Mixtape 152 :: The Power of the One

You can say that bedrock funk bassist Bootsy Collins is The One, and you would be right on so many levels.
In this episode: Ascendants, The Avalanches, Bad Bad Meow, Ben Folds Five, Bootsy Collins, Born Ruffians, The Bug, Certain Animals, Death Valley Girls, Deer Tick, Dr. Octagon, Elvis Costello, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Global Goon, Guided By Voices, Hafdis Huld, Jason Collett, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Kinks, La Zikabilo, The Last, The Lemon Twigs, Marshall Crenshaw, The Mountain Goats, The Police, Primitons, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Squeeze, Star Feminine Band, They Might Be Giants, TLO, True Love, Ween, Young Fresh Fellows
Song | Artist | Notes | ||
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1 | The Power of the One | Bootsy Collins | George feels it | |
2 | Inspiration Information | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Can’t get any Shuggier | |
3 | Femme Africaine | Star Feminine Band | Happiness guaranteed | |
4 | Its Got Old | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Surprisingly mellow | |
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6 | Noodle Soup | Born Ruffians | A fullsome chorus | |
7 | Tom Young Of Radioface | Bad Bad Meow | Lotta name-dropping | |
8 | Wrong | True Love | You try googling “true love wrong” | |
9 | Black Boots | Young Fresh Fellows | Sure sounds stompy | |
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11 | It's A Whale | Deer Tick | Big sound | |
12 | Tick | Ween | tickticktick | |
13 | Green Sauce | TLO | ||
14 | Jackson Cannery | Ben Folds Five | The piano racket | |
15 | Black Coffee In Bed | Squeeze | All of it | |
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17 | Automaton | Certain Animals | Interrupting guitar | |
18 | Hold My Hand | Death Valley Girls | A grandiose racket | |
19 | Crash At Lake Placebo | Guided By Voices | Somewhat organized | |
20 | All My Friends | Primitons | Classic jangle | |
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22 | No One Holds You (Closer Than the One You Haven't Met) | The Lemon Twigs | AM radio in the springtime | |
23 | Mystery Dance | Elvis Costello | Turn it up! | |
24 | Plastic Halo | Hafdis Huld | Delicate iceflower | |
25 | Lola | The Kinks | For our brave servicepersons | |
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27 | Lies | The Last | Straight outta the aighties | |
28 | Getting Into Knives | The Mountain Goats | On a spiritual path | |
29 | Brownie Hawkeye | Jason Collett | For the camera fiends | |
30 | On Any Other Day | The Police | The other ones are complete bullshit | |
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32 | Icky | They Might Be Giants | Jibbery jiants | |
33 | Close to You | The Avalanches | Let's have a bit of everything | |
34 | Mambo No. 5 | La Zikabilo | Snappy in that French way | |
35 | Cruel To Be Kind | Marshall Crenshaw | With Christine Ohlman, the Beehive Queen | |
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37 | Little Bird | Ghost Funk Orchestra | Again with the five | |
38 | Scott Cronce Is The CEO | Global Goon | Interstellar surging | |
39 | 3000 | Dr. Octagon | Always 20 years ahead | |
40 | Killer Queen Dub | The Bug | Harsh and groove | |
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42 | Angry Girl | Ascendants | Don’t cross her |