Top Ten Tuesday: Andy Williams "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

This song is at #10 on this week's Hot 100. Right underneath "Drip Too Hard", so you know it's the real deal. I guess people are digging the Andy Williams this year and I love it. This video is wild. The lip syncing isn't the best but it's a truly amazing music video (slash clip from a holiday special opener, I'm imagining)

New Countdown: (What a) Wonderful Episode!

Death Cab for Cutie

Boy there are some good new songs on this one. One of them is PARTICULARLY exciting to me. And then the songs that are still on there from weeks prior are all still very good as well. Enjoy!


Countdown #396

***Featuring***
AJR
Death Cab For Cutie
Dennis Lloyd
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Interrupters
lovelytheband
Louis Armstrong
Panic! At the Disco
Sam Cooke
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: Lil Baby & Gunna "Drip Too Hard"

This is a short song that doesn't feel like it has very much going on in it. Maybe it's part of a larger work. The video is very briefly NSFW

Top Ten Tuesday Two-fer: Halsey "Without Me" and Panic! At the Disco "High Hopes"

So last week, I had it all set up to post about this Halsey song, but I never got around to it, so here that is. This song is very good and I like the nod to Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River". The video is very compelling too!

And then here is a song by Panic! At the Disco which is on the Top Ten, which listeners to the podcast can expect to hear a lot of in the coming weeks! A LOT OF.

New Countdown: VERY Loose Definition of the Word "Blues"

twenty one pilots

We're back with another countdown and this time we have a plan. It's a plan that lets us off the hook a little bit but which also relieves a lot of stress that we were feeling about the prospect of catching up. Stress that apparently makes us speak in the plural 3rd person. How fun! Enjoy the episode. It goes places!


Countdown #395

***Featuring***
AJR
Death Cab For Cutie
Dennis Lloyd
Fall Out Boy
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
Louis Armstrong
lovelytheband
Muse
twenty one pilots
Walk the Moon
Weezer

New Countdown: So Duet Already!

lovelytheband

We've got some lovely old school duets in our bonus songs this week and the really funny thing is that, even though I'm going to put both participants (because why wouldn't I?) you won't know which song it is that I'm playing! Enjoy!!



Countdown #394

***Featuring***
AJR
Death Cab For Cutie
Dennis Lloyd
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
lovelytheband
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Muse
twentyonepilots
Walk the Moon
Weezer

New Countdown: Countdown? More like GET Down!

Foster the People

I feel like there are a lot of songs (and bonus songs) on this week's countdown that are designed to get you moving! So take this one out on the dance floor and cut a rug! Then take those rug pieces and give them to someone who collects things cut in half! They'll love it! And you'll love making it!


Countdown #393

***Featuring***
AJR
Death Cab For Cutie
Dennis Lloyd
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
Juice Wrld
Louis Armstrong
lovelytheband
Panic!At the Disco
twentyonepilots
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: Marshmello & Bastille "Happier"

Well, I didn't expect to CRY when I started this video. It's truly a beautiful video basically about how great dogs are? So anyways have tissues handy

Top Ten Tuesday - Ariana Grande "thank u, next"

This is the current #1 song in the country and at first I was like "eh, seems sort of topical and it's fine but like is this really worth the hype?" and then i listened to a version WITH the "fuckin'" in it and it really makes the whole song. Like, i'm not usually one to prefer a song with curse words, but this one is REALLY helped by it!

Enjoy this fuckin' song! :)

12 Years of Last.fm (Part 5) (#10-1)

P.O.S

Well here we are, in the last episode of the 5 part countdown of the top 50 artists that I've listened to in the past 12 years (2/14/06-2/14/18) and there are very few surprises here, so maybe the surprises are the order that they're in? Or maybe the surprises are the friends we made along the way!


