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| Liars |
Drum's Not Dead | 2006 |
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They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument On Top | 2001 |
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| Modest Mouse |
Good News for People Who Love Bad News | 2004 |
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| Peaches |
Fatherfucker | 2003 |
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| Radiohead |
Hail to the Thief | 2003 |
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| Sonic Youth | Sonic Nurse | 2004 |
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| Spoon |
Gimme Fiction | 2005 |
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| Wolf Parade |
Apologies to the Queen Mary | 2005 |
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