New Countdown: Four For Four

Imagine Dragons

I'm feeling a lot better this week and just in time for some pretty major changes which you'll hear as the show progresses.

Oh! And the winners of the Alternative Album Grammy this year start their tenure as bonus songs for the rest of the month.

Enjoy!


Countdown #281

***Featuring***
Alabama Shakes
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Foals
Imagine Dragons
Nothing But Thieves
Silversun Pickups
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Rarefied Air

Coldplay

Hello! I'm sick. And you can hear it in my voice. And also in my blanking on the term (during the last intro of the show) that I used for the title of the blog post. I substituted the phrase "esteemed ranks" but when you hear me pause before saying that, know that that pause (which i would have normally taken out, but have left in for posterity) is me trying to think of the phrase "rarefied air".


Countdown #280

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Fall Out Boy featuring Demi Lovato
Foals
Imagine Dragons
New Found Glory featuring Hayley Williams
Nothing But Thieves
Silversun Pickups
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Would You Believe....

Silversun Pickups

If you came here stoked for an episode chock full of Get Smart quotes and references, I'm afraid you're going to be sorely disappointed with all but the last 30 seconds of the episode....

Fortunately, the rest of the episode is pretty great and I think you'll find your life vastly improved after having listened to it.

So, enjoy!


Countdown #279

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Death Cab For Cutie
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Nothing But Thieves
Silversun Pickups
Standard Fare
Stevie Wonder
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
X Ambassadors

New Countdown!: Snowed In

Yeah, I named today's post after the Hanson Christmas album. So what? Snow what? No no. Not that :)

I recorded this podcast before, during, and after shoveling my arms off. Listen to my chipper voice at the beginning when I didn't know just how much snow it was going to end up being. So cute!



Countdown #278

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Death Cab For Cutie
Fleet Foxes
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Nothing But Thieves
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silversun Pickups
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Before the Storm

Bob Dylan

As I prepare to publish this episode, we are gearing up for what is predicted to be a HUGE snowstorm. So listen to the great tunes and look for the next episode soon. Being snowbound looks like it might allow for lots of podcasting time!

And if you're going to be hit by the storm, too, stay safe!





Countdown #277

***Featuring***
Bob Dylan
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Death Cab for Cutie
The Eagles
Elle King
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Silversun Pickups
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
X Ambassadors

New Countdown! Reg Sched Prog

Cold War Kids

Well here we are back again at the outset of a new year! I've made some decisions regarding bonus songs based on how the last couple of episodes of last year felt and so you'll notice more artists listed in the list below. It feels like a good decision.

Enjoy!


Countdown #276

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
David Bowie
Death Cab For Cutie
Elle King
Flight of the Conchords
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Pearl Jam
Silversun Pickups
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Bicenquinquagenary As Hell.

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

This is the 275th regularly scheduled countdown I've put together. That is kind of staggering, isn't it? Thanks for sticking with me :) If this is your 1st episode or your 275th that you've "tuned in" for, I want to thank you so much for taking the time!

Oh, and Merry Christmas! Hope that, if you're celebrating, you're having a lovely time with family, friends, and people who are somewhere in between.


Countdown #275

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Coleman Hell
Death Cab For Cutie
Elle King
Happy Fangs
Kendrick Lamar
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Silversun Pickups
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Someone's Favorite Band?

Cage the Elephant

It's time for another countdown of the hottest Alternative Songs in the country according to Billboard! There's only one more regular countdown before the Year-End countdown! Can you believe it??




Countdown #274

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay 
Coleman Hell
Death Cab For Cutie
Elle King
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Silversun Pickups
St. Vincent
twenty one pilots
The Weeknd
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Life Getting in the Way

Cage the Elephant

Ugh, things are so busy leading up to the holidays this year. But we're muddling through somehow! I'm really enjoying the bonus song plan that I have going leading up to the end of the year. I hope you're enjoying it too.


Countdown #273

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coleman Hell
Death Cab For Cutie
Desaparecidos
Elle King
Muse
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Silversun Pickups
Speedy Ortiz
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Gems

Cage the Elephant

The last episode of November. Crazy how time is always flying. Pretty soon, we'll be back here at the last episode of November again! And again. And again. All while listening to the most popular Alternative tunes.

Enjoy :)


Countdown #272

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Chvrches
Cold War Kids
Coleman Hell
Death Cab For Cutie
Elle King
Jason Derulo
Muse
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Silversun Pickups
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Hittin' Those T's!

X Ambassadors

Well here's another countdown for you enjoyment this Thanksgiving (if you're in America) or Same as Normal (if you're not in America) week!

Listen for me hitting the middle T in "twenty" for twenty one pilots in a weirdly enunciated way!

Enjoy!




Countdown #271

***Featuring***
All-Time Quarterback
Atlas Genius
AWOLNATION
Cold War Kids
Coleman Hell 
Death Cab For Cutie
Diet Cig
Doomtree
Elle King
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Silversun Pickups
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

Dancin' in the Bottom 5 on a New Countdown!!!

