/11/2011

     
  13. 6.5

    The Duke Spirit

    Bruiser

    Third album from the London-based alt.rock quintet produced by Andrew Scheps who has engineered albums by Metallica, Green Day and U2

    Added: 26/10/2011

     
  14. 6.5

    Rob Crow

    He Thinks He's People

    Latest release under his own name for the San Diego indie rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a string of bands in his CV

    Added: 25/10/2011

     
  15. 6.5

    Still Corners

    Creatures of an Hour

    Ethereal 60s influenced indie pop / dream pop on the debut album from the London band

    Added: 20/10/2011

     
  16. 6.5

    My Brightest Diamond

    All Things Will Unwind

    Third studio album of chamber pop from the New York-based singer-songwriter Shara Worden

    Added: 19/10/2011

     
  17. 6.5

    Ryan Adams

    Ashes & Fire

    A return to his alt.country roots for album number thirteen from the prolific songwriter, produced by Glyn Johns (Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin)

    Added: 11/10/2011

     
  18. 6.5

    The Stepkids

    The Stepkids

    Debut album of acid-fried psychedelic funk from this Connecticut group

    Added: 28/09/2011

     
  19. 6.5

    Glen Campbell

    Ghost On The Canvas

    The final album from the country singer - who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's this year - includes covers of Green Day and Tom Petty songs

    Added: 31/08/2011

     
  20. 6.5

    Toddla T

    Watch Me Dance

    Second album of electro and dancehall from the Sheffield-based DJ, producer and re-mixer Tom Bell

    Added: 22/08/2011

     
  21. 6.5

    Yacht

    Shangri-La

    Fifth album of alternative electropop from the Porltand, Oregon group, formerly the solo project of Jona Bechtolt

    Added: 05/07/2011

     
  22. 6.5

    Pantha Du Prince

    XI Versions of Black Noise

    11 remixes of five songs from Hendrick Weber's highly-acclaimed 2010 minimal electronica album

    Added: 20/04/2011

     
  23. 6.5

    Meat Puppets

    Lollipop

    Album number thirteen from the Arizona alt.rock trio who were covered by Nirvana on their MTV Unplugged album

    Added: 15/04/2011

     
  24. 6.5

    Starfucker

    Reptilians

    Second album from the Portland indie electronica group, formerly the solo project of Joshua Hodges

    Added: 13/04/2011

     
  25. 6.5

    Architecture In Helsinki

    Moment Bends

    Fourth album of avant-garde indie pop from the Australian troupe

    Added: 04/04/2011

     
  26. 6.5

    Pharoahe Monch

    W.A.R. (We Are Renagades)

    Indie label release following major label problems from the Organized Konfusion veteran rapper

    Added: 23/03/2011

     
  27. 6.5

    The Builders And The Butchers

    Dead Reckoning

    Fourth album of gothic folk-rock from the Oregon band

    Added: 14/03/2011

     
  28. 6.5

    The Luyas

    Too Beautiful to Work

    Second album of indie rock from the unconventional and multi-instrumental Canadian group

    Added: 25/02/2011

     
  29. 6.5

    The Cave Singers

    No Witch

    Third album from the Seattle alt.folk trio produced by Randall Dunn (Sun O))) and Black Mountain)

    Added: 22/02/2011

     
  30. 6.5

    Bardo Pond

    Bardo Pond

    Eighth studio album from the Philadelphia based veteran psych-rock collective

    Added: 13/01/2011

     

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