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1. joanna newsom – have one on me
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2. nina nastasia – outlaster
3. jack rose – luck in the valley
4. laura gibson & ethan rose – bridge carols
5. horse feathers – thistled spring
6. phosphorescent – here’s to taking it easy
7. midlake – the courage of others
8. woods – at echo lake
9. scout niblett – the calcination of…
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10. common prayer – there is a mountain
11. the family elan – bow low bright glow
12. moon duo – escape
13. the magnetic fields – realism
14. kurt weisman – orange
15. laura veirs – july flame
16. unbunny – moon food
17. voice of the seven thunders – s/t
18. sam amidon – i see the sign
19. bonnie ‚prince’ billy & the cairo gang – the wonder show of the world
20. elephant micah – echoer’s intent
21. blunt mechanic – world record
22. songdog – a life eroding
23. pillars and tongues – lay of pilgrim park
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24. theodore – hold you like a lover
25. magic lantern – platoon
26. fursaxa – mycorrhizae realm
27. trembling bells – abandoned love
28. martha tilston – lucy & the wolves
29. eels – end times
30. cedarwell – a stone, a leaf, a door
31. emit bloch – dictaphones vol. 1
32. cars & trains – the roots, the leaves
33. dirtmusic – bko
34. ora cogan – the quarry
35. elva snow – s/t
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36. the miserable rich – of flight and fury
37. the magickal folk of the faraway tree – the soup & the shilling
38. first aid kit – the big black and the blue
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39. peggy sue – fossils and other phantoms
40. shearwater – the golden archipelago
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41. the new pornographers – together
42. doug burr – o ye devastator
43. nervous nellie – why dawn is called mourning
44. beach house – teen dream