The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2019

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"Let's Rock"
by: The Black Keys

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III
by: The Lumineers

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Label: Dualtone
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Daylight
by: Grace Potter

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Label: Concord
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Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
by: Lewis Capaldi

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Label: Vertigo Berlin
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Father of the Bride
by: Vampire Weekend

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Label: Columbia
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By Blood
by: Shovels & Rope

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Label: Dualtone
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Jaime
by: Brittany Howard

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Label: ATO
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Help Us Stranger
by: The Raconteurs

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Label: Third Man
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Black Pumas (Deluxe)
by: Black Pumas

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Label: ATO
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Thrilled to Be Here
by: Bailen

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Label: Fantasy
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Wasteland, Baby!
by: Hozier

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Label: Rubyworks
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The Unseen in Between
by: Steve Gunn

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Label: Matador
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Look Alive
by: Guster

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Label: Nettwerk
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SOUND & FURY
by: Sturgill Simpson

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Label: Elektra
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Hyperspace
by: Beck

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Label: Capital
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On the Line
by: Jenny Lewis

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Label: Warner Bros.
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Mint
by: Alice Merton

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Label: Paper Plane
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My Finest Work Yet
by: Andrew Bird

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Label: Concord
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Heard It in a Past Life
by: Maggie Rogers

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Label: Debay Sounds
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Living Mirage
by: The Head and The Heart

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Label: Warner Brothers
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Social Cues
by: Cage the Elephant

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Label: RCA
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Secondhand Smoke
by: Sean McConnell

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Label: Big Picnic
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Nick Waterhouse
by: Nick Waterhouse

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Label: Innovative Leisure
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Part 1 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost
by: Foals

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Label: Warner
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Oh My God
by: Kevin Morby

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Label: Dead Oceans
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Everyday Life
by: Coldplay

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Label: Atlantic
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All Mirrors
by: Angel Olsen

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Label: Jagjaguwar
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Cause and Effect
by: Keane

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Label: Island
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Stone for Stone
by: Cancion Franklin

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Label: Self-Release
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The Slow Rush
by: Tame Impala

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Label: Island
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Better Oblivion Community Center
by: Better Oblivion Community Center

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Label: Dead Oceans
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Press
by: Flora Cash

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Label: RCA
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Black Hole Rainbow
by: Devon Gilfillian

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Label: Capitol
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Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
by: Deerhunter

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Label: 4AD
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Lux Prima
by: Karen O

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Label: BMG
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Keepsake
by: Hatchie

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Label: Double Double Whammy
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Mystic Truth
by: Bad Suns

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Label: Epitaph
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FEVER DREAM
by: Of Monsters and Men

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Label: Republic
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Power
by: Seratones

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Label: Nine West
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Busyhead
by: Noah Kahan

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Label: Republic
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Karaoke Angel
by: Molly Sarle

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Label: Partisan
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Phoenix
by: Pedro the Lion

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Label: Polyvinyl
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Anak Ko
by: Jay Som

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Label: Polyvinyl
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You Deserve Love
by: White Reaper

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Label: Elektra
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I,i
by: Bon Iver

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Label: Jagjaguwar
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Fishing for Fishies
by: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

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Label: ATO
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Fongola
by: KOKOKO!

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Label: Transgressive
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Duck
by: Kaiser Chiefs

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Label: Polydor
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Without Fear
by: Dermot Kennedy

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Label: UMG
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Doom Days
by: Bastille

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Label: Virgin
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In the Land of
by: Wintersleep

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Label: Dine Alone
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Titanic Rising
by: Weyes Blood

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Label: Sub Pop
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Already Ready Already
by: Galactic

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Label: Tchoup-zilla
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Sin
by: John Floreani

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Label: Hopeless
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Adult
by: Walker Lukens

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Label: Modern Outsider
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Shadowboxer
by: Mansionair

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Label: Glassnote
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Gallipoli
by: Beirut

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Label: 4AD
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Salt
by: Angie McMahon

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Label: Dualtone
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First Taste
by: Ty Segall

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Label: Drag City
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Four Songs
by: Blood Orange

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Label: RCA
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Let's Try the After (Vol. 1)
by: Broken Social Scene

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Label: Arts & Crafts
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Feels Like Love
by: Chrysta Bell

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Label: Meta Hari
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South of Reality
by: The Claypool Lennon Delirium

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Label: ATO
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Suck on Light
by: Boy & Bear

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Label: Nettwerk
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Cheers
by: The Wild Reeds

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Label: Dualtone
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Ghosteen
by: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Label: Self-Release
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Designer
by: Aldous Harding

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Label: 4AD
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Mayonnaise
by: Deer Tick

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Label: Partisan
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Add
by: Keller Williams

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Label: Freeky Disc
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Why You So Crazy
by: The Dandy Warhols

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Label: Dine Alone
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Crushing
by: Julia Jacklin

