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- ↑ Urban Smarts - Tree City Legends album review
- ↑ Platform 8470 - Tree City Legends Volume 2: My Bootleg Life album review
- ↑ "Howlround - Marc Bamuthi Joseph interviewed by Denizen Kane". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
- ↑ Oh Dang Mag - Typical Cats interview
- ↑ "Azine - Broken Speak album review". Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
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