12 Years of Last.fm (Part 5) (#10-1)

***Featuring***
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
Blink-182
Bob Dylan
Dessa
Doomtree
fun.
New Found Glory
NOFX
P.O.S
Smashing Pumpkins

Top Ten Tuesday: Post Malone & Swae Lee "Sunflower (From Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse)

OK wow! This song is really lovely and the video goes amazingly with it and also the Spider-Man fan in me was going wild at the thought of all these different iterations of Spider-Man teaming up. So what I'm saying is that I'm glad this is a song that I got to post about and watch. Amazing. Spectacular. Sensational. Ultimate. Web of.

New Countdown: Chill Songs for Chilly Air!

311

Here is an episode with some very chill music. I mean there's some decidedly UNchill music, too, but I made the decision to pick some chill bonus songs for you, so enjoy!


Countdown #392

***Featuring***
311
AJR
Bastille
Dennis Lloyd
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Panic! At the Disco
twentyonepilots
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: Bad Bunny featuring Drake "MIA"

Here is a song debuting at #5 (giving Drake his...*checks notes*...gajillionth Top Ten song) that is entirely in Spanish! It is an amazing time we're living in, if you look specifically at the Hot 100 Top Ten and almost nowhere else!

Top Ten Tuesday: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper "Shallow"

I forgot that I didn't actually post about this song on Tuesday. That's ok. I've watched the video now and the song is very good and the video is a very throwback-feeling video where it's a performance and clips from the movie. I love that kind of video when it's from the soundtrack of the movie. Everyone is talking about how great this movie is. Have you seen it? Is it so great? Let me know!

New Countdown: What a Coincidence!

Bastille Pumpkin by @NelllieHope12 mentioned in the episode

It's wild, the things that happen to crop up when you're doing this podcast. I made a last minute change to one of the bonus songs and happened to pick a song with a connection to one of the songs on the countdown that I didn't consider until I was doing the introduction for it. So weird! Look forward to hearing the astonishment in my voice!


Countdown #391

***Featuring***
311
AJR
Bastille
Dennis Lloyd
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Panic! At the Disco
twentyonepilots
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: Lil Wayne featuring Kendrick Lamar "Mona Lisa"

4 songs from Lil Wayne's new album debut in the Top 10 this week. I picked the one that features Kendrick :)

At first this song didn't grab me, but then I was hooked. It's very good and they both perform their verses very impressively!

New Countdown: Let's Make Sure We're Covered

Bastille

This has been another episode that has been a long time coming, but I think you're going to see a lot more episodes very soon, so watch this space. And enjoy this episode! It's a very good one with a lot of very great songs!


Countdown #390

***Featuring***
311
AJR
Bastille
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Panic! At the Disco
Toto
twentyonepilots
Two Feet
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: 5 Seconds of Summer "Youngblood"

This was a very interesting video and the song is very good. I bet that if I were to watch it again, I would pick up on other things that are going on in it, and I think that's very cool

Top Ten Tuesday: Eminem "Killshot"

So, I guess what happened is that Eminem dropped Machine Gun Kelly's name in a less than loving way on his new album, so then MGK responded with a diss track, and this is Eminem's response.It debuted at #3 this week. I liked it a lot.

Top Ten Tuesday: Kanye West & Lil Pump featuring Adele Givens "I Love It"

This song debuts at #6. And...well, it's short and to the point. It's certainly not my favorite song I've ever heard. Not by a long shot. I do like Kanye's face in the video when the lady turns around and it looks like he just got caught.

Special Countdown: 12 Years of Last.fm (Part 4) (#20-11)

Counting Crows ca 1994

I'm back with another installment of the countdown of the Top 50 artists that I listened to from 2/14/06-2/14/18. This episode is the much-anticipated Bottom 10 of the Top 20.


12 Years of Last.fm (Part 4)

***Featuring***
Ben Folds
Cartel
Counting Crows
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
Kanye West
Less Than Jake
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Top Ten Tuesday: Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas "Lucky"

No video for this one, but I figured that probably there won't be TWO Eminem songs in the Top Ten next week, so I should take advantage of it while I can! This song is debuting at #6 and "The Ringer" is debuting at #8.

