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

Top Ten Tuesday: The Chainsmokers & Coldplay "Something Just Like This"

This song moved 56 -> 5 this week and I have to imagine it's because of this performance which has racked up nearly 5 million views in 11 days. Insane. Good song, though. A nice combination of both of their sounds

New Countdown: Hundreds of Millions of Times

The Strumbellas

It's the last countdown of April and I am ready for summer to start. The other day I thought about setting up my Song of the Summer spreadsheet, but then I was like, "Dude. Just be patient."

I think these songs are great and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. What songs are you loving on the countdown these days?


Countdown #292

***Featuring***
Bon Iver
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Empire of the Sun
Holly Miranda
The Lumineers
Miike Snow
Nothing But Thieves
The Strumbellas
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: The Stone Temple Pilots of the 2010's

twenty one pilots

I wonder when the last band with more than 5 members was one the top ten. Could it have been recently and we just didn't know it? How many people are in Of Monsters and Men? [Looks it up] ok it looks like they DID have 6 members but one of them left to go back to school. So, maybe First Album OMAM was the last time? I only mention it because it feels like we've had a lot of duos recently.

Enjoy this new episode of THIS podcast and then head over HERE and listen to a new podcast that I just launched with my best friend Erin!


Countdown #291

***Featuring***
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Cory Branan
Empire of the Sun
Flight of the Conchords
The Lumineers
Miike Snow
Nothing But Thieves
The Strumbellas
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Two Brothers

Plastic Animals

Another week of great alternative tunes counted down from 10 to 1 for your enjoyment! I can just feel summer bubbling under the surface, waiting to burst forth and shower us in memorable (and also perhaps not so memorable) tunes!


Countdown #290

***Featuring***
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Empire of the Sun
Foals
The Lumineers
Miike Snow
Nothing But Thieves
Plastic Animals
The Strumbellas
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Eventually, Everyone Goes Disco

Yuck

A pretty fun countdown this week! Spring is in the air and we're rocking out! Enjoy!


Countdown #289

***Featuring***
Ben Folds featuring Regina Spektor
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Empire of the Sun
Foals
The Lumineers
Nothing But Thieves
The Strumbellas
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors
Yuck

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: Not Their First Rodeo

Cage the Elephant

In this thrilling episode of the AFDAT10C, our daring hero keeps thinking songs are from debut albums, a mistake that could prove to be his undoing! All this and a reverse rock block. DON'T MISS IT.

I think I missed my calling writing promotional television commercials :)

Enjoy!


Countdown #287

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Empire of the Sun
Foals
MGMT
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

New Countdown: Late Night

Nothing But Thieves

You know, it's been a long time since I've posted so late. Wowee. Haha. I hope that you guys enjoy this one, because it's great.


Countdown #285

***Featuring***
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Empire of the Sun
Foals
Nothing But Thieves
Sean Lennon
The Strumbellas
twenty one pilots
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Superposition

twenty one pilots

We have some shakeups this week and some new music by a musician that has been on the "Artists of the Year" countdown since its inception in 2010. So get excited for that! Woo!


Countdown #284

***Featuring***
The Bluetones
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Coldplay
Foals
Nothing But Thieves
P.O.S
The Strumbellas
twenty one pilots
Vance Joy
X Ambassadors

New Countdown: Alien Twins

Imagine Dragons

The fun bonus Easter Egg for this episode is that you can gradually hear me get sicker and sicker as the countdown goes on!

Haha but seriously, this is a fun episode with some great music. Enjoy it!


Countdown #283

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

New Countdown: The Greatest

Imagine Dragons

Up until this week, I've always tried to get cover pictures that clearly showed the whole band, but I like this picture a lot and I'm going to work more towards depicting bands in action!

Hope you're having a great February!


Countdown #282

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

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