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

Well hello everybody. Welcome to yet another edition of Album Collage Monthly!

Did you all have a nice Halloween? I didn't go out this year because I'm old and I enjoy sleeping, but thanks to the magic of social media I was able to see each and every one of your costumes. That's right! Every one of you! You all did an excellent job.

As is typically the case, this month only featured one episode of Flatbasset Radio and it came out two days ago. October is typically when business picks up and one of my jobs and this October did not disappoint. Unless you were looking forwards to more podcasts from me. In which case it was tremendously disappointing.

As always, super big thanks to anybody & everybody who checked out the show this month. I'm hoping to burn some physical copies of Ep. #87 and drop them off at Reverie, Cheapo, & The Electric Fetus, so keep your eyes peeled for those. I'm also more than willing to mail copies to anybody who asks for them. Just head over the Flatbasset Radio Facebook page and hit me up with your address. I can guarantee* you I won't sell your address to any sort of mass mailing company.

(*Guarantee void in Tennessee)

Let's get to the collage. As always, remember that every song listened to counts as a "play." Seems obvious, right? So, for example, that new Bon Iver album has 10 songs, meaning each time I listen to it all the way through it counts 10 "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.

01. The Person & The People - Unemployment Blues (72 plays)

02. Bon Iver - 22, A Million (70 plays)

03. Mux Mool - Implied Lines (64 plays)

04. Tony Peachka - Dirty Knees (56 plays)

05. Various Artists - Without A Trace (Mirror Universe Tapes Comp) (49 plays)

06. Rockthrow - In Minnesota They Call People "Folks" (39 plays)

07. Various Artists - The Future Of Music I: Electronic [A Twin Cities Compilation] (36 plays)

08. Sport - Bon Voyage (34 plays)

09. Paul Weller - Modern Classics: The Greatest Hits (33 plays)

10. The Chambermaids - The Chambermaids (30 plays)

11. Freddie Nunez - Demos From The Future (30 plays)

12. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo (28 plays)

13. The Streets - Cyberspace & Reds (27 plays)

14. Phone Home - Songs For Real Life Games (24 plays)

15. Quarterstance - Ready For Bed (23 plays)

16. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America (22 plays)

17. Brand New - Deja Entendu (22 plays)

18. Les Savy Fav - Go Forth (22 plays)

19. Various Artists - Adult Swim Singles Program 2016 (21 plays)

20. The Go-Betweens - Bright Yellow Bright Orange (21 plays)

21. Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman - Lice 2: Still Buggin' (21 plays)

22. Murs & 9th Wonder - Fornever (20 plays)

23. Color TV - Demo 2015 (20 plays)

24. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst (19 plays)

25. T. Rex - Great Hits 1972-1977: The A-Sides (19 plays)

There you have it, folks. Stay tuned for more shows to help you through the holidays.

Image via Tap Music
Stats via my Last.fm page

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

Well hello again, everybody, and welcome to yet another installment of the most important running column on the internet: Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums.

Thank God it's April. No joke. I won't bore you with the details, but March of every year is far & away my busiest month each year. I have a lot of work between my jobs and honestly, once I finish those my priorities are sleep, basset hound, food... and that's pretty much it. It's not just the blog/podcast that gets neglected, it's friends, family, personal appearance, nutrition, cleanliness... Pretty much everything.

That's a roundabout way of apologizing for the lack of posts over the last month. However, with March behind me, it's time to get back to work. What better way to ease my toes back into the cold, harsh waters of the internet than recapping which albums were getting the most play while I slogged through another brutal March? Let's get to some instant nostalgia!

As always, please remember that one song = one play. If I listen to, Blur's The Great Escape once all the way through, it counts as 15 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.

Here we go!

01. Poliça - United Crushers (84 plays)

02. Yeah Wings - It Feels Like Laughing With You (63 plays)

03. Tony Peachka - Hello Tony (44 plays)

04. The Kelley Deal 6000 - Go To The Sugar Altar (32 plays)

05. Big Cats - What If It Doesn't Get Better? (32 plays)

06. Blur - The Great Escape (31 plays)

07. DJ Shadow - Excessive Ephemera (30 plays)

08. Bad Religion - The Gray Race (30 plays)

09. Motion City Soundtrack - I Am The Movie (29 plays)

10. Son Volt - Wide Swing Tremolo (28 plays)

11. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger (26 plays)

12. Superdrag - Head Trip In Every Key (26 plays)

13. Poolboy - Poolboy (25 plays)

14. Prince - 3121 (24 plays)

15. Bill Withers - Just As I Am (24 plays)

16. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (24 plays)

17. The Stone Roses - Second Coming (24 plays)

18. Still Life Still - Girls Come Too (22 plays)

19. Rancid - Life Won't Wait (22 plays)

20. The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me (20 plays)

21. Down By Law - All Scratched Up! (18 plays)

22. Pale Spectre - Live On Radio K (2016) (18 plays)

23. CFCF - Do U Like Night Bus? (17 plays)

24. Tiny Deaths - Night Flowers (17 plays)

25. Sloan - Peppermint (16 plays)


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Stats via my Last.fm page

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #75

The only salvation for us tonight is to turn on the radio...

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #75!

Folks, no joke, I was not in a great spot when I recorded this week's show. I'm a little under the weather, my body aches, the light's burned out here at Planet New Basset, and I was late for work today. It's been rough.

However, part of the reason I do the show is, selfishly, to lift my own spirits and this one doesn't disappoint in that regard. What it may lack in quality banter it more than makes up for in absolute cold-blooded jams. I've got plenty of new local music on this one, a celebration of Beatles producer George Martin, some dusty-sample throwbacks, a couple of anniversaries, hell, I even manage to avoid launching into my entire Gin Blossoms defense (condensed version: the Gin Blossoms were great) Killer stuff all around. All that plus 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 #75 (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. Night Moves - Carl Sagan

02. DJ Shadow - Stem (Cops 'N Robbers Mix)

03. Majical Cloudz - Bugs Don't Buzz

04. Pale Spectre - Nothing Yet

05. The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping

06. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

07. The Beatles - Yesterday

08. Tony Peachka - Party Song

09. Medium Zach - The Art Of The Flip Pt. 1

10. Down By Law - Radio Ragga

11. Cat Power - Lived In Bars

12. Gin Blossoms - Follow You Down








There you have it, folks. Thanks for listening!

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.