update oktober, top 50
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1.) portishead – third
2.) fleet foxes – s/t
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3.) the magnetic fields – distortion
4.) liz durrett – outside our gates
5.) ida – lovers prayer
6.) evangelista – hello voyager
7.) mia doi todd – gea
8.) merz – moi et mon camion
9.) the felice brothers – s/t
10.) samamidon – all is well
11.) shearwater – rook
12.) chad vangaalen – soft airplane
13.) said the shark – silly killings
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14.) beatbeat whisper – wonder continental
15.) talkdemonic – eyes at half mast
16.) nalle – the sirens wave
17.) wild beasts – limbo, panto
18.) bodies of water – a certain feeling
19.) peter broderick – home
20.) mary hampton – my mother’s children
21.) rose kemp – unholy majesty
22.) plants and animals – parc avenue
23.) lau nau – nukkuu
24.) alina simone – everyone is crying out to me, beware
25.) the dodos – visiter
26.) robert forster – the evangelist
27.) cat power – jukebox
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28.) matt bauer – the island moves in the storm
29.) essie jain – the inbetween
30.) billy bragg – mr love & justice
31.) joanne robertson – the lighter
32.) malcolm middleton – sleight of heart
33.) scott matthew – s/t
34.) toumani diabate – the mande variations
35.) johnny flynn – a larum
36.) thao nguyen & the get down stay down – we brave bee stings and all
37.) white hinterland – phylactery factory
38.) kaki king – dreaming of revenge
39.) tall firs – to old to die young
40.) baby dee – safe inside the day
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41.) bowery boy blue – stalk that myth
42.) constantines – kensington heights
43.) vampire weekend – s/t
44.) benjamin wetherill – laura
45.) the moondoggies – don’t be a stranger
46.) okkervil river – the stand ins
47.) adem – takes
48.) mates of state – re-arrange us
49.) glorytellers – s/t
50.) silver summit – s/t