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Mixtape 162 • The Shame of Love

Juliana Hatfield is once again in the middle of an unstoppable creative streak, now mixing her needle-sharp pop sensibilities with some truly out-there production.

Juliana Hatfield is once again in the middle of an unstoppable creative streak, now mixing her needle-sharp pop sensibilities with some truly out-there production.
Juliana Hatfield
SongArtistNotes
The Shame of Love
Juliana Hatfield
Bold production
I Love You (But You're Boring)
The Beautiful South
Take a pastel journey
Strawberry Letter 23
The Brothers Johnson
BYO mirrorball
I Need Some of That
Weezer
It’s the sound
— • BREAK • —
Right Turn
Link Wray
No need to slow down
You'll Know My Name
The New Madness
Blurred out
Gal Costa
TLO
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The Scofflaws
aka Breakfast Machine
River Man
Robyn Hitchcock
Originally by Nick Drake
— • BREAK • —
Where the Hell Is Bill?
Camper Van Beethoven
A series of plausible hypotheses
Slinky Spring Milt
Southern Culture On The Skids
Kudzu spy theme
Mighty Fields of Tobacco
Barry Black
Witness their majesty
Eyes in the Back of Your Head
STRFKR
A brief glimpse
— • BREAK • —
1918
Ghost of Vroom
Unmistakable chuffy groove
Mork n Mindy (feat. Billy Nomates)
Sleaford Mods
For all the front rangers
Modern Man
Death By Unga Bunga
What’s up with Norway?
Talking With Friends
The Deathray Davies
The end of the party
— • BREAK • —
Telstar
The Vaccines
The Meek shall inherit
Heinz Baked Beans
Petra Haden
Selling out
Call Me Lightning (2018 Mix)
The Who
Dum dum dum doo-lang
Green Sauce
TLO
One Note Samba Recado Bossa Nova
Leroy Holmes
Relax
— • BREAK • —
The American Way
The Rare Occasions
Make no mistakes
Shake Yer Mop
Nevada Bachelors
Professing to be neither
D. Boon
Uncle Tupelo
Left a giant gap
— • BREAK • —
***SKA
Jeff Rosenstock
Ultimate ska lament
Infection Defective
Melt-Banana
Ignition ignition
Frank
Those Peabodys
Soundtrack to the Camaro showdown
Culture Shock Treatment
Round Eye
Unrelenting fun times
— • BREAK • —
Coronation Market (feat. Taxi Gang)
Sly & Robbie
Was that a fruit stand?
Cruzando el Río
Mexican Institute of Sound + Joe Crepúsculo
When the bass drops in…
Evolution Revolution
Tommy Guerrero
Can’t stop the Darwin
— • BREAK • —
Just Imagine (Remix)
Sonic Boom
Spaced out
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