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Portrait of God

KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am

It’s a bitterly cold night, though the thermometer is not the lowest it’s been this winter. Warming things up is King Tuff, whose twisted bedroom psychedelia is heating up my house in the manner of an unexpected early spring. It’s a strong start for an extended set of sounds simultaneously catchy and powerful. Technical note: The Mixtape sounds best when recorded on TDK SA90 cassettes. Do not attempt to do this on Maxell XLIIs.

It’s a bitterly cold night, though the thermometer is not the lowest it’s been this winter. Warming things up is <strong>King Tuff</strong>, whose twisted bedroom psychedelia is heating up my house in the manner of an unexpected early spring. It’s a strong start for an extended set of sounds simultaneously catchy and powerful. Technical note: The Mixtape sounds best when recorded on TDK SA90 cassettes. Do not attempt to do this on Maxell XLIIs.
King Tuff
SongArtistNotes
Go!
Brainiac
Expect the unexpected
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Portrait Of God
King Tuff
Smooth English roads
Dead End Road
Sonny Smith
Back in your town
Cry For Me
The California Honeydrops
Second line time
Rattlesnake Heartbreak
Miniature Tigers
Poison and treacle
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We're Gonna Die in This House
Dan Ex Machina
Waltzes and death, the perfect match
Utopia Parkway
Fountains Of Wayne
Part the clouds
Wild Boar Problem
Nevada Bachelors
It’s real
Temporary Secretary
Paul McCartney
Sir Paul in a technological mood
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Monica
Railroad Jerk
Break out the toy chest
She's Fine, She's Mine
Thee Headcoats
Just strolling through
Money
Sault
Frantic frantic frantic
Girl
Sex Clark Five
More alternate timeline transmissions
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Buena
Morphine
Sandman’s low rumble
Creme Brulee
Shrimp Boat
Doleful dessert
F! Is For Filth
Tracker
Yet somehow majestic
I Knew You Would Go
Aden
A short hop back
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Been To The Mountain
Margo Price
High altitudes
Archie, Marry Me
Alvvays
Lush sounds
That's Something I Do
The Apples In Stereo
Your friends hate my guts
Paperweight Machine
Fluid Ounces
Elfmanesque
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Red Flagz
The Veldt
Grinding at its finest
Night Witch
Wolf People
Quite prog
Queen of Ears
Quasi
The pounding of the clav
Man Graves (Masculine Caskets)
The Brokedowns
Fast, somewhat loose
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Feel Loop (Lizard Dream)
Gaz Coombes
Dread loop
Llama
Phish
Tightly wrapped
Spend the Day
Sloan
The entire time
Jessica WJ
Cayucas
Quite catchy
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Camel Walk
Southern Culture On The Skids
Suitable for desert lifestyles
Faking It
The Vidalias
A common tale
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
Originally written for Jeff Beck
Where Is My Mind?
Raz Ohara
Tropical pixies
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Me Gusta
Los Blenders
Moving fast
Brain The Size of a Rock!
HisCheapMoves & The Real Dolls
What the
Sinatra Drive Breakdown
Yo La Tengo
Bring the drones
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I Robot
The Alan Parsons Project
The verge of electronic music
Under Mi Sensi
Long Beach Dub Allstars
Wikkyd version
Hey Baby
Mocean Worker
Hey
Keep Up The Good Work
Lowly
Positive reinforcement
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Insults Sweet Like Treacle
SLuG
It’s complicated
Politics Of Free (Live)
Woods
Insinuating a presence
From Catnap To Coma
The Royal Arctic Instittue
Through the frigid waters
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35 Towards Clapham Junction
Jah Wobble
The long haul
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