This song was pretty good. It's interesting to hear Eminem on a very current-sounding song. I'm not sure. Hmm. It was pretty good.

Top Ten Tuesday - Khalid & Normani "Love Lies"

The holiday threw me off my TTT game, so it's going to be a twofer sort of thing today. Here's last week's

This was an excellent song accompanied by a very stylish and engaging video that still managed to turn some of the music video tropes on their heads. I loved everything about this.

New Countdown: Cause this is MY United Podcast of Whatever

Beck

This was an excellent episode, I think. There's new songs, jokes, old songs, things that might someday pass as jokes, and all sorts of other fun!


Countdown #389

***Featuring***
The Airborne Toxic Event
Bastille
Beck
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Panic! At the Disco
Tinted Windows
twentyonepilots
Two Feet
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: Ariana Grande "God is a Woman"

I am writing this part before I listen to the song/watch the video, but I want it on record that I am already really stoked to listen to this song!

Ok, this was pretty good. Not the best thing I've ever seen, but it was pretty good!

New Countdown: Six Next to Me

Two Feet

And we're back for some more countdown goodness! I really hate when I start recording an episode and then I get distracted. It happens often and then I'll hear a song (or even a BAND!) from the countdown and feel all guilty. But my guilt can be assuaged for at least 3 days because I got another one done! Woohoo!


Countdown #388

***Featuring***
Bastille
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Panic! at the Disco
Saves the Day
Sir Sly
Tinted Windows
Two Feet
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: Travis Scott featuring Drake "Sicko Mode"

Two songs debuted on the Top Ten by Travis Scott. This one debuted at #4 and I really like it! I really love how it switches beats so abruptly and I like the juxtaposition between Drake and Scott's voices. There's no official video for this one yet, so here's the audio from Travis Scott's YouTube channel

New Countdown: Anonymity

Foster the People

Today is the start of the reclamation of the backlog of the countdowns. I have been feeling really behind, but NO MORE! Buckle up and get ready for the catch-up


Countdown #387

***Featuring***
Bastille
Beck
Desaparecidos
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Panic! At the Disco
Sir Sly
Tinted Windows
Two Feet
Walk the Moon

Top Ten Tuesday: DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Quavo "No Brainer"

So, last year there was a a DJ Khaled song called "The One" that had Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Quavo...and Lil Wayne. So, like, what did Lil Wayne do?

This song is pretty good. The video looks like it was fun to make

Top Ten Tuesday: 6ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz "FeFe"

This song debuts at #4 this week and while I don't love the song itself, this video had to have been a blast to make. Like, it feels like he was just like "ok here's all of the things I want in my video" and they were like "sounds good. coming right up!"

Special Countdown: 12 Years of Last.Fm (Part 3) (#30-#21)

Rise Against

It's the end of the month, so that must mean that it's time for another installment of 12 Year of Last.fm. It's a great episode with a wide range of music. Enjoy!


12 Years of Last.fm (Part 3)

***Featuring***
Alkaline Trio
Bad Religion
Dar Williams
Elliott Smith
Frightened Rabbit
Pearl Jam
Rise Against
Sublime
Sufjan Stevens
Thrice
Vampire Weekend

Top Ten Tuesday: Post Malone "Better Now"

This is a pretty good song. A lot more chill than I tend to think of Post Malone as being, but it could be that I'm wrong about that assumption.

New Countdown: Sisyphean Task Completed at a Motel 6 in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Sir Sly

Well, I've been working on this one, officially, for about 3 weeks now, so that's frustrating. But the good news is that it's done! I think we can all rejoice about that one. The sound might be a little all over the place since I recorded it in many different locations with many different sound set ups and recording postures. But it's done and it's good!


