Things in Light Podcast #26: Shutter Mix

Things in Light is pleased to present our twenty-sixth podcast, Shutter Mix, featuring recordings by TAHNZzz, Discotays, Whiteshell Girl and Turquoise Boy, Mama Coma, Rosie Hutchinson, Veery, Ryan Dennison, and Black Range. See the full track listing below.

TiL #26: Shutter Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks Radio.

1. TAHNZzz - Her Strange Dwellings
2. Discotays - Riots and Stuff
3. Whiteshell Girl and Turquoise Boy - IX
4. Mama Coma - Canto
5. Rosie Hutchinson - Sgrey
6. Veery - Caroline
7. Ryan Dennison - Crow Hop
8. Black Range - Blood Goods

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Things in Light Podcast #25: Monkey Business Mix

Things in Light is pleased to present our twenty-fifth podcast, Monkey Business Mix, featuring Nuevo Mexicano recordings — old and new, covers and originals — by Treadmill, Veery, Whiteshell Girl and Turquoise Boy, The Glass Menageries, Fort Hobo, Chinese Love Beads, The Drags, and Luxo Champ. See the full track listing below.

TiL #25: Monkey Business Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks Radio.

1. Treadmill - Shock the Monkey (Peter Gabriel)
2. Veery - Too Late for Love (Def Leppard)
3. Whiteshell Girl and Turquoise Boy - VI
4. The Glass Menageries - River of Secrets
5. Chinese Love Beads - Ballad of a Brown Beret
6. Fort Hobo - Sandman
7. The Drags - Iron Curtain Rock
8. Luxo Champ - Monkeytime!

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Things in Light Podcast #24: Home on the Range Mix

Things in Light is pleased to present our twenty-fourth podcast, Home on the Range Mix, featuring Nuevo Mexicano recordings by Cobra//group, Knife City, Leeches of Lore, Pitch & Bark, Kayfabe Quartet, iNK oN pAPER, Bermvda Shorts, and Sabertooth Cavity. See the full track listing below.

TiL #24: Home on the Range Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks Radio.

1. Cobra//group - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
2. Knife City - Death
3. Leeches of Lore - La Follia Di Spazio
4. Pitch & Bark - Twisted Hammer
5. Kayfabe Quartet - Le Mat
6. iNK oN pAPER - Mumblety Peg (Live in the Red Stick)
7. Bermvda Shorts - Dzoavits
8. Sabertooth Cavity - Manteca

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Things in Light Podcast #23: ∆Voltage Mix

Things in Light is pleased to present our twenty-third podcast, ∆Voltage Mix, featuring recordings by bands from New Mexico's present — Pancakes!, Deadtown Lovers, Fort Hobo, Jonny Cats, Retard Slave, Knife City, The Grave of Nobody's Darling, and The Glass Menageries. See the full track listing below.

TiL #23: ∆Voltage Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. Pancakes! - Lipbiter
2. Deadtown Lovers - Sinking
3. Fort Hobo - Power Wolf
4. Jonny Cats - Vic Vega
5. Retard Slave - The Creation and Subsequent Revolt of Horseborg
6. Knife City - Crazy Arms
7. The Grave of Nobody's Darling - Kentucky
8. The Glass Menageries - Foxy

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Things in Light Podcast #22: Impression Mix

Things in Light is pleased to present our twenty-second podcast, Impression Mix, featuring recordings by bands from New Mexico's recent and long-ago past — Luxo Champ, The Drags, The Scrams, The Strawberry Zots, Era of Sound, The Kreeg, Saddlesores, and The Rondelles. See the full track listing below.

