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    Counting down the list of 13 playlists - each featuring 13 Halloween-ish songs - this latest installment includes Akron/Family, Clues, Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, The Black Lips, Wintersleep, The Mountain Goats, Godsmack, Pepi Ginsbert, Belle & Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand, TV on the Radio and Benji Hughes.

    "Walking With A Ghost" - The White Stripes

    "Many Ghosts" - Akron/Family

    "Remember Severed Heads" - Clues

    "D Is For Dangerous" - Arctic Monkeys

    "Witchcraft" - Wolfmother

    "King Rat" - Modest Mouse

    "Lean (I Saw A Ghost)" - The Black Lips

    "Weighty Ghost" - Wintersleep

    "New Monster Avenue" - The Mountain Goats

    "Sukie in the Graveyard" - Belle & Sebastian

    "This Fire" - Franz Ferdinand

    "Let The Devil In" - TV on the Radio

    "Vampires" - Godsmack

    Extra Treat: "The Mummy" - Benji Hughes

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    At 5:28 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    awesome music list for incoming celebration! thank you so very much x

     
    At 5:47 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    It's so great to find some "new classics" for Halloween... Some of these are bands I hadn't heard of yet and want to hear more of now, so thanks!

     

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