Hey there dear listener! I know 2014 is already two weeks old, but I think we should take a look back at 2013 for a moment and celebrate CJSR 100 most played releases of the year, don’t you?
All releases are placed according to the number of spins they received in 2013*.
Anything you see in bold is local. We are proud to say 7 of our top 10 albums of the year were from right here in #yeg, including our #1: The Lad Mags‘ debut 7″ Lover/You Don’t Love Me. A spooky slice of garage rock from the underworld that didn’t leave our charts as long as it was Gnu Wax. Right behind them were art-punks Energetic Action, whose 2nd album Becoming tore up our charts even more than their surprise first hit, Walls. Doug Hoyer released his masterpiece To Be a River in the summer as well, a delightful blending of Doug’s influences, referencing the Talking Heads, Afrobeat, and Jens Lekman-like pop. All must-have records, I assure you.
Check out all of our favourites below. Don’t forget to scroll down to our genre charts to see which albums made the cut for our Loud, RPM, Jazz, World, Hip-Hop, Folk/Roots/Blues, and Experimental programs.
Thanks for listening!
Chad Brunet
CJSR Music Director
*you might see a couple releases from 2012 on the list. That means they were added to CJSR’s library late enough that year to earn spins in early 2013, hence their inclusion here.
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TOP 100 of 2013
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Artist
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Album
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Label
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1
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The Lad Mags
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Lover b/w You Don’t Love Me
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Self-Released
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2
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Energetic Action
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Becoming
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Energetic Action Recordings
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3
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Doug Hoyer
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To Be A River
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Old Ugly
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4
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Mikey Maybe
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Honey + Bread
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Old Ugly
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5
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Shotgun Jimmie
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Everything, Everything
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You’ve Changed
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6
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Various Artists
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Radio Adventures In the Wild
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CJSR
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7
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Ghost Cousin
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Scotland
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Old Ugly
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8
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Amy van Keeken
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So Long
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Self-Released
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9
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The Courtneys
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The Courtneys
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Hockey Dad
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10
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B.A. Johnston
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Mission Accomplished
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Mammoth Cave
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11
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The Homeshake
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The Homeshake Tape
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Fixture
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12
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Various Artists
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Beating Strong
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Heart of the City
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13
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A Tribe Called Red
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Nation II Nation
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Tribal Spirit
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14
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My Bloody Valentine
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m b v
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Self-Released
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15
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Zebra Pulse
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Heh, Vay Bae-Bays
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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16
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Yo La Tengo
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Fade
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Matador
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17
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Charles Bradley
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Victim of Love
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Dunham
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18
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Hooded Fang
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Gravez
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Self-Released
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19
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Alex Calder
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Time
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Captured Tracks
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20
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The Burning Hell
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People
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Headless Owl / Weewerk
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21
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Jr. Gone Wild
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Less Art More Pop – Reissue
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Self-Released
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22
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The Bicycles
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Stop Thinking So Much
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Aporia
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23
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Himiko
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DethNoizzz
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D-Trash
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24
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Hayden
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Us Alone
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Arts & Crafts
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25
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Ghibli
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Clubs
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Old Ugly
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26
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Daniel Romano
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Come Cry With Me
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Normaltown
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27
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Bloodshot Bill
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So Blue
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Transistor 66
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28
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The Ketamines
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You Can’t Serve Two Masters
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Mammoth Cave
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29
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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II
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Jagjaguwar
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30
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BRAIDS
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Flourish // Perish
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Arbutus
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31
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Various Artists
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Arts & Crafts: 2003-13
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Arts & Crafts
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32
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Krang / Shooting Guns
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Split EP
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Psychic Handshake
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33
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Ghostkeeper
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Horse Chief! War Thief!
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Saved By Vinyl
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34
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Kurt Vile
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Wakin On a Pretty Daze
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Matador
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35
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White Fence
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Cyclops Reap
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Castle Face
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36
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Nick Everett & Everybody
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Elsethings
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Self-Released
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37
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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Push the Sky Away
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Bad Seed Ltd.
