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Mixtape 127 • Roll Me Mama, Roll Me

It’s easy to suspect Ray LaMontagne came from a recently unearthed time capsule documenting the folkie scene of half a century ago.

It’s easy to suspect Ray LaMontagne came from a recently unearthed time capsule documenting the folkie scene of half a century ago.
Ray LaMontagne
SongArtistNotes
Roll Me Mama, Roll Me
Ray LaMontagne
Music for sunsets
Playground Love
Air
The desired effect
Divine Hammer
Ben Lee
Originally from the Breeders
Who Will You Love
The Haden Triplets
Let’s go old-tyme
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Call on Me
Al Lover
Love your Beefheart
Skeleton
The Front Bottoms
That's pretty stoned
Seal The Deal
Quasi
I miss the fuzz clavinet
Fine Lies
Bass Drum Of Death
Pounding pounding
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Don't You Still Want Me
Andrea Perry
Delicate
No Hugging No Learning
Teenage Bottlerocket
Dang, it's over already
Tightly Wound
The Capes
Angular boogie
Watching Him Fade Away
Mac DeMarco
Life is sad
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Jack Says
Coriky
A familiar rumble
Seek You
Mellow
Definitely French
Together
Kitty In The Tree
Perfect power pop
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Survive
Hollie Cook
Vocal harmonies to make Bananarama jealous
Young Lover
St. Vincent
Heartbeat
El Barzón
Maldita Vecindad & Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio
Mexican folk music, updated
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Washing Away
Ola Podrida
A rotten wave
911
Ramsay Midwood
Looks like a burnt match
Poem Party
The Strange Boys
Texas punk blues
Idiot
Wavves
Colonel Clink
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Don't Touch Me
Brak
Good advice
Mommy
The Slackers
So laid back
Take The Skinheads Bowling
Artichoke
A whacked-out version
Tear Us Apart
Swear And Shake
Nice AM radio arrangements
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Mushroom Bomb
Bananagun
Blows up your mind
Half A Boy And Half A Man
Los Straitjackets
Going out to Generoso!
You Took Your Time and Mine
Golden Shoulders
Feels majestic
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I'll Fly Away
Gillian Welch + Alison Krauss
O Brother
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