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| …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | Source Tags & Codes | 2002 |
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| The Arcade Fire | Funeral | 2004 |
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| Boards of Canada | Geogaddi | 2002 |
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| Fiery Furnaces | Blueberry Boat | 2004 |
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| Junior Boys | Last Exit | 2004 |
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| M83 |
Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts | 2003 |
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| Madvillain | Madvillainy | 2004 |
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| Radiohead |
Hail to the Thief | 2003 |
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| The Rapture | Echoes | 2003 |
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| Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | 2005 |
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