TiL #22: Impression Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. Luxo Champ - Block Mover
2. The Drags - Dirty Little Bird
3. The Scrams - BHJ
4. The Strawberry Zots - Little Latin Lupe Lu
5. Era of Sound - Girl in the Mini Skirt
6. The Kreeg - Impressin'
7. Saddlesores - Me and Raul Julia Down By The Graveyard
8. The Rondelles - Pay Attention to Me

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Things in Light Podcast #21: Transmission Mix

Things in Light is pleased to present our twenty-first podcast, Transmission Mix, featuring recordings by The Glass Menageries, Bigawatt, Cloud Lantern, Fort Hobo, Post War Germany, Javelina, J. Angelo, and Eva Ave and Carlosaur. See the full track listing below.

TiL #21: Transmission Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. The Glass Menageries - Fine Fine
2. Bigawatt - Fight Me Then
3. Cloud Lantern - Post Up in Phonebooths
4. Fort Hobo - Two-Step Revolution
5. Post War Germany - You Know No One
6. Javelina - No Mail Sunday
7. J. Angelo - Sagebrush and Mesquite
8. Eva Ave & Carlosaur - Ain't No Grave

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Things in Light Podcast #20: Mostly Noise Mix

Noise music isn't for everyone. But, for those of us that it is for, well, there's nothing else quite like it. I could get all academic and prattle on about perception or signals and signatures, but what it really comes down to is a visceral reaction to sound. If you're of the noise-lovin' persuasion, New Mexico — and Burque in particular — is a damn fine place to call home. Things in Light is pleased to present our twentieth podcast, Mostly Noise Mix, featuring Summer Assassins (Raven Chacon and John Dieterich), Anna Mall, Postcommodity, William Fowler Collins, Luperci, Father of the Flood, TAHNZzz, Cinik, and Dan K. See the full track listing below.

TiL #20: Mostly Noise Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. Summer Assassins - Creeping of the Foul (excerpt)
2. Anna Mall - Vivre Se Vie
3. Postcommodity - Piles of Cougar Pelts (excerpt)
4. William Fowler Collins - Slow Motion Prayer Circle
5. Luperci - Excarnation III
6. Father of the Flood - The Wind Which Carries Your Scent
7. TAHNZzz - Ground Levels
8. Cinik - The Scene in Which the Villain Escapes
9. Dan K. - CLONÆZÆPÆM

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Things in Light Podcast #19: Ersa Mix

Things in Light's nineteenth podcast, Ersa Mix, features recordings by the Grave of Nobody's Darling, Sad Baby Wolf, Venus Bogardus, Friends of Ya Ya Boom, North America, Tropical Girls, Leeches of Lore, Bigawatt, and A Hawk and A Hacksaw. See the full track listing below.

TiL #19: Ersa Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. the Grave of Nobody's Darling - Lake Havasu

2. Sad Baby Wolf - Everything Is (Neutral Milk Hotel cover)

3. Venus Bogardus - Dance-Collision [Chaz] 

4. Friends of Ya Ya Boom - Trash in the Grass (Trashio Postscript by Bud Melvin)

5. North America - Wet Dream

6. Tropical Girls feat. Glowhouse - Late Night

7. Leeches of Lore - Giant Sloth

8. Bigawatt - Anguria

9. A Hawk and A Hacksaw - Lujtha Lassu

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Things in Light Podcast #18: Tarantula Mix

Things in Light's eighteenth podcast, Tarantula Mix, features recordings by The Drags, Leeches of Lore, Venus Bogardus, Mrdrbrd, These Charming Cobras, Austin Morrell & the Alchemists, Trilobite, Mono-Stereo, and Vomit the Void Volume. See the full track listing below.

