Flatbasset Radio: Episode #119

You can see the shadows wandering off somewhere...

Well hello again, everybody! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #119!

Oh my goodness, folks, it's been a minute. How have you been? Feeling alright? It's spring, the sun is shining, St. Patrick's Day is behind us, Facebook is crumbling... What a time to be alive, right?

Anyway, sorry I was away for a few weeks. At this point you know my litany of excuses better than I do so I won't bother rehashing them here. Let's just get to the show.

On this week's episode I've got all kinds of sweet, sweet jams for you. We begin what I'm sure will be a rich & rewarding journey into the Father/Daughter Records catalog, check in with one of the Twin Cities longest-running indie rockers, here some Denver Rap, catch a warm weather jam (in the name of spring), revisit one of the best debut albums by a Twin Cities band of the last 20 years, celebrate a few anniversaries, take a dive into Nate's Archives, take a trip in the old Minnesota Way-Back Machine, and mark the 20th anniversary of a link in the chain that is quintessentially American power-pop. It's a hell of a show, folks.

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 #119 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.



Here's how Episode #119 plays out:

01. Family Trees - Dream Talkin'

02. INTL Falls - Those Kind Of Girls

03. Curta - Ghost Milk

04. LeMays - Dirty Work

05. Refused - Coup D'Etat

06. Bill Waters - New Car

07. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Midnight Man

08. Gospel Gossip - Revolutions In Physics

09. Blueprint - The Day To Day

10. The Miami Dolphins - Map Off

11. Gary Louris - She Only Calls Me On Sundays

12. Fastball - The Way









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.

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

Well hello again, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Things I Listened To On The Bus Monthly!

That's right, another month is in the rear view mirror, which means it's time for a dose of instant nostalgia.

Before we get to the list I'd like to throw a big thank you out to all artists & labels that took a moment to like, share, or retweet the show. I literally have no other means of exposure,so each of those shares means a lot to me.

Of course, those shares don't mean much if nobody listens to the show so I'd like to extend a XXL thank you to anybody who gave it a listen. Hopefully you enjoyed it.

Alright, let's get to the list.

(As always, one "play" equals one song. For example, the new Dizzy Fae mixtape 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. Panther Ray - Twilight Drips (103 plays)

02. Dizzy Fae - Free Form (72 plays)

03. Ten Grand - What I Should Have Said Vol. 1 (58 plays)

04. Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One Is One (56 plays)

05. Straya - Sobereyed (56 plays)

06. The Muffs - Really Really Happy (54 plays)

07. Foxes In Fiction - Swung From The Branches (54 plays)

08. Pearl Jam - Yield (44 plays)

09. A Grave With No Name - Passover (43 plays)

10. V/A - Unpop 157 (40 plays)

11. The Broken Bicycles - Restlessness Of Youth (40 plays)

12. Shannon And The Clams - Sleep Talk (36 plays)

13. Loden - Lit For Exits (Extinct) (36 plays)

14. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (35 plays)

15. V/A - Minnesota Sur Seine (35 plays)

16. Pat Keen - Live On Radio K (35 plays)

17. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis (33 plays)

18. INTL FALLS - INTL Falls (33 plays)

19. Shopping - The Official Body (32 plays)

20. Bob Mould - District Line (31 plays)

21. Andrew Broder - Live On Radio K (31 plays)

22. Gary Louris - Vagabonds (30 plays)

23. Run The Jewels - RTJ 3 (29 plays)

24. Polarnecks - Winter Demos (26 plays)

25. The Riverboat Gamblers - Something To Crow About (24 plays)

There you have it, folks. 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.