Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums: July '18

That's right, everybody, another sweaty month is in the books, which means it's time for a hit of instant nostalgia. Here's Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums of July '18.

Before I get to the list - Huge thanks to everybody who checked out the podcast this month. I know I thank you every month, but I mean it every time. The Canada Day show and the Flatbasst Radio American Album Hall Of Fame are two of my favorite shows to do each year, so I'm glad people checked them out.

Alright, let's get to the thing.

As always, one "play" equals one song. For example, the new Roma Di Luna album has 9 songs on it, so each time I listen to it front to back it counts as nine "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. Dere Moans - Future Deli (84 plays)

02. Catbath - Glitterbox (70 plays)

03. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty (68 plays)

04. Sloan - Navy Blues (65 plays)

05. Doomtree - Doomtree (64 plays)

06. P • PL - L • P (63 plays)

07. Roma Di Luna - We Were Made To Forgive (63 plays)

08. Kid Cudi - A Kid Named Cudi (51 plays)

09. Down By Law - Punkrockacademyfightsong (51 plays)

10. Paul Westerberg 49:00 (48 plays)

11. El-P - WeAreAllGoingToBurnInHellMegaMixx2 (48 plays)

 

12. V/A - Unpop 162 (48 plays)
 

13. V/A - Spring 2018 (Z Tapes Comp) (44 plays)
 

14. V/A - EIS Sampler 2012 // 2013 (Exploding In Sound Comp) (42 plays)
 

15. DDob - Date Of Birth (42 plays)
 

16. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Punch The Clock (39 plays)
 

17. Grotto - Get A Hustle (36 plays)
 

18. Mickey Mickey Rourke - M M R (36 plays)
 

19. Dr. Dog - Fate (35 plays)
 

20. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (33 plays)
 

21. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip (31 plays)
 

22.  Murs - Sweet Lord (30 plays)
 

23. Faux Jean - The Mongolian Invasion (29 plays)
 

24. Kevin King - The Still Life (28 plays)
 

25. Darian Stahl - Moon Is Always Full (28 plays)

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

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MinneClassics #4: "De La Souls" by P.O.S.

Found some things I could relate with, I wore out the tape...

(P.O.S. by Dan Monick)

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to the fourth installment of my short-running MinneClassics series!

Folks, last week marked the 10 year anniversary of the release of P.O.S.'s second full-length album Audition. To mark the occasion I thought I'd devote a few minutes to discussing one of my favorite tracks from this classic album.

 Like a lot of people, Audition was just that, a first look at the rapper P.O.S. and the Doomtree collective. It was an introduction to a world that had equal love for both hardcore punk and underground hip-hop and decided that there was no point separating the two. The album is full of highlights, from the aggression of opener "Half-Cocked Concepts," the anger of "The Kill In Me," the straight-banging "Stand Up (Let's Get Murdered)," to spot-on guest spots from Slug, Craig Finn, Greg Attonito & Mike Mictlan, the album more than meets the goal of opening the door to world of Doomtree (a door that, 10 years on, was quickly flooded with like-minded individuals).

However, looking back, "De La Souls" is still the moment when it all comes together. Over a simple beat and autobiographical rhymes, P.O.S. invites us all in by opening up and telling his story. In doing so, he's asking that we respond by telling our own stories. He's inviting everybody to join in not by becoming an anonymous face in a larger movement, but by reaffirming that a group of like-minded individuals is still a group of individuals, with their own hopes, dreams, goals, & disappointments.  He's knocking down whatever was left of the wall between performer and audience and extending a hand.

Anyway, give the show a listen to hear what I'm talking about. As always, Flatbasset Radio & these MinneClassics are free. Just click the Mixcloud player below to give it a listen.

MinneClassics #4: "De La Souls" by P.O.S. by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

Hard to believe it's been 10 years. Still a a classic.

Thanks for stopping by, everybody!

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Album Of The Week: "Field Notes" by Sims

Flatbasset Radio's Album Of The Week for the week of October 13th-19th, 2014:

Sims - Field Notes

01. L'Audace
02. Sims Jong Il
03. Uh Huh
04. Scope Or Claw
05. They Don't Work For Us
06. The Whale
07. This Is The Place

At this point you're probably all well familiar with Sims.  He's the socio-political voice of the Doomtree crew. He's also, relevantly, one of the most thoughtful MC's in the crew in the sense that he tends to take quite a bit of time in between releases.

