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Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.
Episode | Date |
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Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
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Dec 18, 2024 |
Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry
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Dec 04, 2024 |
Waxahatchee - Fire (Re-Issue)
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Nov 27, 2024 |
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
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Nov 13, 2024 |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our House
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Oct 30, 2024 |
Pharrell Williams - Piece By Piece
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Oct 16, 2024 |
Jon Batiste - We Are (Re-Issue)
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Oct 02, 2024 |
Troye Sivan - One of Your Girls
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Sep 18, 2024 |
Beabadoobee - Coming Home
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Sep 04, 2024 |
Remi Wolf - Soup
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Aug 21, 2024 |
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
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Jul 24, 2024 |
Fenne Lily - Lights Light Up
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Jul 10, 2024 |
Vagabon - Water Me Down (Re-Issue)
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Jun 26, 2024 |
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
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Jun 12, 2024 |
Lizzy McAlpine - Staying
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May 29, 2024 |
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
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May 15, 2024 |
Arooj Aftab - Mohabbat (Re-Issue)
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May 01, 2024 |
War - Low Rider
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Apr 17, 2024 |
Shania Twain - You're Still The One
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Apr 03, 2024 |
Danny Brown - Y.B.P. (feat. Bruiser Wolf)
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Mar 20, 2024 |
Rhiannon Giddens - You Louisiana Man
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Mar 06, 2024 |
Arlo Parks - Black Dog (Re-Issue)
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Feb 21, 2024 |
Green Day - Basket Case
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Feb 07, 2024 |
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Deluxe Anniversary Edition)
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Jan 24, 2024 |
Foo Fighters - The Teacher
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Dec 20, 2023 |
Raye - Escapism (feat. 070 Shake)
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Dec 06, 2023 |
Sampha - Spirit 2.0
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Nov 15, 2023 |
Paramore - Liar
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Nov 01, 2023 |
Kesha - Eat The Acid
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Oct 18, 2023 |
Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
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Oct 04, 2023 |
Laufey - From The Start
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Sep 20, 2023 |
Janelle Monáe - So Afraid (Re-Issue)
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Aug 30, 2023 |
Siddhartha Khosla - Only Murders in the Building (Main Title Theme)
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Aug 16, 2023 |
Local Natives - Dark Days
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Aug 02, 2023 |
Bakar - Hell N Back
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Jul 19, 2023 |
Natalie Merchant - Sister Tilly
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Jun 28, 2023 |
Julien Baker - Appointments (Re-Issue)
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Jun 14, 2023 |
Feist - In Lightning
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May 31, 2023 |
Madison McFerrin - Run (feat. Bobby McFerrin)
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May 17, 2023 |
New Order - Blue Monday
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May 03, 2023 |
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Pt. II (Re-Issue)
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Apr 19, 2023 |
Yaeji - Passed Me By
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Apr 05, 2023 |
Seal - Kiss from a Rose
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Mar 22, 2023 |
Kenny Beats - Still
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Mar 08, 2023 |
Kimbra - Top of the World (Re-Issue)
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Feb 22, 2023 |
MUNA - What I Want
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Feb 08, 2023 |
Noah Kahan - Stick Season
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Jan 25, 2023 |
Sampa the Great - Let Me Be Great (feat. Angélique Kidjo)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
Son Lux - This is a Life (from 'Everything Everywhere All at Once')
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Dec 07, 2022 |
Omah Lay - Never Forget
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Nov 16, 2022 |
Book Exploder: James McBride - Deacon King Kong
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Nov 09, 2022 |
Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
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Nov 02, 2022 |
Book Exploder: George Saunders - Victory Lap
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Oct 26, 2022 |
Santigold - Ushers of the New World
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Oct 19, 2022 |
Book Exploder: Celeste Ng - Little Fires Everywhere
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Oct 12, 2022 |
King Princess - Let Us Die
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Oct 05, 2022 |
Book Exploder: Tayari Jones - An American Marriage
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Sep 28, 2022 |
Panic! At the Disco - Viva Las Vengeance
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Sep 21, 2022 |
Book Exploder: Carmen Maria Machado - In the Dream House
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Sep 14, 2022 |
Björk - Stonemilker (Re-Issue)
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Sep 07, 2022 |
