Mixtape 118 :: Look Alive

Following a proud tradition of weird Australian pop, The Stroppies give us the sort of incisive harmonic jangle the world needs right now.
In this episode: Adriano Celentano, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Asylum Street Spankers, The Beta Band, Blue Skies for Black Hearts, Clifffs, Cornershop, Django Django, Ethan Lipton, The Frights, Go-Nuts, Halftones, Isobel Campbell, Jonathan Wilson, Jovenes Y Sexys, Kimya Dawson, MC 900 Foot Jesus With DJ Zero, Miike Snow, Peglegasus, The Perms, Pink Floyd, The Police, Possible Humans, Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Goraguer, Shopping, Spiritualized, The Stroppies, Thingy, The Wedding Present, Westbound Train
Song | Artist | Notes | ||
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1 | Look Alive | The Stroppies | Charming introduction | |
2 | Follow Me | Shopping | Threatening | |
3 | Stinger | Possible Humans | Very Sex Clark Five | |
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5 | Hot For Twinkies | Go-Nuts | A nutritional disaster! | |
6 | Blue Monk | Halftones | Some bluebeat for you | |
7 | O.B.1 | Thingy | Me and the Rebel Alliance | |
8 | Follow That Dream | Kimya Dawson | Originally by Daniel Johnston | |
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10 | The Heart of It All | Isobel Campbell | Very essential | |
11 | Amor Platonico | Jovenes Y Sexys | Forbidden fruit | |
12 | Black trombone (Avec intro) | Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Goraguer | Tres chillaxe | |
13 | Fearless | Pink Floyd | Dream flight | |
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15 | I'm Going Straight To Heaven | MC 900 Foot Jesus With DJ Zero | So old, DJ Zero is credited | |
16 | Wor | Django Django | Linked somehow to the Betas | |
17 | Let's Just Say The Dog Did It | Peglegasus | Yes, let’s | |
18 | Make it Through | The Perms | Gotta have some bombastic pop | |
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20 | Cash Money | Cornershop | Good just about everywhere | |
21 | Prisencolinensinaiciusol | Adriano Celentano | Same old gibberish | |
22 | It's All Gone Wrong | Clifffs | A true blur | |
23 | You or Me | The Frights | Tough choice | |
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25 | You're Like Lead | Blue Skies for Black Hearts | Got it right | |
26 | Demolition Man | The Police | Tied to the tracks and bomb is ticking | |
27 | Corner Soul | Ethan Lipton | Calling for blood | |
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29 | New Home | Jonathan Wilson | Stay til the end | |
30 | Breathin' | Asylum Street Spankers | Don’t even think about it | |
31 | What You Need | Westbound Train | Soul shaking | |
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33 | Vase | Miike Snow | Three people, Swedish | |
34 | I Know | The Beta Band | It’s SCOTTISH | |
35 | Back a Bit...Stop | The Wedding Present | For Rupert, from Leeds | |
36 | Hate + Kill | Andrew Jackson Jihad | Get to the point already | |
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38 | Hey Jane | Spiritualized | What a romp! |