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38
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Cousins / Construction & Destruction
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Split EP
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Noyes
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39
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Dirty Beaches
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Drifters/Love Is the Devil
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Zoo
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40
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Thee Ahs
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Future Without Her
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Self-Released
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41
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Pissed Jeans
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Honeys
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Sub Pop
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42
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Daft Punk
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Random Access Memories
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Columbia
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43
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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
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Savvy Show Stoppers
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Mammoth Cave
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44
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Brazilian Money
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Old Bones: Rarities, Misfits, and Loose Teeth
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Self-Released
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45
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Petra Haden
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Petra Goes to the Movies
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Anti-
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46
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Various Artists
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Arts & Crafts: X
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Arts & Crafts
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47
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Gold & Youth
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Beyond Wilderness
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Arts & Crafts
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48
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George Ireland & the Willy Nillies
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Waning & Waxing
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Self-Released
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49
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Neko Case
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The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
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Anti-
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50
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Rae Spoon
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My Prairie Home
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Self-Released
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51
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Deerhunter
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Monomania
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4AD
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52
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Shannon & the Clams
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Dreams In the Rat House
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Hardly Art
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53
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100 Mile House
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Wait With Me
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Self-Released
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54
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Ben Sures
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Son Of Trouble
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Self-Released
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55
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Cobra & Vulture
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Grasslands
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Self-Released
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56
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Royal Canoe
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Today We’re Believers
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Nevado
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57
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Little Miss Higgins & the Winnipeg Five
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Bison Ranch Recording Sessions
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Self-Released
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58
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Wilfred N and the Grown Men
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I’m In Love With the City
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Zonik
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59
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Zebra Pulse
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Endings
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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60
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Scott Cook
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One More Time Around
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Groove Revival
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61
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Field Assembly
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Narco
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Self-Released
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62
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Lab Coast
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Walking On Ayr
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Mammoth Cave
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63
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War Baby
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Jesus Horse
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Bummer
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64
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CROSSS
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Obsidian Spectre
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Telephone Explosion
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65
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By Divine Right
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Organized Accidents
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Hand Drawn Dracula
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66
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Bloodshot Bill
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The Lonesome Road
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Norton
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67
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Dead Ghosts
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Can’t Get No
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Burger
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68
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Kitten Forever
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Pressure
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Guilt Ridden Pop
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69
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Suuns
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Images du Futur
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Secretly Canadian
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70
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Various Artists
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CITR Pop Alliance, Vol. 3
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CITR / Mint
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71
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UBT
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Ego Orientation
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Psychic Handshake
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72
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The Seahags
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Good ‘n’ Greasy
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Self-Released
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73
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Lindi Ortega
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Tin Star
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Last Gang
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74
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Chelsea Light Moving
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Chelsea Light Moving
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Matador
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75
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The Sadies
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Internal Sounds
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Outside
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76
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Babysitter
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Eye
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Psychic Handshake
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77
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Julie Doiron
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So Many Days
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Aporia
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78
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The Men
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New Moon
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Sacred Bones
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79
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Colin Stetson
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New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
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Constellation
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80
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Jom Comyn
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Live at the Elevation Room
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Self-Released
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81
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Rhythm of Cruelty
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Still Life EP
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Self-Released
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82
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Love Electric
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Love Electric
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Energetic Action Recordings
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83
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Three Sun Sea
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This Is Not A Question
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Self-Released
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84
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Shooting Guns
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Brotherhood of the Ram
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Teargas Recording Tree
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85
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Iceage
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You’re Nothing
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Matador
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86
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King Khan & the Shrines
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Idle No More
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Merge
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87
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Various Artists
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RAT KING II
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Killer Haze
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88
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Sean Nicholas Savage
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Other Life
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Arbutus
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89
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Mavis Staples
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One True Vine
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Anti-
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90
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Guided By Voices
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The Bears For Lunch
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GBV, Inc.
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91
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Alex Vissia
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Young Love
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Root Cellar
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92
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The Highest Order
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If It’s Real
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Idee Fixe
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93
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Low
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The Invisible Way
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Sub Pop
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94
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David Bowie
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The Next Day
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EMI
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95
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The Coathangers / Nu Sensae
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Split EP
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Suicide Squeeze
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96
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Boats
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A Fairway Full of Miners
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Kill Rock Stars
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97
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The Deep Dark Woods
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Jubilee
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Sugar Hill
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98
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Zachary Lucky
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The Ballad of Losing You
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Missed Connection
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99
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Tunji Oyelana
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A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79
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Soundway
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100
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Mac DeMarco
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2
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Captured Tracks
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Electronic / RPM
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1
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A Tribe Called Red
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Nation II Nation
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Tribal Spirits / Pirate’s Blend
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2
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Zebra Pulse
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Heh, Vay Bae-Bays
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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3
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Ghibli
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Clubs
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Old Ugly
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4
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Daft Punk
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Random Access Memories
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Columbia
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5
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Boards of Canada
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Tomorrow’s Harvest
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Warp
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6
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A Tribe Called Red
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Trapline EP
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Self-Released
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7
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Moderat
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II
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Mute
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8
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Born Gold
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I Am An Exit
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Crash Symbols
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9
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Various Artists
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Verve Remixed: The First Ladies
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Verve
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10
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Tim Hecker
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Virgins
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Paper Bag
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11
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Comaduster
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Hollow Worlds
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Tympanik Audio
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12
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Pick a Piper
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Pick a Piper
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Mint
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13
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Gold Panda
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Half of Where You Live
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Ghostly Int’l / NOTOWN
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14
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CFCF
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Music For Objects
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Paper Bag
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15
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Toro Y Moi
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Anything In Return
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Carpark
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16
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Spoke and Mirror
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The Music Is the Message
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Self-Released
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17
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Borys & Jeremy Greenspan
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God Told Me To
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Jiaolong
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18
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Mogwai RMX
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A Wrenched Virile Lore
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Sub Pop
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19
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The Knife
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Shaking The Habitual
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Rabid / Mute
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20
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Jessy Lanza
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Pull My Hair Back
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Hyperdub
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Loud
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1
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Himiko
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DethNoizzz
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D-Trash
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2
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Pissed Jeans
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Honeys
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Sub Pop
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3
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Shooting Guns
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Brotherhood of the Ram
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Teargas Recording Tree
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4
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Iceage
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You’re Nothing
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Matador
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5
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Mortillery
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Origin of Extincion
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Napalm
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6
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Edge of Attack
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Edge of Attack
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Spread the Metal
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7
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Display of Decay
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Display of Decay
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Self-Released
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8
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Ghost B.C.
