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Relax Baby Be Cool

KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am

Dating back to a time before the whole phrase was unceremoniously truncated to “chillax”, Serge Gainsbourg’s imploration to enhance your mood is given a frantic workout by Stereo Total and in this case, their toy electronic noisemakers are a welcome homage. Elsewhere this show, we have Carl King’s prog-rock-and-glockenspiel interpretation of Rebecca Black’s infamous “Friday” … and it’s quite the improvement.

Dating back to a time before the whole phrase was unceremoniously truncated to “chillax”, Serge Gainsbourg’s imploration to enhance your mood is given a frantic workout by <strong>Stereo Total</strong> and in this case, their toy electronic noisemakers are a welcome homage. Elsewhere this show, we have Carl King’s prog-rock-and-glockenspiel interpretation of Rebecca Black’s infamous “Friday” … and it’s quite the improvement.
Stereo Total
SongArtistNotes
Relax Baby Be Cool
Stereo Total
Originally from Serge Gainsbourg
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Matador Bell
doubleVee
With trumpets!
Adios Amiga
Gliss
Sliding mayhem
Belinda Says
Alvvays
An oceanic racket
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The Concubine
Black Lips
Quite a jaunty feeling
Run On
Moby
Let the spin drone, drone spinner
When We Are Together
The 1975
Smoldering in the ashtray
This Is What It Feels Like
Beachwood Sparks
Join the reality
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Daytona Demon
Suzi Quatro
Go fast, even faster
U Got What I Need (Shake)
Ex-Models
Do not blink
Record Stack
Fluid Ounces
Bring the groovy hi fi
T-Rex
Jascha Ephraim
For the dinosaur lovers
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El Muchacho De Los Ojos Tristes (feat. Tita)
Adrian Quesada
Tune in to some Mexican radio
I'm Gonna Put It On
The Wailers
Very antiquated
Skin Deep
Tracy Spuehler
Come back Tracy
Venus
Low
Feeling spry
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Talk to Me, Talk to Me
Belle + Sebastian
Communication is important
The Vis-Art Song
Evil Wiener
A GOOD CUSTOMER WITH A DISTORTION PEDAL
New Earth
Cass McCombs
A gentle planet
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Zeros as Round as the World
Rubblebucket
Something is right
Now You Know
Blithe
Doorway to Norway
No Information
The Fastbacks
Seattle’s finest
The Fits
International Beat
A Jamaican standard
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Heart Attack Days
Rhett Miller
Steady with the beat
Mice
Johnny Society
Unacknowledged greatness
Bend Me, Shape Me
The Rubinoos
Classic moves
Valerie Flames
Starlight Mints
Grinding to a conclusion
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Thrown
Bodega
A manifest of characters
Jet Girl
The Wedding Present
The subdued version
Secret Door
Arctic Monkeys
A yearning sound
I Saw You Dancing
Witch Fever
Unsolved crimes
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Angry Girl (CHAI Version)
Confidence Man
You done messed up
Salsa + Microchips
DJ Me DJ You
Muy spicy
Soon You Die
Goat
It’s a heavy world
Art Bodega Nation
Eszter Balint
An outside perspective
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Mycelium
King Gizzard + the Lizard Wizard
Journey with the fungus
Sacrifice
Osees
Over before you know it
Poop Ship Destroyer
Ween
Let’s cruise
Friday (Take 73)
Carl King
Understated
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linger on
we are wood
It’s not moving on
Eraserhead
Bruce McCulloch
What a life
Syria
Shen
Throbbing soundscapes
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Red Helicopters
Eighty Mile Beach
Piano stumbles
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