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Mixtape 118 :: Look Alive

Following a proud tradition of weird Australian pop, The Stroppies give us the sort of incisive harmonic jangle the world needs right now.

Following a proud tradition of weird Australian pop, The Stroppies give us the sort of incisive harmonic jangle the world needs right now.
The Stroppies
SongArtistNotes
Look Alive
The Stroppies
Charming introduction
Follow Me
Shopping
Threatening
Stinger
Possible Humans
Very Sex Clark Five
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Hot For Twinkies
The Go-Nuts
A nutritional disaster!
Blue Monk
The Halftones
Some bluebeat for you
O.B.1
Thingy
Me and the Rebel Alliance
Follow That Dream
Kimya Dawson
Originally by Daniel Johnston
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The Heart of It All
Isobel Campbell
Very essential
Amor Platonico
Jovenes Y Sexys
Forbidden fruit
Black trombone (Avec intro)
Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Goraguer
Tres chillaxe
Fearless
Pink Floyd
Dream flight
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I'm Going Straight To Heaven
MC 900 Foot Jesus With DJ Zero
So old, DJ Zero is credited
Wor
Django Django
Linked somehow to the Betas
Let's Just Say The Dog Did It
Peglegasus
Yes, let’s
Make it Through
The Perms
Gotta have some bombastic pop
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Cash Money
Cornershop
Good just about everywhere
Prisencolinensinaiciusol
Adriano Celentano
Same old gibberish
It's All Gone Wrong
Clifffs
A true blur
You or Me
The Frights
Tough choice
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You're Like Lead
Blue Skies for Black Hearts
Got it right
Demolition Man
The Police
Tied to the tracks and bomb is ticking
Corner Soul
Ethan Lipton
Calling for blood
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New Home
Jonathan Wilson
Stay til the end
Breathin'
Asylum Street Spankers
Don’t even think about it
What You Need
Westbound Train
Soul shaking
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Vase
Miike Snow
Three people, Swedish
I Know
The Beta Band
It’s SCOTTISH
Back a Bit...Stop
The Wedding Present
For Rupert, from Leeds
Hate + Kill
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Get to the point already
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Hey Jane
Spiritualized
What a romp!
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