New Countdown: 2020 Year End Countdown!

Machine Gun Kelly

 Well, here it is! The Year-End Countdown for 2020! I've had it done for a little bit, but for whatever reason, it has taken me a while to actually sit down and post it. But here it is! And it's chockablock full of music! Enjoy!

2020 Year End Countdown

***Featuring***

AJR
All Time Low featuring blackbear
Billie Eilish
Blue October
Cage the Elephant
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Machine Gun Kelly x blackbear
Matt Maeson
Tame Impala
twentyonepilots
Wallows featuring Clairo

Countdown 423 Overflow Post

 This is the overflow post for the artists discussed on Episode 423

New Countdown!: October 2020

 

The Killers

Hey everyone! We are blasting towards the end of 2020 and, as you may know, or maybe not, 2021 will bring a switching of source charts for this show! I've been using the Alternative Songs airplay chart for a little over 10 years, but next year we're going to give the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart a shot. It will reflect the airplay as well as the streaming and purchasing of songs. So it'll be more in the hands of the people!

This episode was a lot of fun and it also brought one of my favorite songs of 2020 onto the show!

Enjoy!

Countdown #422

***Featuring***

All Time Low feat Black Bear

Bad Religion

Bakar

Bastille feat Graham Coxon

Dayglow

I Dont Know How But They Found Me

Judah & the Lion

Juice WRLD x Marshmello

The Killers

Machine Gun Kelly

Matt Maeson

Me First & the Gimme Gimmes

Peach Tree Rascals

Powfu feat beabadoobee

Royal & the Serpent

Twenty One Pilots

Wallows feat Clairo

Weezer

New Countdown!: September 2020

 

Alkaline Trio

 Well this episode was just full of questions, wasn't it? Aren't you excited to listen? Could you possibly answer the first question if the second one was applicable? Can you believe we're almost caught up to current??

Countdown #421

***Featuring***

AJR

Alkaline Trio

All Time Low featuring blackbear

Bastille featuring Graham Coxon

Dayglow

The Head and the Heart

The Killers

Machine Gun Kelly 

Matt Maeson

Metallica

The Strokes 

twentyonepilots

Wallows featuring Clairo

Weezer

Countdown 420 Overflow post

 This is an overflow post related episode 420

Countdown 419 Label Overflow Post

 This links to Episode 419 (July 2020)

New Countdown: June 2020

The Killers

Okay, so I was doing SO well for like 2 months and then all of a sudden I'm behind again. But that's okay! I'll get the episodes out when they come out! This episode also has a special announcement that not even I was aware was going to happen until the last intro of the episode. So look forward to that! And enjoy!

Countdown #418 

*Featuring*

AJR 

The Black Keys

Cage the Elephant

Foo Fighters

Glass Animals 

Grouplove

The Head and the Heart

The Killers 

lovelytheband

Matt Maeson

powfu featuring beabadoobee 

Tame Impala

Twenty One Pilots

Weezer

What's Eating Gilbert

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

Countdown 416 "too many tags" post

see episode 416 for these bands

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!: January 2020!

Kimya Dawson

Well here we are in 2020! As I write this I have both January and February episodes done! I'll be posting this one now and then February's on Tuesday! So watch this space! This is a fun episode with lots of great songs! Enjoy!


Countdown #413

***Featuring***
Absofacto
AWOLNATION
Billie Eilish
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Coldplay
eels
Kimya Dawson
Local Natives
Meg Myers
SHAED
twentyonepilots
The Unlikely Candidates
White Reaper

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!: December 2019

Local Natives

And so we come to the end of the year! Do you all understand how CLOSE we are to catching up? The answer is: very close! I hope you enjoy this one. There are some gems that cropped up at the very end of the year that are worth checking out!


Countdown #412

***Featuring***
Absofacto
Billie Eilish
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Coldplay
Local Natives
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Meg Myers
Rex Orange County
SHAED
twentyonepilots
Weezer
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

Links to 410

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

link to countdown 406

New Countdown!: May 2019

SHAED

Hey hey hey! I haven't quite let NaNoWriMo defeat me yet! Sure, I'm very behind, but I'm still trucking along and I hope you're still along for the ride with me! This is a short one, but a very fun one :)



Countdown #405 (May 2019)

***Featuring***
AJR
Billie Eilish
The Black Keys
BLUE BIRD
Cage the Elephant
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
The Lumineers
Oliver Hurt
Panic! At the Disco
SHAED
twentyonepilots

New Countdown!: April 2019

Taking Back Sunday

NaNoWriMo continues this weekend! Saturday's episode is all about the songs that were on the Top Ten in April of 2019 and an especially NON-Saturday Artist of the Month. It's a good episode with some new ones as well as some old favorites.


Countdown #404 (April 2019)

***Featuring***
Barns Courtney
Bastille & Marshmello
Billie Eilish
The Black Keys
Cage the Elephant
Catfish & the Bottlemen
Imagine Dragons
lovelytheband
Panic! At the Disco
SHAED
Taking Back Sunday
twentyonepilots
Vampire Weekend
Young the Giant