Field Notes represents Sims first solo release since 2011's Bad Time Zoo and it's accompanying leftovers EP Wildlife.  Obviously he's been working within the Doomtree universe since then (most notably his star turn in Doomtree's full crew album No Kings).

So what's changed in the four years since we've heard from Sims?  Field Notes  represents addition by subtraction.  On his first two releases (Lights Out Paris & False Hopes 14), he found a balance between the personal, the boastful, and the vaguely political.  Bad Time Zoo continued this style, though he began phasing out some of the personal for a sharpened take on the political side.

As he grows older, it appears Sims has lost almost all interest in sharing his personal problems with his audience.  Field Notes, perhaps appropriately considering its title, is his most pointedly political record yet.  "L'Audace," "Uh Huh," & "They Don't Work For Us" take aim not only at society's ills, but at the perceived indifference of his audience to affect any real change toward solving them.  Lyrically, Sims is decidedly on point.  His arguments are no longer the grey-area complaints that dotted those early records.  He's angry and thoughtful on this EP, but more than anything, he's focused.  Like many of us easing out of the twilight of our youth, he's been around long enough to see the cycle played out repeatedly with a helping hand from American indifference.

He still takes time to talk up his own skill ("Sims Jong Il") and dip into his own psyche ("This Is The Place"), but the overall impression of Field Notes is that Sims is no longer concerned with matters of his heart as he is with matters of the same hands that he once claimed would, "take it brick by brick, fist over fist, with or without 'em."

To check out Field Notes for yourself, head over to Doomtree's Bandcamp page.

Album Of The Week: June 2nd-June 8th, 2014

Flatbasset Radio's Album Of The Week for the week of June 2nd-June 8th, 2014:

F. Stokes - Liquor Sto' Diaries

01. Caps
02. Can't Call It
03. Summer Coldest
04. Gots To Save You

First thing's first, sorry I'm late with this post.  I typically try to get these posted at the beginning of the week, well before I've had a chance to spend the week with the album.  However, I was busy this week.  If these posts had any consistent viewers I'd feel pretty bad, but they don't so, meh...

Anyway, I had the pleasure of spending the week with Liquor Sto' Diaries, a surprise free EP from New York by way of Madison by way of Chicago MC F. Stokes.

You know I like to stay Minnesota with my AOTW picks, but F. Stokes is essentially Minnesotan at this point.  His Midwestern roots are clear, with Chicago being home and regular stops back in Madison.  His best known album (I think) is Death Of A Handsome Bride, a nine song record produced by Doomtree's Lazerbeak.  That album is consistently excellent from front-to-back, showcasing Stokes' ability to be both serious & playful, innovative & classic all in the same breath.

Liquor Sto' Diaries spins more of the same stories.  Stokes reminisces about the good times growing up in Chicacgo and the hard times of becoming a man in Chicago, all in a voice that shows he's grateful for both experiences.  For production, Stokes turned back to his friends in Doomtree.  Lazerbeak turns up to bookend the album.  Both "Caps" and "Gots To Save You" ride Beak's patented rich, soulful beats.  Paper Tiger turns up to provide the beat for "Can't Call It" and "Summer Coldest."  Both of these stay away from the expansive sounds of Paper Tiger's solo work and hue more closely to his excellent Beat Tape.  F. Stokes is a thoroughly enjoyable MC in his own right, but pairing him with these beats is just ridiculous.

Anyway, the album's available as a free download over at the Potholes Music Bandcamp page.  Go download it and let it soundtrack your strolls to the liquor store this summer.

Flatbasset Radio Presents - MinneClassics #1: TCDroogsma on "Purexed"

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Hush, let 'em try to find the beauty in your face...

Well hello podcast fans!  Welcome to MinneClassics #1!

As you can probably tell from the fact that this is Episode #1, MinneClassics is a new feature here on Newest Industry.  Basically, TCDroogsma decided to create a feature which allows him (or his guests) to take some time and really shine the spotlight on a local artist and a song of theirs that is deemed "Classic."  They'll discuss the song, why they think it deserves "classic" status, and then play the song.

In this edition of MinneClassics, TCDroogsma discusses "Purexed" from P.O.S.'s album Never Better.  It's the 5 year anniversary of that albums release, so Droogsy discusses why the album was important to him, talks about his time living in NYC, what it was like when the Never Better tour rolled into the town, and how the video helped him make a major life decision.


Give his 12 minute podcast a listen below or download it for free by clicking on its title.

