Artist	Song
Vampire Weekend	Campus
from Vampire Weekend (2008)
Spoon	My Mathematical Mind
from Gimme Fiction (2005)
The National	Fake Empire
from Boxer (2007)
My Morning Jacket	I'm Amazed
from Evil Urges (2008)
TV On the Radio	Halfway Home
from Dear Science (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
Kings of Leon	Use Somebody
from Only By the Night (Deluxe Version) (2008)
Ben Folds	You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor)
from Way to Normal (2008)
Modest Mouse	Missed the Boat
from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)
My Brightest Diamond	Inside a Boy
from A Thousand Shark's Teeth (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
Wilco	Impossible Germany
from Sky Blue Sky (Bonus Track Version) (2007)
Radiohead	Reckoner
from In Rainbows (2007)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Midnight Man
from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
Fleet Foxes	Mykonos
from Sun Giant - EP (2008)
The Shins	Phantom Limb
from Wincing the Night Away (2007)
Bloc Party	So Here We Are
from Silent Alarm (2005)
Death Cab for Cutie	No Sunlight
from Narrow Stairs (Bonus Video Version) (2008)
Coldplay	Speed of Sound
from X & Y (2005)
Iron & Wine	Boy With a Coin
from The Shepherd's Dog (2007)
Arcade Fire	The Well and the Lighthouse
from Neon Bible (2007)
Bright Eyes	Four Winds
from Cassadaga (2007)
Rilo Kiley	Silver Lining
from Under the Blacklight (2007)
Jenny Lewis	Acid Tongue
from Acid Tongue (2008)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals	Fix It
from Cardinology (2008)
Interpol	Rest My Chemistry
from Our Love to Admire (2007)
The Raconteurs	Many Shades of Black
from Consolers of the Lonely (2008)
Broken Social Scene	Cause=Time
from You Forgot It in People (2003)
Beck	Girl
from Guero (2005)
The Flaming Lips	Ego Tripping At the Gates of Hell
from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2006)
Blonde Redhead	Spring and By Summer Fall
from 23 (2007)
Stars	My Favourite Book
from In Our Bedroom After the War (2007)
Spiritualized	Soul On Fire
from Songs In A&E (2008)
The Decemberists	O Valencia!
from The Crane Wife (2006)
Grizzly Bear	Knife
from Yellow House (2006)
Silversun Pickups	Lazy Eye
from Carnavas (2011)
Ra Ra Riot	Can You Tell
from The Rhumb Line (2008)
Kings of Convenience	I'd Rather Dance With You
from Riot On an Empty Steet (2004)
Blitzen Trapper	Black River Killer
from Furr (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
Lykke Li	I'm Good, I'm Gone
from Youth Novels (2008)
The Walkmen	In the New Year
from You & Me (2008)
Angels & Airwaves	The Adventure
from We Don't Need to Whisper (2006)
Snow Patrol	Take Back the City
from A Hundred Million Suns (2008)
Margot and The Nuclear So & So's	As Tall As Cliffs
from Not Animal (2008)
Ray LaMontagne	Jolene
from Trouble (2004)
The Real Tuesday Weld	Last Words
from The London Book of the Dead (2007)
Fruit Bats	Lives of Crime
from Spelled In Bones (2005)
Bat for Lashes	Prescilla
from Fur and Gold (2007)
The Sea and Cake	On a Letter
from Car Alarm (2008)
Neil Halstead	Queen Bee
from Oh! Mighty Engine (2008)
Sun Kil Moon	Neverending Math Equation
from Tiny Cities (2005)
Rogue Wave	Publish My Love
from Descended Like Vultures (2005)
Phoenix	1901
from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
Pernice Brothers	There Goes the Sun
from Discover a Lovelier You (2005)
Parts & Labor	Nowheres Nigh
from Receivers (2008)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy	Love Comes to Me
from The Letting Go (2006)
Minus the Bear	Pachuca Sunrise
from Acoustics (2008)
The Bravery	Believe
from The Sun and the Moon (2007)
Department of Eagles	No One Does It Like You
from In Ear Park (2008)
I'm from Barcelona	Treehouse
from Let Me Introduce My Friends (2007)
Pictures and Sound	It's You
from Pictures And Sound (2008)
Dark Captain Light Captain	Jealous Enemies
from Miracle Kicker (2008)
The Mommyheads	Help Me
from You're Not a Dream (2008)
Sloan	Listen to the Radio
from Never Hear the End of It (2007)
The Acorn	Crooked Legs
from Glory Hope Mountain (2007)
Fujiya & Miyagi	Knickerbocker
from Lightbulbs (2008)
Horse Feathers	This Is What
from House With No Home (2008)
The Broken West	Perfect Games
from Now or Heaven (2008)
Starfucker	Florida
from Starfucker (2008)
Marching Band	Feel Good About It
from Spark Large (2008)
Dungen	Sätt att se
from 4 (2010)
Irving	The Gentle Preservation of Children's Minds
from Death In the Garden, Blood On the Flowers (2006)
Chad VanGaalen	Inside the Molecules
from Soft Airplane (2008)
Jack's Mannequin	The Resolution
from The Glass Passenger (2008)

Comment:

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