 

TiL #18: Tarantula Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. The Drags - Tarantula

2. Leeches of Lore - That Old Brain Rapin' Highway

3. Venus Bogardus - Analog Underground

4. Mrdrbrd - We Want You Dead 

5. These Charming Cobras - Tarantula

6. Austin Morrell & The Alchemists - Damaged Goods

7. Trilobite - Silver Skin

8. Mono-Stereo - Nogiziaketak

9. Vomit the Void Volume - Until the Wind Doesn't Know Me

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Things in Light Podcast #17: Eclipse Mix

The above image was chosen for its humorous value, but the invasion of miller moths currently underway in our neck of the woods is somewhat discomfiting. I've been trying to figure out why the vulnerable seekers of light trapped in my abode — and the eclipses of them in the great outdoors! — are freaking me out; perhaps the "eek" factor I experience when brushing up against these transformed army cutworms reflects my queasiness about my own insatiable hunger for, well, it. In the process of trying to make peace with these harmless creatures, I made a playlist of moth-themed songs to aid in my meditative endeavor.

Things in Light's seventeenth podcast, Eclipse Mix, features tracks by Faun Fables, Cocteau Twins, Stereolab, Burial + Four Tet, Current 93, Aimee Mann, The Flaming Lips, and They Might Be Giants. See the full track listing below.

TiL #17: Eclipse Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. Faun Fables - Moth
2. Cocteau Twins - When Mama Was Moth
3. Stereolab - Space Moth
4. Burial + Four Tet - Moth
5. Current 93 - Judas as Black Moth
6. Aimee Mann - The Moth
7. The Flaming Lips - Moth in the Incubator
8. They Might Be Giants - Bee of the Bird of the Moth

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Things in Light Podcast #16: Samsara Mix

Things in Light's sixteenth podcast, Samsara Mix, features recordings by The Grave of Nobody's Darling, Shoulder Voices, The Porter Draw, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, North America, Discotays, Javelina, and Trilobite. See the full track listing below.

TiL #16: Samsara Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. The Grave of Nobody's Darling - Nine Days and Nights
2. Shoulder Voices - Good Karma
3. The Porter Draw - Davey
4. A Hawk and A Hacksaw - No Rest for the Wicked
5. North America - Hayley's Ghost
6. Discotays - For Liz
7. Javelina - Nicolas
8. Trilobite - Samsara

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Things in Light Podcast #15: Black Forest Mix

Things in Light's fifteenth podcast, Black Forest Mix, features recordings by Drought, Streights, Harbors, Roñoso, Tenderizor, Leeches of Lore, Great White Buffalo, and Dread. See the full track listing below.

TiL #15: Black Forest Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. Drought - Nightwalker
2. Streights - Glitter Forest/ Cognitive Failure
3. Harbors - Recessive Departure
4. Roñoso - Furry Toes Aflame
5. Tenderizor - Hellucination
6. Leeches of Lore - Macrochelys Temminckii
7. Great White Buffalo - Four
8. Dread - Slay the Kings

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Things in Light Podcast #14: Flight Pattern Mix

Things in Light's fourteenth podcast, Flight Pattern Mix, features recordings by Deadtown Lovers, Pitch & Bark, The Glass Menageries, Javelina, Albuquerque Boys Choir, Luperci, Dripping Rainbow, and Bigawatt. See the full track listing below.

TiL #14: Flight Pattern Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. Deadtown Lovers - Vertigo
2. Pitch & Bark - Brilliant Armor
3. The Glass Menageries - Down the Well
4. Javelina - In Hiding
5. Albuquerque Boys Choir - Birds for the Sky
6. Luperci - Shine Like Stars in the World
7. Dripping Rainbow - Indian Shakespeare
8. Bigawatt - All My Best Things

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Things in Light Podcast #13: Walking the Wolf Mix

Things in Light's thirteenth podcast, Walking the Wolf Mix, features recordings by The Kill Spectors, Bigawatt, Great White Buffalo, Tenderizor, Sabertooth Cavity, Venus Bogardus, The Grave of Nobody's Darling, and The Kleptones. See the full track listing below.

TiL #13: Walking the Wolf Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ on 8tracks.

