Rigor Mortis Radio
KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am
The Hives
Firing things up near the top of tonight’s Mixtape are The Hives and the precision attack of “Rigor Mortis Radio,” from their recent return to affairs of sound. Also, what do you know… another fine Fugazi cover to open tonight’s mixtape, this one the chromatic riffing of “Merchandise” as interpreted by Sounds Of Swami. Elsewhere tonight, a shout-out to Chuck Dinkins for introducing me to Tupelo Chain Sex.
In this episode: AK Momo, Aldemaro Romero y Su Onda Nueva, Billiam, Bombay Bicycle Club, Boygenius, Brazilian Girls, The Breeders, Built To Spill, Can, Cheekface, Clinton, Creation Rebel, Drop Nineteens, The Fall, Fizz, The Hives, Japancakes, Jeff Rosenstock, Jenny Lewis, Karate School Dropout, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kitty In The Tree, Lionel Limiñana, Los Amigos Invisibles, Margo Price, Metric, Monks Of Doom, Mosquitos, Palehound, The Replacements, Robert Ellis, The Royal Arctic Institute, Snapped Ankles, Snõõper, Sounds Of Swami, Speedy Ortiz, Spencer Krug, The Starlight Mints, The Streets, Tommy Guerrero, Tupelo Chain Sex, underscores, Wooden Shjips
| Song | Artist | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merchandise | Sounds Of Swami | Originally from Fugazi | |
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| 3 | Rigor Mortis Radio | The Hives | Stiffer by the minute | |
| 4 | C'Mon | Kitty In The Tree | A lost classic | |
| 5 | Go Ahead And Cry | Metric | Feeling wistful | |
| 6 | Waitress in the Sky (Ed Stasium Mix) | The Replacements | Hotten that coffee | |
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| 8 | Largest Muscle | Cheekface | Thump thump | |
| 9 | Taxi After Taxi | Spencer Krug | Making yourself uncomfortable | |
| 10 | Something to Hide | The Streets | With a dubby feel | |
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| 12 | Swiftly (The Right One) | Creation Rebel | But not too swiftly | |
| 13 | Button Down Disco (Fila Brazilla Remix) | Clinton | Sampling ‘80s Eurovision | |
| 14 | G-String | Los Amigos Invisibles | Do not blink | |
| 15 | Forever Song | Mosquitos | Like warm rain | |
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| 17 | Powers | Boygenius | Insistent and Wrens-like | |
| 18 | Greasy Spoon | AK Momo | More coffee | |
| 19 | New South Wales | The Royal Arctic Institute | Iced in | |
| 20 | Psychos | Jenny Lewis | Sounding like Laurel Canyon | |
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| 22 | LIFE ADMIN | Jeff Rosenstock | A slice of life | |
| 23 | Mambo Lola | Tupelo Chain Sex | Quite the tale | |
| 24 | My Big Day | Bombay Bicycle Club | Weezing along | |
| 25 | Kim Cattrall | Speedy Ortiz | Another famous polka | |
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| 27 | U Want It U Got It | Palehound | Don’t look away | |
| 28 | Obsessive Compulsive | Karate School Dropout | Can’t stop thinking | |
| 29 | The Eyes Of The Night | The Starlight Mints | For your spooky season | |
| 30 | Cannonball (2023 Remaster) | The Breeders | The clicks will get you | |
| 31 | Anytime You Call (feat. Lucius) | Margo Price | A stately progression | |
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| 33 | Unable | Snõõper | Chainsaw time | |
| 34 | New Big Prinz | The Fall | Check the record | |
| 35 | Leather Pepper | Billiam | Me-me-me-me-wah-wah-wah-wah | |
| 36 | You don't even know who I am | underscores | Fragmented positivity | |
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| 38 | Moliendo Cafe | Aldemaro Romero y Su Onda Nueva | Having a tropical time | |
| 39 | Nobody Smokes Anymore | Robert Ellis | True that | |
| 40 | Doin' It | Lionel Limiñana | Are they? | |
| 41 | Tanguedia (for Astor Piazzolla) | Monks Of Doom | Intricate clockwork | |
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| 43 | Through the Mosaic | Tommy Guerrero | Understated as always | |
| 44 | Sweatshop | Brazilian Girls | Working hard | |
| 45 | The Silver Cord | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Tenuous and shimmering | |
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| 47 | The Fish Needs A Bike | Snapped Ankles | Surrealism | |
| 48 | Motorbike | Wooden Shjips | Heavy rolling | |
| 49 | Oh Yeah | Can | Very affirmative | |
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| 51 | Strawberry Jam | Fizz | All mixed together | |
| 52 | Only Shallow | Japancakes | Woozing | |
| 53 | Angel | Drop Nineteens | Originally from Madonna | |
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| 55 | Shameful Dread | Built To Spill | Epic strangulation | |
