Flatbasset Radio: Episode #96

Reached the bottom and now we're just looking forward...

Well hello again, podcast fans. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #96.

Folks, it's a gorgeous Friday here in Minneaolis, so I appreciate the fact that you've neglected your family, friends, & community to stay inside and listen to me mumble through another show.

This marks three straight Fridays with a new show which, for a purportedly "weekly" show shouldn't be much of an accomplishment, but if you've been following along you know just how rare it is that I get my shit together for three straight weeks.

This week's show if full of jams. Local music, indie rock, hip-hop collectives, classic punk, some anniversaries, some power-pop, some big, dumb, rock music, the Cover Of The Week, & the Flatbasset Flatclassic. Along the way we discuss why I should probably avoid talking politics on the show, prog or not-prog, indie rock in a post-Vampire-Weekend world, shoegaze of the Far East, the worst substitute for Conference Final hockey, some upcoming concerts, the low point of one of America's great pop-punk bands, and the greatest song in the history of mankind. Good stuff, for sure.

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 #96 (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 Flatbasset Radio: Ep. #96 plays out:

01. Fountains Of Wayne - Someone To Love

02. Dan Deacon - Big Milk

03. Cool Pollution - Paul Bunyan Style

04. Jonathan Rado - Thunder Road

05. Youthmemory - City

06. Psymun - Glitch Tundra (w/Chester Watson)

07. Whitehorse - Devil's Got A Gun

08. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Berlin

09. Hippo Campus - Vines

10. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Sunday Candy (w/Jamila Woods & Chance The Rapper)

11. Millencolin - Entrance At Rudebrook

12. All - Dot










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: Episode #68

Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide...

Well hello again, podcast fans. Welcome to Episode #68 of the Flatbasset Radio show!

Thanks for stopping by this week, devoted listener(s). I'm coming down with a cold this week and I figured staying inside and playing some jams would be the best way to cope with it. If I have to live with this messed up voice then so do you!

In this week's show I play some jams and talk about being sick, our old friends in Nashville, some new local hip-hop from some not-so-new artists, explain just how late to the party I was on one of the Twin Cities best bands, revisit last week's "good shoegaze vs. bad shoegaze" discussion, scratch my experimental electro-jazz itch, celebrate Sweden's greatest pop-punk export, reminisce about old St. Paul record stores, & give some winter advice.  All that plus coughing and all the popped "P's" you could ever want!

Of course I also celebrate some anniversaries, get in a Cover Of The Week, and take a trip back to an iconic single for 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 #68 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. Bad Cop - Wish You Well











02. Mixed Blood Majority - Insane World

03. Dosh - Nothing New

04. Social Distortion - Under My Thumb

05. Zoo Animal - Gravedigger

06. Catsax - You Can Find Me In The Tall Grass

07. My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep

08. Millencolin - Jellygoose

09. Sophia Eris & Psymun - Fight/Love

10. Kudzu Wish - Are We Not Snow?

11. Oasis - Champagne Supernova








Enjoy, everybody!

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.

Flatbasset Radio's 50 Most Played Albums: March '15

Well hello there, everybody.  Long time no see, eh?

Now, I know what you're thinking: "Who's stupid page is this and how did I get here?"  Well, you tell me, smart guy, it's your browser.

You may also be thinking, "Hey, isn't the post below this a recap of February's albums?  Did Droogsy really take a whole month off?"

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yes, but...

You see, March is what I like to call my "busy season."  I hold down two jobs and March is when one of those jobs gets so busy that, not only do I not have time to write the blog/record shows, I don't have time to eat properly, sleep enough, see my friends, or even shave.

(Just kidding.  Who shaves?)

Anyway, I'm back now and I promise to make it up to you.  My "busy season" comes to a screeching halt this weekend and I'll be back in my AOTW/podcast/Twitter groove again.  Until then, here are the 50 most played albums around Planet New Basset over the last month.  As always, each song on an album = one play.  Larger pictures indicate more plays.

01. Museum Mouth - Alex I Am Nothing (79 plays)

02. Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels To Be Something On (72 plays)

03. Waveless - Waveless (28 plays)

04. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (27 plays)

05. What Tyrants - No Luck (26 plays)

06. Millencolin - For Monkeys (24 plays)

07. The Cribs - For All My Sisters (24 plays)

08. Human Kindness - Not Apathetic (22 plays)

09. Human Kindness - Live On Radio K (2014) (21 plays)

10. Descendents - Liveage (19 plays)

11. Danny Brown - XXX (19 plays)

12. Sage Francis - Personal Journals (18 plays)

13. Billy Joel - 52nd Street (18 plays)

14. The Suicide Machines - Destruction By Definition (17 plays)

15. Lil' Wayne - Sorry 4 The Wait 2 (17 plays)

16. Paul Westerberg - 49:00 (16 plays)

17. Big Boi - Sir Luscious Leftfoot: The Son Of Chico Dusty (16 plays)

18. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (16 plays)

19. MK Ultra - MK Ultra (15 plays)

20. Billy Bragg - Life's A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy (15 plays)

21. Gasp - A Girl Called Glasgow (15 plays)

22. Jazz Spastiks - Singles Collection (15 plays)

23. Plums - Jen (15 plays)

24. Pearl Jam - Yield (14 plays)

25. Bad Religion - The Process Of Belief (14 plays)

26. Mark Mallman & Vermont - Mark Mallman & Vermont (14 plays)

27. Shad - The Old Prince (14 plays)

28. Ian Kamau - Cocoons (14 plays)

29. Death Grips - Fashion Week (14 plays)

30. Gorillaz - Demon Days (13 plays)

31. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (13 plays)

32. Pulp - Different Class (12 plays)

33. The Promise Ring - Wood/Water (12 plays)

34. The Living End - It's For Your Own Good (12 plays)

35. Cat Power - The Greatest (12 plays)

36. Superdrag - Last Call For Vitriol (12 plays)

37. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It & See (12 plays)

38. Dem Atlas - Charle Brwn (12 plays)

39. Coldplay - Parachutes (11 plays)

40. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (11 plays)

41. Morrissey - Vauxhall & I (11 plays)

42. Lightning Seeds - Dizzy Heights (11 plays)

43. Tapes 'N Tapes - The Loon (11 plays)

44. Mystery Jets - Seratonin (11 plays)

45. Edison - No Sun No Food (11 plays)

46. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (11 plays)

47. The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (10 plays)

48. Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends (10 plays)

49. Interpol - Antics (10 plays)

50. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II (10 plays)

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