Flatbasset Radio: Episode #127

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Well hello again, everybody! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #127!

That's right, it's a rare Tuesday night show here at Planet New Basset. Something about the heat and holiday led to spending an inordinate amount of time lying in the air conditioning and napping, but you know I wouldn't leave you hanging for a whole week (at least not during the summer). No algorithms, no agenda, just 12 songs over 58 minutes lovingly assembled by yours truly.

On this week's show we complain about the heat, check in with one of the Twin Cities greatest bands of the 21st century, play the "what could have been game" on the anniversary of a rock icon's death, continue our exploration of the Disposable America catalog, wonder about the "American Bowie," listen to a new beat from one of our favorite local producers, discuss the various phases of the greatest American punk band, and celebrate one of the great Midwestern bands of my lifetime. All that plus the Cover Of The Week, our deep dive into Nate's Archives, a trip in the Minnesota Way-Back Machines, and, as always, 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 #127 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.



Here's how Flatbasset Radio: Episode #127 plays out:

01. France Has The Bomb - Grimm Trigger

02. Tim Fite - I Hope You're There

03. Jeff Buckley - Nightmares By The Sea

04. Funeral Advantage - 2 Late

05. Jobriath - Morning Star Ship

06. Joey Joey Michaels - Coming Over Lately

07. Rupert Angeleyes - I Believe In Love/The King Of Dentistry

08. The Owls - Luck

09. Big Cats - White Sands

10. Trace Mountains - Cary's Dreams

11. Bad Religion - Strange Denial

12. Local H - The One With 'Kid'









Beats by Phatnumber
Flatbasset Radio Artwork by Ross Auger

Thanks for listening!

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

Well hello again, everybody.  The cold and sadness of February is behind us and I think we all made it out unscathed.  At least I hope we did.  Maybe you didn't.  If you were on the fence about making it, perhaps it was because you thought to yourself, "Self, life's terrible.  It's cold outside, it's dark so early, my girlfriend left me on Valentine's Day, and my cat refuses to acknowledge me unless he's hungry.  However, I have to press through because I'm just hellbent on finding out what albums Droogsy's been listening to while he traverses the darkest days of winter."

First off, if you did actually have these thoughts, you have issues.  Real, serious issues and I would absolutely advise you to seek professional help or, failing that, unprofessional help.  Second, things are looking up, because it's time to recap Flatbasset Radio's 50 Most Played Albums of February 2015.

As always, one "play" equals one listen to one song, meaning an album with 10 tracks counts as 10 plays.  Let's get to it.

(Larger pictures indicate more plays)

01. Freez & Mike Frey - Freez's Frozen French Frys (105 plays)

02. Human Kindness - Not Apathetic (77 plays)

03. Hotelecaster - Farther Fewer (48 plays)

04. The Flagrants - The Flagrants (40 plays)

05. Descendents - Milo Goes To College (30 plays)

06. Rupert AngelEyes - Young Sunset (29 plays)

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

08. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (23 plays)

09. Kanye West - Late Registration (21 plays)

10. Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (20 plays)

11. Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam (20 plays)

12. Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves (19 plays)

13. Steel Tipped Dove - Centuries Long Sigh (19 plays)

14. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (18 plays)

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

16. Fountains Of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Mangers (16 plays)

17. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (16 plays)

18. The Band - Northern Lights-Southern Cross (16 plays)

19. The Mr. T Experience - Revenge Is Sweet And So Are You (16 plays)

20. Local H - Ham Fisted (15 plays)

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

22. Goodbye Harry - I Can Smoke (15 plays)

23. Citroën - /Signal (15 plays)

24. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (14 plays)

25. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (14 plays)

26. The Hi-Fives - Get Down! (14 plays)

27. Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives (14 plays)

28. The Cribs - In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (14 plays)

29. Death Grips - Fashion Week (14 plays)

30. Oasis - The Masterplan (14 plays)

31. Pulp - We Love Life (13 plays)

32. Beck - Guero (13 plays)

33. Weezer - The Lion And The Witch (13 plays)

34. These Arms Are Snakes - Easter (13 plays)

35. Rizzle Kicks - Stereo Typical (13 plays)

36. Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis (13 plays)

37. Sparta - Wiretap Scars (12 plays)

38. Morrissey - Viva Hate (12 plays)

39. Armchair Martian - Who Wants To Play Bass? (12 plays)

40. Piebald - We Are The Only Friends We Have (12 plays)

41. Jets To Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary (11 plays)

42. Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig (11 plays)

43. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (11 plays)

44. Lightning Seeds - Dizzy Heights (11 plays)

45. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town (10 plays)

46. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (10 plays)

47. The Go-Betweens - The Friends Of Rachel Worth (10 plays)

48. Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life (10 plays)

49. Sugar - Copper Blue (10 plays)

50. Manny Phesto - Live On Radio K (2015) (10 plays)

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

Album Of The Week: "Young Sunset" by Rupert Angeleyes

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

Rupert Angeleyes - Young Sunset

01. Jealousy
02. Delicate Guy
03. Out Of My Control
04. I Think I'll Have Another
05. I Don't Believe In Love
06. When I Fell In Love
07. Painters Mixing Paint
08. Crying For Who I Could Be
09. I Believe In Love
10. The King Of Dentistry

Rupert Angeleyes, better known (though not for long) as the work of Sleeping In The Aviary's Kyle Sobczak, has been garnering a lot of press lately with this release.  After spending a week with Young Sunset two things became very clear.  First, the album deserves every bit of praise it's receiving.  And two, Kyle Sobczak's got problems.

