Appetite For Distraction

New Countdown: January 2021!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 04:14:00 +0000

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

2020 Artists of the Year Countdown!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:59:00 +0000

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

New Countdown: 2020 Year End Countdown!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:04:00 +0000

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

New Countdown!: November 2020!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 05:25:00 +0000

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

Countdown 423 Overflow Post

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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

Countdown 422 Overflow post

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 04:44:00 +0000

New Countdown!: October 2020

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 04:44:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:53:00 +0000

This is an overflow post related episode 420

New Countdown!: August 2020

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:53:00 +0000

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 Collective

The Head and the Heart

KennyHoopla

The Killers

Machine Gun Kelly

Major Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford

Mariah Carey

Matt Maeson

powfu featuring beabadoobee

The Strokes

Tame Impala

twentyonepilots

Weezer

Countdown 419 Label Overflow Post

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:30:00 +0000

This links to Episode 419 (July 2020)

New Countdown!: July 2019

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:05:00 +0000

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 John

Fall Out Boy

The Head & the Heart

KennyHoopla

Major Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford

Matt Maeson

powfu featuring beabadoobee

The Strokes

Tame Impala

twentyonepilots

Weezer

New Countdown: June 2020

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 21:24:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:44:00 +0000

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

New Countdown!: April 2020! (with special guest Lila!)

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:05:00 +0000

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

Countdown 416 "too many tags" post

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 21:56:00 +0000

see episode 416 for these bands

New Post!: March 2020! (CAUGHT. UP!)

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:19:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:00:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:28:00 +0000

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!: Colin Parker's Candlenights Gift For Me

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:05:00 +0000

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

New Post!: 2019 Artists of the Year!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000

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

New Post! 2019 Year End Countdown

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:46:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 14:01:00 +0000

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!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000

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

New Post!: October 2019!

noreply@blogger.com (James!) — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 20:47:00 +0000

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