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Grand Junction

KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am

I always admired The Hold Steady’s narrative approach to songwriting, but I didn’t imagine it could be applied to this particular Western Colorado town, and tonight’s opening track clearly shows my lack of imagination. Elsewhere tonight, I’m happy to bring you new music from The No Ones, featuring the unmistakable holler of one Scott McCaughey of the Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M., The Baseball Project, and so much more.

I always admired <strong>The Hold Steady</strong>’s narrative approach to songwriting, but I didn’t imagine it could be applied to this particular Western Colorado town, and tonight’s opening track clearly shows my lack of imagination. Elsewhere tonight, I’m happy to bring you new music from The No Ones, featuring the unmistakable holler of one Scott McCaughey of the Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M., The Baseball Project, and so much more.
The Hold Steady
SongArtistNotes
Rehab
The Jolly Boys feat. Albert Minott
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Grand Junction
The Hold Steady
Well what do you know
You Just May Be the One (2022 Remix)
The Monkees
Mind-bending songwriting
I Don’t Know How I Survive (Acoustic)
Death Cab For Cutie
Through unconscious desperation, I’d wager
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Satanist
Boygenius
Lovely chonky chords
Another Satellite
XTC
Unmistakably phased rhythm
Foothills
The Tallest Man on Earth
Sparkling like dawn frost
Pilgrim
The Wood Brothers
Coming to town this summer
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Night Stripper
Messer Chups
It’s dark, and it’s late, too late
Phase-Out All Remaining Non-Miracles by 2028
Deerhoof
Gliding through the farthest reaches of space
Come Into
Enon
The dramatics are near unbearable
Teenage Kicks
The Undertones
Fuzzed out fantasies
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One Million Dollars
100 gecs
How much again?
Renter's Insurance
Dan Ex Machina
Brings bad memories
Pillow For a Cloud
Tennis
Gentle wafts
Live And Let Die
Paul McCartney & Wings
A magnificent racket
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Almost Everything
Mudhoney
Still menacing
Tough
Sam Coffey + the Iron Lungs
Feeling Lizzy
Breaking It Down!
Lee Bains III + the Glory Fires
Cowbell-appropriate
Pool Shark
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Straight in the pocket
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Capital Karma
Manchester Orchestra
Lay real still
Ser Yo
Adanowsky
Mellow psychedelia
White Sky
Vampire Weekend
The delicate balance achieved
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Give A Little Time
Belle + Sebastian
Suitable for Eurovision
Doom Scrolling
Worriers
A fitting combination
Aberdeen
Cage The Elephant
The strange angles are present
Love's Death Bed
Sunny War
A misheard lullaby
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We Used to Live Here
Fruit Bats
Soothing sounds
Song For George
The No Ones
Can’t miss the McCaughey touch
Soul Line
The Agents
Total meltdown
Vulture Shark Sculpture Park
MC Paul Barman
Instigator
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Manifesto
Sprints
Not the one by Marx
My Hit Parade
Jon Spencer & the HITmakers
Somewhat subdued
Negative Sister
Posh Swat
Stuttering madness
Highest Bidder
Fantastic Negrito
No flinching
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The Living End
North Americans
Four subtle minutes
Everywhere & Allover
Lali Puna
Omnipresent
Diamond
Klint
Rolling on the bass
Didi (Funk Club)
Khaled
Under a burning sun
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The Frequencies
Kid Koala
They are converging
We Want, We Would Appreciate
Lord High Fixers
It's working, I believe
Where Is My Mind?
Raz Ohara
Versatile source material
Fantastic Voyage
Takako Minekawa
It's about the journey
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Crapfest
Indopan
Thump thump
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