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Last Updated: May 16, 2009

Album Leaf – 20050326
Apples in Stereo – 20060812
Arcade Fire – 20050117
Arcade Fire – 20050904
Arcade Fire – 20070708
Arcade Fire – 20070914 DVD
Arctic Moneys – 2007 KCRW
Avett Brothers – 20050720
Avett Brothers – 20080614
Band of Horses – 20060811
Band of Horses – 20070906
Band of Horses – 20071126
Bazan David – 20070217
Beach House – 20080820
Beck – 2008 KCRW
Becker Jim – 20080710
Beirut – 20061018
Beirut – 20070316
Beirut – 20071126
Beirut – 20080201 DVD
Bird Andrew – 20070329
Bird Andrew – 20080903
Bird Andrew – 2009 KCRW
Bird Andrew – 20090127
Bird Andrew – 20090320
Black Frank – 19960321
Black Frank Catholics – 19990718
Black Keys – 20070615
Blitzen Trapper – 20080307
Blur – 19960615
Blur – 19970407
Blur – 19971002
Blur – 19980627
Bobo Harlan T 20061018
Bonnie Prince Billy – 19980120
Bonnie Prince Billy – 19990126
Bonnie Prince Billy – 20010406
Bonnie Prince Billy – 20010408
Bonnie Prince Billy – 20010629
Bonnie Prince Billy – 20060412
Bragg Billy – 19850930
Built to Spill – 20010925 DVD
Built to Spill – 20050610
Built to Spill – 20070703
Calexico – 20030313
Calexico – 20080930
Califone – 20000616
Califone – 20021018
Califone – 20030307
Califone – 20030315
Califone – 20040310
Califone – 20040321
Califone – 20040330
Califone – 20040924
Califone – 20061115
Califone – 20061125
Califone – 20070130
Califone – 20070213
Califone – 20071105
Califone – 20080811
Capn Jazz – 19950710 and Michigan Fest 1995 DVD
Caribou – 20071026
Cat Power – 19981126
Cat Power – 20000720
Cat Power – 20030212
Cat Power – 20061106
Cat Power – 20080123
Cat Power – On the Telly
Cave Nick – 2008
Chesnutt Vic – 19970216
Chesnutt Vic – 20030421
Chesnutt Vic – 20030726
Chesnutt Vic – 20041021
Chilton Alex – 19880210
Decemberists – 20031015
Decemberists – 20060925
Decemberists – 20070213
Decemberists – 20070419
Deerhunter – 20070919
Deerhunter – 20081031
Don Caballero – 20080830
Dr Dog – 2008 KCRW
Dr Dog – 20080607
Dr Dog – 20090218
Dylan Bob – 19620602
Dylan Bob – 19650601
Dylan Bob – Freewheelin Outtakes
Escovedo Alejandro – 20061003
Feist – 20050809 DVD
Feist – 20070920 DVD
Feist – 20080601
Fleet Foxes – 20080307
Fleet Foxes – 20080618
Fleet Foxes – 20081121
Fleet Foxes – 20081122
Fleet Foxes – 20090103
Folds Ben – 19970428
Gomez – 20090331
Grizzly Bear – 20061004
Grizzly Bear – 20070216
Grizzly Bear – 2008 KCRW
Guided By Voices – 19970623 KCRW
Interpol – 20071117
Iron and Wine – 20030817
Iron and Wine – 20051022
Iron and Wine – 20070208
Jayhawks – 19950427
Joan of Arc – 20000915 DVD
Johnston Daniel – 20001104
Kaki King – 20040610
Kaki King – 20060904
Kills – 20080515 KEXP
Klaxons – 20070708
Lambchop – 20020922
Lambchop – 20040721
Lambchop – 20060809
Lambchop – 20060812
Lanegan Mark and Campbell Isobel – 2008 BBC
Lanegan Mark – 19950730
Lanegan Mark – 19981018-19
Lanegan Mark – 19981209
Lanegan Mark – 20041022
Lanegan Mark – 200511 DVD
Lenkman Jens – 20071106
Leo Ted – 20050624
