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- 1 2 Farmclub article, Lawrence Journal-World article and The Pitch article
- ↑ Sennheiser announces Trucker as the winning band for the first phase of their HearIAm music campaign Archived 2013-02-02 at archive.today
- 1 2 Osheaga article, The Montreal Gazette article Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine and video of performance
- ↑ Coast to Coast AM
- ↑ Lawrence.com archive of Deadwood Derby
- ↑ Lawrence Journal-World article
- ↑ Press release for Coca-Cola New Music Award