1. The Kill Spectors - Red River St.
2. Bigawatt - Concealer
3. Great White Buffalo - Hallraiser
4. Tenderizor - Rockweiler
5. Sabertooth Cavity - Kief Mountain
6. Venus Bogardus - Quien Es
7. The Grave of Nobody's Darling - Mary
8. The Kleptones - I See Rainbows (for Yoko)

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Things in Light Podcast #12: Fauna Frequency Mix

Things in Light's twelfth podcast, Fauna Frequency Mix, features recordings by These Charming Cobras, Vomit the Void Volume, Dan K, Alan George Ledergerber, Kimnusico Trio, Bud Melvin, Reighnbeau, and Sad Baby Wolf. See the full track listing below.

TiL #12: Fauna Frequency Mix from ϟ▲ϻ▲и✝ђ▲ ▲ииɇ ϟͼϕ✝✝ on 8tracks.

1. These Charming Cobras - Stick and Pig
2. Vomit the Void Volume - Let's Go for a Ride
3. Dan K. - RÆCKS
4. Alan George Ledergerber - Toynbee Idea
5. Kimnusico Trio - Rasool's School of Music
6. Bud Melvin - Misty
7. Reighnbeau - Flutter
8. Sad Baby Wolf - 8th Level 

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Things in Light Podcast #11: Moon-bleached Mix

 

Ansel Adams'  Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Things in Light's eleventh podcast, Moon-Bleached Mix, features recordings by Alan George Ledergerber, William Fowler Collins, Vomit the Void Volume, Alchemical Burn, Venus Bogardus, Dan K., The Scrams, DÆRK, and Chemtrail Pilot. See the full track listing below. 

1. Alan George Ledergerber - Soft Despotism

2. William Fowler Collins - Foothills' Ghost

3. Vomit the Void Volume - I'm Lost

4. Alchemical Burn - When Doves Cry

5. Dan K. - Dying Sunshine

6. Venus Bogardus - The G-Boys

7. The Scrams - La Llorona (Speak Onion Remix) 

8. DÆRK - INFÆRNO

9. Chemtrail Pilot - Somnambulism 

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Things in Light Podcast #10: Cock-of-the-rock Mix

Flier by Christoph Knerr and Steve Hammond

Things in Light's tenth podcast, Cock-of-the-rock Mix, features some of our favorite XY Burqueño solo projects — Retard Slave (Steve Hammond of Leeches of Lore, Tenderizor), Ipytor Gavyen Machislav (Clifford Grindstaff of The Jeebies, Shoulder Voices), and Raven Chacon — and Leeches of Lore, Sabertooth Cavity, Tenderizor, and Xicana Machete. We wanted to include some I CUM DRUMS (Kris Kerby of Sabertooth Cavity, Tenderizor) but aren't aware of any recordings. Take a listen to this podcast and then head down to Small Engine Gallery (1413 Fourth SW) on Saturday night for an evening of memorable performances by boss dudes. Make with this click for the show — featuring Hammond's long-awaited live solo debut! — deets and see the full track listing below. 

1. Retard Slave - The Creation and Subsequent Revolt of Horseborg
2. Ipytor Gavyen Machislav - Piano Song
3. Xicana Machete - Dollspit (Grita)
4. Retard Slave - O Morto Surge
5. Raven Chacon - This is where we went/were
6. Ipytor Gavyen Machislav - Stupid Handshake
7. Leeches of Lore - Night of the Llama
8. Sabertooth Cavity - Duke City Shuffle
9. Tenderizor - The Falconor

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Things in Light Podcast #9: Aural Alms Mix

The medium is the massage, so meditate on the many reasons to attend the Earn, Mirror to Mirror, Alms, and TAHNZzz show at Small Engine Gallery (1413 Fourth SW) on Friday night. RSVP to the show here. Alms' Nathan Young's other project, Ajilvsga, is also represented on TIL's ninth podcast.  See the full track listing below. 

