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| Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavillion | 2009 | 
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| The Books |
Thought for Food | 2002 |
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| Manitoba/Caribou | Up in Flames | 2003 |
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| The Dismemberment Plan | Change | 2001 |
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| The Fiery Furnaces | Blueberry Boat | 2004 |
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| M83 |
Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts | 2003 |
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| Madvillain | Madvillainy | 2004 |
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| Panda Bear | Person Pitch | 2007 |
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| Spoon |
Girls Can Tell | 2001 |
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| The Wrens |
The Meadowlands | 2003 |
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