New Countdown: Summer Songs in the Fall

Bleachers

This episode feels like I've been working on it forever, but I think it has turned out really great, so I hope you enjoy it!


Countdown #343

***Featuring***
Bleachers
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
Kings of Leon
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Portugal. The Man
The Revivalists
Sir Sly
Spoon
The Vaccines
Weezer

New Countdown: Shhh It's a Secret!

Sir Sly

Hello there! It's time once again for your favorite under the radar countdown show! Did you know that if you listen to this, you are participating in some back alley, speakeasy-style podcast consumption? Well you are! So pat yourself on your sneaky back!

Here's an episode with some music in it!

Enjoy!


Countdown #342

***Featuring***
Bleachers
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
Kings of Leon
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Portugal. The Man
The Revivalists
Shredders
Sir Sly
Weezer

New Countdown: Title Track Bonus Hour!

Sir Sly

This week's episode features not one but TWO bonus songs that are title tracks! I know you're excited to listen, so I hope you enjoy it :)


Countdown #341

***Featuring***
Bleachers
Cold War Kids
Florist
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Kings of Leon
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Portugal. The Man
The Revivalists
Sir Sly
Weezer

New Countdown: Not on Bastille Day, Not on My Birthday, But Finally This Sees the Light of Day!

Daddy Issues (the NC one)

Sometimes life just gets in the way of recording. Nevertheless, this is a fantastic episode full of great tunes and semi-ok conversations with myself :)

Enjoy!


Countdown #340

***Featuring***
Bastille
Bleachers
Cold War Kids
Daddy Issues
Imagine Dragons
Kings of Leon
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Portugal. The Man
The Revivalists
Sir Sly
Weezer

New Countdown: Full Coverage

Sir Sly

Spoiler Alert: There's no movement in the charts this week, so we tried something a little different with the format and I think it was pretty fun! And it's repeatable, so hopefully I remember to do it the next time this happens! I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed recording it!


Countdown #339

***Featuring***
Bastille
Bleachers
Cold War Kids
Imagine Dragons
Kings of Leon
Mumford & Sons (and Friends)
Muse
Portugal the Man
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
Sir Sly

New Countdown: Caught Up

Kings of Leon

And with this, I am officially as caught up as I can be on countdowns! It's because of my own rules that I have to wait until Saturday before I record (Artist of the Month!) but it still feels great. I hope you've been enjoying the avalanche of countdowns! Is this what a smorgasbord looks like?

Enjoy!


Countdown #338

***Featuring***
Bastille
Bleachers
Cold War Kids
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
Muse
Portugal. The Man
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
Sir Sly

New Countdown: Peak Cold

Rag'n'Bone Man

Hey it's Father's Day! Happy Father's Day to all Fathers out there. And Father Figures. And anyone who feels like this day is a day that's special to them! It is! And you're doing a great job. Being a parent isn't always easy, and I know I'm always wishing I could be a better Dad, but I know that, as long as I keep striving to improve, I'll be ok.

So....how about a new countdown? Sounds good. Enjoy!


Countdown #336

***Featuring***
Arctic Monkeys
Bastille
Bleachers
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Kings of Leon
Portugal. The Man
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
The Roots
Sir Sly

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

New Countdown: Spectrum of a Sickness

Judah and the Lion

Over the course of this recording, I got sick and then got better. The sickness seems to happen every spring but you don't always get to hear the progression. Think of it as something of a bonus as a reward for your patience :)


Countdown #318

***Featuring***
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
COIN
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
The Roches
Stinking Polecats
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: In Sickness and In Health

Judah and the Lion

Hello! It's a new episode that has taken me a little bit to get out to you, because I got sick in the middle of recording. Not as gross as it sounds. My voice just changes around #3. So look forward to that!


Countdown #317

***Featuring***
The 1975
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
COIN
Green Day
Judah and the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Speedy Ortiz
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Do I Call You Distractionites? AFDBFF's?

Judah and the Lion

It's another countdown and this week I couldn't help myself. I put in a THIRD bonus song. I hope you enjoy the episode!


Countdown #316

***Featuring***
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
COIN
Diet Cig
Green Day
Judah and the Lion
K Flay
Kaleo
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
The National
P.O.S
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Yeah, that's right. It's BACK, baby!

K. Flay

Guess who's back. Back again. The Appetite For Distraction Alternative Top Ten Countdown's Back. Tell a friend!

That's right. We're back with an all-new countdown, with a bunch of all-new songs, plus some songs you've heard before. Two bonus songs! Ahhh! It's good to be back :)


Countdown #315

***Featuring***
Ben Kweller
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
COIN
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K. Flay
Kaleo
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
The National
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: A Joke So Nice, I Used It Twice (and Now Thrice!)

I'm a little late in posting this one because my sister graduated from college this weekend! Isn't that nuts?1 Remember when she graduated from High School? I was already 2 years into doing this podcast and I did a flashback countdown of songs from the first week of June from the week *I* graduated from High School. If I'd been on my game this week, I would have done a similar Flashback Countdown for this week in 2005, when i graduated from College. Oh well! Live and learn :)

I just realized that I missed celebrating the 6th anniversary of the podcast. It's crazy that I've been doing this for more than half a decade!


Countdown #293

***Featuring***
AWOLNATION
Cold War Kids
Empire of the Sun
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Miike Snow
Nothing But Thieves
The Strumbellas
The Struts
twenty one pilots
The Wombats

New Countdown: Two Gross!

X Ambassadors

Not much to say this week, enjoy the show!


Countdown #288

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Empire of the Sun
Foals
Kings of Leon
Lightspeed Champion
Nothing But Thieves
The Strumbellas
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: 1000 Posts!!!

Cold War Kids

Well on one hand I'm really proud of my accomplishment of reaching 1000 blog posts. On the other hand, it's taken almost just shy of 9 years, but I mean there were a couple of years before the podcast started that I didn't do very much blogging at all.

So here is the 1000th post, which serves as home base for the 286th podcast. My how far we've come!


Countdown #286

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Empire of the Sun
Foals
Kings of Leon
Nothing But Thieves
The Strumbellas
A Tribe Called Quest
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors