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Mixtape 170 • I Must Go

Hailing from the southwest of France, The Llamps build on a sound that's equal parts New York City grit, San Francisco psychedelia, and spaghetti Western twang, which makes for a pan-global main dish.

Hailing from the southwest of France, The Llamps build on a sound that's equal parts New York City grit, San Francisco psychedelia, and spaghetti Western twang, which makes for a pan-global main dish.
The Llamps
SongArtistNotes
I Must Go
The Llamps
A French gallop
Cupido Stupido
Erin McKeown
Muy stupido
Vibrate
Drug Store Romeos
Slow menace
Creme Brulee
Shrimp Boat
Doleful sounds
— • BREAK • —
Bolts
The Rare Occasions
Bop it like mad
Play The Greatest Hits
Wolf Alice
Frantic illuminati
(We Like To) Do It with the Lights On
Islands
Welcome to the disco tiki
Newsletter - Gal Costa
TLO
Make Worry for Me
Matt Sweeney + Bonnie “Prince” Billy
In a dark mood
— • BREAK • —
Margaret Middle School
Guided By Voices
Fragments of memory
Nice Day
His Name Is Alive
Open the windows
Bat Macumba
Os Mutantes
Sounding it out
Te Manu Pukarua
Poi Dog Pondering
Get yourself to the islands
— • BREAK • —
Back To Hell
Zero Zero
At least it’s a scenic drive
Static Shape
Chad VanGaalen
Woozy loops
Somersault
Royal Canoe
Flipping out
Film 2
Grauzone
Marching forth
— • BREAK • —
Farmer John
Los Lobos
Boogie down deep
Chokecherry
Pony
Bitterness abounds
Break My Body
Pixies
Compound fractures
— • BREAK • —
Love Strike
Shannon + The Clams
Pulse bomb
Ride It On
Mazzy Star
A rare treat!
Surgery
TLO
I-76
G. Love + Special Sauce
Scratching all the way to Philly
— • BREAK • —
Soul Fire
Tom Tom Club
Originally from the Upsetters
Salmon
Applied Communications
A tale of cross-species romance
So We Won't Forget (Mang Dynasty Version)
Khruangbin
Fit for a sunset
— • BREAK • —
You Can't Fight Corruption with Corruption
Femi Kuti
Femi should know
Desert Storm
Afrodesia
Don’t stray from the caravan
Gipsy Threat
Ratatat
It's a short threat
5-9-78
Boards of Canada
Heavenly thrumming
— • BREAK • —
The War Clock
Andres Renteria
Counting the minutes
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