Flatbasset Radio: Episode #107

What makes those eyes of yours look into mine?

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #107!

That's right, everybody, I'm trying my best to stay on my "weekly show" routine. This is a rare Monday show, but I'm counting it anyway.

As always I've got a great batch of songs lined up on this week's show. There are some great shows coming up this week, I'm still making up for some missed anniversaries, my favorite active band, a mid-show jazz break, a not-insignificant amount of great new local music, the Cover Of The Week, my vote for Spoon's best album, some Canadian pop, some American hip-hop, and yet another heartbreaking Flatbasset Flatclassic.

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 #107 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.

If you don't have the time or desire to download the show, just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.



Here's how Episode #107 plays out:

01. Shredders - Ions (w/Mike Mictlan)

02. Porno Wolves - Bad Man

03. The Rentals - Life Without A Brain

04. Afghan Whigs - You Want Love (w/James Hall)

05. Brilliant Beast - Spiders

06. Medeski Martin & Wood - Just Like I Pictured It

07. The Cribs - What Have You Done For Me

08. Narco States - Jealousy

09. TOPS - Change Of Heart

10. Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman - Pins And Needles

11. Spoon - The Underdog

12. Hüsker Dü - Green Eyes










There you have it, folks! Enjoy!

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Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums: July '17

Well hello again, everybody. Welcome to another installment of Album Collage Monthly!

We're into the dog days of summer now, folks. I spent a good part of July either watching fireworks or sitting in the air conditioning listening to music. It was a solid month.

As always, huge thanks to everybody who stopped by and listened to the show this month. July always has a couple of my favorite shows so I certainly hoped you enjoyed listening to them as much as I enjoyed putting them together.

Alright, let's get to the thing.

(As always, one "play" equals one song. For example, that new Cheap Fantasy album has 5 songs on it, so each time I listen to it front to back it counts as five "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.)

01. Murder Shoes - Fall (70 plays)

02. StoLyette - Summer (63 plays)

03. Sloan - One Chord To Another (60 plays)

04. Brilliant Beast - Jelly (47 plays)

05. V/A - Unpop 150 (46 plays)

06. Cheap Fantasy - Life Of Glass (45 plays)

07. The Dandy Warhols - ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (43 plays)

08. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (42 plays)

09. Dan Israel - Dan Israel (42 plays)

10. 7Seconds - Walk Together, Rock Together (42 plays)

11. Motion City Soundtrack (40 plays)

12. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (40 plays)

13. The Alarmists - The Ghost And The Hired Gun (39 plays)

14. Rooney - Calling The World (38 plays)

15. Interpol - Our Love To Admire (36 plays)

16. V/A - 2016: The Year All Bad Things Went Away And Everything Turned Out To Be Fine (34 plays)

17. Jamie xx - In Colour (33 plays)

18. Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell (33 plays)

19. Banner Pilot - Pass The Poison (33 plays)

20. Sonic Youth - Dirty (32 plays)

21. Prince - Planet Earth (32 plays)

22. Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey (30 plays)

23. The Beta Band - Hot Shots II (30 plays)

24. Morrissey - Your Arsenal (30 plays)

25. Metz - Metz (30 plays)

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #105

I could own her, that crazy loner...

Well hello again, everybody, and welcome back to your regularly scheduled program.

Before we get going here, big thanks to everybody who checked out the last couple of themed episodes. I love doing both the Canada Day show and the American Album Hall Of Fame show, so thank you for indulging me on those.

This week, however, it's back to work. Episode #105 is a show packed with jams. Some local bands, some national bands, a couple of throwbacks, some upcoming shows, some anniversaries, the Cover Of The Week and, of course, the Flatbasset Flatclassic.

Along the way we discuss the best place to meet middle-aged losers, listening to Prince without devolving into reverie, some reunited punk rockers, a knight and his all-American backing band, nostalgia strewn across St. Paul, art and its curious relationship with expectations, Ryan Adams catalogue, some damn fine music journalism, and one of the great Minnesota songs not written by a Minnesota artist.

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 #105 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.

If you don't have the time or desire to download the show, just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.



