Flatbasset Radio: Episode #122

I can't seem to keep a straight face...

Well hello again, music fans. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #122!

Folks, it's a gorgeous spring day here in Minneapolis. The kind of day that makes you want to open your windows and listen to some jams while you do a bit of spring cleaning.

This week's show is full of jams to help you embrace the sunshine. Some new stuff from a Twin Cities ex-pat, old British trip-hop, old Minnesotan hip-hop, New Jersey's finest punk rock, NYC's finest soft-focus loops, a lost gem from the most iconic English band of the last 20 years, some garage rock, some proggy-folk (or folky-prog) as we continue exploring the Father/Daughter catalog, a late 2000's supergroup, and one of my favorite new voices out of L.A. All that plus the Cover Of The Week, deep dive into Nates Archives, a short spin in the Minnesota Way-Back Machine, and an absolute stunner of a 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 #122 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.



Here's how Episode #122 plays out:

01. Wellness - Fake Flowers

02. Massive Attack - Risingson

03. The Dynospectrum - Anything Is Everything

04. Slothrust - Sex And Candy

05. Lifetime - Knives, Bats, New Tats

06. Foxes In Fiction - Memory Pools

07. Radiohead - Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)

08. Janis Figure - Shiny Shoes

09. Holy Spirits - Handmade Sun

10. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Meeting Place

11. Dakota Blue - Living Daze

12. The Plastic Constellations - Floated Down & Flew Around









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Flatbasset Radio Artwork by Ross Auger

Thanks for listening!

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #100

Who else sounded like this?

Well hello again, everybody! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #100!

That's right, folks, we made it! 100 episodes. That's nearly four straight days worth of shows if you played them back to back. I do not recommend playing them all back to back as my nasal voice will haunt both your dreams & nightmares, but regardless, that's a lot of damn shows.

This week's show is filled with all sorts of gems. Their are some outstanding local shows coming up this weekend, a stellar Cover Of The Week, three new songs from three major artists, the Flatbasset Flatclassic, and all the mumbling & "ummm's" that I probably should have learned to avoid about 50 episodes ago. Like I said, great show.

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 #100 (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 Episode #100 plays out:

01. Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass

02. BNLX - Resist! Resist!

03. Surfer Blood - Islands

04. Mondo Boys - Shangri-La Suite
05. Father John Misty - Who Loves The Sun

06. Arcade Fire - Everything Now

07. Drake - 0 To 100 (Big Cats Island Universe Mix)

08. Machita With Bionik - Cashed

09. Mixed Blood Majority - Can't Get Enough

10. Night Of Joy - I Know A Shortcut

11. George Fitzgerald - Full Circle (w/Boxed In)

12. Radiohead - I Promise

13. The Cribs - My Life Flashed Before My Eyes









There you have it, folks! Enjoy!

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #98

I'm on a roll this time...

Well hello again, podcast fans. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #98!

Another Friday, another episode of Flatbasset Radio. Thanks for stopping by everyone. I've got a hell of a show here for you. 12 songs, 55 minutes, some local stuff, some upcoming shows, a nice batch of anniversaries, the Cover Of The Week, and, of course, the Flatbasset Flatclassic.

Along the way I discuss wasting a gorgeous Friday afternoon, the way time blurs the specifics of genres, a belated reuniting of a Twin Cities fave, my favorite song off the new Forged Artifacts comp, a great Minneapolis producer, shows happening this weekend, my own misplaced priorities, and the genesis of Radiohead's blossoming into the most "important" rock band on Earth.

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 #98 (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 Episode #98 plays out:

01. Tim Armstrong - Wake Up

02. Little Fevers - Stones

03. White Rabbits - The Plot

04. Roma Di Luna - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

05. Happyness - Montreal Rock Band Somewhere

06. Falls - Wanted Flaw

07. Spooky Ghost - Denim Dream

08. Lifetime - Just A Quiet Evening

09. Witch Watch - Another Gaze

10. Tabah - Curtain Call

11. Kaiser Chiefs - Everything Is Average Nowadays

12. Radiohead - Lucky










There you have it, folks! Enjoy!

