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

Well hello again, album collage fans. Thanks for stopping by.

Like I always do at this time (this time being the beginning of a new month), it's time to take a quick look back at what's been getting the most spins here at Planet New Basset.

Why would you be interested in this?  I have no idea.  Honestly, these posts exist pretty much so I have an excuse to look at these cool ass collages.

Alright, let's get into it.  As always, one "play" = one song.  So an album with ten songs on it would be registered as ten "plays."  Larger pictures indicate more plays.

01. Buck 65 - Neverlove (105 plays)

02. Mike Mictlan - Hella Frreal (71 plays)

03. Mrs. - City (53 plays)

04. BNLX - Good Light (45 plays)

05. Homeless & Big Cats! - The Polar Bear Rug (35 plays)

06. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (30 plays)

07. Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$ (30 plays)

08. Nadastrom - The Life And Times Of Raphael De La Ghettó (30 plays)

09. Greetings From Tuskan - The Love From Afar (24 plays)

10. All - Allroy Saves (22 plays)

11. Morrissey - Your Arsenal (21 plays)

12. Aesop Rock - Labor Days (20 plays)

13. Clementine - Crooked Brain (20 plays)

14. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (19 plays)

15. Various Artists - A Record Label Sampler Volume 4 (19 plays)

16. A Tribe Called Quest - The Anthology (18 plays)

17. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (18 plays)

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

19. X - The Houston Museum Of Natural Science (18 plays)

20. P. Morris - Daydream (18 plays)

21. Various Artists - Ghostly Swim (17 plays)

22. Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (16 plays)

23. Felt - Felt 2: A Tribute To Lisa Bonet (16 plays)

24. Iggy Pop - New Values (15 plays)

25. Babyshambles - Down In Albion (15 plays)

26. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (15 plays)

27. Big Quarters - Cost Of Living (Instrumentals) (15 plays)

28. Bad Religion - Recipe For Hate (14 plays)

29. The Potatomen - Now (14 plays)

30. Erykah Badu - Baduizm (13 plays)

31. Millencolin - For Monkeys (13 plays)

32. Ruth Ruth - Laughing Gallery (13 plays)

33. Dillinger Four - Situationist Comedy (13 plays)

34. Pulp - Different Class (12 plays)

35. The Libertines - Up The Bracket (12 plays)

36. Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue (12 plays)

37. Why? - Elephant Eyelash (12 plays)

38. Paul Westerberg - Eventually (12 plays)

39. Warpaint - Warpaint (12 plays)

40. Blur - The Magic Whip (12 plays)

41. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (11 plays)

42. Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated (11 plays)

43. The Stand4rd - The Stand4rd (11 plays)

44. Human Kindness - Not Apathetic (11 plays)

45. Wilco - Star Wars (11 plays)

46. Rupert AngelEyes - Young Sunset (10 plays)

47. Various Artists - Adult Swim Singles Program 2015 (10 plays)

48. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding (10 plays)

49. William Within - Lost In Writing (10 plays)

50. Suede - Coming Up (10 plays)

There you have it, everybody.  Big thanks to everybody who read the blog & listened to the show last month. All episodes of the show are available to stream over on my Mixcloud page. If you dig it, stop by the Flatbasset Radio Facebook page & give it a "Like."

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

Most Played Albums: March '14

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

(Larger picture indicates more plays)

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

Newest Industry Presents - Flatbasset Radio: Episode #34

(THIS POST ORIGINALLY APPEARS ON THE TWIN CITIES BLOG NEWEST INDUSTRY)

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Hello again, free music fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #34!
 
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 and/or download!

This week's episode finds TCDroogsma flying solo from Planet New Basset yet again.  Over the course of this episode Droogsy apologizes for the break between podcasts. plays a "math rock sex jam," celebrates an albums ten year anniversary & a major organ transplant in one fell swoop, finds the connection between Bob Dylan, Outkast, & Dolly Parton, discusses why he enjoys arena shows, finally understands selfies while at the Miley Cyrus concert, admires a rapper's self-contained business model, mercilessly pushes his new favorite Minneapolis band, and wishes Murs a happy birthday by naming "Everything" his Flatbasset Flatclassic Of The Week!

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 #34

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #34 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. Mrs. -Yawn
02. P.O.S. - Kidney Thief
03. Takuya Kuroda - Rising Song
04. SBTRKT - Blue Cassette (Live On BBC1)
05. Bob Dylan - It Ain't Me, Babe
06. Outkast - Hey Ya!
07. Dolly Parton - Jolene
08. Human Kindness - Prescription Drugs
09. Frank Ocean + Mick Jones + Paul Simonon + Diplo - Hero
10. Ka - No Downtime
11. Great Good Fine OK - Not Going Home
12. Murs - Everything

There you have it, music fans!  Enjoy!

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.

For more Newest Industry be sure to give us a follow on Twitter (@NewestIndustry1) to stay up on the work being done by all of our contributors.  More importantly, we have a Facebook page here.  Trivial as it seems, stopping by and giving us a "Like" is a free & legitimate way to support the blog.  

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.