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Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground | 2002 | 
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| Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | 2004 |
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| The Go-Betweens | The Friends of Rachel Worth | 2000 |
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| LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem | 2005 |
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| Maximo Park |
A Certain Trigger | 2005 |
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| Radiohead |
Hail to the Thief | 2003 |
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| The Shins |
Chutes Too Narrow | 2003 |
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| The Sleepy Jackson |
Lovers | 2003 |
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| Elliott Smith | From a Basement on a Hill | 2004 |
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| The White Stripes | Elephant | 2003 |
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