Book Exploder: Michael Cunningham - The Hours
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Aug 31, 2022 |
Madonna - Hung Up
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Aug 24, 2022 |
Book Exploder: Min Jin Lee - Pachinko
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Aug 17, 2022 |
Kae Tempest - Move
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Aug 10, 2022 |
Book Exploder: Susan Orlean - The Library Book
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Aug 03, 2022 |
Sudan Archives - Selfish Soul
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Jul 27, 2022 |
mxmtoon - Mona Lisa
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Jul 13, 2022 |
Monica Martin - Go Easy, Kid
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Jun 29, 2022 |
Maren Morris - Humble Quest
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Jun 15, 2022 |
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
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Jun 01, 2022 |
Kevin Morby - This Is a Photograph
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May 18, 2022 |
Arooj Aftab - Mohabbat
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May 04, 2022 |
Partners: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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Apr 20, 2022 |
Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her
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Apr 06, 2022 |
Steve Reich - Different Trains: America, Before the War
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Mar 23, 2022 |
Perfume Genius - Slip Away (Re-Issue)
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Mar 09, 2022 |
Sarah Kinsley - The King
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Feb 23, 2022 |
Brandi Carlile - You and Me On the Rock (feat. Lucius)
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Feb 09, 2022 |
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
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Jan 26, 2022 |
Joy Oladokun - Look Up
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Jan 12, 2022 |
Danny Elfman - What’s This? (from “The Nightmare Before Christmas”)
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Dec 15, 2021 |
Halsey - You Asked for This
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Dec 01, 2021 |
Hans Zimmer - Dune
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Nov 17, 2021 |
The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore (feat. Lucius)
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Nov 03, 2021 |
Willow - Transparent Soul feat. Travis Barker
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Oct 20, 2021 |
Hrishikesh Hirway TED Talk - What You Learn When You Listen Closely
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Oct 13, 2021 |
John Lennon - God
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Oct 06, 2021 |
Lucy Dacus - Thumbs
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Sep 22, 2021 |
Mustafa - Air Forces
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Sep 08, 2021 |
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
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Aug 25, 2021 |
The Shins - New Slang
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Aug 11, 2021 |
Cheap Trick - Surrender
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Jul 28, 2021 |
Fousheé - Deep End
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Jul 14, 2021 |
AURORA - Runaway
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Jun 30, 2021 |
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
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Jun 16, 2021 |
Arlo Parks - Black Dog
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Jun 02, 2021 |
Imagine Dragons - Follow You
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May 19, 2021 |
girl in red - Serotonin
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May 05, 2021 |
Porter Robinson - Get Your Wish
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Apr 21, 2021 |
Lianne La Havas - Can't Fight
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Apr 07, 2021 |
Jon Batiste - We Are
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Mar 24, 2021 |
Glass Animals - Heat Waves
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Mar 10, 2021 |
Sasha Sloan - Until It Happens To You
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Feb 24, 2021 |
PJ Morton - Say So (feat. JoJo)
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Feb 10, 2021 |
HAIM - Summer Girl
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Jan 27, 2021 |
Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father and Son
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Jan 13, 2021 |
Common - A Riot In My Mind
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Dec 16, 2020 |
Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
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Dec 02, 2020 |
Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted
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Nov 18, 2020 |
Phoebe Bridgers - Scott Street (Re-Issue)
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Nov 11, 2020 |
Deftones - Ohms
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Nov 04, 2020 |
Run the Jewels - JU$T
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Oct 21, 2020 |
Dua Lipa - Levitating
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Oct 07, 2020 |
Selena Gomez - Lose You to Love Me
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Sep 23, 2020 |
Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther (Re-Issue)
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Sep 16, 2020 |
Kelly Lee Owens - On
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Sep 09, 2020 |
Black Pumas - Colors
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Aug 26, 2020 |
The 1975 - The Birthday Party
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Aug 12, 2020 |
Waxahatchee - Fire
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Jul 29, 2020 |
Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget
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Jul 15, 2020 |
Apparat - Goodbye (Theme from "Dark")
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Jul 01, 2020 |
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Pt. II
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Jun 17, 2020 |
Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man in a White World (Re-Issue)