MinneClassics #1: "Purexed" by P.O.S. 

MinneClassics #1: "Purexed" by P.O.S. by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

As TCDroogsma mentions in the podcast, here's the "Purexed" video.

There you have it, podcast fans!  The first in what will be a long line of MinneClassics! Enjoy!

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Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset Radio - Episode #24

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All the parts are running, sparks are spilling out the gears...

Hello again, free music fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #24!
 
For those of you who are unaware of the Flatbasset Radio format, here's what you're looking at: TCDroogsma is our resident MP3 junkie. As you've probably noticed in his Songs Of The Week column, he's not always the most positive music fan. In an effort to prove that he is, in fact, a fan of music, we give him an hour each week to play the songs he's digging and talk a little bit about them. Once he's recorded his podcast we put it right here on the website for free to stream!

In this week's edition Droogsy plays a song for the cold weather, reaches back for a lost Twin Cities R&B jam, laments being too old to attend Doomtree Blowouts, shines a spotlight on some local artists in an Album Of The Week showcase, questions the definition of "extreme hiatus,"  plays an modern indie rock classic, explains that British people are inherently polite, gives us a Flatclassic that doubles as the Cover Of The Week, and, of course, fires a few shots at David Bowie!

You can download the podcast for free by clicking the episode's title or stream the episode by clicking on the Mixcloud player below.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #24

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #24 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01.  Mason Proper - Lock & Key
02.  Illogic & Blockhead (w/Lionesque) - Chiseled Masterpiece
03.  Walter Lewis & The Blue Stars - I Have Love At Home
04.  Doomtree - The Grand Experiment
05.  Frankie Teardrop - New Beverage
06.  Allan Kingdom - I Should Be A Pusha
07.  The Persian Leaps - Hard Feelings
08.  The Walkmen - The Rat
09.  Baishe Kings - Yeah
10.  Clinic - Miss You
11.  K.Raydio & Psymun - Jupiter
12.  Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

There you have it, music fans! Enjoy!

For more TCDroogsma be sure to give him a follow on Twitter (@TCDroogsma).  He can also be found right here on Newest Industry reviewing singles in our Songs Of The Week column. Previous episodes of Flatbasset Radio are archived on his Mixcloud page.

 


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Album Of The Week: July 1-July 7, 2013

My Album Of The Week for the week of July 1st-7th, 2013:

Dessa - Parts Of Speech

I've been a Doomtree fan for quite some time.  They've been a tried and true source of great music for years.  However, going back to 2008's self-titled album Doomtree something changed.  That album felt very much like a clearing of the decks for something else.

Well, in 2009 P.O.S. released Never Better, in my opinion the first Doomtree album that genuinely required repeated listens to really grasp.  Since that album the group has ventured further and further down the path with Dessa's A Badly Broken Code, Lazerbeak's Legend Recognize Legend & Lava Bangers, Paper Tiger's Made Like Us, & Sims' Bad Time Zoo each demands your full attention and repeated spins to genuinely resonate.

(No offense to Mike Mictlan & his free Snaxxx album, which is a fine album and has some real high points.  It's just not an album that reveals much more depth upon repeated listens.  As the Doomtree member who's raps typically rely the most heavily on immediacy, it makes sense that his album would feel the same.)

Anyway, all of this is just a long way of saying that I'll be spending the next week listening to Parts Of Speech first thing in the morning.  If I were a betting man I'd bet that the last listen will be better than the first.

Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset Radio - Episode #9 (Best Of 2012 Countdown!)

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(ALSO, I FIXED THE LINKS.  YOU CAN ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE PODCAST NOW.) 

Threat Level: Orange Juice...

Well hello again, music fans! Welcome to Episode #9 of our weekly Flatbasset Podcast!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the podcast, here's the story. Each week TCDroogsma participates in our Songs Of The Week column. Since he's typically kind of a jerk in that column we asked him if he'd like to put together a weekly podcast to prove that he actually does like music and, on occasion, has interesting things to say about it. Foolishly, we also asked him to wish our readers a Happy New Year. So now this exists:

Since this is the first week of the New Year we asked TCDroogsma to put together a Top 10 list of his favorite 2012 albums. Not only did he do that, but he also scolds children, explains a theory about British discographies, explains why Chris Martin put Coldplay on hiatus, actually says, “Nobody does Bloc Party quite like Bloc Party,” (which is arguably the dumbest sentence this blog has been affiliated with), and wishes everybody a happy new year!

