Showing posts with label tapes 'n tapes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tapes 'n tapes. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums: April '18


Well hello again, everybody! Welcome another installment of Album Collage Monthly!

You know what they say about April - in like a frozen tundra of depression, out like a sweaty mess of depression! Nah, I kid. I hope April was good to you. It was pretty good to me. Very big thanks to everybody who stopped by the blog or checked out the show this month. I was able to crank out for new episodes of the podcast and crank out Flatbasset's first ever interview.

(Special Paragraph Break - Exceptionally big thanks to Jeremy Warden of Double Grave for working with me on that interview. Like an idiot I'd been debating reaching out for an interview for a month but my nerves got the best of me. When I finally did reach out we had to work it out on a super tight deadline and Jeremy definitely went above and beyond in finding time to answer my questions. Definitely appreciated. Go get their new EP. It's flame emoji.)

Alright, back to this thing.

As always, one "play" equals one song. For example, the new Niiice. album has 10 songs on it, so each time I listen to it front to back it counts as ten "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. Mitchell Adam Johnson - Marigold (70 plays)

02. Niiice. - Try To Stay Positive (70 plays)

03. No Kim - Sweet For Promise (65 plays)

04. The Suicide Machines - Battle Hymns (60 plays)

05. Talking Heads - More Songs About Food And Buildings (55 plays)

06. V/A - Unpop 159 (49 plays)

07. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (46 plays)

08. The Specials - Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent! (45 plays)

09. Brian Eno - Another Green World (44 plays)

10. Wellness - Mall Goth (44 plays)

11. Propagandhi - Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes (42 plays)

12. Superdrag - Head Trip In Every Key (41 plays)

13. Pulp - This Is Hardcore (41 plays)

14. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (41 plays)

15. V/A - Mojo Presents... Island Folk (39 plays)

16. Alexei Shishkin - 3 (39 plays)

17. Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine (38 plays)

18. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement (38 plays)

19. Tapes 'N Tapes - Walk It Off (38 plays)

20. All - Allroy Sez... (37 plays)

21. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends (37 plays)

22. The Fall - I've Never Felt Better In My Life - 1979-1982 (37 plays)

23. The Dynospectrum - The Dynospectrum (36 plays)

24. Dakota Blue - LAVALIKE // Rodeo Knife (36 plays)

25. The Plastic Constellations - We Appreciate You (35 plays)

There you have it, folks. Stay tuned for more shows (and hopefully more interviews) in May.





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Friday, April 27, 2018

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #123


Heard your voice in between the lines...


Well hello again, podcast fans. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #123!

It's a gorgeous spring day here in Minneapolis. Whether you spend it outside enjoying the thaw or inside struggling with crippling introversion, this week's episode's got you covered. 12 songs, 61 minutes, always free to stream/download.

This week's episode is full of jams to soundtrack your spring. I've got some new local music, some upcoming shows, our continuing exploration of the Father/Daughter Records catalog, instrumentals from Minneapolis to Brussels, an impassioned defense of the archetypal "blog band," a celebration of a post-hardcore masterpiece, some new local soft rock, and some new local dream pop. All that plus some anniversaries, the Cover Of The Week, our deep dive into Nate's Archives, a spin in the Minnesota Way-Back Machine, and 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 #123 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.



Here's how Episode #123 plays out:






01. Double Grave - Deadend





02. Mutual Benefit - Wishing





03. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Mainland





04. Franz Ferdinand - Leaving My Old Life Behind





05. Jawbreaker - Want





06. Atmik - Hardwired





07. Tapes 'N Tapes - Conquest





08. Kill Sadie - Erf (The Place You Live)





09. Loden - Uplift





10. Stanley - Light On





11. No Kim - About Your Youth





12. Semisonic - Singing In My Sleep










Beats by Phatnumber
Flatbasset Radio Artwork by Ross Auger

Thanks for listening!





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.