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Jun 04, 2020 |
100 gecs - Money Machine
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May 20, 2020 |
Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter
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May 06, 2020 |
Tame Impala - It Might Be Time
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Apr 22, 2020 |
FKA twigs - Mirrored Heart
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Apr 08, 2020 |
Nathaniel Rateliff - And It's Still Alright
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Mar 25, 2020 |
Eric Nam - Love Die Young
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Mar 11, 2020 |
Soccer Mommy - Circle the Drain
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Feb 26, 2020 |
Caribou - Home
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Feb 12, 2020 |
Vagabon - Water Me Down
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Jan 29, 2020 |
Semisonic - Closing Time
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Jan 15, 2020 |
Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
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Dec 25, 2019 |
Intro Theme and Thao's Farewell
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Dec 17, 2019 |
Meek Mill - Trauma
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Dec 11, 2019 |
Bat for Lashes - Kids in the Dark
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Nov 27, 2019 |
Jay Som - Tenderness
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Nov 13, 2019 |
Slipknot - Unsainted
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Oct 30, 2019 |
Raphael Saadiq - Kings Fall
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Oct 16, 2019 |
Clairo - Alewife
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Oct 02, 2019 |
Brittany Howard - Stay High
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Sep 18, 2019 |
Robyn - Honey
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Sep 04, 2019 |
Bon Iver - Holyfields,
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Aug 21, 2019 |
Sleater-Kinney - The Future Is Here
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Aug 07, 2019 |
Denzel Curry - RICKY
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Jul 24, 2019 |
Jamila Woods - BALDWIN
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Jul 10, 2019 |
Big Thief - Cattails
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Jun 26, 2019 |
Sheryl Crow - Redemption Day (feat. Johnny Cash)
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Jun 12, 2019 |
Raleigh Ritchie - Time in a Tree
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May 29, 2019 |
The Mountain Goats - Cadaver Sniffing Dog
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May 15, 2019 |
The Cranberries - All Over Now
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May 01, 2019 |
Panda Bear - Dolphin
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Apr 17, 2019 |
Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen
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Apr 03, 2019 |
Nakhane - New Brighton (feat. Anohni)
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Mar 20, 2019 |
Mumford & Sons - Beloved
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Mar 06, 2019 |
Phoebe Bridgers - Scott Street
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Feb 20, 2019 |
Wonderly - The Daily (Theme)
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Feb 06, 2019 |
Japanese Breakfast - Boyish
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Jan 23, 2019 |
Hozier - Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)
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Jan 09, 2019 |
Yo-Yo Ma - Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
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Dec 20, 2018 |
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Astonished Man (Re-Issue)
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Dec 13, 2018 |
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
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Dec 05, 2018 |
Breakmaster Cylinder - Reply All
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Nov 26, 2018 |
Empress Of - When I'm With Him
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Nov 19, 2018 |
Big Boi - Order of Operations
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Nov 05, 2018 |
John Carpenter - Halloween (Theme)
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Oct 26, 2018 |
Janelle Monáe - So Afraid
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Oct 15, 2018 |
Cat Power - Woman
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Oct 04, 2018 |
Blood Orange - Saint
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Sep 25, 2018 |
Patrick Carney feat. Ralph Carney - BoJack Horseman (Main Title Theme) (Re-Issue)
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Sep 19, 2018 |
The Decemberists - Once In My Life
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Sep 05, 2018 |
Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Re-Issue)
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Aug 29, 2018 |
Christine and the Queens - Doesn't Matter
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Aug 15, 2018 |
Neko Case - Last Lion of Albion
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Aug 01, 2018 |
Courtney Barnett - Depreston (Re-Issue)
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Jul 25, 2018 |
Action Bronson - The Chairman's Intent
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Jul 18, 2018 |
Jhené Aiko - Sativa (feat. Swae Lee)
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Jul 04, 2018 |
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue (Re-Issue)
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Jun 28, 2018 |
Yo La Tengo - Here You Are
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Jun 20, 2018 |
Wolf Alice - Don't Delete the Kisses
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Jun 06, 2018 |
Kelela - Rewind (Re-Issue)
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May 31, 2018 |
Jon Hopkins - Luminous Beings
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May 23, 2018 |
Liz Phair - Divorce Song
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May 09, 2018 |
Arcade Fire - Put Your Money On Me
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Apr 25, 2018 |
Kimbra - Top of the World
|
Apr 11, 2018 |
Jack Johnson - You Can't Control It