Of Monsters and Men

Well, it's one of those times when it's VERY late at night, so I won't really say a lot on this post. There's a lot of good music to hear. Just click the link below :)

Countdown #149

***Featuring***
Beck
Capital Cities
Imagine Dragons
Lovelife
The Lumineers
Mumford & Sons
Muse
The Neighbourhood
Of Monsters and Men
Silversun Pickups
Thirty Seconds to Mars

New Countdown: And Another New Song on the Countdown!

Muse

That's right! Debut month continues as we welcome another song to the big show. Hehe. That's what they call the Major Leagues in baseball. I'm implying that my countdown podcast is as attractive to these bands as making it to the major leagues. I'm truly a humble, handsome man.

Countdown #148

***Featuring***
Beck
Capital Cities
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Mumford & Sons
Muse
The Neighbourhood
Of Monsters and Men
Silversun Pickups
Thirty Seconds to Mars

New Countdown. The Rise and Gradual Fall of a Still Frail Voice

Imagine Dragons

Pay close attention to this episode. You can hear my voice start strong, proving that my health is almost back to normal, and then get gradually weaker as the evening that I recorded most of it progresses and you start to hear how I sound when I've been up for too long!

At this point, it's going to be weird when a new song DOESN'T debut on an episode. We're on the third episode in a row to have a new song on the chart :)

Countdown #147

***Featuring***
Atlas Genius
Beck
Capital Cities
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Mumford and Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
Silversun Pickups
Taking Back Sunday
Thirty Seconds to Mars

New Countdown: Feeling Stronger Everyday!

Atlas Genius

I don't know if you'll believe it based on the quality of my voice at some points in this podcast, but I am actually feeling better! It's just that annoying thing where the remnants of colds stick around for weeks. So annoying.

Hopefully you won't be annoyed by this week's countdown, though! (I don't know why you would be....I mean, it's a pretty silly thing to be annoyed at. I was just making a smooth transition.) April's "Debut-Every-Week" trend continues!

Enjoy it!

Countdown #146

***Featuring***
Atlas Genius
Beck
The Black Keys
Capital Cities
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Mumford and Sons
Muse
Of Monsters and Men
Silversun Pickups

Counting Down the Alternative Songs AND the minutes before my throat falls off!

Of Monsters and Men

I'm just really happy that I was able to get this one recorded and posted. My larynx is about to abandon my body and try to make it on the streets of New York City as the apprentice to a con artist a la Robert Redford in The Sting. On a related note, my throat really does sting at this juncture.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Countdown #145

***Featuring***
Atlas Genius
The Black Keys
Capital Cities
Dessa
fun.
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Mumford and Sons
Muse
Nirvana
Of Monsters and Men
Silversun Pickups

New Countdown and a Lost Time Travel Analogy

Well I started titling this blog like that because I couldn't remember what the time travel analogy I make during the course of the show was. But when I started to write "Lost Time Travel Analogy" I realized that I had unassumingly found the answer. That's a good tip for the future, kids. Stop trying to think of the thing you're trying to think of and give your subconscious room to THINK. It'll come up with the answer. Or it won't and you'll be tormented for the rest of your days.

.....Countdown time!

Well, as I mention in the episode, this will be the last new countdown until the week after next. Next week will be a Flashback Countdown and it's a good one. So come back for that!

Countdown #144

***Featuring***
Atlas Genius
The Black Keys
fun.
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Nirvana
Of Monsters and Men
Silversun Pickups

This Podcast is Madness (Nah, Nevermind it isn't)

So, my sister gave me a hand with this one. But we were both tired and sugared up and kind of loopy. It definitely makes for a very interesting countdown, to say the least! But I know that many of you have said that you like hearing me punchy and this is not only me punchy but also my sister punchy and us egging eachother on and all of that. So you'll almost certainly LOVE it!

Countdown #143

***Featuring***
Atlas Genius
The Black Keys
fun.
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Nirvana
Of Monsters and Men
Silversun Pickups

Change Comes to the Countdown!

Yes, after weeks and weeks with not a lot of movement, we enter the first countdown of March with the scent of change on the air.

Lots of movement this week. Some expected. Some unexpected, though now maybe it'll be expected because I said it was unexpected. I don't know how your mind works. Anything could happen.

It's late, so I'm not going to make this a big humdinger of an introduction, but I hope you enjoy the episode!

Countdown #142

***Featuring***

Atlas Genius
The Black Keys
fun.
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Mumford & Sons
Muse
Nirvana
Of Monsters and Men
Silversun Pickups

New Countdown: Let's Hear It For Squandered Time!

So, I finished last week's countdown pretty much as early as I possibly could. I thought that that might mean I would also be able to finish THIS week's early and get myself into a situation where I was always way ahead of the recording schedule.

But here it is, 1:17 am on Sunday morning and I'm finally getting around to posting the countdown I just finished recording. Oh well. Things come up, you know? And I'm sure I used the extra time that recording early freed up in very productive and efficient ways....

Anyways, here's the countdown! It has 3 bonus songs and is only slightly longer than last week's! Craziness!

Countdown #141

***Featuring***

Atlas Genius

The Black Keys

Frightened Rabbit

fun. 

Green Day

Imagine Dragons

The Lumineers

Mumford & Sons

Muse

Of Monsters and Men

Silversun Pickups