Most Played Albums: March '14

The 50 most played albums around Planet New Basset for the month of March, 2014:

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01. The Ashtray Hearts - Old Numbers (85 plays)

02. The Miami Dolphins - Capri Sun (65 plays)

03. Mrs. - Cave (52 plays)

04. The Dust Brothers - Fight Club (49 plays)

05. MK Ultra - MK Ultra (47 plays)

06. Big Pauper - Beyond My Means (37 plays)

07. Sean Na Na - My Majesty (33 plays)

08. Medium Zach - Valued Input (33 plays)

09. Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Best Of Gladys Knight & The Pips (30 plays)

10. Flagland - Tireda Fightin (30 plays)

11. Superchunk - On The Mouth (28 plays)

12. Twin Graves - Walk In Circles (27 plays)

13. Radiohead - Pablo Honey (25 plays)

14. Damacha - Auspicious Clouds (25 plays)

15. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising (24 plays)

16. Constantines - Shine A Light (24 plays)

17. Graham Coxon - The Sky Is Too High (23 plays)

18. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle (23 plays)

19. Marijuana Deathsquads - Oh My Sexy Lord (23 plays)

20. Sebadoh - III (22 plays)

21. The Lemonheads - The Lemonheads (22 plays)

22. Martin Devaney - Letters Never Sent (20 plays)

23. The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams (20 plays)

24. Cars & Trains - History Of The Night (20 plays)

25. Green Day - Nimrod (19 plays)

26. Metasota - Still Happy I'm Present (H.I.P. 2) (18 plays)

27. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell, Pt. 1 (17 plays)

28. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell, Pt. 2 (16 plays)

29. Jackpot, Tiger - Sweet & Savory (16 plays)

30. The Swell Season - Strict Joy (14 plays)

31. A-Plus - Think Tank (13 plays)

32. Lifetime - Lifetime (12 plays)

33. Heaven For Real - WANTON (12 plays)

34. Jonwayne - Cassette 3: Marion Morrison Mixtape (12 plays)

35. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (11 plays)

36. Human Kindness - You Are So Loud That I Want To Die (11 plays)

37. Lakutis - 3 Seashells (11 plays)

38. Lou Reed - Transformer (10 plays)

39. The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall (10 plays)

40. Cloud Becomes Your Hand - Doggy Paddle Tore Tape 2011 (10 plays)

41. WaMoo Papez - We Float (10 plays)

42. The Persian Leaps - Praise Elephants (10 plays)

43. Shlohmo & Jeremih - No More (10 plays)

44. Lovely Dark - Into The Roil (10 plays)

45. Blue Ruin - Demo (9 plays)

46. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (8 plays)

47. Paper Tiger - False Hopes (8 plays)

48. Damon Albarn - Live On BBC2 (7 plays)

49. Protomartyr - Under Cover Of Official Right (7 plays)

50. Tree - The @MCTree EP (7 plays)

All info via my Last.fm account
Photo via Don't Drink And Root

Album Of The Week: March 10th-16th, 2014

My Album Of The Week for the week of March 10th-16th, 2014:

Mrs. - Cave

01. Cave
02. Yawn
03. Jillions
04. Supple
05. Tissues
06. Throb
07. Wad

First off, let me apologize for not writing this post earlier.  Typically I like to get these posted at the start of the week, but I've been tied up with real life jobs for the last week.  This album, however, has soundtracked the week, so let's get to it.

I know almost nothing about Mrs.  I found out about this record when somebody (I think it was one of the guys in Human Kindness) tweeted about it last week.  Having spent the previous week with Medium Zach's excellent Valued Input EP, I was ready to spend the week with some guitars.

Fortunately, Mrs. have guitars to spare.  Cave is part math rock, part boogie, and a thoroughly enjoyable listen.  Imagine if Antelope decided they were going to write sex jams.  That's Cave.  Each song catches a groove, plows forward, and delivers sneaky good hooks and solid performance.  While there's no genuine standout track (though "Yawn" is probably going to make an appearance on the podcast soon), there's no let down either.  Just 28 minutes of deconstructed, over-sexed math rock.

Cave is a available as a "Name Your Price" download over on Mrs. Bandcamp page. I suggest giving it a spin.