Album Of The Week: November 18-24, 2013

My Album Of The Week for the week of November 18th-24th, 2013:

The Central Division - Neighbor Of The Beast

I found out about The Central Division in just about the most roundabout way possible.  A few months back a local band called Citroën started following me on Twitter.  As such I went to their Bandcamp page to check out their music (and ended up downloading their Anachronaut EP, a previous AOTW).  After listening to their album I clicked on their "Recommendations" and found a single by The Central Division titled "It's Not The Heat, It's The Humility" (which I ended up playing on Flatbasset Radio: Episode #22).

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #22 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

(Quick Apology Sidenote:  If you do happen to listen to that podcast I mention that The Central Division is broken up.  FALSE!  They are not broken up.  That's what I get for not doing my research.)

Long story longer, I spent a week with each song from the It's Not The Heat, It's The Humility single and their 3 Songs EP.  I enjoyed each thoroughly enough that the next logical step was to spend a week with their LP Neighbor Of The Beast.

So here we are.  After listening to those previous EP's I thought The Central Division was in line with turn-of-the-century punk bands like Brand New and Taking Back Sunday.  Upon further listen, however, there's definitely an art-rock strain along the lines of Sunny Day Real Estate.

Anyway, all of that music is available on their Bandcamp page.  Give it a spin or two.

Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset Radio - Episode #22

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

You know I try so hard...

Hello again, free music fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #22!
 
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!

In this week's episode Droogsy finds the perfect song for autumn driving, continues to struggle with French, admits that he still hasn't grown out of his emo phase, questions the benefits of indie distribution model, celebrates a classic hip-hop album's anniversary, reminisces on small town, big box record buying, plays a radio commercial from the 70's, & pays tribute to a fallen rock n roll icon.

You can download the podcast for free by clicking the episode's title or stream the episode by clicking on the Mixcloud player below.

Flatbassset Radio - Episode #22

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #22 by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. The Rolling Stones - Beast Of Burden
02. Steddy P & DJ Mahf (w/Mad Dukez) - Get Up
03. Cruel Love - I Am The Airplane
04. BNLX - Opposites Attract
05. The Central Division - It's Not The Heat, It's The Humility
06. Atmosphere - Lifter Puller
07. Graham Coxon - In A Salty Sea
08. P.O.S. (w/Justin Vernon) - How We Land (MDS RMX)
09. Bars Of Gold - Coffee With Pele
10. Heems - Killing Time
11. King Krule - Border Line
12. Lou Reed - Perfect Day (Acoustic Demo)

There you have it, music fans! Enjoy!

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