Countdown #386

***Featuring***
Bastille
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Muse
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
Panic! At the Disco
Semisonic
Silage
Sir Sly
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Two Feet

Top Ten Tuesday: Drake "In My Feelings"

Well, only 3 Drake songs remain in the top ten this week, but this one jumps up to #1 thanks to a new dance challenge associated with it. I enjoy the song quite a lot! And I've only watched one dance challenge video. I will post it below the song below

And now, the dance challenge I watched. You can certainly go on YouTube and find more

Top Ten Tuesday: Drake "I'm Upset"

Here's the deal. Drake has broken a record that the Beatles set back in the 60's. He has 7 songs on the Top Ten this week and with no research whatsoever, I believe the Beatles had the record with 5. Here's this week's top ten. I don't normally post it, but it's pretty exceptional.

1. Drake - Nice For What
2. Drake - Nonstop
3. Cardi B, Bad Bunny, & J Balvin - I Like It
4. Drake - God's Plan
5. Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B - Girls Like You
6. Drake - In My Feelings
7. Drake - I'm Upset
8. Drake - Emotionless
9. Drake featurin Michael Jackson - Don't Matter to Me
10. XXXTENTACION - Sad!

So I went on Drake's YouTube channel to see if there was a video for one of these songs that I hadn't posted yet. And boy was there. If you're a fan of DeGrassi, strap in. But I suppose if you're a fan of DeGrassi, you've already seen this. Strap in anyway

New Countdown: More Top Ten Countdowns Than You Can Handle!

Foster the People

This week, the intros kept having things where I counted something down, so if you like lists that are organized in some sort of ascending order of importance, this show is for you!


Countdown #385

***Featuring***
Dessa
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Muse
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Panic! At the Disco
Silage
Sir Sly
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Two Feet
Vance Joy

Top Ten Tuesday: Ella Mai "Boo'd Up"

This song is amazing. I don't want to overhype it, but this song is going to be what people put on when they want to get nostalgic about Summer 2018. It had an old school feel but I also had no idea where it might go. And the video is lovely and fun. I'm so glad I picked this song for this week's post!

New Countdown: Exclamation Points!

Foster the People

It's time for another countdown with some bonus songs and a lot of fun! We have fun here, right? RIGHT? Right.


Countdown #384

***Featuring***
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Muse
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Panic! At the Disco
R.E.M.
Silage
Sir Sly
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Two Feet
Vance Joy

Top Ten Tuesday: Juice Wrld "Lucid Dreams"

Ok, it may be that I've been listening to too much Blink-182 recently, but I feel like this song could have just as easily have been a pop-punk song, maybe in like 2003. The chords and the lyrics and lots of other stuff. It was very interesting to listen to it through that lens. Tell me if you can hear it. I really liked this song.

New Countdown: Vegas Puck Chasers

Two Feet

Hey everyone! It's time for another regularly scheduled (so to speak) countdown! We've got a new Artist of the Month as well as some new music on the chart so buckle up and enjoy!


Countdown #383

***Featuring***
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Muse
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
Panic! At the Disco
Silage
Sir Sly
Smashing Pumpkins
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Two Feet
Vance Joy

Top Ten Tuesday: Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Girls Like You"

This song is really catchy and I enjoyed the video so much more than I thought I would. At first, I was like "That's not Cardi B, that's Camila Cabello" but then I waited a sec and I was like "Ohhhh"

Special Countdown: 12 Years of Last.fm (Part 2) (#40-#31)

Lagwagon

In lieu of the last episode for May, here's another part of the countdown of my most listened-to artists according to Last.fm for the period of 2/14/06-2/14/18. 12 Years and I'm counting them down.


12 Years of Last.fm (Part 2)

***Featuring***
The Ataris
Ben Folds Five
Death Cab For Cutie
Foo Fighters
Jimmy Eat World
Lagwagon
Paramore
Rocky Votolato
Taking Back Sunday
Weezer
Yellowcard

Top Ten Tuesday: Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin "I Like It"

I really liked this one! I love hearing languages other than English on the Top Ten and this song is a lot of fun and the video is very fun to watch!

