New Post! 2019 Year End Countdown

Panic! At the Disco

2019 comes to a close and, as usual, we are counting down the top charting songs of the year. Pay no attention to the fact that it's March. We're getting there! I love Year End Countdowns and this one is a very good one, with more than a couple of surprised in store for you! Enjoy!


2019 Year End Countdown

***Featuring***
Bastille
Billie Eilish
Cage the Elephant
Coldplay
Lana Del Rey
The Lumineers
Marshmello
morgxn featuring Walk the Moon
Of Monsters and Men
Panic! At the Disco
SHAED
twentyonepilots

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

New Countdown!: August 2019!

SHAED

We're back on track for what I hope to be a regular release schedule which will have us current by the end of March! I hope you enjoy this one. There are lots of great songs on the countdown for this month. Plus! Results of the Songs of Summer chart I kept last year!


Countdown #408

***Featuring***
AJR
Bastille
Billie Eilish
Cage the Elephant
Dominic Fike
The Head and the Heart
Lana Del Rey
The Lumineers
Matt Maeson
Of Monsters and Men
Panic! At the Disco
Reel Big Fish
SHAED
Yellowcard

New Countdown: July 2019!

Matt Maeson

Well, if anything, we could say that July was pretty Sublime. Eh? Eh? But seriously, this is an excellent and fairly quick episode. It's chock full of excellent tunes. Some old, some new, and some new covers of old stuff. Enjoy!


Countdown #407

***Featuring***
AJR
Billie Eilish
Dominic Fike
Half Alive
The Head and the Heart
Lana Del Rey
Lumineers
Matt Maeson
Of Monsters and Men
Panic! At the Disco
Pearl Jam
SHAED
Sublime

link to countdown 406

New Countdown: Who's the Queeniest of Them All?

Of Monsters and Men

I think this was a pretty fun one. I bet you'll enjoy it!

Let me know if/when you do!


Countdown #259

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Beck
Cold War Kids
Elle King
Florence + the Machine
Mumford & Sons
Of Monsters and Men
Rufio
Something Corporate
The Struts
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Sunny Summer Sunday Afternoon

Cold War Kids

Kicking it Bachelor style this weekend, so I went for a relaxed, Sunday afternoon vibe with this one. I wonder how well it came off.

Enjoy!


Countdown #258

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Beck
Cold War Kids
Elle King
Florence + the Machine
Get Up Kids
Mumford & Sons
Of Monsters and Men
twenty one pilots
Wolf Alice
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Some Wolfs

Mumford & Sons

I'm getting the hang of this "not necessarily posting on Sunday" thing. I think it's making for a better show, though.

Summer episodes are always pretty great, though, aren't they?


Countdown #257

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Beck
Cold War Kids
Elle King 
Mumford & Sons
Of Monsters and Men
Radiohead
twenty one pilots
Walk the Moon
Wolf Alice
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: One Take Tiger

Muse

This recording happened in one sitting. In fact, I'm still experiencing that sitting. I haven't stood since I sat down to do this recording. What a weird thought.

Anyways. I think we have another great show on our hands. I hope you enjoy it. Hopefully while simultaneously sucking the marrow from this fast-fading summer!



Countdown #256

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Beck
Cold War Kids
Elle King
The Hives
James Bay
MGMT
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Talking to People I Know About These Songs

Mumford & Sons

This one turned out to be a lot more interesting/easy than I anticipated. These are some great tunes, you guys.

Enjoy!


Countdown #255

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Beck
Elle King
James Bay
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
twenty one pilots
Sugar Ray
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Recorded in Two Bursts

Mumford & Sons

Well I made great progress at the beginning of the recording process and it's a good thing because I was still late. Still, I think this might be the best Countdown of the year.

Let me know what you think!


Countdown #254

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Beck
Elle King
James Bay
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: WE DID IT!

Third Eye Blind

Well, here we are. At 10 am on Sunday morning (actually it's only 845 when I'm writing. Hello from the distant past!) It took a 3-day weekend, but it finally happened.

