#29: THICK IN THE NECK OF THE WOODS

Every month I am amazed at how the mix always comes together. I had no idea what this one was going to be like at all. I just started combing through my massive library hoping to fine one or two songs that would provide the inspiration. At first this mix was all about quirky indie pop. But then I ran across the song Bellbottoms by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. I hadn't heard that song in a long time, but it felt good. And a song that sweaty and salty couldn't sit next to some of the twee pop that was populating the playlist. So I rebuilt the whole thing with songs that expressed something similarly visceral and honest, songs that both honor a history of blues and country while also being decidedly modern.

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The tracklist is as follows:
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01 Bellbottoms, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
02 White Belts, Make Up
03 Rich Girls Like To Steal, The Delta 72
04 Fuck the People, The Kills
05 Genius, Kings of Leon
06 Searching for a Ghost, Heartless Bastards
07 Love in a Trashcan, Raveonnettes
08 Three Cool Chicks, The 5, 6, 7, 8s
09 Bumblebee, The Casual Dots
10 Chinese Children, Devendra Banhart
11 God & Suicide, Blitzen Trapper
12 Flame that Killed John Wayne, Mekons
13 Break 'Em On Down, Soledad Brothers
14 Broadway, Old 97's
15 Nothing Short of Thankful, The Avett Brothers
16 Shelton Express, The Black Crabs
17 I Don't Want To Die (In The Hospital), Conor Oberst
18 Ballad of Cable, Calexico
19 O Lee O, O'Death
20 When the President Talks to God, Bright Eyes