What's the root of these problems, you may be asking?  Well, considering this is an album of pop music, you probably know the answer:  Women.

Sobczak's issues, real or fictional, are the backbone of this album.  He's gripped with jealousy when seeing his we're-still-friends ex at the bar, jealousy of his friend's girlfriend, defensive of his manhood, annoyed by a significant other's complacency, driven to drinking by domestic squabbles, and, oddly, remorseful at his lack of a dental career.  He really runs the gambit.  It's appropriate that "I Believe In Love," a song whose title implies a continued hope, is the lone instrumental on the album.

Don't let that last paragraph fool you though.  Young Sunset is hardly a downer.  On the contrary, Sobczak & company keep the proceedings jaunty & interesting all the way through.  This thing is littered with hooks, the production is sparkling, and the performance top notch.  Imagine pushing "play" on a Frankie Teardrop album & a Jens Lekman album at the same time and you'll start to understand what Ruper Angeleyes is all about.

Or just wait another month or two because Rupert Angeleyes is going to be inescapable soon.  A couple of years ago Sobczak told City Pages that he wanted his next album to be his masterpiece.  I don't know if Young Sunset quite gets there, but that's really for Sobczak to decide.  The rest of us can just kick back and enjoy.

If you'd like to check the album out for yourself it's out now on the unstoppable Forged Artifacts label and available on Rupert Angeleyes' Bandcamp page as a "Name Your Price" download.

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

Hello again, everybody.  February is upon us and, if you haven't noticed, it's fucking frigid outside.  I blame that goddamn Punxsutawney Phil.  Can't be too mad, though.  Clearly that shadow-seeing rodent knows his shit.

Anyway, like I always do at the start of the month, it's time to take a look back at the 50 Most Played Albums around Planet New Basset.

As always, you can keep up with what's being played here in real time by checking out my Last.fm page, though honestly, I have no idea why you would want to do that.  Frankly, I'm not even sure why you're still reading this.  Whatever. It's your life.

As always, larger pictures indicate more plays:

01. Mike The Martyr - Marbury (80 plays)

02. Rupert AngelEyes - Young Sunset (70 plays)

03. Rogue Valley - False Floors (66 plays)

04. Cruel Love - Cruel Love (64 plays)

05. Steel Tipped Dove - Centuries Long Sigh (38 plays)

06. Oasis - The Masterplan (28 plays)

07. Billy Joel - 52nd Street (27 plays)

08. Fastball - All The Pain Money Can Buy (26 plays)

09. Pulp - We Love Life (25 plays)

10. Jimmy Eat World - Futures (22 plays)

11. Lightning Seeds - Dizzy Heights (22 plays)

12. Kanye West - Late Registration (21 plays)

13. Earl Boykins - Everybody Likes Dogs (20 plays)

14. LCD Soundsystem - Sounds Of Silver (19 plays)

15. The Person & The People - Live On Radio K (2014) (19 plays)

16. Jack DeJohnette - Sorcery (17 plays)

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

18. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (16 plays)

19. Jazz Spastiks - Singles Collection (15 plays)

20. Stereolab - Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night (15 plays)

21. Atmosphere - Southsiders (15 plays)

22. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (14 plays)

23. Blur - Blur (14 plays)

24. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (13 plays)

25. Face To Face - Don't Turn Away (13 plays)

26. The Verve - Urban Hymns (13 plays)

27. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire (13 plays)

28. Gorillaz - Demon Days (13 plays)

29. Blink-182 - Blink-182 (13 plays)

30. Astronautalis - The Mighty Ocean And Nine Dark Theaters (13 plays)

31. The Plastiques - 101 (13 plays)

32. Museum Mouth - Sexy But Not Happy (13 plays)

33. Dosh - The Lost Take (12 plays)

34. Piebald - We Are The Only Friends We Have (12 plays)

35. Morrissey - Viva Hate (12 plays)

36. Armchair Martian - Who Wants To Play Bass? (12 plays)

37. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album (12 plays)

38. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig (12 plays)

39. Dosh - Daytrotter Session (12 plays)

40. Alpha Consumer - Gary Victorsen's (12 plays)

41. Kougar - Cold Room (12 plays)

42. Jets To Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary (11 plays)

43. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis (11 plays)

44. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (11 plays)

45. Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want To Be (11 plays)

46. The Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul (11 plays)

47. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (11 plays)

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

49. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (11  plays)

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

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