New Countdown!: May 2020

Grouplove

Hey everyone! Well we made it through another month (basically) and so there's another batch of songs from Alternative Radio to listen to! We'll be back next month. Stay safe and healthy. And also, I hope it's very clear that at Appetite For Distraction, we firmly support Black Lives Matter and want swift justice for George Floyd and every other Black human being that has been murdered by police officers. The system is broken and we need to fix it.


Countdown #417

***Featuring***
AJR
Billie Eilish
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Glass Animals
Green Day
Grouplove
The Killers
lovelytheband
Neon Trees
Powfu featuring beabadoobee
Stephen Lynch
Tame Impala
twentyonepilots

New Countdown!: April 2020! (with special guest Lila!)

Billie Eilish

Hey! So, this is what monthly countdowns looks like! We are back with all of the songs that charted in April. And my daughter is here to weigh in on what she thinks of the songs from this month. We had such a fun time recording that this might become an occasional feature. I hope you have as much fun. The "cover art" for this episode is not random as it normally is, but was purposefully selected after Lila correctly pointed out that there's only one female voice in this whole countdown. (Diet Cig has an album you could go preorder, if you were interested....)


Countdown #416

***Featuring***
AJR
AWOLNATION
Billie Eilish
Cage the Elephant
China Crisis
Green Day
Grouplove
Hot Chelle Rae
The Killers
lovelytheband
The Lumineers
Neon Trees
Strung Out
Sub Urban
Tame Impala
twentyonepilots
The Unlikely Candidates

New Post!: March 2020! (CAUGHT. UP!)

The Lumineers

WE DID IT!!! This episode marks the official last episode I can feasibly do before the end of April. I'm feeling like I'm in a prime position to keep current with a monthly countdown show and I'm excited to do it. Thanks for hanging in with me as I've worked to get current. See you in April!!!


Countdown #415

***Featuring***
AWOLNATION
Billie Eilish
Cage the Elephant
Green Day
Grouplove
The Killers
The Lumineers
Meg Myers
MxPx
Neon Trees
Sub Urban
twentyonepilots
The Unlikely Candidates
White Reaper

New Post!: February 2020!

Coldplay

Well here we are! As of my hitting Publish on this post, I will be caught up on Countdowns....until the day you're reading it, but I'll be current. And that feels amazing. Thanks for sticking with me as I've figured out how to make this show I love doing work in the current life I have. Enjoy the eclectic sounds that made the chart this month!


Countdown #414

***Featuring***
Absofacto
AWOLNATION
Billie Eilish
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Coldplay
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
The Lumineers
Meg Myers
SHAED
Spoon
Sub Urban
twentyonepilots
The Unlikely Candidates
White Reaper

New Post!: November 2019!

Cage the Elephant

I'm so excited! This is a great episode and we are getting very very close to caught up! I can hardly believe it. I hope you all have been enjoying these episodes. I think they're fun overviews of different things that happen during a month of Alternative Radio!


Countdown #411

***Featuring***
Absofacto
Billie Eilish
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Coldplay
DREAMERS
Green Day
Illenium & Jon Bellion
Lana Del Rey
Meg Myers
SHAED
Sublime
Suzanne Vega
twentyonepilots
Weezer
White Reaper

New Post!: October 2019!

Illenium & Jon Bellion

Hey Everyone! We're still putting out regular episodes! What a wild ride it's been! I'm so excited to get all caught up and have regularly scheduled monthly episodes. That's going to be so wonderful. Lots of great songs this episode! Which one is your favorite?


Countdown #410

***Featuring***
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Dominic Fike
DREAMERS
Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean
Green Day
Illenium & Jon Bellion
Lana Del Rey
Matt Maeson
Mumford & Sons
Of Monsters and Men
SHAED
Sublime
twentyonepilots
Weezer

New Countdown!: September 2019!

Well the first thing that we have to take care of is the fact that I skipped August's Artist of the Month. So we do a little backtracking on that front, but then we have a bunch of new songs and one BIG Grammy winner! Enjoy!


Countdown #409

***Featuring***
Billie Eilish
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Dominic Fike
Green Day
Illenium & Jon Bellion
Lana Del Rey
Matt Maeson
Of Monsters and Men
Paramore
Panic! At the Disco
SHAED
Sublime
twentyonepilots

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

2017 Year End Countdown!!!!

The Killers

This is the EIGHTH freaking Year End Countdown I've done on here and it's exciting and fun every single year. I love looking back at the songs that were huge in a given year and I also love seeing what songs statistically make the Top Ten, but had sort of faded from memory. Both of those kinds of songs are in this episode. So enjoy and Happy New Year!