New Countdown: Carnage Mayhem vs Gothic Plague

Guns N' Roses ca 2008

It's fitting that GnR got the Cover Photo for this Countdown. You're going to be hearing a lot from May's Artist of the Month on this episode. And much of it is good music! Enjoy it and the rest of the countdown!


Countdown #382

***Featuring***
AWOLNATION
Foster the People
Guns N' Roses
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Muse
Panic! At the Disco
Sir Sly
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Two Feet
Vance Joy

Top Ten Tuesday: Lil Baby & Drake "Yes Indeed"

This song is...fine. I don't know if it's associated with some sort of meme or just being hyped because of Drake or what. It doesn't seem like an amazing enough song to be at #6, though. Let me know what context I'm missing, if any

New Countdown: Ketchup

Foster the People

The first thing I've done as part of my "Podcast All Day" project is put this countdown together. I think it came together quite nicely and the songs are good and I think you're going to enjoy it very much!



Countdown #381

***Featuring***
AWOLNATION
Foster the People
Guns N' Roses
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Muse
Panic! At the Disco
Portugal. The Man
Sir Sly
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Vance Joy

New Countdown: What's a Fortnight Between Friends?

Guns N' Roses

Well hello there! It's me, back with a new month and a new countdown! I hope you enjoy it and I hope your ready for the increased (hopefully) output frequency as I catch up on the backlog!


Countdown #380

***Featuring***
AWOLNATION
Foster the People
Guns N' Roses
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Muse
Panic! At the Disco
Portugal. The Man
Sir Sly
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Vance Joy
Weird Al Yankovic

Top Ten Tuesday: Childish Gambino "This is America"

TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains graphic depictions of gun violence.

So this is the video for Childish Gambino's "This is America" which debuts at #1 this week. I thought it was powerful and chilling and excellently done. It's horrifying, but it feels very important.

And here's a video interpreting some of the symbolism in the video

Special Countdown: 12 Years of Last.FM (Part 1) (#50-#41)

Bright Eyes

Hey, so I'm still catching up on countdowns, and so, in lieu of the last countdown for April, here's the first part of a 5-part series where I am counting down the Top 50 artists that I've played on Last.fm over the past 12 years of being a member of that site! Look forward to the rest of the series over the course of the rest of 2018!


12 Years of Last.fm (Part 1)

***Featuring***
Brand New
Bright Eyes
Coheed and Cambria
Dashboard Confessional
Dropkick Murphys
Flight of the Conchords
The Get Up Kids
Nirvana
The Offspring
Reel Big Fish
Strung Out

Top Ten Tuesday: Camila Cabello "Never Be the Same"

This song jumps up to #6 from #13 last week. It feels like a very old school chorus. I dig it. I also like the different textures of the different parts of the video. And the outfits are a trip!

New Countdown: Remember back in April?

Imagine Dragons

The long-anticipated Countdown #379 is finally here! You've been waiting and waiting but now your wait is over! Enjoy!


Countdown #379

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
AWOLNATION
Big Boi featuring Phantogram
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Maroon 5
Muse
Portugal. The Man
Vance Joy
Walk the Moon
30 Seconds to Mars

Top Ten Tuesday: Ariana Grande "No Tears Left To Cry"

This song debuted at #3 this week. The song and the video both kept subverting my expectations which was kind of delightful. I like the song. It's catchy! And I like that people are still making music videos that are very engaging to watch

Top Ten Tuesday: Nicki Minaj "Chun Li"

This one rocketed from 92 -> 10 this week! I love that she named this song after a Street Fighter II character.

And it's a very interesting video (I wrote the first paragraph before I watched it) although I wish there had been more Street Fighter refs in it

Top Ten Tuesday: Drake "Nice For What"

This is the first song in the history of the Hot 100 to replace another song by the same artist, where both songs debuted at #1. Which is pretty cool. I like when history gets made. It also samples "Ex-Factor" by Lauryn Hill, and I hope that leads to a whole new group of people discovering THAT amazing album.