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Mar 28, 2018 |
Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther
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Mar 14, 2018 |
Natalie Prass - Short Court Style
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Feb 28, 2018 |
Moses Sumney - Quarrel
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Feb 14, 2018 |
Bleachers - I Miss Those Days
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Jan 31, 2018 |
Julien Baker - Appointments
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Jan 17, 2018 |
The Roots - It Ain't Fair (feat. Bilal)
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Jan 03, 2018 |
R.E.M - Try Not to Breathe
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Dec 20, 2017 |
Nine Inch Nails - The Lovers
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Dec 06, 2017 |
Rachel Platten - Broken Glass
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Nov 08, 2017 |
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things (Main Title Theme)
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Oct 26, 2017 |
TOKiMONSTA - Bibimbap
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Oct 18, 2017 |
The Killers - Rut
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Oct 06, 2017 |
Lorde - Sober
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Sep 25, 2017 |
Rostam - Bike Dream
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Sep 14, 2017 |
Ibeyi - Deathless
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Sep 05, 2017 |
Maggie Rogers - Alaska
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Aug 24, 2017 |
St. Vincent - New York
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Aug 15, 2017 |
Grizzly Bear - Four Cypresses
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Aug 03, 2017 |
Phoenix - Ti Amo
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Jul 25, 2017 |
Slowdive - Sugar for the Pill
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Jul 13, 2017 |
Goapele - Stand
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Jul 05, 2017 |
Fleet Foxes - Mearcstapa
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Jun 22, 2017 |
Michelle Branch - Best You Ever
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Jun 14, 2017 |
alt-J - In Cold Blood
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Jun 02, 2017 |
Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man in a White World
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May 22, 2017 |
Perfume Genius - Slip Away
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May 11, 2017 |
Little Dragon - Sweet
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May 02, 2017 |
Aimee Mann - Patient Zero
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Apr 21, 2017 |
Gorillaz - Andromeda (feat. D.R.A.M.)
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Apr 11, 2017 |
Norah Jones - Day Breaks
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Mar 30, 2017 |
Dirty Projectors - Up in Hudson
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Mar 21, 2017 |
Sleigh Bells - I Can Only Stare
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Mar 14, 2017 |
Bonobo - Break Apart (feat. Rhye)
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Feb 28, 2017 |
Sara Watkins - Without a Word
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Feb 17, 2017 |
Dropkick Murphys - Blood
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Feb 07, 2017 |
Nicholas Britell - Moonlight
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Jan 30, 2017 |
Solange - Cranes in the Sky
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Jan 16, 2017 |
Metallica - Moth into Flame
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Jan 06, 2017 |
Justin Hurwitz - La La Land
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Dec 21, 2016 |
DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump
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Dec 08, 2016 |
Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
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Nov 30, 2016 |
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival
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Nov 17, 2016 |
Flatbush Zombies - Bounce
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Nov 08, 2016 |
Oathbreaker - 10:56 / Second Son of R.
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Oct 28, 2016 |
James Vincent McMorrow - Get Low
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Oct 19, 2016 |
Phantogram - You Don't Get Me High Anymore
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Oct 06, 2016 |
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
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Sep 21, 2016 |
Mitski - Your Best American Girl
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Sep 07, 2016 |
Tobacco - Gods in Heat
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Aug 25, 2016 |
Andra Day - Forever Mine
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Aug 15, 2016 |
Patrick Carney feat. Ralph Carney - BoJack Horseman (Main Title Theme)
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Aug 04, 2016 |
Band of Horses - Solemn Oath
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Jul 25, 2016 |
Grimes - Kill V. Maim
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Jul 14, 2016 |
Andrew Bird - Roma Fade
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Jul 05, 2016 |
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
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Jun 23, 2016 |
ODESZA - Kusanagi
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Jun 14, 2016 |
Old Crow Medicine Show - Dearly Departed Friend
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May 29, 2016 |
Busdriver - Worlds to Run
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May 24, 2016 |
Carly Rae Jepsen - When I Needed You
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May 09, 2016 |
The Lumineers - Ophelia
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Apr 28, 2016 |
Weezer - Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori
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Apr 18, 2016 |
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Astonished Man
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Apr 05, 2016 |
Iggy Pop - American Valhalla
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Mar 22, 2016 |
Oneohtrix Point Never - Sticky Drama