2017 Year End Countdown

***Featuring***
Cold War Kids
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
Portugal. The Man
Queens of the Stone Age
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
Sir Sly
Thirty Seconds to Mars

New Countdown: Don't Get Fooled!

Imagine Dragons

It's easy to start thinking that you know things based on what I play and when I play it, but don't be so easily fooled! Maybe me saying that will make it so you aren't fooled, but maybe not! Enjoy the show in either case!


Countdown #355

***Featuring***
Bad Veins
Beck
Cage the Elephant
Dessa
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Judah & the Lion
The Killers
Portugal. The Man
The Revivalists
Vance Joy
Thirty Seconds to Mars

New Countdown: Diaphaneity

Busta Rhymes

Hello! Want some alternative music? Some bonus songs? Some delightful commentary? Well, step right up and enjoy!



Countdown #328

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Bastille
blink 182
Busta Rhymes
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Here We Go, Yo

Rag'n'Bone Man

I love episodes like this because there are a lot of little factoids that I'd never considered before and that makes for an interesting show to listen back to later!


Countdown #327

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Bastille
Cold War Kids
Diet Cig
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Judah and the Lion
The Lumineers
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
A Tribe Called Quest
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Hip-Hop Influenced Alternative Hits!

Rag'n'Bone Man

There's a point on this countdown where it becomes clear that hip-hop has a big influence on a lot of the songs on the countdown right now. It's super interesting to see and the Artist of the Month highlights that :)


Countdown #326

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Bastille
Busta Rhymes
Cold War Kids
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Judah & the Lion
Lorde
The Lumineers
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Just 205 Seconds...

Hello there! We've got a bit of a theme this week, as you'll soon find out! It's a very Jamesey theme, so if you like things that I like, then I think you'll like the theme. Get it? Got it? Good. Let's go!


Countdown #325

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Cold War Kids
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Judah & the Lion
The Lumineers
Plastic Animals
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: A Tale of Two Intros

Green Day

It was the best of intros, and it was the worst of intros. I went the full gamut this week. Not that the "worst" one was bad, but it was certainly a groaner! Enjoy!


Countdown #324

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Judah & the Lion
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Muddy Waters
Plastic Animals
Rag'n'Bone Man
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: Still Lucky

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness

Believe it or not, Spring is sorta kinda starting to be somewhat in the air as of the completion of this recording. I, for one, am excited to get to Spring and Summer :)

We've got two pretty big pieces of news in the countdown this week, so i celebrated with an additional Bonus Song!

Enjoy!!


Countdown #323

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Catfish & the Bottlemen
The Cranberries
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Judah and the Lion
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Plastic Animals
Rag'n'Bone Man
St. Vincent
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: Two Shall Fall, So That Two May Rise

Judah and the Lion

These post titles are getting slightly biblical lately, aren't they? Weird. Remember when they were, overall, basically just punny? I sure do :)

This is a fun episode and the start of a new month! Enjoy!


Countdown #322

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Blink-182
Fastball
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Plastic Animals
Rag'n'Bone Man
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: I'm Still Alive!

Green Day

I don't know what it is, but as I was listening to "Still Breathing" tonight, it really hit me. I'm still here, doing my thing almost 7 years in. And it still feels pretty pure. I don't have a lot of listeners, but I have fun making these and the people that do listen seem to enjoy them and that's really all I can ask for. I love making these shows and I'm just going to keep on doing them for as long as I can. Thanks for listening :)

Now let's get to the music, SHALL WE?!???


Countdown #321

***Featuring***
Blink-182
Catfish and the Bottlemen
David Bowie
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Rag'n'Bone Man
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: Some Grammys and Mostly Not a Lot of Grammys

The 1975

Hey there! I've got some Alternative Music for you! You ready? Then let's not dilly-dally, shall we?

I'm cold free and the Grammys were last weekend so I talk about them for a little while!

Enjoy!


Countdown #320

***Featuring***
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
David Bowie
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Rag'n'Bone Man
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: Who Would YOU Tickle?

P.O.S

Well, I think the sick voice is finally gone! And there's some new music on the countdown! So everything is looking way way up! I hope you enjoy this one as much as I enjoy putting these countdowns together. It's a fun way to spend an hour!


Countdown #319

***Featuring***
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
Green Day
Judah and the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
P.O.S
Rag'n'Bone Man
Stinking Polecats
twenty one pilots
The 1975