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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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #77

I know it's dumb to say, but turnabout's fair play...

Well hello again, everybody! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #77!

Come for the jams, slog through the banter!


In this week's episode I admonish my own listeners for staying inside and listening to the show, defend Paul Westerberg's solo career, discuss an arena show by one of rock's most iconic bands that met my expectations squarely, check in with one of power-pop's great singers, attempt to rescue a Carl Barat side-project from the dustbin of history, admire Aesop Rock's storytelling, discuss yet another arena show by yet another of rock's most iconic that absolutely surpassed my expectations, & take a victory lap with one of the 90's most underrated bands. All that plus a bunch of anniversaries, the Cover Of The Week, & the 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 #77 (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 this week's show plays out:

01. Paul Westerberg - These Are The Days

02. Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers

03. Cars & Trains - Broken Streetlamp Serenade

04. Green Day - My Generation

05. Guided By Voices - The Official Ironmen Rally Song

06. Donald Fagen - Security Joan

07. Look Park - Aeroplane

08. Dirty Pretty Things - Doctors And Dealers

09. Aesop Rock - Blood Sandwich

10. The Beatles - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End

11. Local H - Eddie Vedder








There you have it, folks. Enjoy!

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

Well hello again, everybody. Welcome to another month's worth of instant nostalgia!

Even with a bonus day February flew by. I'm sorry that the posts haven't been too routine. I was very busy and very tired, but I'm trying my best here. Of course, big thank you to everybody who did make the time to check out the couple of Flatbasset Radio episodes I put together this month as well as that P.O.S. MinneClassics show.

The flipside of being so busy means that I likely spent a lot of time on public transit, which means I was able to listen to a ton of music. As you can see below, I covered a lot of ground.

As always, please remember that one song = one play. If I listen to, say, Springsteen's The River once all the way through, it counts as 20 plays. These stats are all pulled from my Last.fm page, which you should definitely follow if you're certain you've checked out absolutely everything else on the internet.

So, without further ado, here's Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums Of February, 2016:

01. Edison - The Hand (79 plays)

02. Mixed Blood Majority - Insane World (77 plays)

03. Doks Robotiks - Doks (70 plays)

04. Bruce Springsteen - The River (61 plays)

05. Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs (42 plays)

06. Vandaam - VNDM EP 2 (42 plays)

07. J Dilla - Donuts (32 plays)

08. The Hang Ups - Pretend Hits (32 plays)

09. Local H - Pack Up The Cats (30 plays)

10. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (29 plays)

11. Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy (27 plays)

12. Fountains Of Wayne - Sky Full Of Holes (26 plays)

13. The Lemonheads - Car Button Cloth (24 plays)

14. The Specials - More Specials (24 plays)

15. Sparta - Threes (24 plays)

16. Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business (24 plays)

17. Collage - Lollygag (21 plays)*

18. Neil Young - Harvest (20 plays)

19. The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever (20 plays)

20. Desmond Dekker - Rockin' Steady: The Best Of Desmond Dekker (20 plays)

21. Shad - When This Is Over (20 plays)

22. Eric Mayson - Detail (19 plays)

23. Sayth & North House - Body Pillow (18 plays)

24. The Cure - Greatest Hits (18 plays)

25. Radiohead - In Rainbows (Bonus Disc) (16 plays)

*That blank spot you see is for an album called Lollygag by a local artist called Collage. Does anybody know anything about this band or album? I bought it on a whim over at Cheapo. There does not appear to be any information about it whatsoever on the internet. All I can gather from the album is that it was released in 1994 on Gypsy Gyrl records. It seems to be the project/brainchild of a woman named Terry Blessing. That's actually quite a bit of info, but if anybody knows anymore about it or maybe saw this band back in the 90's, please hit me up in the comment section or over on the Flatbasset Facebook page. Thanks.

Image via Tap Music
Stats via my Last.fm page

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Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums: November '15

That's right, folks. Another month has passed, which means it's time for an album collage.

It was a relatively busy November here at Planet New Basset. It felt great to get back on my podcast game.  Well, as close to "on my game" as my show gets anyway. Big thanks to everybody who checked out the shows or read the posts. I'm thankful for YOU this year.

And stuffing.

And pie.

Mmmmm.... pie....

