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

Well hello again, everybody! Welcome to another compelling episode of Album Collage Monthly!

Folks, another month is in the books. May was a steamy one here in Minneapolis, but I don't have any complaints.

As always, huge thank you to everybody who checked out the show this month. I managed to crank out four episodes in May, making it one of the few months over the life of the show that I actually stayed on schedule. It feels good.

Another big thanks to anybody who took a time to share the show via social media or in real life. As the show brings in zero dollars I have no promotional budget or team or anything of that nature. It's strictly for the love of creating the show and sharing it with folks, so any time people pass it along is greatly appreciated.

All that being said, let's get to the thing.

As always, one "play" equals one song. For example, the new Billy Sunday album has 9 songs on it, so each time I listen to it front to back it counts as nine "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. Extraterrestrials - Try Again (68 plays)

02. France Has The Bomb - ...But We Must Cultivate Our Garden (65 plays)

03. Dismantlists - Here At The End (65 plays)

04. Billy Sunday - Wooden Teeth (65 plays)

05. snaer. - doze (62 plays)

06. V/A - Midwest Mixtapes Vol. I (See You Never Records) (60 plays)

07. Bad Religion - No Substance (50 plays)

08. All - Mass Nerder (49 plays)

09. V/A - Unpop 160 (48 plays)

10. Snuff - Tweet Tweet My Lovely (43 plays)

11. Kidz In The Hall - The In Crowd (42 plays)

12. The Bilinda Butchers - Heaven (41 plays)

13. Bill Withers - +Justments (40 plays)

14. Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall (39 plays)

15. Lawn - Blood On The Tracks (38 plays)

16. No Age - Nouns (38 plays)

17. Local H - Twelve Angry Months (38 plays)

18. Andy Shauf - The Bearer Of Bad News (35 plays)

19. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (35 plays)

20. The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked (33 plays)

21. GRAMMA - GRAMMA (32 plays)

22. Jeff Buckley - Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk (32 plays)

23. Sugar - File Under: Easy Listening (30 plays)

24. The Muffs - Blonder And Blonder (28 plays)

25. Double Grave - Empty Hands (28 plays)


There you have it, folks. Stay tuned for more shows in June.

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #126

There's God in the arc when the ball leaves the park...

Well hello again, everybody! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #126!

Folks, it's a second consecutive Monday episode. I'm not completely certain how it happened since Monday is pretty much the worst possible day to release a show like mine... and yet, here we are. Somehow I'm getting worse at this as the years go by.

If the glass if half full, though, it's a new episode! Lots of great stuff on this one. We check in on the latest release from Forged Artifacts (the finest cassette label in Minneapolis), embrace a little clarinet, continue our exploration of the Disposable America catalog, listen to one of the greatest American indie rock bands cover another of the greatest American indie rock bands, enjoy a mid-show instrumental break, check in on the man behind my favorite Twin Cities band of the last 10 years, revisit some 3rd wave ska, bask in Mason Jennings blanket-like voice, and find the saddest point where man meets machine to stare down death. All that plus the Cover Of The Week, a deep dive into Nate's Archives, the trip 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 #126 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.



Here's how Episode #126 plays out:

01. Lawn - My Boy

02. Andy Shauf - Lick Your Wounds

03. Maura - My Shoes Fit

04. Superchunk - Brand New Love

05. The Boys - I Don't Care

06. The Bilinda Butchers - Old Style Amami

07. Billy Sunday - Shelby At The Bat

08. The Nadas - Love Divided

09. The Suicide Machines - Give

10. Mason Jennings - Crown

11. Extraterrestrials - Bizarre Economy

12. Portishead - The Rip









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Flatbasset Radio Artwork by Ross Auger

Thanks for listening!

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #110

Thank you for playing the way you play...

Well hello again, everybody. Long time, no see. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #110!

Happy Thanksgiving, folks. Thanks for coming back. I know it's been about a month since my last episode and, as always, I apologize. If you're really all that interested I have the usual list of excuses: busy, sleeping, working, lazy... I'm sorry for the delay. I truly love doing the show and I do appreciate that you've come back again.

Folks, I've got all kinds of jams lined up for Episode #110. A few anniversaries, a RIP to one of my favorite local bands, and RIP to one of my favorite local bars, a celebration of arena rock concerts, some Brooklyn synth-pop, some third-wave ska, a Canadian hip-hop concept album a birthday acknowledgement to one of indie rock's icons, a heartwarming Cover Of The Week, the inaugural voyage of the Minnesota Way-Back Machine, and my annual Thanksgiving 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 #110 (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 Episode #110 plays out

01. Extraterrestrials - Speak Like A Prude

02. The Pietasters - Out All Night

03. Buck 65 - Intro/1957

04. Daniel Johnston & Jeff Tweedy - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

05. The Promise Ring - Red & Blue Jeans/How Nothing Feels

06. Yeah Wings - The Promise Bison

07. Yohuna - It's All Yours

08. Askeleton - History Is Nothing But Words Written Down Unless Video-Taped

09. Robert Pollard - The Killers

10. Dillinger Four - The Great American Going Out Of Business Sale

11. Arcade Fire - We Don't Deserve Love

12. Descendents - Thank You











There you have it, folks! Enjoy!

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Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums: October '17

Rabbit rabbit, everybody! Welcome to another installment of the always compelling Records I Listened To Between Jobs!

Yes, November is upon us. Yes, I'm a day late with this post. No, I don't regret falling asleep after work and missing my deadline. See, that's the beauty of self-imposed deadlines - they still fall behind "napping" on the list of important things to do.

Anyway, as always, thank you to everybody who listened to the show this month. It was only a couple of shows, but they were pretty good ones, right?

Alright, let's get to the collage.

(As always, one "play" equals one song. For example, that new Extraterrestrials album has 11 songs on it, so each time I listen to it front to back it counts as eleven "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. The Miami Dolphins - Water Your Waiting For (98 plays)

02. Stanley - Stanley (80 plays)

03. Extraterrestrials - Extraterrestrials (77plays)

04. Loud Sun - Sea Grave (70 plays)

05. The National - The National (60 plays)

06. Green Day - Nimrod (55 plays)

07. Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow (47 plays)

08. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (46 plays)

09. The Apples In Stereo - Tone Soul Evolution (46 plays)

10. The Hives - The Black & White Album (41 plays)

11. V/A - Unpop 153 (41 plays)

12. The Pietasters - Willis (41 plays)

13. Arcade Fire - Everything Now (39 plays)

14. The Verve - Urban Hymns (39 plays)

15. V/A - Gold Mold Records Summer Sampler 2017 (37 plays)

16. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People (36 plays)

17. Pissed Jeans - Honeys (36 plays)

18. The Cramps - Look Mom No Head! (36 plays)

19. The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good (36 plays)

20. Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation (36 plays)

21. Sloan - Smeared (36 plays)

22. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (34 plays)

23. Tim O'Reagan - Tim O'Reagan (33 plays)

24. Lifter Puller - Half Dead And Dynamite (33 plays)

25. The Horrors - Strange House (33 plays)

There you have it, folks. Stay tuned for more shows throughout November!

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.