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Mar 10, 2016 |
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
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Mar 01, 2016 |
Clipping - Work Work
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Feb 18, 2016 |
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
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Feb 09, 2016 |
Kelela - Rewind
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Jan 28, 2016 |
MGMT - Time to Pretend
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Jan 19, 2016 |
Courtney Barnett - Depreston
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Jan 07, 2016 |
Björk - Stonemilker
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Dec 17, 2015 |
Dustin O'Halloran - Transparent (Main Title Theme)
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Dec 11, 2015 |
Wilco - Magnetized
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Dec 03, 2015 |
Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta la Raíz
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Nov 23, 2015 |
Youth Lagoon - The Knower
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Nov 16, 2015 |
The Arcs - Put a Flower in Your Pocket
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Nov 05, 2015 |
Chet Faker - Gold
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Oct 26, 2015 |
Harry Gregson-Williams - The Martian
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Oct 15, 2015 |
Deradoorian - A Beautiful Woman
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Oct 05, 2015 |
The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag
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Sep 24, 2015 |
Joey Bada$$ - Hazeus View
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Sep 15, 2015 |
American Football - The One With The Tambourine
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Sep 03, 2015 |
Best Coast - Feeling Ok
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Aug 27, 2015 |
HEALTH - Stonefist
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Aug 18, 2015 |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
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Aug 10, 2015 |
Thundercat - Them Changes
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Jul 30, 2015 |
Death Cab for Cutie - El Dorado
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Jul 20, 2015 |
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
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Jul 08, 2015 |
U2 - Cedarwood Road
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Jun 29, 2015 |
Will Butler - Anna
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Jun 22, 2015 |
Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones
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Jun 11, 2015 |
Brian Tyler - Avengers: Age of Ultron
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May 29, 2015 |
tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain
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May 18, 2015 |
My Morning Jacket - Spring (Among the Living)
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Apr 23, 2015 |
Toro y Moi - Half Dome
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Apr 14, 2015 |
RJD2 - Games You Can Win (feat. Kenna)
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Apr 01, 2015 |
How to Dress Well - Pour Cyril
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Mar 25, 2015 |
White Hinterland - Ring the Bell
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Mar 13, 2015 |
Warpaint - Love Is to Die
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Mar 03, 2015 |
Jeremy Zuckerman - The Legend of Korra
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Feb 20, 2015 |
The Long Winters - The Commander Thinks Aloud
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Jan 30, 2015 |
Blonde Redhead - Penultimo
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Jan 19, 2015 |
Ghostface Killah - The Battlefield
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Jan 07, 2015 |
The National - Sea of Love
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Dec 22, 2014 |
Tycho - Awake
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Dec 08, 2014 |
Stars - No One Is Lost
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Nov 26, 2014 |
The Books - Smells Like Content
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Nov 12, 2014 |
Julia Holter - Horns Surrounding Me
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Oct 29, 2014 |
Valley Lodge - Go
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Oct 15, 2014 |
RAC - Let Go (feat. Kele & MNDR)
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Oct 01, 2014 |
The Thermals - No Culture Icons
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Sep 18, 2014 |
Anamanaguchi - Prom Night
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Sep 02, 2014 |
Spoon - Inside Out
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Aug 19, 2014 |
Brian Reitzell - Watch Dogs
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Aug 06, 2014 |
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy Morning Show (feat. Toy Light)
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Jul 15, 2014 |
The Microphones - I Want Wind to Blow
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Jul 01, 2014 |
Converge - Dark Horse
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Jun 19, 2014 |
Nite Jewel - One Second of Love
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Jun 02, 2014 |
Garbage - Felt
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May 15, 2014 |
Poliça - Smug
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May 01, 2014 |
Loren Bouchard - Bob's Burgers (Theme Song)
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Apr 15, 2014 |
Jeff Beal - House of Cards (Main Title Theme)
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Apr 01, 2014 |
Daedelus - Experience
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Mar 17, 2014 |
Sea Wolf - Kasper
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Mar 01, 2014 |
Baths - Miasma Sky
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Feb 14, 2014 |
YACHT - Plastic Soul
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Feb 01, 2014 |
The Album Leaf - The Outer Banks
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Jan 15, 2014 |
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
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Jan 01, 2014 |