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| Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavillion | 2009 | 
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| Dirty Projectors |
Bitte Orca | 2009 |
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| Grizzly Bear | Yellow House | 2006 |
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| The Hold Steady | Separation Sunday | 2005 |
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| The National | Alligator | 2005 |
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| Okkervil River | Black Sheep Boy | 2005 |
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| The Shins |
Chutes Too Narrow | 2003 |
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| Spoon |
Kill the Moonlight | 2002 |
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| TV on the Radio | Return to Cookie Mountain | 2006 |
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| Wolf Parade |
Apologies to the Queen Mary | 2005 |
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