What?  Oh yeah, the albums.  As always, these stats are pulled from my Last.fm page.

01. Kill The Vultures - Carnelian (84 plays)

02. nosunnofood - all the moving parts of the ultimately median man (66 plays)

03. Catsax - Catsax (63 plays)

04. Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth (24 plays)

05. Gin Blossoms - Congratulations I'm Sorry (24 plays)

06. Guided By Voices - Under The Bushes Under The Stars (24 plays)

07. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (24 plays)

08. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (20 plays)

09. Air - Talkie Walkie (20 plays)

10. Descendents - All (20 plays)

11. The Plastic Constellations - Crusades (20 plays)

12. The Monochrome Set - Love Zombies (20 plays)

13. Eels - Rotten World Blues (20 plays)

14. Eyedea - The Many Faces Of Oliver Hart Or How Eye One The Write Too Think (19 plays)

15. Retribution Gospel Choir - The Revolution (16 plays)

16. Stars - Nightsongs (15 plays)

17. Zoo Animal - 2014 Ruff Trax (15 plays)

18. Paul Westerberg - Stereo (14 plays)

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

20. Ruth Ruth - Laughing Gallery (!4 plays)

21. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (13 plays)

22. The Vandalias - Mach V (13 plays)

23. The Replacements - All Shook Down (13 plays)

24. Manny Phesto - Southside Looking In (13 plays)

25. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People (12 plays)

Image via Tap Music
Stats via my Last.fm page

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #55 (w/MinneSarah)

The catcher in the rye caught a catch-22...

Well hello again, podcast fans!  Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #55!

As you may have gathered from the title of this post, MinneSarah's back!  That's right!  No more listening to me rabble on and on about who knows what.  This time around there are two of us to rabble on about who knows what.  Good times!

In this week's episode (sponsored by ALDI) we discuss sneaky Germany, St. Paul bus routes, the changing Vancouver music scene, making fun of Rod Stewart, a SUNY inferiority complex, the ease of assembling a band in England, whether or not Thom Yorke still has "it," the twentieth anniversary of one of MinneSarah's more formative albums, the truth behind the term "rhubarb rhubarb," the fashion of Brighton's brightest rappers, and relating to artists as you get older.  All that plus the Cover Of The Week and Flatbasset Flatclassic!

As always, this episode is available to stream or download for free.  Click on the album title below to download the show. Just click on the Mixcloud player below to stream.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #55 

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #55 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. The Pack A.D. - Cellophane
02. Diet Cig - Harvard
03. Revolting Cocks - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
04. The Twilight Sad - There's A Girl In The Corner
05. Thom Yorke - You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry
06. Metronomy - A Thing For Me
07. The Voyeurs - England Sings Rhubarb Rhubarb
08. Rizzle Kicks - Demolition Man
09. Local H - Mayonnaise And Malaise
10. Paul Westerberg - Once Around The Weekend (Alternate Mix)

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Album Of The Week: July 29-August 4, 2013

My Album Of The Week for the week of July 29th-August 4th, 2013:

Paul Westerberg - Stereo

I've been a fan of Paul Westerberg's solo stuff for quite some time and I'll be the first to admit that his solo catalog doesn't contain a lot of variety.  Pretty much every album is filled with mid-tempo, most acoustic indie-folk.  Each album is good for one or two pretty good singles, some great "kiss-off" lines and that's about it.  To be completely honest, if Westy was just another singer/songwriter type and not "the guy behind The Replacements" I probably wouldn't have given his albums near as much time to grow on me.

However, he is the guy behind The Replacements and being able to follow his career from the early 80's up through today has been a richly rewarding experience as a whole (even without much variety).  Stereo is one of those albums that I've had for years but hasn't received many spins.  Frankly, it's just about the most mundane of the Westerberg solo albums I own.  80% of the songs on this one don't even have bass or drums, just some guitars and Westerberg's nasally singing.  Whenever I'd try to listen to this one casually I'd find myself checking out halfway through because each song pretty much sounded like the last one.

Fortunately, that's why I do these Album Of The Week things.  Albums that seem drab or mundane tend to reveal themselves if you're willing to put in the time.  Spending a week listening to this one first thing in the morning will (hopefully) bring the differences in each song to the forefront and give the album a bit more color.  Hopefully.