Appetite For Distraction: Recent Episodes
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| | | 24kGoldn and Iann Diorr |
It's taken a little big to get this one out, but it's finally done. I think that this experiment with the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart has been a success and I am planning on continuing it into 2022. Now. Let's see how many 2021 countdowns I can get out before then!Countdown #424
Featuring
24kGoldn featuring iann dior
AJR
All Time Low featuring Blackbear
Billie Eilish
Clairo
Diet Cig
Glass Animals
Juice WRLD x Marshmello
Machine Gun Kelly x Marshmello
Machine Gun Kelly & Halsey
Taylor Swift
| | | Mountain Goats ca 2005 |
Well here it finally is! The Artists of the Year Countdown for 2020! It's a very good one and I love making these things, it's just that I found myself doing a lot of podcasting with other people this year and kept putting the recording of this show off. You understand. But here it is! I hope you enjoy it!
2020 Artists of the Year Countdown
Featuring
Alanis Morrissette
Bad Religion
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Elton John
Fall Out Boy
The Mountain Goats
New Found Glory
Outkast
Talking Heads
Taylor Swift
The Wonder Years
| | | 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
| | | Royal & the Serpent |
The last regularly scheduled episode of the year has come at last! This will also be the last regular episode based on the Alternative Songs chart until at the very earliest 2022! I think you're going to like this episode a lot! Enjoy!Countdown #423
Featuring
All Time Low featuring blackbear
Cannons
Dayglow
I Dont Know How But They Found Me
Juice Wrld x Marshmello
Machine Gun Kelly
Matt Maeson
Peach Tree Rascals
Royal & the Sepent
Sebadoh
twentyonepilots
Wallows featuring Clairo
The Wonder Years
24kGoldn featuring iann dior
| | | 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 BearBad ReligionBakarBastille feat Graham CoxonDayglowI Dont Know How But They Found MeJudah & the Lion
Juice WRLD x MarshmelloThe KillersMachine Gun KellyMatt Maeson
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
Peach Tree RascalsPowfu feat beabadoobeeRoyal & the SerpentTwenty One Pilots
Wallows feat ClairoWeezer
| | | 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 TrioAll Time Low featuring blackbear
Bastille featuring Graham Coxon
Dayglow
The Head and the HeartThe KillersMachine Gun Kelly Matt MaesonMetallica
The Strokes twentyonepilots
Wallows featuring ClairoWeezer
| | | Mariah Carey |
Well it's time for another episode! And guess what?! There'll be another one next week! I'm always very excited to get caught up, as you all well know. There are some surprises on this countdown. Some very good surprises! Plus we talk about the Summer Songs Countdown!
Countdown #420
Featuring
AJR All Time Low featuring blackbear
Animal CollectiveThe Head and the Heart KennyHoopla
The Killers
Machine Gun Kelly
Major Lazer featuring Marcus MumfordMariah Carey Matt Maeson
powfu featuring beabadoobeeThe StrokesTame ImpalatwentyonepilotsWeezer
| | | KennyHoopla |
Alright. Here we are, back in the saddle. One of the best things about switching to monthly posts is that I can get fairly behind but I'm still not all that behind, if you take my meaning. So here is the countdown for the month of July. I've been working very hard to get caught up on all my editing and I think I'm going to hopefully be able to finish the year with a sigh of relief from a job well done! This is a good countdown and it contains the debut of a song that you're going to want to pay attention to now, so that you can remember where you were when we're still talking about it months and months and months later!
Countdown #419 (July 2020)
Featuring
AJR
All Time Low featuring blackbear Cage the Elephant
Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott
Elton JohnFall Out Boy The Head & the Heart
KennyHooplaMajor Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford
Matt Maesonpowfu featuring beabadoobee The Strokes
Tame Impala
twentyonepilots
Weezer
| | | 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
FeaturingAJR The Black Keys Cage the ElephantFoo FightersGlass Animals GrouploveThe Head and the HeartThe Killers lovelythebandMatt Maesonpowfu featuring beabadoobee Tame ImpalaTwenty One PilotsWeezer What's Eating Gilbert
| | | 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
| | | Billie Eilish |
Hey! So, this is what monthly countdowns looks like! We are back with all of the songs that charted in April. And my daughter is here to weigh in on what she thinks of the songs from this month. We had such a fun time recording that this might become an occasional feature. I hope you have as much fun. The "cover art" for this episode is not random as it normally is, but was purposefully selected after Lila correctly pointed out that there's only one female voice in this whole countdown. (Diet Cig has an album you could go preorder, if you were interested....)
Countdown #416
Featuring
AJR
AWOLNATION
Billie Eilish
Cage the Elephant
China Crisis
Green Day
Grouplove
Hot Chelle Rae
The Killers
lovelytheband
The Lumineers
Neon Trees
Strung Out
Sub Urban
Tame Impala
twentyonepilots
The Unlikely Candidates
| | | 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
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| | | 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
| | | 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
| | | NOFX |
So there's a holiday started by the McElroy brothers (of MBMBAM/The Adventure Zone/etc fame) called Candlenights and a couple of groups I'm in do Candlenights gift exchanges. One such Candlenights exchange got me a gift from Colin M Parker (The Podboss of The Scavengers Network) where he counted down the Top 5 songs from our friendship and I'm going to share that show with you right now! Enjoy! (I'll post the Countdown
Colin's Candlenights Gift to Me (Top 5 Songs of Our Friendship)
Featuring
The Ataris
blink-182
MxPx
NOFX
The Wonder Years
| | | The Wonder Years |
Here we are again for another glorious Artists of the Year countdown. I love it so much and this one is an EXCELLENT one. Great songs, but also songs that point to specific events in the year, which is just what you want in an AOTY countdown, you know?
2019 Artists of the Year Countdown
Featuring
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
blink-182
Cast of Hamilton
Fall Out Boy
Gin Blossoms
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
The Mountain Goats
New Found Glory
Pearl Jam
Taylor Swift
The Wonder Years
| | | 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
| | | 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
| | | 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
| | | 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