Click the player above to listen to the podcast. Click the title below to download it for your very own.  Here's how the show breaks down:

Flatbasset Radio – Episode #9 (Best Of 2012 Countdown!)

10. Why? - Thirteen On High (from the album Mumps, Etc.)

09. Illogic & Blockhead – Heartless (from the album Preparing For Capture 2)

08. The Vaccines - Teenage Icon (from the album The Vaccines Come Of Age)

07. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (from the album R.A.P. Music)

06. Bloc Party - Real Talk (from the album Four)

05. P.O.S. - All Of It (from the album We Don't Even Live Here)

04. Aesop Rock – Leisureforce (from the album Skelethon)

03. The Cribs - Jaded Youth (from the album In The Belly Of The Brazen Bell) 

02. El-P - The Full Retard (from the album Cancer 4 Cure) 

01. Blur - Under The Westway (from the single Under The Westway)

So there you have it, everybody. That's the last 2012 list we'll be publishing here on Newest Industry. Bye by, 2012. Thanks for everything.

For more TCDroogmsa he can be found on Twitter (@TCDroogsma) or rambling away on his personal Flatbasset blog. Don't be surprised if that yellow hat makes its way into his day to day wardrobe.

 





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Singles Mixer #1: TCDroogsma on "Fine Print" by Mixed Blood Majority

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Hey everybody!  Welcome to the first installment of "Singles Mixer," our new column in which we ask one of our regular contributors to review new singles from Minnesota artists.

This time around we asked TCDroogsma to give us his thoughts on the new single "Fine Print" by hip-hop group Mixed Blood Majority.

All things considered, I'm pretty psyched for this Mixed Blood Majority project.  If you don't know it's a "new" group consisting of Joe Horton (of No Bird Sing), Crescent Moon (of Kill The Vultures) and Lazerbeak (Doomtree) on the beats.

"Fine Print" is the first song to be released by the group and I was left with two immediate thoughts:

1. This definitely lives up to my expectations.
2. This definitely doesn't surpass my expectations.

Let me explain what I mean by that second point.  Both MC's have built their reputation as "serious" MC's who drop lines that are meant to be heard & thought about.  Neither of them has the reputation for "Oh shit! This is my JAM!" type songs.  To that end, both MC's bring exactly what they're known for.


The track is built around a subdued Lazerbeak beat (think more along the lines of "15 Blocks" off Lights Out Paris and less "Shux" or "Stand Up (Let's Get Murdered)."  It's a great beat, though.  I have no idea how Lazerbeak is able to shift from Lava-Banger-mode to introspective while still keeping a beat that knocks.


Getting back to Crescent Moon & Joe Horton though.

Crescent Moon is a legend in the Twin Cities hip-hop scene, with his Kill The Vultures making their mark on the scene well back in early 2000's.  Unfortunately, it seems like they've been treading water for years.  I remember seeing them at The Uptown Bar (my last show ever there) and, even in those romanticizing-The-Uptown days, the place was still only half-full.  It was a great show, to be sure, it just seems like Crescent Moon needs to be seen in a new light.  To that end, it seems like Mixed Blood Majority may finally bring some long overdue recognition.

Treading the same territory he covers with Kill The Vultures, Crescent Moon delivers lines about the struggle of everyday life as it relates to both financial trouble and interpersonal trouble.  Since he's an indie rapper who just got through a divorce I'm going to go ahead and say he's an expert on these subjects.

The first time I heard Joe Horton's rapping with No Bird Sing my first thought was, "Well, he clearly grew up on Kill The Vultures records."  Hearing the two rappers on the same track doesn't completely disprove that theory, but it does provide an interesting dynamic.  Both rappers seem to be fighting the same fight, but it is still possible to hear the young-man-optimism in Horton's voice as opposed to the older-yet-still-determined growl in Crescent Moon's voice.

When Crescent drops the line, "Did you read the fine print?" it's answered by Horton with, "Nah, but I signed it."  Clearly, these are two men standing at opposite ends of the same street.

As I mentioned, they're fighting the same fight.  This becomes especially clear when the rappers come together in the middle with these lines:

"Silent, silent, I will be silent, speak when spoken to never be defiant...
Focus, focus, I will be focused, only think positive, block out the hopeless...
Patient, patient, I will be patient, take my medication, wonder where the day went...
Famous, famous, one day I'll be famous, then all the pretty people will remember what my name is..."

