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Mixtape 174 • You and Me

When you are bored with every sound you hear, the Universe will send you an entire collection of songs to make you break out in an involuntary smile, like Goodbye Honolulu's latest.

When you are bored with every sound you hear, the Universe will send you an entire collection of songs to make you break out in an involuntary smile, like Goodbye Honolulu's latest.
Goodbye Honolulu
SongArtistNotes
You and Me
Goodbye Honolulu
That makes two
Happiness Is All The Rage
The Promise Ring
Get your feelings synchronized
Get It 'Fore It’s Gone
Pokey Lafarge
But no cutting in line
Getting By
The Rentals
When you need BIG SYNTHS
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Somerset Morning
The Fleshtones
No particular place to go
Close To Me
The Cure
It’s crowded in here
Denver Omelette
TLO
Watch What Happens
Matt Sweeney + Bonnie “Prince” Billy
My, what big teeth you have
ZERO
James
In true form
— • BREAK • —
Blue Light
Lindsey Buckingham
Very quite Buckingham
I'm On Standby
Grandaddy
Powered down for redesign
Lookin' For A 7-11
Ben Vaughn
Good luck in Colorado
— • BREAK • —
Guilty as Charged
Moderator
Some strange mixture
Printer-Painter
Coyle & Sharpe
It's all confused
B for Boredoms
Boredoms
Spelling it out
The Bar Is Too Low To Fail
Boat
A convenient situation
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Gloria Love
Bad Bad Hats
Sunny day strolling
Field Notes from a College Town
Darrin Bradbury
No lies detected
100 Games Of Solitaire
Concrete Blonde
How to kill time
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I Share a Rhythm
Guided By Voices
Quite congenial
Them Kids
Sam Roberts
Getting younger every day
Lucky To Be Alive
My Morning Jacket
In a jolly mood
Teenage Kicks
The Undertones
Original pop punk
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0010110
Taraka
Learn your binary
Ponk
Yohimbe Brothers
Wild gyrations
Vitamins
TLO
Party with Children
Ratatat
It’s high intensity
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In ko enkrat bom umrl
Magnifico
Out of Slovenia
Remy's Night
Money Mark
With rainbow space sprinkles
Nova (Pt. 1)
Tracker
Very scratchy
Tijuana Sound Machine
Nortec Collective
Chopped up
— • BREAK • —
Spiral Era (Prins Thomas Remix)
Jaga Jazzist
Around and around
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