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

Well hello again, internet. Welcome to yet another edition of Flatbasset Radio's Top 25!

That's right, folks, it's the first of the month. Cash your government checks, pay your rent, and indulge me in a bit of instant nostalgia.

As always, a big, big thank you to everybody who stopped by the blog last month. My buddy Nick & I put together an epic episode of Flatbasset Radio just a couple of weeks ago and it's gotten a very nice response, so thanks to anybody who gave it a spin. If you haven't given it a listen, you really should. Matter of fact, you should probably go back and listen to the other 77 episodes of the show too just to make sure you haven't missed anything.

Anyway, let's get to this post. I listened to a whole bunch of new music this month. The new Radiohead is excellent. The new Aesop Rock is even better. Fog's new one is great. I finally got around to Kanye's new one (epic!). Frankie Teardrop's new (and final) record is a gem. The new Astronautalis goes in. Ditto fore Homeboy Sandman. All in all, good month.

Before I get to the stats, the usual reminder: Every song listened to counts as a "play." Seems obvious, right? So, for example, the new Radiohead record has 11 songs, meaning each time I listen to it all the way through it counts 11 "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 around Planet New Basset.

Alright, here we go...

01. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid (107 plays)

02. Astronautalis - Cut The Body Loose (77 plays)

03. Frankie Teardrop - Hell Yep (70 plays)

04. Fog - For Good (56 plays)

05. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo (39 plays)

06. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (33 plays)

07. Tim Gadban - Vanishing Animal (33 plays)

08. Various Artists - ECS 100: Ecstattic Forever (A Compliation) (33 plays)

09. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Hearts Of Oak (26 plays)

10. Homeboy Sandman - Kindness For Weakness (26 plays)

11. The Hang Ups - The Hang Ups (25 plays)

12. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - All This Useless Beauty (24 plays)

13. Down By Law - Blue (24 plays)

14. R.E.M. - Eponymous (24 plays)

15. Tapes 'N Tapes - Outside (24 plays)

16. Lil' Wayne - The Dedication 2 (24 plays)

17. Ego Death - Daze (23 plays)

18. Paper Tiger - In Other Words: Part One (23 plays)

19. The Person & The People - Dark And Low (22 plays)

20. Various Artists - Meat Tape (22 plays)

21. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (22 plays)

22. Thursday - War All The Time (22 plays)

23. My Bloody Valentine - M B V (18 plays)

24. Lunch Duchess - My Mom Says I Have A Rich Inner Life (18 plays)

25. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (18 plays)

There it is, everybody. Stay tuned for more shows & words & stuff.

Image via Tap Music
Stats via my Last.fm page

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #76

"Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram..."

Well hello again, podcast fans. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #76!

Folks, it's a gorgeous day outside, so I'd like to take moment to thank you for passing up enjoying the outdoors to spend some time sitting at a computer listening to me rabble on about music.

In this week's episode I pay tribute to one of hip-hop's most underrated builders, get a head start on some of North Carolina's finest pop-punk, reprimand Radiohead for their "tour," drop an 18:00+ Minnesota music hat trick, take a quick trip across the border to Wisconsin for some guitar-based redemption, check in on those incorrigible upstarts over at Pytch Records, revisit an underrated record from the 2000's "Rock Revival," and go back 50 (!) years to celebrate one of the most important American pop albums of all time. All that plus the Cover Of The Week, Flatbasset Flatclassic, and more banter than anybody could ever want.

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 #76 (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. A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime

02. Museum Mouth - Incubus Tattoo

03. Radiohead - Spectre

04. Jesse Lacey - Bad Day

05. Straya - Personally, For Me/For Me, Personally

06. P.O.S - Sleepdrone/Superposition (w/Allan Kingdom, Astronautalis, Eric Mayson, Kathleen Hanna, Hard_R, Lydia Liza, Lizzo, & Nicholas L. Perez)

07. Poliça - Lose You

08. Tenement - The Block Is Safe Again

09. c.Kostra - Miracle Child

10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Turn Into

11. The Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made For These Times









There it is, folks! 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.