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Top 10 Albums

1. Oblivians, Desperation (In the Red)

2. Ex-Cult, Ex-Cult (Goner)

3. True Sons of Thunder, Stop and Smell Your Face (Little Big Chief)

4. Liquor Store, In the Garden (Almost Ready)

5. No Bunny, Secret Songs (Goner)

6. Mordecai, College Rock (Richie)

7. King Khan and the Shrines, Idle No More (Merge)

8. Endless Boogie, Long Island (No Quarter)

9. Charles Bradley, …