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| Junior Boys | Last Exit | 2004 |
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| Modest Mouse |
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| Elliott Smith | From a Basement on a Hill | 2004 |
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| Sonic Youth | Sonic Nurse | 2004 |
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| Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | 2005 |
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| Brian Wilson | SMiLE | 2004 |
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