Mixtape 133 :: Waba Duba

Not unlike fine Swiss clockwork, the duo that calls themselves Yello have been ticking for four decades without missing a beat.
In this episode: Artichoke, The Boneless Children Foundation, Built To Spill, The Decibels!, Dusminguet, Eats Tapes, The Gaslamp Killer, Habibi, Jagwar Ma, Kevin Ayers & The Whole Wide World, Lettuce, The Mekons, Metric, Mexican Institute of Sound, Palma Violets, Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, The Raveonettes, Red Red Meat, The Replacements, St. Vincent, The Strypes, Taraf De Tucson, Teenage Bottlerocket, Thao + The Get Down Stay Down, Tim Maia, Ultra Vivid Scene, Ween, The Who, X, Yello
Song | Artist | Notes | ||
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1 | Waba Duba | Yello | Still fit for cruising | |
2 | Mt. Crushmore | Lettuce | The crushiest | |
3 | Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes | Kevin Ayers & The Whole Wide World | Thank you stranger | |
4 | Leeds Like To Party | Eats Tapes | Breakfast machine time | |
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6 | Cruising For Chicks | Teenage Bottlerocket | Who invited them to the party? | |
7 | Bad Ghosts | The Raveonettes | Haunting as always | |
8 | Quarter Horses (B-Slow) | Red Red Meat | Scattered all over | |
9 | Mercy Seat | Ultra Vivid Scene | Beautifully remastered | |
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11 | Star Chambered | X | Weirdly fierce | |
12 | Wild and Blue | The Mekons | Always time for a country waltz | |
13 | Alex Chilton | The Replacements | In love with this song | |
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15 | Dilettante | St. Vincent | I dig the ‘70s arrangement. | |
16 | Vaya Con Dios | Taraf De Tucson | Moar mariachi! | |
17 | La Dansa De L'Imbecil | Dusminguet | Cataluñan frenzy | |
18 | Bag of Hammers | Thao + The Get Down Stay Down | Infectious | |
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20 | Blue Butterfly (feat. Kid Moxie) | The Gaslamp Killer | Bossa me | |
21 | Energia Racional | Tim Maia | More is needed | |
22 | Charles Francis Richter | Artichoke | Important facts | |
23 | Substitute | The Who | For Keith | |
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25 | Three Years Ago Today | Built To Spill | From their fuzzy debut | |
26 | On a Slow Night | Metric | Slowly Canadian | |
27 | Hey Tía! | Mexican Institute of Sound | Viva el tuto! | |
28 | Roses Are Free | Ween | The sound of Ween’s happiest album | |
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30 | Something New | The Decibels! | Big power pop | |
31 | Carl Sagan | The Boneless Children Foundation | Billions of stars | |
32 | Hate Everyone But You | Habibi | Very many Cub | |
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34 | That Loneliness | Jagwar Ma | For Angela | |
35 | Blue Collar Jane | The Strypes | USA! USA! | |
36 | 14 | Palma Violets | Long and sloppy or hidden track? | |
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38 | Push | Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra | Rolling thunder |