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| Cat Power | You Are Free | 2003 |
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| Ghostface Killah | Fishscale | 2006 |
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| Grizzly Bear |
Veckatimest | 2009 |
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| The Hold Steady | Boys and Girls in America | 2006 |
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| Iron & Wine |
The Creek Drank the Cradle | 2002 |
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| The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | 2005 |
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| The Shins |
Oh, Inverted World | 2001 |
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| Spoon |
Girls Can Tell | 2001 |
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Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga | 2007 |
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