Shooflypie

Last year I only managed two Heavy Rotation posts; it was the same in 2016. This year I hope to get back to 2015 levels, where I put up four. Posting one in early February gets me off to a promising start, at least. The albums I'm writing about here have been keeping me company throughout January (and even late December in many cases)... The Breeders/Title TK - I'll admit it. I really slept on The Breeders. Sure, I loved "Cannonball" just as much as everyone else back in '93, but I didn't investigate any further. Thanks to streaming, however, I've become quite familiar with Last Splash and love it. Still, however, I hadn't ventured much beyond that album. It wasn't until the band announced it was coming back earlier this month that I gave this album I try. All I can say is...man, I really slept on The Breeders. Title TK is actually their follow-up to Last Splash , coming 9 years later. It's also produced by Steve Albini, which is a fact ...

Let's jump right to today's ten... 1. Furr/Blitzen Trapper (10) - last played on 2/28/16 2. Blue and Gold Print/Mates Of State (8) - last played on 5/29/16 3. Country Sad Ballad Man (Live Acoustic Version)/Blur (3) - last played on 4/13/15 4. Our Love Will Still Be There/Dean & Britta (6) - last played on 5/8/16 5. Most Messed Up/Old 97s (31) - last played on 8/9/17 6. Soon After Midnight/Bob Dylan (5) - last played on 7/1/15 7. Longform/The Dodos (3) - last played on 7/14/13 8. In the Eyes of My Friends (Live)/Sugar (3) - last played on 3/1/15 9. Bright Idea/Julie Ocean (4) - last played on 11/1/14 10. 3000 Flowers/Destroyer (10) - last played on 3/26/17

The second half of September saw these five albums get a lot of play... Destroyer/Poison Season - The album opens with strings and a tinkling piano on the first of three times we hear the song "Times Square" (this one adds "Poison Season I" to the title; the last of the three adds "Poison Season II" and the middle one adds nothing) and it reminds me a little of "Pure Imagination." It's over in 2:33 and gives way to a blast of sax and pounding drums. Really, "Dream Lover" comes on like Springsteen and the E Street Band. Unsurprisingly, I like it a lot. Speaking of Springsteen, there is a song here called "The River." It's sultry and slinky and has some great horns. The middle "Times Square"is built around an acoustic guitar, piano, drums, bongo, and a sax and it bounces along perfectly. "Archer on the Beach" brings back the slink with a groovy bassline and drums offset by a squalling guitar before...

I typically let shuffle mode run all Sunday long but I don't know how many more songs I'll hear today. There are 2 playoff games to watch. I also want to continue watching Parks & Recreation ; on Dec. 1, I decided to rewatch the series on Netflix so I would be ready for the final season. Well, the new season starts Tuesday and I only hit the halfway point last night. Yes, I know I won't watch 55 more episodes in 2 days but I do want to keep watching because the show is great (save for the 6 episode first season). Anyway, long story short, I should get to today's ten... 1. Backstabbin'/Sloan (17) - last played on 11/28/14 2. Pretty Girl from Feltre/The Avett Brothers (4) - last played on 6/28/12 3. My Favorite Year/Destroyer (10) - last played on 8/16/14 4. Cato As A Pun/Of Montreal (6) - last played on 10/5/14 5. Maybe After He's Gone/The Zombies (13) - last played on 11/4/14 6. Scarlet Town/Bob Dylan (5) - last played on 5/16/13 7. I Fought P...

A bit of a later start today but rather than skipping the proceedings, I thought I'd get one in. So, here are today's ten... 1. Postcard Blues/Verbena (5) - last played on 2/3/13 2. Kaputt/Destroyer (6) - last played on 5/5/13 3. In A Radio Song/Okkervil River (4) - last played on 7/22/11 4. It Looks Like Love/Josh Rouse (4) - last played on 3/10/13 5. Sour Cherry/The Kills (7) - last played on 2/11/13 6. I'm Not Through With You Yet/Sloan (11) - last played on 6/8/13 7. Shake And Pop/Nick Lowe (4) - last played on 4/15/12 8. 90-Mile Water Wall/The National (13) - last played on 5/12/13 9. Chinatown/Destroyer (6) - last played on 6/1/13 10. All the Lightning Rods/Centro-Matic (5) - last played on 7/15/12

There will be a "Week In Comics" post in the near future and I have an idea for a long series of posts, so maybe more content in the future. For now, though, let's get to today's ten... 1. Cato As A Pun/Of Montreal (2) 2. One, Two...One/Say Hi (2) 3. I'll Write the Song, You Sing For Me/Irving (1) 4. 3000 Flowers/Destroyer (1) 5. More Stars Than There Are In Heaven/Yo La Tengo (3) 6. October/Broken Bells (5) 7. Let's Go/The Cars (1) 8. European Oils/Destroyer (2) 9. Sleep All Summer/Crooked Fingers (7) 10. Tokyo/Telekinesis (5)