Flatbasset Radio: Episode #135

Songs mean a lot...

Well hello again, everybody. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #135!

It's time to start making up for lost, um, time on this week's show. Since I took pretty much the last 10 months of from the show it means we've got all kinds of ground to cover. Anniversaries, new local music, upcoming shows, the Cover Of The Week, the the Minnesota Way-Back Machine, and, of course, the Flatbasset Flatclassic all return in semi-triumphant form this week.

No agenda, no banter, no algorithms, just 12 songs over 44 minutes to help close out your week.

As always, Flatbasset Radio is completely free. I've finally set up a decent downloading site, so if you'd like to download Flatbasset Radio: Episode #135 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.



Here's how Ep. #135 plays out:

01. The Persian Leaps - Time Slips

02. Murs - The Science

03. Zoo Animal - Naive Enough

04. Yoni Wolf - As I Went Out One Morning

05. Joe Bartel - Ziggurat

06. Ancient Pools - Quarry

07. Fragile Canyons - Gilded Mirror

08. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Moods For Moderns

09. Rockthrow - Darlin' Waltz

10. Funeral Advantage - A Large Place

11. Strand Of Oaks - Weird Ways

12. Pavement - Cut Your Hair









There you have it, everybody.

Beats by Phatnumber
Flatbasset Radio Artwork by Ross Auger

Thanks for listening!

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Flatbasset Radio's 50 Most Played Albums: 2018

Well hello, once again, album collage fans!

2018 is officially in the books which means it is time to take a look at Flatbasset Radio's 50 Most Played Albums Of The Year!

Really quickly - I'm sorry the show was shuttered for the last few months. I found myself overwhelmed by life for both the better and the worse (and, frankly, the mundane) and just couldn't find a way to work the show back into my routine. Believe me, on the off chance that even one of you missed the show I can promise you I missed it ten-fold. I'll do better in 2019. Hopefully we'll all do better in 2019.

Back to the thing. Two disclaimers:

First, as always, one "play" equals one song. For example, the new Deleter album has 14 songs on it, so each time I listen to it front to back it counts as fourteen "plays." As usual, all stats come from my Last.FM page. Give it a follow if you really want to stay up on what's getting the most plays.

Second, I limited this most played list to albums that were new to the Flatbasset Radio library over the course of 2018. Over the course of noting anniversaries I listened to albums like Rancid's Life Won't Wait, Doomtree's S/T record, The Beatles "White Album," and Jake One's White Van Music enough times to crash the total play count. However, it didn't seem fair to squeeze some quality albums off the end of the list just to note that I listened to "Rocky Raccoon" a bunch in 2018.

Alright, here's the list:

01. Hüsker Dü - Savage Young Dü (272 plays)

02. The Sevateem - The Caves (128 plays)

03. T. Rex - The Wax Co. Singles: A's And B's 1972-1977 (126 plays)

04. Panther Ray - Twilight Drips (125 plays)

05. Dem Atlas - Bad Actress (120 plays)

06. Chance York & Big Cats - Deep Dark Hope (113 plays)

07. Deleter - Levitate The Pentagon (112 plays)

08. Royal Brat - Eyesore (106 plays)

09. Elle PF - She Wrote It (98 plays)

10. Dere Moans - Future Deli (97 plays)

11. Atmosphere - Mi Vida Local (96 plays)

12. Haley - Pleasureland (96 plays)

13. Ultra Suede - Ultra Suede (96 plays)

14. Extraterrestrials - Try Again (94 plays)

15. Dessa - Chime (93 plays)


16. INTL Falls - INTL Falls (90 plays)

17. Phantom Tails - Compass EP's (90 plays)

18. Low - Double Negative (89 plays)

19. The Drug Budget - Into Entertainment (89 plays)

20. Four Fists - 6666 (88 plays)


21. Astronomique - Sharp Divide (85 plays)

22. Mitchell Adam Johnson - Marigold (84 plays)

23. Niiice. - Try To Stay Positive (84 plays)

24. Dizzy Fae - Free Form (83 plays)

25. The Broken Bicycles - Restlessness Of Youth (83 plays)

26. Catbath - Glitterbox (82 plays)

27. Flip Rushmore - Big, If True (82 plays)

28. Justin Courtney Pierre - In The Drink (82 plays)

29. Cloquet - Cloquet (81 plays)

30. Color TV - Color TV (81 plays)

31. Tights - Heels (81 plays)

32. Martin Devaney - Plaid On Plaid (80 plays)

33. France Has The Bomb - ...But We Must Cultivate Our Garden (78 plays)

34. V/A - Midwest Mixtape Volume I (77 plays)

35. Scrunchies - Stunner (76 plays)

36. Billy Sunday - Wooden Teeth (75 plays)

37. Dismantlists - Here At The End (75 plays)


38. No Kim - Sweet For Promise (75 plays)

39. Dennis - Alien Fantasy (74 plays)


40. Roma di Luna - We Were Made To Forgive. (73 plays)

41. MMYYKK - Trouvaille (72 plays)

42. P • PL - L • P (72 plays)

43. Prathloons - Prathloons (72 plays)

44. Sloan - Navy Blues (69 plays)

45. Ten Grand - What I Should Have Said Vol. 1 (66 plays)

46. Snaer. - Doze (65 plays)

47. Why Not - Spring Cleaning (65 plays)

48. Gramma - Gramma (64 plays)

49. Straya - Sobereyed (64 plays)

50. Suzie - Pressure (64 plays)


There you have it, folks. Stay tuned for more shows soon.

I can be found on this big terrible internet on Twitter (@TCDroogsma).  Previous episodes of Flatbasset Radio are archived on my Mixcloud page.  Stop by Flatbasset Radio's Facebook Page & give it a "Like" if you have the time.