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Mixtape 163 • Magic Pants

The Scientists have been conducting their Australian experiments in proto-punk for over four decades now, and it's surprising that they've yet to publish in a peer-reviewed journal.

The Scientists have been conducting their Australian experiments in proto-punk for over four decades now, and it's surprising that they've yet to publish in a peer-reviewed journal.
The Scientists
SongArtistNotes
Magic Pants
Scientists
Those pants were magic
No Way
Palberta
The angles all work out
Taco Wagon
Young Fresh Fellows
Everyone’s favorite lunchtime anthem
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Andromeda
Once And Future Band
An orchestral approach
Science Friction
XTC
Urgent communication
Alone
The Rare Occasions
Big big sounds
Heavenly Pop Hit
The Chills
Still heavenly, still a pop hit
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Every Once In A While
Cut Worms
In a lax mood
Lucas With The Lid Off
Lucas
Look up the Gondry video
TLO
Watercooler
The 23rd of September
Vulgar Boatmen
Instant relax
X-Man
Sonny Smith
All of the day and all of the night
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Domino
Kiwi jr.
Double blanks
Cannonball! Pt. 2
Buck Meek
Love the voice crax
Oh' Dear Handlebars
Marmoset
Do the lurch
California Stutter
Robb Benson
Elastic waltz time
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Chief of Police
Ghost of Vroom
Bring a box of donuts
Lavatory Lil
Josh Homme
Originally by Paul McCartney
Sleepwalker
King Gizzard + the Lizard Wizard
A gentle spin on the carousel
Collected
Ratboys
With a loping gait
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See Thru Honda
Disturbios
With a dainty Bossa beat
TLO
Popcorn
Pool Hopping
illuminati hotties
Is it major label time?
B.O.
Ghoulies
Let me catch my breath
Airwalks (Alt)
Jeff Rosenstock
Strong flashback time
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Close Your Eyes and Floor It
The Deathray Davies
What’s the worst could happen
I'll Go Down Swinging
Los Straitjackets
If I gotta go…
Skips A Beat (Over You)
The Promise Ring
Twelve hours in two minutes
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In It to Win It (feat. Jason Lytle)
Brad Sucks
Get some Grandaddy in you
Fresh Thoughts Of You
The Moore Brothers
Telling it like it is
Goodbye Girl
The Shins
Fresh take on old Squeeze
Duke of Earl
Frank Black
Had to throw in that twisted chord
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The Call Up
The Lothars
Surprisingly well suited for the theremin
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