Like I said at the beginning, this song doesn't surpass any expectations.  However, context is everything, and since this is the first song to be released from the project it does answer the most basic question, "What would Crescent Moon & Joe Horton sound like over a Lazerbeak beat?"  Now that we have an answer for that, let's hope the rest of the album pushes the boundaries and presents us with more questions rather than the same answer over and over.

Final Score - 3.5/5

Mixed Blood Majority will be unveiled to the world October 3rd at The Icehouse.  Follow this link for more info.

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Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset - P.O.S. (All In A Day's Work MegaMixx)

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We are seriously taking the city...

Hello again, Twin Cities hip-hop fans!

It's been a great year for Twin Cities hip-hop. Brother Ali, MaLLy, I Self Devine, Big Quarters, Mike Mictlan... So much good music came out of the cities that it's almost unfair.

Today, though, we're here to celebrate the impending release of P.O.S.'s We Don't Even Live Here, which will hit the streets this coming Monday. This will be P.O.S.'s fourth solo album and, we're betting, will be high on the “Best Of” lists at the end of the year.

More to the point, to celebrate the release we asked our resident hip-hop junkie TCDroogsma to put together a little something for us. He came back with an hour long Flatbasset mix packed with P.O.S. jams.

As you can see, click the download tab below to download the free mix. Of course we'd like to take a moment to point out that, obviously, we do not own any of the music contained in the mix. We asked TCDroogsma to put it together as a celebration and that's just what he did. So please don't sue us. We don't have any money anyway.

TCDroogsma, any thoughts?

Y'know, I've been a Doomtree fans for a minute now and I thought it would be fun to put together a nice run of tracks that P.O.S. has been featured on rather than a typical “best of” type of thing.

If you remember, back when Never Better came out Fifth Element released a couple of bonus albums called Meat Tape and Meat Tape 2 that featured a bunch of harder to find stuff and stuff that, evidently, P.O.S. was digging at the time. That was kind of my plan with this mix. Think of it as Meat Tape 3 or P.O.S. & Friends Rappity Rap Party or I Already Know All These Songs.

It should be noted, of course, that I am not a DJ. If the fades and blends and such aren't up to par, that's why. Don't think of this mix as some chopped up, bangin' DJ mix (though, if someone did that with a bunch of P.O.S. guest spots I'm sure it would kill), think of this more like the best hour of radio that would never get played on the radio.

Obviously all of the tracks contain some sort of P.O.S. contribution. My apologies if I'm not giving full credit to everybody involved.

FLATBASSET - P.O.S. (ALL IN A DAY'S WORK MEGAMIXX)

Track List

01. P.O.S. - Audition M.D.

02. P.O.S. - Savion Glover

03. Building Better Bombs – The Action Pact

04. Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak - Shux

05. Cenospecies – Thank You From The Bottom Of My Fuck You

06. Mux Mool - Death 9000 (Prof & P.O.S. Broadcasting Version)

07. P.O.S. (w/Craig Finn) – Safety In Speed (Heavy Metal)

08. Doomtree – Gander Back

09. Gayngs – No Scrubs (P.O.S. Regrind)

10. Cecil Otter - Travelling Dunk Tank

11. BK-One - A Day's Work

12. icollide (w/P.O.S. & Dessa) – Les Masquerade

13. P.O.S. (w/Astronautalis) – Hand Made Hand Gun

14. MK Larada – Teddy Bear & A Tazer (Break In Two Mix)

15. P.O.S. (w/Slug) – Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)

16. Scroobius Pip (w/P.O.S. & Sage Francis) – Let 'Em Come

17. Sims - Too Much

18. P.O.S. (w/Dosh) – Tons

19. P.O.S. (w/Sims, Dessa, & Cecil Otter) – Low Light Low Life

20. Illuminous 3 – No Kings

21. Doomtree – Fresh New Trash

Blaow! Hot fire!

Be sure to check out P.O.S.'s new album We Don't Even Live Here, on the streets October 22nd. He's also playing a record release show at First Avenue on the 26^th. Best believe we're gonna be there.

Also, if you haven't heard, P.O.S. has had some health issues come to light over the last couple days.  Turns out dude needs a kidney.  Tough times.  To help out financially, hit up the Paypal account at stefneedsanewkidney@gmail.com.

Thanks to TCDroogsma for putting the mix together for us. For more of TCDroogsma be sure to follow him on Twitter and/or Instagram or you can check out his own blog Flatbasset. He's still counting down Morrissey songs despite our best efforts. He's got problems, though. Problems.

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