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Hot Takes | Week of 05.01.17

Steve Benoit

Steve Benoit

05 May 2017
Hot Takes | Week of 05.01.17

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance.


Do You Need Me Near // Mat Hunsley


Lady Brain // The Harmaleighs


Cardinal // Mt. Joy


Drive Me Home // Adult Mom


Better Man Than Me // Pokey LaFarge


Turncoat // Pickwick


Number One Number One // Portugal. The Man (feat. Richie Havens & Son Little)


Please // Josiah & The Bonnevilles

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