I like this song and video quite a bit!

New Countdown: That Nostalgic Feeling of a Comatose Computer

Moon Taxi

There was a time, early on in this countdown's life, where I would constantly have computer problems and would have to figure out ways around them. That is what I dealt with, with this episode as my computer has fallen very ill. But I am hopeful that it is on the mend. This episode was entirely recorded while I waited for Nicole from Apple to call me back. Which is not a dig against Nicole. She has been awesome and I recognize that she is not only dealing with me.

ANYways. This was a good countdown. I hope that the musical differences between my vocals and the songs isn't too jarring. Enjoy!


Countdown #378

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
AWOLNATION
Bad Relgion
Big Boi
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Moon Taxi
Muse
Portugal. The Man
Thirty Seconds to Mars

Top Ten Tuesday: The Weeknd "Call Out My Name"

New stuff from The Weeknd will always go to the top of the list for me. This one debuts at #4! The new EP debuts at #1 over on the Billboard 200.

New Countdown: Moon Bands

Muse

Welcome to April! It's a new month and around here it's very....wintery? Ugh, the weather, am I right?

It's a good fun episode with a new Artist of the Month! Woohoo!


Countdown #377

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
AWOLNATION
Big Boi
Danger Mouse featuring Run the Jewels and Big Boi
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Moon Taxi
Muse
Portugal. The Man
Walk the Moon

Top Ten Tuesday - XXXTentacion - Sad!

This song is fine. Nothing too special, but it wasn't as off the wall as I was anticipating. It should be noted that this guy is very very very controversial in terms of his run-ins with the law and history of domestic violence and lots of really bad stuff.

New Countdown: Now With More Poetry Reading!

AJR

And so March goes out like a lamb. We're in for one more week of our March Artist of the Month and then I also read a poem! It's a very fun one and the songs remain excellent! :)


Countdown #376

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Blink-182
Dessa
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Moon Taxi
Muse
Pennywise
Portugal. The Man
Walk the Moon

Top Ten Tuesday: Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown "Freaky Friday"

Ok, much as I really really really wish that this featured almost anyone else, I found this video super entertaining and I especially loved the ending. I'm happy to see Lil Dicky getting some recognition!

New Countdown: Rock Against [Insert Name Here]

Walk the Moon

Hey! It's a new countdown this week with some new punk rock bonus songs and maybe even some new songs on the countdown! Who knows?!??? :-D

Enjoy :)


Countdown #375

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
The Ataris
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Moon Taxi
Muse
Pennywise
Portugal. The Man
Walk the Moon

Top Ten Tuesday: Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line "Meant To Be"

I have to admit, when I see Florida Georgia Line associated with something, I'm hesitant. Bro Country is about at the very end of my interest list and, like it or not, they are one of the Icons of Bro Country.

That said, I really liked this song. It's straightforward and very catchy and it ends on a cute, funny note.

New Countdown: Polkugal. The Man

How many plays on that band's name do you think I can use for titles for this countdown before they're off the Top Ten? I bet this isn't the last time by a longshot. :)

It's a good episode this week. A little punky, a little polka-y. So, get stoked about that! And enjoy ;-)


Countdown #374

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Muse
Pennywise
Portugal. The Man
Rancid
Walk the Moon
Yellowcard

Top Ten Tuesday: Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey "The Middle"

This is a very nice song and the video feels very old-school. I'm not entirely sure who "Grey" is in terms of their contributions to the song or video, but I really enjoyed this one!

New Countdown: Mug mug mug

Foster the People

Running a little bit behind, but we're getting things done this weekend! It's a fun, punky little show this week and I think you'll enjoy it very much!


Countdown #373

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Descendents
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Muse
Pennywise
Portugal. The Man
Walk the Moon

Top Ten Tuesday: Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign "Psycho"

This is a fairly straightforward song that doesn't blow me away and so I'm interested in why it has vaulted onto the chart to debut at #2. Is Post Malone just super super popular? Interesting!

