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Mixtape 105 • Along the Santa Fe Trail

M. Ward could get by on his smoky velvet voice alone, but he also happens to be a supreme connoisseur of what alert musicians call songcraft.

M. Ward could get by on his smoky velvet voice alone, but he also happens to be a supreme connoisseur of what alert musicians call songcraft.
M. Ward
SongArtistNotes
Along the Santa Fe Trail
M. Ward
Sparkling clear night skies
Expecting To Lose
Nathaniel Rateliff
Porch ambiance
Big Grief
Waax
The biggest
See You At The Lights
1990s
Meet soon
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You Took Your Time (feat. King Krule)
Mount Kimbie
Hard to forget that voice
Butyric Acid
Consolidated
These guys don’t mess around
Pretty Baby
Brendan Benson
Delightfully Detroit
Fruitcakes
Zig Speck & The Specktones
More Sonny Madness
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Blitzkrieg Bop
The Ramones
Live in Spain
Snake Drive
North Mississippi Allstars
Featuring guitar scratchery
Do the Nothing (with Erol Alkan)
Whitey
Whitey keeping it coming
Shake
The Phenomenal Hand Clap Band
Unusual groove
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I'll Haunt You
Tennis
Sweet Sunday music
The Best
The Muffs
Missing you, Kim
Speeding Motorcycle
Yo La Tengo
Slow down
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Dark Green Water
Great Grandpa
cf. Mates of State
Bamboo Forest
Mr. Elevator
Pulsing organs
Terrible Angels
CocoRosie
Journey through the broken toy box
Burn 4 U
We Ragazzi
Que drama
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The Hunt
Olivia Jean
Got swagger
Ballad Of Jim Jones
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Folk music of a sorts
Reality Check
Schneider TM
Check please
Disco Paradise
VHS Or Beta
Mirrorball time
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Buenas Tardes Amigo
Ween
Cinco de Mayo’s on Tuesday
Perfect Gentleman
The Snitches
Featuring legendary seagulls
Bang On
Breeders
Wobbly beat
Would you... ?
Plaster
Noisy art
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R*A*T*Step
The Rock*A*Teens
Let's hear it for reverb
In Flames
The Fauns
Sounding very 4AD
Brainless
Deadbeats
More LA weirdness
Do Ya' Wanna Dance?
David Lindley & El Rayo-X
Dooyoo dooyoo dooyoo
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Carmillas Of Love
Of Montreal
Audio slurry for thirsty ears
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