Mendocino
KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am

What is in that Canadian water? Kiwi Jr. are burning up my speakers with their latest release, a rich concoction of perfectly crafted indie guitar pop that seems designed to be played loud, and if I’m supposed to stop doing that, then I guess I’ll be buying new speakers soon.
In this episode: All Them Witches, Badawi, Buck Meek, Crocodiles, Death By Unga Bunga, The Deathray Davies, Devo, Django Django, The Elected, The Essex Green, The Fleshtones, Funkmammoth, Hefner, Here Lies Man, Jacques Dutronc, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kiwi jr., LD & The New Criticism, Les Wampas, The Like Young, Lilys, Magnifico, Marmoset, Mexican Institute of Sound / Joe Crepúsculo, Modern Mal, Money Mark, Morphine, Muchachito Bombo Infierno, Naked Giants, The Nicoteens, Nortec Collective, The Ophelias, Pepe Deluxe, Pom Poko, Push Kings, Robb Benson, Six Finger Satellite, Sly & Robbie, Soundgarden, Supernova, Tele Novella, Tindersticks, Tommy Guerrero, Tracker, The Wedding Present
Song | Artist | Notes | ||
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1 | Mendocino | The Essex Green | Originally from the Sir Douglas Quintet | |
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3 | Domino | Kiwi jr. | Double blanks | |
4 | Cannonball! Pt. 2 | Buck Meek | Love the voice crax | |
5 | Oh' Dear Handlebars | Marmoset | Do the lurch | |
6 | California Stutter | Robb Benson | Elastic waltz time | |
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8 | Trouble | Death By Unga Bunga | More than a punchline | |
9 | Tighten My Tie | The Like Young | Like, really tight | |
10 | You're Gonna Save Me | The Nicoteens | At their Big Starriest | |
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12 | Static Electricity | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Microtone my ears to pieces | |
13 | A Million Miles (Locked Down and Stripped Back Version) | The Wedding Present | Freshly delivered | |
14 | When Winter Comes | The Ophelias | Descending into madness | |
15 | Jocko Homo (Live) | Devo | Going out to Gumborg | |
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17 | Coronation Market (feat. Taxi Gang) | Sly & Robbie | Was that a fruit stand? | |
18 | Cruzando el Río | Mexican Institute of Sound / Joe Crepúsculo | When the bass drops in… | |
19 | Evolution Revolution | Tommy Guerrero | Can’t stop the Darwin | |
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21 | Paper Crown | Tele Novella | A good set of wishes | |
22 | May God Protect Your Home | Hefner | Is that sweetness for me? | |
23 | Curly Romance | Pom Poko | So many moods | |
24 | Oh La La (featuring Raphaëlle Verlaine) | Crocodiles | Tres français | |
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26 | Take A Chance | Naked Giants | Nothing to do with ABBA | |
27 | 30 Lashes | Six Finger Satellite | Driving fast with no headlights | |
28 | Bruce Lee | All Them Witches | A legend | |
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30 | Medicine Head | The Deathray Davies | Taking a pill | |
31 | Elegy For An Ex- | LD & The New Criticism | Not too bitter | |
32 | Hands All Over | Soundgarden | Start with an unholy holler | |
33 | Big Dog | Funkmammoth | Gentle rhythms | |
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35 | In ko enkrat bom umrl | Magnifico | Out of Slovenia | |
36 | Remy's Night | Money Mark | With rainbow space sprinkles | |
37 | Nova (Pt. 1) | Tracker | Very scratchy | |
38 | Tijuana Sound Machine | Nortec Collective | Chopped up | |
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40 | 7th September 2003 | The Elected | Riding around with my worst friend | |
41 | Nine Straight Lines | Push Kings | Perfectly cubic | |
42 | Mommy | Supernova | Brats from space | |
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44 | Can't Make Your Life Better | Lilys | Having a serious meltdown | |
45 | Dan And Mary Ann | Modern Mal | A nice duet | |
46 | Alex Trebek | The Fleshtones | Can you frame the chorus as a question? | |
47 | You Speak My Language | Morphine | Low rumble | |
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49 | Chaud, Sale Et Humide | Les Wampas | Yeh yeh | |
50 | 115 | Muchachito Bombo Infierno | Getting hot in here | |
51 | Le Responsable | Jacques Dutronc | Full on arrangements | |
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53 | What You See | Here Lies Man | Heavy roots | |
54 | Maddaddy | Pepe Deluxe | Finnish madmen | |
55 | Lady with the Braid | Tindersticks | In a dubby mood | |
56 | Enter The Heretic | Badawi | Martial arts dub | |
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58 | Spirals | Django Django | Around and around and ever-tighter |