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  1. Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down - Ry Cooder

    Metascore: 95
    • Release Date: Aug 29, 2011
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    The Grammy-award winning musician returns with a concept album about corruption in America.More »

  2. Major/Minor - Thrice

    Metascore: 95
    • Release Date: Sep 20, 2011
    • User Score: 9.3
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    The Southern California rock band releases their seventh album of melodic alternative rock.More »

  3. Icky Mettle - Archers of Loaf

    Metascore: 94
    • Release Date: Aug 2, 2011
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    The 1993 debut album for the North Carolina indie rock band, which had ended in 1998, is rereleased just as the band returns for a reunion tour.More »

  4. Life's Rich Pageant - R.E.M.

    Metascore: 93
    • Release Date: Jul 12, 2011
    • User Score: 8.2
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    The legendary band's pivotal album is remastered and reissued since it's 1986 release--complete with a bonus disc of demos.More »

  5. Celestial Lineage - Wolves in the Throne Room

    Metascore: 90
    • Release Date: Sep 13, 2011
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  6. Harlan County - Jim Ford

    Metascore: 89
    • Release Date: Jul 25, 2011
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    This is the reissue of Jim Ford's debut (and only complete) album released in 1969.More »

  7. Floreat - Mara Carlyle

    Metascore: 88
    • Release Date: Aug 30, 2011
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  8. Vacation - Bomb the Music Industry!

    Metascore: 88
    • Release Date: Jul 26, 2011
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    The New York punk collective's latest album was mainly written while singer-songwriter-producer Jeff Rosenstock was in Belize.More »

  9. Strange Mercy - St. Vincent

    Metascore: 85
    • Release Date: Sep 13, 2011
    • User Score: 9.3
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    St. Vincent, otherwise known as Annie Clark, releases her third album, produced by John Congleton.More »

  10. Section.80 - Kendrick Lamar

    Metascore: 84
    • Release Date: Jul 2, 2011
    • User Score: 7.6
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    The California rapper who worked on Dr. Dre's Detox album releases his third independent album, featuring Colin Munroe, GLC, RZA, Schoolboy Q,...More »

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