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- ↑ "Quit Your Day Job: Megafaun". Stereogum.com. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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- ↑ "Phil Cook: Southland Mission". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ↑ from an interview on episode 290 of the Americana Music Show, published March 15, 2016.
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- ↑ "UW-EAU Claire e-View, October 2011". www.uwec.edu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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