Love of Everything – 20070204 and 20070131 DVD
Low – 20060222
Low – 20070423
M Ward – 20060928
M Ward – 2009 KCRW
M Ward – 20090401
Magnetic Fields – 20010707
Make Believe – 20050512 and 20051112 DVD
Make Believe – 20050914 DVD
Make Believe – 20051109 and 20051110 DVD
Make Believe – 20061029 and 20061030 DVD
Make Believe and Kinsella Tim – 20060115 DVD
Make Believe and Love of Everything – 20040403 DVD
Make Believe and Love of Everything – 20040404 DVD
Man Man – 20080417
Mangum Jeff – 20010204
Martsch Doug – 20020623
MGMT – 2008 KCRW
Modest Mouse – 19970316
Modest Mouse – 19970503
Modest Mouse – 19980921
Moore Thurston – 20071116
My Morning Jacket – 20061201
Neutral Milk Hotel – 19970505
Neutral Milk Hotel – 19980418
Newman AC – 2009 KCRW
Newman AC – 20090221
Of Montreal – 20061111
Of Montreal – 20070207
Of Montreal – 20070305
Of Montreal – 20081119
Okkervil River – 20080809
ORourke Jim – 19990708
Owen – 20060201 DVD
Owen – 20060202 and 20060409 DVD
Owen – DC DVD
Owls – 20010925 and Sky Corvair – 19980117 DVD
Owls – 20061112 and 20070130 DVD
Perkins Elvis – 20090330
Peter Bjorn and John – 20070315
Peter Bjorn and John – 20070514
Pixies – 19890603
Radiohead – 19950404
Radiohead – 19960404
Radiohead – 20030604
Radiohead – 20060617 DVD
Radiohead – Golden Unplugged Album
Radiohead – Scotch Mist
Ramones – 19771021
Ramones – 19790208
Red Red Meat – 1996
Red Red Meat – 20080710
Sam Beam – 20071129
Scud Mountain Boys – 19970311
Sea and Cake – 20010306
Shins – 20061103
Shins – 20070126
Shins – 20070204
Shins – 20070414
Smith Elliott – 19970412
Smith Elliott – 19980602
Smith Elliott – 20000228
Smith Elliott – 20030131
Smog – 20010302
Smog – 20011204
Smog – 20050705
Son Volt – 20070223
Songs Ohia – 19980425
Spanish Prisoners – 20080405
Sparklehorse – 19980921
Spektor Regina – 20060706
St Vincent – 20071212
Stars – 2007 KCRW
Stevens Sufjan – 20061013
Stevens Sufjan and Calexico – 20061104
Swell Season – 20080613 MP3s
Tegan and Sara – 20060626 DVD
Tegan and Sara – 20071213
Tortoise – 20040721
Tortoise – 20061117
Tortoise – 20070615
Tortoise – 20070617
TV on the Radio – 20081118
Twilight Singers – 20040115
Ugly Casanova – 20020707
Waits Tom – 1973-1975 KPFK
Waits Tom – 19751025
Waits Tom – 19760104
Waits Tom – 19760526
Waits Tom – 19791008
Waits Tom – 20080628
Waits Tom Nighthawks – 19761214
Walkmen – 2009 KCRW
Watson Twins – 20070902
Westerberg Paul – 19821017
Westerberg Paul – 19960912
White Stripes – 20070613
White Stripes – 20070617
Williams Lucinda – 19890128
Williams Lucinda – 19910908
Williams Lucinda – 19980719
Williams Lucinda – 20030527
Williams Lucinda – 20070829
Williams Lucinda – Car Wheels Outtakes
Winehouse Amy – 20070626
Woven Hand – 20050811
Yo La Tengo – 19931206
Yo La Tengo – 19980905
Yo La Tengo – 20071205
Yo La Tengo – 20071206
Yo La Tengo – 20071207
Yo La Tengo – 20071208
Yo La Tengo – 20071209
Yorke Thom – 19960329
Yorke Thom – 20060711
Young Neil – 19700225
Young Neil – 19701205
Young Neil – 19761115 Evening Show
Young Neil – 19970810
Young Neil – 20061021-22