The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Album Chart
for the Year of 2022

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BRIGHTSIDE
by: The Lumineers

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Label: Dualtone
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Cruel Country
by: Wilco

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Label: dBPM
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Chloe and the Next 20th Century
by: Father John Misty

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Label: Sub Pop
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Freewheelin' Woman
by: Jewel

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Label: Words Matter
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Dropout Boogie
by: The Black Keys

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Label: Nonesuch
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Big Time
by: Angel Olsen

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Label: Jagjaguwar
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Lavender Days
by: Caamp

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Label: By and By
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Meet the Moonlight
by: Jack Johnson

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Label: Republic
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Jubilee
by: Japanese Breakfast

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Label: Dead Oceans
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Inside Problems
by: Andrew Bird

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Label: Loma Vista
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The Tipping Point
by: Tears For Fears

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Label: Concord
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Every Shade of Blue
by: The Head and The Heart

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Label: Reprise
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Long Lost
by: Lord Huron

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Label: UMG
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Surrender
by: Maggie Rogers

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Label: Capitol
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Dance Fever
by: Florence + the Machine

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Label: Universal
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Unlimited Love
by: Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Label: Warner
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We've Been Going About This All Wrong
by: Sharon Van Etten

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Label: Unknown
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I Walked with You a Ways
by: Plains

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Label: Anti
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Second Nature
by: Lucius

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Label: MOM + POP
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Churches
by: LP

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Label: SOTA
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A Legacy of Rentals
by: Craig Finn

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Label: Positive Jams
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WHO CARES?
by: Rex Orange County

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Label: Sony
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Sometimes, Forever
by: Soccer Mommy

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Label: Loma Vista
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The Gods We Can Touch
by: AURORA

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Label: Glassnote
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The Last Goodbye
by: ODESZA

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Label: Foreign Family Collective
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When the Wind Forgets Your Name
by: Built To Spill

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Label: Sub Pop
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Gold Rush Kid
by: George Ezra

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Label: Sony
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Uncanny Valley
by: COIN

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Label: Homemade Projects
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Georgia Gothic
by: Mattiel

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Label: ATO
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It Won't Always Be Like This
by: Inhaler

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Label: Polydor
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Reset
by: Panda Bear

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Label: Domino
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Household Name
by: Momma

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Label: Polyvinyl
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Fever Dream
by: Cannons

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Label: Sony
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Don't Go Throwing Roses in My Grave
by: Gregor Barnett

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Label: Epitaph
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Living in a Haze
by: Milky Chance

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Label: Muggelig
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Juniors
by: Tall Heights

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Label: Self-Release
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SZNZ: Spring
by: Weezer

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Label: Atlantic
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Narratives
by: Alisa Amador

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Label: Self-Release
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LP3
by: Hippo Campus

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Label: Grand Jury
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Blue Rev
by: Alvvays

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Label: Transgressive
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Signs of Life
by: Foy Vance

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Label: Elektra
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In Our Own Sweet Time
by: Vance Joy

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Label: Atlantic
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The Bridge
by: Sting

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Label: A&M
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Last Night in the Bittersweet
by: Paolo Nutini

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Label: Atlantic
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Life and Life Only
by: The Heavy Heavy

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Label: ATO
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The Joy of Music
by: Ben Rector

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Label: OK Kid
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Take the Sadness out of Saturday Night
by: Bleachers

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Label: RCA
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Radiate Like This
by: Warpaint

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Label: Virgin
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Get Free
by: Sam Weber

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Label: Sonic Unyon
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Happier Than Ever
by: Billie Eilish

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Label: Darkroom
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OK ORCHESTRA
by: AJR

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Label: Self-Release
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Music of the Spheres
by: Coldplay

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Label: Parlophone
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Wary + Strange
by: Amythyst Kiah

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Label: Rounder
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Pompeii
by: Cate Le Bon

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Label: Mexican Summer
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Blood Moon
by: Ry X

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Label: BMG
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Keep on Smiling
by: Two Door Cinema Club

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Label: Glassnote
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And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
by: Weyes Blood

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Label: Sub Pop
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If I Never Know You Like This Again
by: Soak

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Label: Rough Trade
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Up and Away
by: Σtella

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Label: Sub Pop
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Ocean to Ocean
by: Tori Amos

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Label: Decca
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Scaled and Icy
by: Twenty One Pilots

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Label: Fueled by Ramen
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Genius Killer
by: The Mommyheads

