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| Maxïmo Park | A Certain Trigger | 2005 |
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| Modest Mouse |
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| The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | 2005 |
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| Joanna Newsom | Ys | 2006 |
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| The Streets |
A Grand Don't Come for Free | 2004 |
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| TV on the Radio | Return to Cookie Mountain | 2006 |
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