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Mixtape 288 • Obsession

Des Demonas and their angry political organ grind are my new obsession.

Des Demonas and their angry political organ grind are my new obsession.
Des Demonas
SongArtistNotes
Obsession
Des Demonas
The formula that never fails
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Honeycomb
Art d'Ecco
Loosely ska
Desconfío
Pappo’s Blues
Southern Hemisphere blues
Julie
Horsegirl
Ratcheting the tension
Circular Karate Chop
They Might Be Giants
Some of that kung fu fighting
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Korea
matt pond PA
Way out east
Guns Are For Cowards
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Who will you shoot in the face?
Football
Youth Lagoon
Soundtrack for a quiet dream
The Cars She Used To Drive
Robyn Hitchcock
Pretends they’re older than they were
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Hers Purple
Guided By Voices
Whatever she likes
Everyone But You
The Front Bottoms
Very exclusive
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come
The Wombats
Refreshing honesty
Suck The Cherry
The Velveteers
Meaning it quite literally
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Stallion Running
Vundabar
Unrelenting in nature
New Beastly
Vulfpeck
Monster groove
Beye Bu, Beye Ba
Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Come to Carnaval
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The Lonesome Road
The Heavy
Slow going
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