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Bang Bang Rock and Roll | 2005 |
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| Belle and Sebastian | The Life Pursuit | 2006 |
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| Bright Eyes |
Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil,Keep Your Ear to the Ground | 2002 |
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| Neko Case |
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood | 2006 |
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| Deerhunter |
Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. | 2008 |
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| Grizzly Bear | Yellow House | 2006 |
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| The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | 2005 |
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| Spoon |
Girls Can Tell | 2001 |
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| M. Ward |
Post-War | 2006 |
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