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What is the best experimental indie album of all time?

Spiderland

Slint's 1991 post-rock/post-hardcore album, a quiet-loud blueprint of tension that invented a subgenre.

Spiderland

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective's 2009 psychedelic pop milestone, a densely layered and euphoric work of studio experimentation.

Merriweather Post Pavilion