The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Earbuddy; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
Khruangbin: Con todo el mundo
The Soft Moon: Criminal
Field Music: Open Here
20 - Everything Is Recorded: Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell - 74,4 (78,8 / 8)
Highlights: Close But Not Quite - Mountains of Gold - Cane
Alternative R&B
19 - Rae Morris: Someone Out There - 74,5 (78,9 / 8)
Highlights: Do It - Atletico (The Only One) - Reborn
Electropop
18 - Superchunk: What A Time To Be Alive - 75,5 (76,4 / 18)
Highlights: What a Time to Be Alive - Erasure - Black Thread
Indie Rock
17 - Ezra Furman: Transangelic Exodus - 76,0 (78,3 / 14)
Highlights: Maraschino-Red Dress $ 8.99 at Goodwill - Suck the Blood from My Wound - Compulsive Liar
Indie Rock
16 - First Aid Kit: Ruins - 76,6 (74,6 / 27)
Highlights: It's a Shame - Hem of Her Dress - Rebel Heart
Indie Folk
15 - MGMT: Little Dark Age – 77,0 (76,0 / 24)
Highlights: Little Dark Age - When You Die - Me and Michael
Synthpop
14 - No Age: Snares Like a Haircut – 77,0 (78,7 / 16)
Highlights: Send Me - Cruise Control - Soft Collar Fad /b]
Noise Pop
13 - tUnE-YaRdS: I Can feel You Creep Into My Private Life - 77,2 (77,5 / 23)
[b]Highlights: Heart Attack - ABC 123 - Look at Your Hands
Art Pop
12 - Dream Wife: Dream Wife – 77,5 (79,2 / 16)
Highlights: Let's Make Out - Fire - Hey! Heartbreaker
Alternative Rock
11 - Ought: Room Inside The World - 77,6 (78,3 / 19)
Highlights: Desire - Disaffectation - Disgraced in America
Post-Punk
10 - Screaming Females: All At Once - 77,9 (81,9 / 9)
Highlights: Black Moon - Agnes Martin - Deeply
Indie Rock
09 - Marlon Williams: Make Way for Love - 78,1 (79,4 / 17)
Highlights: Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore - Love Is a Terrible Thing - Come to Me
Chamber Folk
08 - Jeff Rosenstock: Post- - 78,2 (82,9 / 7)
Highlights: USA - Yr Throat - Let Them Win
Power Pop
07 - Hookworms: Microshift - 78,6 (79,6 / 18)
Highlights: Negative Space - Static Resistance - Ullswater
Neo-Psychedelia
06 - Kendrick Lamar: Black Panther: The Album OST - 79,0 (80,4 / 17)
Highlights: All the Stars - King’s Dead - Pray for Me
Hip Hop
05- Nils Frahm: All Melody – 79,3 (78,3 / 24)
Highlights: Sunson - Kaleidoscope - My Friend the Forest
Ambient
04 - Shame: Songs Of Praise – 79,4 (78,7 / 23)
Highlights: Concrete - One Rizla - Tasteless
Post-Punk
03 - Ty Segall: Freedom's Goblin – 79,7 (79,0 / 23)
Highlights: My Lady's on Fire - Fanny Dog - She
Garage Rock
02 - U.S. Girls: In A Poem Unlimited - 80,3 (80,7 / 20)
Highlights: Velvet 4 Sale - M.A.H. - Rosebud
Neo-Psychedelia
01 - Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy - 80,4 (80,4 / 21)
Highlights: Beach Life-in-Death - Cute Thing - Nervous Young Inhumans
Indie Rock