1. Alms - Buried Secrets

2. Mirror to Mirror - The Same Restlessness

3. Earn - Hundreds of Years/Only Black/A Following Shadow

4. TAHNZzz - Full Metal Cardigan (Extended Version)

5. Ajilvsga - Wounds Received in Battle

6. Mirror to Mirror - Untitled III

7. Ajilvsga - Rose Pyramids

8. Earn - Leather Rose/Living Daylight/Pressure of Speech/Avenue

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A Very TIL Thanksgiving: The Rest is Gravy

Thanksgiving is a culturally relative holiday, especially in this neck of the woods. But, since your editor is obsessed with music for all holidays, she slow-roasted an aural mix of 23 classic and modern tunes to soundtrack your cookin', eatin', and snoozin' on the couch. It's an unusual TIL podcast in that there's only one local track, Trilobite's "Pumpkin Farmer." TIL is thankful for all y'all -- family, friends, artists, and patrons -- and wishes you and yours a beautiful day.

See the full track listing below.



1. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Good Sauce from the Gravy Bowl
2. Gore Gore Girls - Sweet Potato
3. Dee Dee Sharp - Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)
4. Cass McCombs - My Pilgrim Dear
5. Trilobite - Pumpkin Farmer
6. Animal Collective - Pumpkin's Funeral
7. Curve - Turkey Crossing
8. Zomes - Pilgrim Traveler
9. Doris Day - Easy as Pie
10. Cab Calloway - Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
11. Beastie Boys - Gratitude
12. Little Eva - Let's Turkey Trot
13. Girls - Vomit
14. Beck - Nicotine & Gravy
15. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Pumpkin Pie
16. Rosemary Clooney - Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep
17. The Ventures - Mashed Potato Time
18. The Ohio Players - Jive Turkey
19. Grady O'Neil & The Bella Tones - Turkey Neck Stretch
20. The Flaming Lips - Thanks to You
21. 10CC - I Hate to Eat Alone
22. Al Bowlly & Ray Noble - Make Yourself a Happiness Pie
23. Andrews Sisters - Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep

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Things in Light Podcast #8: Sign of the Horns Mix

Rawk out with heavy Nuevomexicano peeps past and present on TIL's eighth podcast, Sign of the Horns. I mean, RAWK. See the full track listing below. 

1. Tenderizor - Touch the Sword

2. Roñoso - Nature Defier

3. Leeches of Lore - Pig Scrapings

4. Noisear - God is a Sadist

5. Los Subliminados - Female Cop

6. Dread - Brace for Destruction

7. Old Man - Phesh

8. Leeches of Lore - Deathgrip

9. Sabertooth Cavity - Pisachi y Diablerist

10. Great White Buffalo - Handful of Darkness

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Things in Light Podcast #7: Spookasem Mix

The Scrams are almost dead. Burque's warehouse rocanrol darlings are holding a raucous wake for their beloved band at the final Scrams show on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. [Click here for deets on The Scrams' last show.] In their final act, the boys got the folks at Immigrant Breast Nest to remix six of their tunes. Since we really dug the resulting recordings, we created a podcast around our favorites, "Chimp Necropsy (Seismologist Remix)" and "Steve Sangre (FluiD Remix)." We call it the Spookasem Mix, because, like the Akfrikaans word for cotton candy -- which literally translates to "ghost breath" -- our time listening to this project was super-sweet and unspooling the last gloriously sticky strands is more than a little bittersweet. Dear Scrams, thanks for the memories and, perhaps more importantly, the recordings.

The below podcast is dedicated to Scrams past and present: Joe Cardillo, Nate Daly, Dan Eiland, Kenta Henmi, J.J. Papadopoulos, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, and Matthew Vanek. Heart-hug. See the full track listing below.