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Infestessumum
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Sonet
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9
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Death Toll Rising
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Infection Legacy
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Self-Released
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10
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Anciients
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Heart of Oak
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Self-Released
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11
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Fatality
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Psychonaut
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Self-Released
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12
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Ides of Winter
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Minus 10°
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Self-Released
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13
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Mongol
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The Altan Urug
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Self-Released
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14
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Chron Goblin
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Life for the Living
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Self-Released
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15
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Eye of Horus
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Suffer Eternity
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Self-Released
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16
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All Else Fails
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Fucktropolis
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Suicidal Bridge
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17
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Black Sabbath
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13
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Vertigo / Republic
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18
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Reanimator
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Great Balls
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Self-Released
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19
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Weapon
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Embers & Revelations
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Relapse
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20
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Death Valley Driver
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Graveyard Dead
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Diminished Fifth
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Hip-Hop / Rap
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1
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Mikey Maybe
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Honey + Bread
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Old Ugly
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2
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DL Incognito
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Someday Is Less Than A Second Away
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Urbnet
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3
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Shad
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Flying Colours
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Black Box
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4
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Grand Analog
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Modern Thunder
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Shadow Cabinet
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5
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Derek Christoff x The Arkeologists
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The D.Ark Tape
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Urbnet
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6
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Classified
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Classified
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Halflife / Universal
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7
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Moka Only
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Doctor Do Much
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Urbnet
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8
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Janelle Monae
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The Electric Lady
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Bad Boy
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9
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Test Their Logik
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Be
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Self-Released
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10
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Maestro Fresh Wes
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Orchestrated Noise
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Fontana North
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11
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Sweatshop Union
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Infinite
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Urbnet
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12
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Joey Stylez
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Feather + Rosary
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Stressed Street
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13
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Ghettosocks
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We’re Gonna Drink A Lot of Wine This Year, Boys
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Droppin’ Science
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14
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Soso
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Not For Nothing
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Endemik
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15
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Theo3
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Airplane Over One Way Streets
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Self-Released
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16
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The Caravan
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The Caravan
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Self-Released
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17
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inc.
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No World
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4AD
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18
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J. Cole
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Born Sinner
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Roc Nation / Columbia
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19
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Sabo Forte
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Prime Watson
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Self-Released
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20
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The Lore
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Emergence
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4 A.M.
