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| Broken Social Scene | Broken Social Scene | 2005 |
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| Neko Case |
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood | 2006 |
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| The Decemberists | The Crane Wife | 2006 |
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| Interpol |
Antics | 2004 |
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| The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | 2005 |
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| Sleater-Kinney | The Woods | 2005 |
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| Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | 2005 |
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| TV on the Radio | Return to Cookie Mountain | 2006 |
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| Yo La Tengo |
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass | 2006 |
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