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Label: Self-Release
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ILYSM
by: Wild Pink

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Label: Royal Mountain
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Trip Tape
by: Milky Chance

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Label: Muggelig
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Break the Curse
by: Arlie

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Label: Atlantic
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World's Most Stressed out Gardener
by: Chad VanGaalen

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Label: Sub Pop
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Misadventures of Doomscroller
by: Dawes

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Label: Rounder
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Ivory
by: Omar Apollo

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Label: Warner
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Waiting to Spill
by: The Backseat Lovers

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Label: UMG
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Giant Palm
by: Naima Bock

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Label: Sub Pop
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Aboogi
by: Imarhan

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Label: City Slang
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Swiss Army Knife
by: The Mommyheads

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Label: Self-Release
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Keep on Keepin on
by: Andy Frasco

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Label: Fun Machine
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C’MON YOU KNOW
by: Liam Gallagher

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Label: Warner
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Home, Before and After
by: Regina Spektor

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Label: Sire
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Sisyphus Happy
by: M. Lockwood Porterr

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Label: Black Mesa
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Little Oblivions
by: Julien Baker

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Label: Matador
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Fruit
by: The A's

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Label: Psychic Hotline
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My Boy
by: Marlon Williams

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Label: Dead Oceans
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Age of Isolation
by: The Mommyheads

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Give Me the Future (Deluxe Edition)
by: Bastille

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Label: Virgin
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Pensive Pop
by: Amythyst Kiah

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Label: Rounder
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Different Kinds of Light
by: Jade Bird

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Label: Glassnote
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Younger at Most Everything
by: Kyle Morgan

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Label: Team Love
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Dear Darkness
by: Dan Andriano & The Bygones

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Label: Epitaph
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Stay in Touch
by: Georgia Harmer

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Label: Arts & Crafts
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Being Funny in a Foreign Language
by: The 1975

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Label: Dirty Hit
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All the Bright Coins
by: Simone Felice

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Label: Chrysalis
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Dad Jams
by: Thee More Shallows

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Label: Monotreme
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The Blonde & Pink Albums
by: Trixie Mattel

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Label: Self-Release
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Strange Illusion
by: The Copper Children

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Honeychurch
by: Widowspeak

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Label: Captured Tracks
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Under the Weather
by: HOMESHAKE

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Label: Sinderlyn
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Too Late for Edelweiss
by: The Tallest Man On Earth

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Label: Anti
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I Know I'm Funny Haha
by: Faye Webster

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Label: Secretly Canadian
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The Bible
by: Lambchop

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Label: Merge
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Wind Burn & Broken Oak
by: The Autumn Saints

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Label: Man In The Moon
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Super Monster
by: Claud

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Label: Saddest Factory
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A Billion Little Lights
by: Wild Pink

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Label: Royal Mountain
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Hunter and the Dog Star
by: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

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Label: Shuffle
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Optimistic Voices
by: Bluebook

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Label: Self-Release
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When the Day Leaves
by: Valley Maker

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Label: Frenchkiss
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Paradigmes : Suppléments
by: La Femme

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Label: Disque Pointu
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Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever)
by: Noah Kahan

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Label: Mercury
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Crybaby
by: Tegan And Sara

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Label: Mom+Pop
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Pollen
by: Tennis

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Label: Mutually Detrimental
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Life, and Another
by: Mega Bog

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Label: Paradise of Bachelors
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Lullaby for a Stranger
by: Jamie Stillway

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Label: Fluff and Gravy
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Fireside with Louis L'Amour - a Collection of Songs Inspired by Tales from the American West
by: Jamestown Revival

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Home
by: Rhye

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Label: Last Gang
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Don't Shy Away
by: Loma

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Label: Sub Pop
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This Time I See It
by: The Franklin Electric

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Label: Nettwerk
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Pioneer
by: The Jangles

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Label: Spatchcox
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God Save the Animals
by: (Sandy) Alex G

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Label: Domino
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The Jungle
by: Plants and Animals

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Label: Secret City
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Strike Me Down
by: Whitehorse

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Label: Six Shooter
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How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
by: Big Red Machine

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Label: Jagjaguwar
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Pleasure Centre Remixed
by: Kraak & Smaak

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Label: Boogie Angst
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Amidst the Chaos
by: Sara Bareilles

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Label: Epic
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Romantic Images
by: Molly Burch

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Label: Captured Tracks
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