Here's how Episode #105 plays out:

01. Ted Leo - You're Like Me

02. Prince - Future Baby Mama

03. Joey Joey Michaels - Love Hate

04. Social Distortion - Ring Of Fire

05. The Humpers - Mutate With Me

06. Ray Davies - Silent Movie
07. Ray Davies - Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys

08. Elle PF (fka Bae Tigre) - Why Pt. 2

09. Brilliant Beast - Scatter

10. Warehouse Eyes - Smoke

11. Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing?

12. Ryan Adams - Rip Off

13. The Dandy Warhols - Minnesoter










There you have it, folks! Enjoy!

For more of my rantings you can give me a follow 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.

Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums: January '16

Well hello again, everybody. Welcome back to the least consequential column on the internet!

Is it just me or did January fly by?  At this rate it's going to be 2017 before I even start remembering to stop writing 2015 on things. Does this happen to everybody as they get old or was it just this month?

Anyway, another month's passed, which means it's time for a little bit of instant nostalgia. As always, a huge, huge thanks to everybody who checked out the show this month, retweeted the show, or gave it a Facebook "Like." As I'm fond of mentioning, these shows take a lot of time to put together and, as much as I love doing them, a few little internet tokens of acknowledgement are greatly appreciated.

Anyway, here's Flatbasset Radio's Top 25 Most Played Albums of January, 2016. As always, these stats are pulled from my Last.fm page. Give it a follow if you're a super creeper and need to know what I'm listening to all the time.

01. Allan Kingdom - Northern Lights (104 plays)

02. The Social Disaster - Dark Side Of The Roller Rink (70 plays)

03. Brilliant Beast - Dissolve (70 plays)

04. Little Shalimar - Rubble Kings: The Album (39 plays)

05. Ripper - A.D. (35 plays)

06. Tora! Tora! Torrance! - A Cynics Nightmare (30 plays)

07. Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker (24 plays)

08. David Bowie - Low (22 plays)

09. Richard Ashcroft - Human Conditions (20 plays)

10. Billy Joel - Piano Man (20 plays)

11. Bruce Springsteen - The River (20 plays)

12. Fury Things - VHS (20 plays)

13. Killer Mike - Sunday Morning Massacres (18 plays)

14. Depeche Mode - Violator (18 plays)

15. Bad Religion - Against The Grain (18 plays)

16. Dead Wives - Buzzy Fuzzy (16 plays)

17. Al Church - Next Summer (16 plays)

18. Jay-Z - American Gangster (15 plays)

19. Freez & Mike Frey - Freez's Frozen French Freys (15 plays)

20. Elvis Costello - Spike (15 plays)

21. Trampled By Turtles - Wild Animals Remixes (15 plays)

22. The Dandy Warhols - ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (14 plays)

23. All - Allroy's Revenge (14 plays)

24. Paper Tiger - Beat Tape (14 plays)

25. The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth (14 plays)

Image via Tap Music
Stats via my Last.fm page

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #67

We talkin' 'bout practice...

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #67!

Folks, everything's terrible. It's been a tough week for people everywhere around the world and, if you're anything like me, you're exhausted. In that spirit, let's all take an hour long break from the real world and listen to some jams.

In this week's episode I try to press through the sadness while sitting in the dark discussing spelling in hip-hop, getting lost in electronics, loud local legends, semi-ironic covers, underrated Australian bands, my difficulties with the French language, Pete Doherty's quality control issues, good shoegaze vs. bad shoegaze, 90's cult figures, un-Google-able bands, & how best to use a time machine.  All that plus some anniversaries, some love for our brothers & sisters in Paris, the Cover Of The Week, & the Flatbasset Flatclassic!

As always, Flatbasset Radio is completely free. Just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #67 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. icollide - Lips That Won't Stretch, Tear
02. Astronautalis - SIKE!
03. Devata Daun - Fascinate
04. The Vines - Ms. Jackson
05. Brilliant Beast - Like Dreaming
06. Kanye West - Say You Will (w/Caroline Shaw)
07. Babyshambles -A'Rebours
08. Ruth Ruth - Amnesia
09. Felix Da Housecat - Do We Move Your World?
10. Juliana Hatfield - Shining On
11. Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris

Cheer up, kids. It'll get better.

For more TCDroogsma be sure to give him a follow on Twitter (@TCDroogsma).  Previous episodes of Flatbasset Radio are archived on his Mixcloud page.  Stop by Flatbasset Radio's Facebook Page & give it a "Like" if you have the time.