New Countdown: In Like a Lion, Gone in a Moment

Pennywise

New month, new countdown songs, new Dessa, new Artist of the Month! It's a lot of newness on here and I get into some lyrical interpretation that takes us into a deep dive into the device of false narrative continuation. It's a good time :)


Countdown #372

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Beck
Dessa
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Pennywise
Portugal. The Man
Walk the Moon

Top Ten Tuesday: Kendrick Lamar and SZA "All the Stars"

This is another song from the Black Panther soundtrack to find its way into the Top Ten. This soundtrack is so exciting to me :)

New Countdown: Last Call For Last Tracks

Echo & the Bunnymen

Last episode of the month and we're still listening to songs by those guys up there! And also more bands! Alternative Songs woooooooo!

But seriously, it's a great episode and you should listen with an eagerness that can only be rivaled by a child on the eve of their birthday!


Countdown #371

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Beck
Echo & the Bunnymen
Elle King
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
The National
Portugal. The Man
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: BlocBoy JB featuring Drake "Look Alive"

This was a good video. I'm a little surprised that it has debuted at #6, but it feels like the sort of song that perhaps has some sort of Internet Meme/Dance Video attached to it? It is entirely possible that I'm just not aware of it yet. I like when Drake is silly.

New Countdown: Crown/Crowd Control

Beck (photo from Consequence of Sound)

It's another great countdown list this week! We've got some more new music and some more old music. Well, the same old music....well not the SAME old music. Look, just listen and you'll know what I mean!


Countdown #370

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Beck
Echo & the Bunnymen
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
The National
Portugal. The Man
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar "Pray For Me"

Debuting at #7 is this song from the Black Panther soundtrack that basically amounts to a new Kendrick Lamar album. Or, like at least a mixtape. I'm very excited about it. It came out on Friday, but I haven't listened to anything but this and the other single from it. This song is so great.

New Countdown: Stethoscope Bulbs

The National

So, on this week's show, there is a product being sold by a certain band and I had no idea what it was at the time. But then, after I finished recording, I went over to my friend's house and her daughter had one. It's a PopSocket for a cell phone and I never would have thought of that in a million years. I guessed it was the end of a stethoscope and that was what I guessed. So, I'm silly. Enjoy the episode!


Countdown #369

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Beck
Echo and the Bunnymen
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The National
Portugal. The Man
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Top Ten Tuesday: Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton "Say Something"

This is a TRULY impressive video for the song that debuts at #9 this week. It also makes me excited to check out the album. I will admit that the prospect of putting a video like this together stresses me out a lot.

New Countdown: Low-voiced Shoegazey Alternative Rock

Beck

We're kicking off February with some new songs, a new Artist of the Month, and a new Alternative Album Grammy. There are lots of fun new songs to hear, so buckle up and enjoy!


Countdown #368

***Countdown***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Bastille
Beck
Echo & the Bunnymen
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The National
Portugal. The Man
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Walk the Moon

Top Ten Tuesday: Drake "God's Plan"

This is the 29th song to debut at #1. Every year since 2009, at least one song has debuted at #1 and Drake has checked that off for 2018! It's a decent song. Nothing about it really blows me out of the water but it's fine!

New Countdown: Portugal. The Rock Block

Walk the Moon

We are wrapping up January this week and I have continued to stay up to date on countdowns! I'm very very stoked about that.

I mention it on the show, but check out the I Never Saw It podcast. You'll hear an intro that will explain it further!

Enjoy!


Countdown #367

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Beck
Cast of School of Rock
The Cranberries
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
Portugal. The Man
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Walk the Moon
Weezer

Throwback Thursday: 1960

Here we are, about to introduce the truly BIG DOG in the Instrumental #1's Game. This is a song that spent 9 WEEKS at #, almost double the next longest run.

