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| DangerDoom |
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| Gnarls Barkley | St. Elsewhere | 2006 |
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| LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem | 2005 |
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| My Morning Jacket | Z | 2005 |
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| Elliott Smith | From a Basement on a Hill | 2004 |
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| Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | 2005 |
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| Wilco |
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