Mixtape 146 :: Gear Summer

It’s hard to to live up to a name like Young Fresh Fellows when you’ve been at it for almost 40 years, but good time rock and roll never goes out of style.
In this episode: A Giant Dog, Ben Kweller, Buddy Guy, Cherry, David Bowie, Deerhoof, DJ Me DJ You, Dunia & Django, Eels, Elvis Perkins, The Extra Glenns, Fishbone, Johnny Sangster And Robb Benson, Kelley Stoltz, La Dame Blanche, Liars, Los Pericos, Matthew Squires, Pato Banton + The Reggae Revolution, The Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Slowdive, Starcrawler, The Subways, Ted Leo, This Is The Kit, Tony Allen, Tracy Chapman, Wagon Christ, Woods, Young Fresh Fellows
Song | Artist | Notes | ||
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1 | Gear Summer | Young Fresh Fellows | Endless gear summer | |
2 | Debt Song | Matthew Squires | In the flow | |
3 | Come To My Rescue | Dunia & Django | What a vibraslap | |
4 | Give Me One Reason | Tracy Chapman | She really means it | |
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6 | True Men Don't Kill Coyotes | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Original freaks | |
7 | Sametown | Cherry | Repetition repeats | |
8 | Chicken Woman | Starcrawler | From Kids in the Hall? | |
9 | French Press | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | More coffee | |
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11 | Earth to Dora | Eels | A message to the stars | |
12 | Iris | Elvis Perkins | It’s very romantic | |
13 | (I Got A) Stomach Ache | Buddy Guy | Oooh, ouch | |
14 | Love-Lore 5 (Velvet Underground/Laurie Anderson) | Deerhoof | Heavy drone | |
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16 | Oscuridad | Los Pericos | Hola, Sting | |
17 | Man In A Suitcase | The Police | Is it me? | |
18 | We Don't Need Money to Have a Good Time | The Subways | They mean business | |
19 | Out the Door | Ben Kweller | I like the new album | |
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21 | Can't Get Out | Woods | Jangle the clave | |
22 | The River Song | The Extra Glenns | A letter from the dry city’s heart | |
23 | Coming to Get You Nowhere | This Is The Kit | Full lilt ahead | |
24 | Fake Plastic Trees | A Giant Dog | Nothing to do with Radiohead | |
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26 | Golden Years | David Bowie | Remastered and funky | |
27 | Coins In My Caged Fist | Liars | Oddly metered | |
28 | You're Like Me | Ted Leo | Sans Pharmacists | |
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30 | Same Ol', Same Ol' Recording | Wagon Christ | Hello, Uncle Billy | |
31 | La Maltratada | La Dame Blanche | Won’t be mistreated | |
32 | Gwarn! | Pato Banton + The Reggae Revolution | Can’t be rushed | |
33 | People Together | DJ Me DJ You | Also, buffalo wings | |
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35 | Same Pattern | Kelley Stoltz | Journey to somewhere | |
36 | Don't Know Why | Slowdive | gazerrs | |
37 | Ugly | Fishbone | Ain’t got no alibi | |
38 | We're Building A Rusty Shack | Johnny Sangster And Robb Benson | Mini-epic | |
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40 | Push And Pull | Tony Allen | Jazzbeat |