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Polaris

Tue. December 2, 2025 9pm - 12am (KAFM Grand Junction)

In fitting tribute to tonight’s finale, in which I exited the station onto a pallid moonlit snowscape, I am highlighting Soulwax for their fitting track, “Polaris.” Elsewhere tonight, a special San Francisco set that came out pretty transcendent.

In fitting tribute to tonight’s finale, in which I exited the station onto a pallid moonlit snowscape, I am highlighting <strong>Soulwax</strong> for their fitting track, “Polaris.” Elsewhere tonight, a special San Francisco set that came out pretty transcendent.
Soulwax
SongArtistNotes
Seven Nation Army
Hard-Fi
Originally from the White Stripes
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Mush
Portugal. The man
Having a cardiac
Today Might Be The Hit
Sorry
Somewhat menacing
I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement
Stevie Dinner
Originally from the Ramones
VOLLEYBALL
Boko Yout
Spiking the ball
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Polaris
Soulwax
Adjusting for depth
In Your Head
Gabby Young & Other Animals
More rumblings in the jungle
Jungle the Jungle
Zombie Zombie
Into the deepest and darkest
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American Girl
Skanky Combo
That island feel
Brain Damage
Bim Skala Bim
Originally from Pink Floyd
Witches Boogaloo
The Sugarman 3
Conjuring up some spirits
Mercedez Benz
Petty Booka
Originally from Janis Joplin
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Run Right Into It
The Barr Brothers
Headlong, I would say
Dept. of Disappearance
Jason Lytle
Never get the clearance
Another Is Waiting
The Avett Brothers
A never-ending supply
The Actor
Folk Bitch Trio
Sweet sweet harmonies
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american food
They Are Gutting a Body of Water
Like Boyracer
Something's Gonna Happen
Sprints
Keeping us guessing
The Blue and Buff
The Cardiacs
It’s complicated
Hot Freaks
Guided By Voices
Get them while they’re fresh
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The One
Self Improvement
For the love of drum machines
San Francisco
Foxygen
Join their tea party
Chutes and Ladders
Crayon
Teaching you about life
Why Are You Calling
Saint Etienne
A cruel cruel fate
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Ranger
Sic Alps
Sparsely plotted
Minotaur
Thee Oh Sees
Wandering through the maze
Glass Bottom Boat
The Fresh & Onlys
Appropriately nautical
What Can I Say
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
A universe of possibilities
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Another Christmas In The Trenches
British India
We get the feeling
Tommy, Can You Hear Me
The Who
Senses working overtime
Go
The Cat Empire
Dramatically mariachi
Wordmule
Jim White
Use your fancy vocabulation
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Chicago, the Moon!
Christian Le Surf
Putting the mental into instrumental
Nail I Couldn't Bite
Spirit of the Beehive
Visiting your dream disco
My Now
Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto
The smoke is from all the incense
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Distance
Fayzz
Misaligning the layers
Cafe North
Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators
A favorite hangout
Vexations
Tortoise
Working things out
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Mean Alley
Jonny Greenwood
Watch your back
P~1
The Orb
Following a vague story
Norte do Brasil
Bugge Wesseltoft & Prins Thomas
A panoply of tropical synths
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Yes We Can't
Africaine 808
Electro jaw harp
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