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Label: Transgressive
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Everything Hits at Once: the Best of Spoon
by: Spoon

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Label: Matador
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Waver
by: Royal Canoe

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Label: Paper Bag
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Invisible
by: Son Little

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Label: Anti
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Highway Hypnosis
by: Sneaks

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Label: Merge
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Night of the Worm Moon
by: Shana Cleveland

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Label: Hardly Art
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When I Wake Up
by: Maverick Sabre

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Label: FAMM
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Into the Blue
by: Broken Bells

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Label: 30th Century
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For the Morning
by: Tyler Ramsey

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Label: Fantasy
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Gold Past Life
by: Fruit Bats

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Label: Merge
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Building Balance
by: Allen Stone

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Label: ATO
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Zeppelin over China
by: Guided By Voices

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Myth of a Man
by: Night Beats

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Label: Heavenly
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Natural Disguise
by: HalfNoise

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Label: Congrats
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Silences
by: Adia Victoria

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Label: Atlantic
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Do No Harm
by: The Deer

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Label: Keeled Scales
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Absolute Zero
by: Bruce Hornsby

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Label: Zappo
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Ahomale
by: Combo Chimbita

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Label: Anti
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Showboat Honey
by: Kyle Craft

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Label: Sub Pop
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Wave
by: Patrick Watson

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Label: Secret City
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Meditations
by: Yoke Lore

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Label: Yellhouse
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So That You Might Hear Me
by: Bear's Den

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Label: Concord
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When I'm Alone: the Piano Retrospective
by: Lissie

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Label: Cooking Vinyl
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Future Ruins
by: Swervedriver

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Label: Dangerbird
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Jupiter Sidecar
by: The Shelters

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Label: Warner
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Part 2 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost
by: Foals

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Label: Warner
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Changes
by: Neal Francis

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Label: Karma Chief
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Sling
by: Clairo

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Label: UMG
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Eraserland
by: Strand of Oaks

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Label: Dead Oceans
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New Age Norms 1
by: Cold War Kids

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Label: AWAL
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Fuzzybrain
by: Dayglow

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Label: Self-Release
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Signal
by: Automatic

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Label: Stones Throw
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Ameri'kana
by: Making Movies

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Lover
by: Noah Gunderson

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Label: Cooking Vinyl
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The Pet Parade
by: Fruit Bats

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Label: Merge
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Power Chords
by: Mike Krol

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Label: Merge
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Hot Motion
by: Temples

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Label: ATO
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Purple Mountains
by: Purple Mountains

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Label: Drag City
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Here Comes the Cowboy
by: Mac DeMarco

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Label: Mac's
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Zuma 85
by: Allah-Las

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Label: Innovative Leisure
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Natural Affair
by: The Growlers

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Label: Beach Goth
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Canterbury Girls
by: Lily & Madeleine

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Label: New West
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Laughing Matter
by: Wand

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Label: Drag City
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Late Riser
by: Frances Cone

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Label: Thirty Tigers
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These Times
by: The Dream Syndicate

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Label: Anti
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High Water Line
by: Mark Oblinger

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Label: Self-Release
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Continue As a Guest
by: The New Pornographers

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Label: Merge
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Asphalt Meadows
by: Death Cab for Cutie

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Label: Atlantic
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Caretakers
by: Pete Yorn

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Label: Shelly
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There Will Be No Intermission
by: Amanda Palmer

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Label: Cooking Vinyl
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A Blemish in the Great Light
by: Half Moon Run

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Label: Glassnote
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Archaeology
by: The Bean Pickers Union

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Label: Self-Release
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Color Theory
by: Soccer Mommy

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Label: Loma Vista
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Wilder Woods
by: Wilder Woods

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Label: Atlantic
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Paradise
by: Local Natives

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Label: Loma Vista
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It Won't Be Like This All the Time
by: The Twilight Sad

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Label: Rock Action
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Jude Vol. II
by: The Bright Light Social Hour

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Label: Self-Release
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Reader As Detective
by: Generationals

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Label: Polyvinyl
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No Control
by: Alex Little and The Suspicious Minds

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Label: Light Organ
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PAINLESS
by: Nilufer Yanya

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Label: ATO
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Petra
by: The Building

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Label: Concord
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The Record
by: Boygenius

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Label: Interscope
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I Got Too Sad for My Friends
by: Shura

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Label: Play It Again Sam
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Out of the Blue
by: Dan Luke and the Raid

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Label: New West
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What Now
by: Brittany Howard

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Label: Island
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This Mess is a Place
by: Tacocat

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Label: Sub Pop
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Love & Algorhythms
by: Seratones

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Label: New West
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Someday Tomorrow Maybe
by: Lola Marsh

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Label: Anova Music
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Carpet Denim
by: Tijuana Panthers

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Label: Innovative Leisure
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