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• vensaire
• verbicide
• vestiges and claws
• via tania
• via tania and the tomorrow music orchestra
• vicky and the vengents
• victor herrero
• victory records
• video
• video premiere
• video recording
• village voice
• volume
• votes
• vyie
• waiting
• walk on thin air
• wall of sound
• wanna get to know you
• warehouse
• watchman
• watermarks
• wbez
• wc beck
• wdub
• we all looked up
• weekends
• weird deer
• we landed on the moon
• western civ
• when the sun breaks
• whigs
• whiskerman
• whitewash
• wichita recordings
• widespread panic
• wilco
• wild beasts
• wild moccasins
• wild wing
• wild winter trees
• william flynn
• william shatner
• wind blows
• winners
• winston audio
• wirewalker
• witch's wall
• within/without
• wonder revolution
• wooden wand
• woods
• wool sucking
• word is bond
• work
• xuan
• yacht rock revue
• yardboat
• yep roc
• yip deceiver
• yo mama
• yonlu
• yoonha park
• you and me
• you cried me
• young god
• youth in a roman field
• you used to be my baby
• yukon blonde
• zerbert
• zillionaire
• zoe keating
• zola jesus