Flatbasset Radio: Episode #125

Oh so many illustrations...

Well hello again, music fans. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #125!

Thanks for stopping by for a rare Monday night episode of Flatbasset Radio. I'm sorry I'm a day late with this one. I actually sat and recorded Ep. #125 on Sunday but got too bogged down with other things (read: making tater tot hotdish) that I wasn't able to properly assemble this bad boy and get it posted. Sincere apologies to any hypothetical listeners out there who were waiting for the show only to be let down yet again.

All of that, however, is in the past. We're here and it's now, so stretch out and press play. Episode #125 is filled with all kinds of great stuff to get your week going. I've got some great new local punk stuff, some ambient guitar work, our continued exploration of the Disposable America's catalog via Zagreb's finest punk, a touch of beats, a dash of electro-meets-orchestral-rock, and a heartbreaking in memoriam. All that plus the Cover Of The Week, a deep dive into Nate's Archives, a trip in the Minnesota Way-Back Machine, and a stellar 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 #125 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.



Here's how Ep. #125 plays out:

01. Niiice. - RVR WTR

02. Alexei Shishkin - Umm

03. Cripple And Casino - Of Adam

04. Mike Ness - Don't Think Twice

05. Brian Eno - Cindy Tells Me

06. Dismantlists - Resigned

07. Frightened Rabbit - Roadless

08. Malachi Constant - I'm Enjoying Myself Hugely

09. snaer. - three.toed

10. POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e - Speaking Of Ghost

11. Flossy Clouds - Swing

12. Morrissey - Suedehead










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Flatbasset Radio Artwork by Ross Auger

Thanks for listening!

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #76

"Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram..."

Well hello again, podcast fans. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #76!

Folks, it's a gorgeous day outside, so I'd like to take moment to thank you for passing up enjoying the outdoors to spend some time sitting at a computer listening to me rabble on about music.

In this week's episode I pay tribute to one of hip-hop's most underrated builders, get a head start on some of North Carolina's finest pop-punk, reprimand Radiohead for their "tour," drop an 18:00+ Minnesota music hat trick, take a quick trip across the border to Wisconsin for some guitar-based redemption, check in on those incorrigible upstarts over at Pytch Records, revisit an underrated record from the 2000's "Rock Revival," and go back 50 (!) years to celebrate one of the most important American pop albums of all time. All that plus the Cover Of The Week, Flatbasset Flatclassic, and more banter than anybody could ever want.

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 #76 (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. A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime

02. Museum Mouth - Incubus Tattoo

03. Radiohead - Spectre

04. Jesse Lacey - Bad Day

05. Straya - Personally, For Me/For Me, Personally

06. P.O.S - Sleepdrone/Superposition (w/Allan Kingdom, Astronautalis, Eric Mayson, Kathleen Hanna, Hard_R, Lydia Liza, Lizzo, & Nicholas L. Perez)

07. Poliça - Lose You

08. Tenement - The Block Is Safe Again

09. c.Kostra - Miracle Child

10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Turn Into

11. The Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made For These Times









There it is, folks! Enjoy!

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.

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)


Image via Tap Music
Stats via my Last.fm page

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.