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Jazz
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1
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Colin Stetson
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New History Warfare, Vol. 3: To See More Light
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Constellation
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2
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Three Sun Sea
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This Is Not A Question
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Self-Released
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3
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Jim Brenan Quartet
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January
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Death Defying
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4
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Land of Kush
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The Big Mango
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Constellation
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5
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Cory Weeds / Bill Coon Quartet
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With Benefits
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Cellar Live
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6
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Cameron Wallis
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Calling Dexter
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MupohMusic
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7
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Oliver Jones
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Just For My Lady
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Justin Time
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8
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d’Cana
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Earthtone
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Self-Released
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9
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Tyler Hornby B3 Trio
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Locus
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Chronograph
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10
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Chet Doxas
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Dive
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Addo
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11
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Hutchinson-Andrew Trio
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Prairie Modern
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Chronograph
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12
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Trifolia
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La Refuge
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Self-Released
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13
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Filipino Doctor
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House Calls
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Energetic Action Recording
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14
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James Danderfer
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The Hummingbird Brigade
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Reigning Parade
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15
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Curtis Nowosad
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The Skeptic & the Cynic
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Know-A-Sad Music
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16
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Kye Marshall Jazz Quartet
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Pencil Blues
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Self-Released
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17
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Organissimo
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Dedicated
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Big O
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18
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Amanda Tosoff
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Live at the Cellar
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Ocean’s Beyond
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19
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Barry Romberg’s Random Access
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Part 12 – Crab People
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Romhog
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20
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The Nightcrawlers
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Volume 3
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Cellar Live
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World
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1
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Tunji Oyelana
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A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79
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Soundway
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2
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Bombino
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Nomad
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Nonesuch
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3
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Dubmatix
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Rebel Massive
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Self-Released
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4
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Femi Kuti
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No Place For My Dream
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Knitting Factory
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5
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Lijadu Sisters
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Horizon Unlimited
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Knitting Factory
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6
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Rokia Traore
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Beautiful Africa
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Nonesuch
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7
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Eric Bibb & Habib Koite
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Brothers In Bamako
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Stony Plain
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8
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Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument
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Shemonmuanay
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Awesome Tapes From Africa
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9
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Garifuna Collective
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Ayo
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Stonetree / Cumbancha
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10
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Jerusalem In My Heart
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Mo7it Al-Mo7it
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Constellation
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11
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Esmerine
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Dalmak
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Constellation
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12
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Boogat
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El Dorado Sunset
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Maisonette
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13
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d’Cana
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Earthtone
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Self-Released
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14
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Adje Performers
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Alale – Creator of Dawn
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Self-Released
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15
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Drumhand
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Cheer On the Sun
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Wax-A-Hot-One
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16
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Iwango Jahfire & Strugglah
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What Is Wrong With the World
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Self-Released
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17
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Vieux Farka Toure
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Mon Pays
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Six Degrees
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18
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Chet Singh
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Occupation Nation
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Self-Released
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19
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Eccodek
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Living For Live
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Big Mind
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20
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Bassekou Kouyate & Ba Ngoni
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Jama Ko
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Out Here
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Folk / Roots / Blues
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1
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Amy van Keeken
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So Long
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Self-Released
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2
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Hayden
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Us Alone
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Arts & Crafts
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3
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Daniel Romano
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Come Cry With Me
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Normaltown
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4
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Nick Everett & Everybody
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Elsethings
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Self-Released
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5
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George Ireland & the Willy Nillies
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Waning & Waxing
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Self-Released
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6
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Neko Case
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The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
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Anti-
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7
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Rae Spoon
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My Prairie Home
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Self-Released
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8
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100 Mile House
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Wait With Me
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Self-Released
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9
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Ben Sures
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Son Of Trouble
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Self-Released
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10
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Little Miss Higgins & the Winnipeg Five
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Bison Ranch Recording Sessions
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Self-Released
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11
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Scott Cook
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One More Time Around
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Groove Revival
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12
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Field Assembly
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Narco
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Self-Released
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13
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The Seahags
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Good ‘n’ Greasy
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Self-Released
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14
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Lindi Ortega
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Tin Star
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Last Gang
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15
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The Sadies
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Internal Sounds
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Outside
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16
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Mavis Staples
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One True Vine
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Anti-
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17
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Alex Vissia
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Young Love
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Root Cellar
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18
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The Highest Order
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If It’s Real
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Idee Fixe
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19
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The Deep Dark Woods
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Jubilee
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Sugar Hill
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20
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Zachary Lucky
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The Ballad of Losing You
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Missed Connection
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Experimental / Classical / Avant-Garde / Spoken Word / Comedy
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1
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Zebra Pulse
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Heh, Vay Bae-Bays
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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2
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Zebra Pulse
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Endings
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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3
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Colin Stetson
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New History Warfare, Vol. 3: To See More Light
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Constellation
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4
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Tim Hecker
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Virgins
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Paper Bag
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5
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Land of Kush
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The Big Mango
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Constellation
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6
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Meat Force
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Master of Two Worlds
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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7
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Bitter Fictions
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Bitter Fictions
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Shaking Box Music
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8
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Esmerine
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Dalmak
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Constellation
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9
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Meat Force
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Radio Promos
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Self-Released
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10
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
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Constellation
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11
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Mark Templeton
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Jealous Heart
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Under The Spire
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12
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Pigeon Breeders
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Luminous Debris
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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13
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Lars Caillieou
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Part-Time Comedy Star
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Self-Released
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14
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Jan Lisiecki
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Chopin Études
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Deutsche Grammophon
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15
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Pigeon Breeders
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Oblique Temperatures
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Ramshackle Day Parade
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16
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Eybler Quartet
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Haydn
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Analekta
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17
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Citadel
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Aquarian
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Self-Released
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18
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Kronos Quartet
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Aheym
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Anti-
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19
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Christ Appearing As Sun
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The Love Hour Series: Vol. 1
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Energetic Action Recordings
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20
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Christian Lane
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1st Prize – Canadian Int’l Organ Competition 2011
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ATMA Classique
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