1. The Scrams - Chimp Necropsy (Seismologist Remix)
2. Chemtrail Pilot - Legion of Wolves
3. Occasional Detroit - Freek
4. Discotays - Goldtooth
5. The Scrams - Steve Sangre (FluiD Remix)
6. Glad as Knives - Tears of Fire
7. Autopoesis - Love and Electroshock
8. Mama Coma - Can't Stand the Rain
9. Discotays - Cheii

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Things in Light Podcast #6: Up, Up and Away

Contrary to its title, The 5th Dimension's "Up, Up and Away" is not included on the sixth TIL podcast. That Nena tune ain't in the mix, either. This Balloon Fiesta tribute features 12 less well-known balloon-themed tracks and even a little comedy, old-time radio, and spoken word stuff. See the full track listing below.



1. Mitch Hedberg - Hot Air Balloon (excerpt)
2. Twin Shadow - Yellow Balloon
3. The Kills - Black Balloon
4. The Raincoats - Balloon
5. Steven Jesse Bernstein - Party Balloon
6. Spell - Big Red Balloon
7. Wavves - Convertible Balloon
8. The Kinks - Loony Balloon
9. Ween - Blue Balloon
10. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Balloon Man
11. Beastie Boys - Pop Your Balloon
12. Nervous Norvus - Noon Balloon to Rangoon
13. Matmos - Supreme Balloon
14. Adventures in Research - Birth of the Balloon (excerpt)

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Things in Light Podcast #5: Church of Rock

 Georgia O'Keeffe, Ranchos Church, New Mexico

Enjoy eight songs from the relatively recent past by New Mexico artists like Gingerbread Patriots, Veery, and The Drags. See the full track listing below.

 

1. Karen - Strength for the Weaker Ones (Sink or Swim Pt. II)

2. Gingerbread Patriots - Wax Lips

3. Veery - I'm Not in Love (10cc cover)

4. The Oktober People - Projector Enthusiast

5. The Drags - Jet Lag

6. The Rondelles - Kersmash! Eye, My

7. Churchfires w/ Keith Galler - Mass Leisure

8. Flake Music - Nuevo 

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Things in Light Podcast #4: Songs in the Key of Nuevo Mexicano

Georgia O'Keeffe, Ram's Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills, 1935

Enjoy eight songs themed on New Mexico, by artists like Beirut, Oppenheimer Analysis, and Roy Rogers. See the full track listing below.

1. Oppenheimer Analysis - New Mexico

2. Roy Rogers - I'm Gonna Gallop Gallop To Gallup New Mexico

3. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Lonesome New Mexico Nights

4. Jimmy Driftwood - Tucumcari

5. Jeff & Jane Hudson - Los Alamos

6. Joe West - Trip to Roswell, New Mexico

7. Beirut - Santa Fe

8. Dale Watson - Tucumcari, Here I Come

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Things in Light Podcast #3: A Scream is Never Just That

Enjoy eight experimental tracks from past and present Nuevomexicano artists, including Mammal Eggs, Ipytor Gavyen Machislav, and Milch de la Máquina. See the full track listing below.



1. Mammal Eggs - La Lune Autour La Tete Des Amis 
2. Milch de la Máquina - Titwrench Performance on 7/10/10
3. Ipytor Gavyen Machislav - Stupid Handshake
4. Aural Anomaly - Damaged Goods
5. Alchemical Burn - Mammals at Mach Speed
6. Discotays - $30
7. Raven Chacon - Neezná (with Mask)
8. Vomit the Void Volume - Talking God Speaks

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Things in Light Podcast #2: Past as Prologue

New Buffalo Commune, Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, 1967

Enjoy eight stellar tracks from past Nuevomexicano artists, including Karen, Potty Mouth Sherry's, and The Drags. See full track listing below.



1. Trilobite - Pumpkin Farmer
2. The Drags - I Like to Die
3. Potty Mouth Sherry's - Superstar Cowboy
4. The Morticians - Little Latin Lupe Lu
5. Karen - Chinese Ghost
6. The Chob - We're Pretty Quick
7. The Rondelles - Safety in Numbers
8. The Drags - Iron Curtain Rock

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