I'd like to thank my family for all their support, my manager and production team for all their hard work, and most of all you, the loyal listener. :)

This is a good one. And next week's will be even better!



Countdown #253

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
Saint Motel
Third Eye Blind
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
Walk the Moon
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: "With Something of a Thud"

Muse

Hey hey! Now we're making some progress. Posting on Tuesday morning isn't bad at all! I'm pretty pleased with myself!

Enjoy the tunes!


Countdown #252

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Death Cab For Cutie
Matchbox 20
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
Saint Motel
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
Walk the Moon
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Two Decades of JLP

Walk the Moon

This week's episode felt a lot shorter than usual. I think it's because of last week's HUGE episode. The songs are here and they're so great. I think you're really going to enjoy this one


Countdown #251

***Featuring***
Alanis Morissette
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Death Cab For Cutie
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
Saint Motel
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
Walk the Moon
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Sestercentennial, Semiquincentennial, Bicenquinquagenary

twenty one pilots

I took my time putting this together because I wanted maximum quality for the 250th episode.

I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it!


Countdown #250

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
AWOLNATION
Bush
Dave Matthews Band
Death Cab For Cutie
Dinosaur Jr.
Edwyn Collins
Live
Meat Puppets
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
Pearl Jam
Sponge
Stone Temple Pilots
Toad the Wet Sprocket
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
Walk the Moon
X Ambassadors

Festive Fifty 2012 Top Ten

The new Festive Fifty will be out soon. Here's the top ten of the 2012 list to tide you over. Click the "Festive Fifty" tag to see previous years!

10. First Aid Kit - Emmylou
9. The Lumineers - Ho Hey
8. Jack White - I'm Shakin'
7. Adele - Skyfall
6. Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
5. Alabama Shakes - Hold On

4. Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know

3. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks

2. Tame Impala - Elephant

1. fun. - Some Nights

2013 Year-End Countdown!

Fitz and the Tantrums

Well here we are again at the Year End Countdown. It feels like we were just doing this last year. Not a lot of surprises here, but it's a very enjoyable show! Happy New Year everyone!

2013 Year End Countdown

***Featuring***
Avicii
Bastille
Cage the Elephant
Capital Cities
Fitz & the Tantrums
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Muse
The Neighbourhood
Of Monsters and Men

New Countdown: Hello? Hello? Anybody home?

New Politics

Well, here I am! Haha. Yeah, the time got the best of me this week, but, when you think about it, being a couple of hours late is nothing when you think about the perpetuity of the life of the podcast after it's published. I listen to a podcast where the host has kind of a running gag where he tries to keep the content timeless, so he'll say stuff like "back in early 2013" for stuff that happened a couple of months ago.

Anyways. It's kind of a short episode, also due to the fact that I picked the worst times to record, BUT it also contains what may be the most adorable intro ever. So you may want to give it a chance :)

Countdown #156

***Featuring***
alt-J
Beastie Boys
Capital Cities
Ed Sheeran
Fall Out Boy
Imagine Dragons
Muse
The Neighbourhood
New Politics
Of Monsters and Men
Thirty Seconds to Mars

New Countdown: 50% MORE CONTENT!

It's the longest episode in 3 months. It has 5 bonus songs. And I loved every minute of it. I feel like we're in the midst of hearing "the sound of 2013 in alternative music," but it won't become evident what exactly that sound consists of for a while yet. I'm happy to just sit back and enjoy the tunes.

I hope you'll join me.

On a related note, 1/5 of the podcast is dedicated to Father's Day, so I just wanted to wish all the Dads out there a happy one and I hope you celebrate it in a way that makes you happy and that you know how valuable a good Dad is in a kid's life.

Countdown #155

***Featuring***
alt-J
Arcade Fire
Beastie Boys
Capital Cities
Fall Out Boy
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Muse
The Neighbourhood
New Politics
Of Monsters and Men
Paul Simon
The Soggy Bottom Boys
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Yellowcard