Incidentally, here's the Wikipedia synopsis of what A Summer Place was, which is something I've never known.

A Summer Place is a 1959 romantic drama film based on Sloan Wilson's 1958 novel of the same name, about teenage lovers from different social classes who get back together twenty years later, and then must deal with the passionate love affair of their own teenage children by previous marriages.

Percy Faith - Theme from A Summer Place (2/22/60-4/18/60)

And here is where I first heard of this song:

Top Ten Tuesday: Dua Lipa "New Rules"

I really liked this one a lot! The song is catchy, the message is good, and the video is lovely!

New Countdown: Wrong, But Also Right

Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin from the Original Broadway Cast of Evita

What an interesting episode this turned out to be! Lots of fun facts and also a counting challenge that I totally whiffed on! It's a fun, weird one (see the picture above) so enjoy!


Countdown #366

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Beck
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Portugal. The Man
The Simpsons
Walk the Moon
Thirty Seconds to Mars

Throwback Thursday: 1961

Two instrumentals that I'm not at all familiar with, though I am familiar with the artists from SNL and Barenaked Ladies fame, respectively! I would also like to point out that this means that 1961 started with nearly two solid months of instrumental #1's!

I enjoyed both of these, and i bet you will too!


Lawrence Welk - Calcutta (2/13/61-2/27/61)

Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland by Night (1/9/61-1/30/61)

Top Ten Tuesday: Bruno Mars & Cardi B "Finesse"

This song jumps 35 -> 3 after the video came out. And you'll be able to see why. The video is SO FUN! I really enjoyed this and I'm glad that it bumped it up to the Top Ten

New Countdown: Watch the Video!

Original Broadway Cast of Cats

Hey everyone! Hey! I'm on time this week! I honestly can't believe it and I'm really really happy about it. It makes me feel organized and WITH IT.

I hope you enjoy this episode and that you're enjoying this January Artist of the Month :)


Countdown #365

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Beck
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Portugal. The Man
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Vance Joy
Walk the Moon

Throwback Thursday: 1962

1962 saw THREE instrumentals go to #1 and they are all very different from each other. They all set a very specific mood, which is really cool. Enjoy!


The Tornados - Telstar (12/23/62-1/5/63)

David Rose - The Stripper (7/7/62)

Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore (5/26/62)

New Countdown: Welcome to the Moment

Portugal. The Man

Here we are. At the start of 2018. And only a day behind. I'm planning to be caught up in the next episode and, as I explained in the beginning of the show, it's not my fault that I'm behind. I'm excited to have no idea what comes next in the chart!


Countdown #364

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Beck
Bleachers featuring Lorde
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Portugal. The Man
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Vance Joy
Walk the Moon

2017 Artists of the Year!!!!

Barenaked Ladies

I think the Artists of the Year countdown is consistently my favorite show of the year. It's a fun way to look back at my listening habits and generate a pretty eclectic show to boot! Enjoy it! I know I will!


2017 Artists of the Year

***Featuring***
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
Blink 182
Bob Dylan
Busta Rhymes
Cast of Hamilton
Diet Cig
Kendrick Lamar
New Found Glory
P.O.S
Radiohead
Smashing Pumpkins

Throwback Thursday: 1968

We've got two songs for the year 1968. I was confused because I thought, "But I know the words to 'Grazing in the Grass'!" And then I realized it was an instrumental cover. The 60's were crazy, man. AND HOLD THE PHONE. The instrumental was the original! The version that I know by The Friends of Distinction came out a year later. That really is insane.

Hugh Masekela - Grazing in the Grass (7/20/68-7/27/68)

This second song was at #1 for 5 weeks, which we haven't seen since the first week we were doing this theme, with Baauer's "Harlem Shake" staying at #1 for 5 weeks as well! There's only one instrumental that stayed at #1 for longer than 5 weeks. Can you guess what it is?

Paul Mauriat - Love is Blue (2/10/68-3/9/68)