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Mixtape 166 • Alpine

There are several sounds that are most definitely British, and with their clear soaring female vocals and intimate indie pop sensibility, The Catenary Wires are a textbook example of one of them.

There are several sounds that are most definitely British, and with their clear soaring female vocals and intimate indie pop sensibility, The Catenary Wires are a textbook example of one of them.
The Catenary Wires
SongArtistNotes
Alpine
The Catenary Wires
Quite heavenly
Elevator
Drug Store Romeos
Going up
Scream and Shout!
Hearty Har
Mysterious carnival music
Bad Lucky Street
Young Antiques
Not the desired route
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Sophisticated Boom Boom
Knoxville Girls
Truth
The Rabbit
Bishop Allen
Kid, you’re no good in a fight
Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back
Deerhoof
3-pointers all night
The World's At Fault
The Routes
All out attack
— • BREAK • —
Prioritise-moi
Pomplamoose
Number one!
8 Ball
Waxahatchee
Deeper cut
Newsletter
TLO
Closing In
Goat Girl
Morning disco
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S K A D R E A M
Jeff Rosenstock
It’s the 90s all over again
Hamfisted, Chromatic
Steward
Whiplash moods
Bye, Bye Baby
Janis Joplin
A lovely kiss-off
Endless Sleep
Round Eye
Anguished men
— • BREAK • —
Closed Captioning
Islands
A wistful introspective disco
Shape Of Your Heart
Matthew Squires
Good Daniel Johnston vibe
So Far Away
Dire Straits
Never gets old
Mala Vida
Gogol Bordello
Originally from Mano Negra
— • BREAK • —
It's So Hard
Sue Garner
Take a breather
Theme From Ernest Borgnine
Squarepusher
Or is it Borg 9?
Fresca
TLO
Dairy Queen (DJ Donger Jazzy Mix)
Sucka MCs
Dinner and a movie
— • BREAK • —
Sick of Spiraling
Bachelor
Drive slowly
Despertador
Mariachi El Bronx
Wake up waltz
Paprika
Japanese Breakfast
Your favorite spice
No Hard Feelings
Wolf Alice
Highly dynamic
— • BREAK • —
Safe
Scientists
Clap along
(Wascha Raj)
Cato Salsa Experience
An interlude
Strike One
Brut Boogaloo
Brutish
Let Me Smoke My Pipe
Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
Permission requested
— • BREAK • —
Sleep Deprivation
Simian Mobile Disco
For a late night
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