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Top8 - 09/30/24

September 29, 2024 - 07:20 PM Time for another Top8. I know what you're saying to yourself – "if only I had WTSQ, but in a text format with a shitty, opinionated attitude and constant references to shoegaze". Well, here you go. I aim to please (ish). Please send all selfies taken at the Sierra Ferrell show to wtsq.org/contact. The Cure - Alone I honestly thought this day would never come. New music from The Cure. More than that, a single released ahead of a new album that comes out in only about a month. We lived to hear this. The track is called "Alone" and it's… actually really, really good. It's kind of wild to me that this is a band that last released music more than a decade and a half ago......

Top8 - 09/16/24

September 15, 2024 - 07:53 PM We are halfway through September and still trying to escape from the tyranny of summer. 85F is hot to me. 90-something can go straight to hell. I haven't wanted to leave the apartment in months. This time of year is so depressing to me. Even at night, it's humid and hateful. It's hard for me to imagine that people crossed the landbridge into Alaska, came down into this continent, went east, and stopped here. In this valley. And stayed. Maybe they knew we'd have an Aldi one day. God knows. Send your theories to wtsq.org/contact. At least WTSQ is giving you the coolest music in history to compensate. Let's get into some new stuff. Ethel Cain - For Sure (American Football......

Top8 - 09/02/24

September 02, 2024 - 02:41 PM Welcome back to Top8. Hope everyone has had a good holiday weekend. Before I worked for the county, I worked basically every single Labor Day, while my boss had the day off. It's worth observing how deeply wrong that is. It's also unmistakable how great new music is (that's what we call a fluid transition in the business, kids). Lots of great stuff this week, including the new Fontaines D.C., Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, and The Last Dinner Party. Send your Labor Day vegan BBQ recipes to wtsq.org/contact. Fontaines D.C. - In The Modern World I want to start by looking at the entire new Fontaines D.C called "Romance". This is something of a departure from their previous......

Top8 - 08/19/24

August 18, 2024 - 02:54 PM I may have run out of ways to intro these blogs. Wait, actually, I could say that I don't have an intro. That buys me another fortnight. I have had an unusually good few weeks filled with people I care about and things that matter to me. Some of that has been new music, and I am glad to share it with you. Send all reasons to live to wtsq.org/contact. Father John Misty - I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All Starting things off with some Father John Misty. I could give you a mini bio of the guy right here. I won't. His name isn't John Misty. He isn't a Father. But FJM is a pretty divisive artist. A lot of people just plain hate him. He's worth paying attention to though, and......

Top8 - 08/05/24

August 04, 2024 - 07:39 PM Emily Beane back with another Top8. I had too much stuff for 8 songs this week, and I don't have the time to make it Top18, so maybe you're getting some of those next time. I know that your hearts are broken. Please send all breakup texts to wtsq.org/contact Honeyglaze - Don't Honeyglaze is a London band which got started back in 2021. They have an album and some singles to check out. Today, we are getting into the recent single "Don't." This is post-punk music somewhere between Savages and Guerilla Toss but with a lot of other influences (on other tracks, they feel a lot more like Snail Mail or Soccer Mommy). I love the recording on "Don't." It sounds like this tight three piece is......

Top8 - 07/22/24

July 21, 2024 - 06:18 PM Welcome back to Top8! We here at the station just celebrated our 9th year as the world's finest radio station, and I personally want to thank each and every one of our amazing supporters. We would not be here without you. It was also great to see all the radio family and our friends who came out for the anniversary party. It was a lowkey thing this year, but it's always a huge thing for me to see these people. There is a ton of great music to talk about this week. Sometimes the moment I hear a new track, I immediately add it to the playlist for Top8. This week, they were all like that. If you ever run across a great new track, send it on over to wtsq.org/contact. Noun -......

Top8 - 07/08/24

July 07, 2024 - 02:48 PM I hope everyone had a good time going to or avoiding the Regatta. I have spent a substantial amount of the last couple weeks sitting completely naked four feet away from a fan on full blast. I am sure that one day it will be safe to go outside again, but I may need someone to give me a heads up first before I dare get dressed and pop my head out. Send all weather reports to wtsq.org/contact Let's get into some music. LIINES - Holding On The first time I heard LIINES, I thought the vocalist was Corin Tucker from Sleater-Kinney (one of my all time favorite bands). I should have known that it wasn't because LIINES is better than anything that S-K have released in about a decade.......

Top8 - 06/10/24

June 09, 2024 - 02:19 PM It's a week into June, more than halfway through the year, nothing ever worked out, and we are that much closer to death. At least there is new music. Send all encouragement only to wtsq.org/contact. I don't want to hear it. I am extremely excited about the new Mediogres album. I was lucky enough to catch their show at The Shop this past week. They performed the whole new album and sounded fantastic doing so. Also caught the debut of the film companion of the album at The Snack Institute, which was also really entertaining and funny. Mediogres - River Day With "How Long Do We Have To Stick Around This Hen House?" Mediogres have released one of the best albums I've heard this year. I......

Top8 - 05/27/24

May 26, 2024 - 02:38 PM Welcome back to Top8! I hope everyone has had a good holiday weekend. For most of my life, I haven't been lucky enough to work a job where I got any holidays off (I even used to work on Xmas). In the last few years that's changed, but I can't forget that a lot of the things we like to do on a holiday are possible because someone else didn't get that day off. Walk with kindness and compassion, kids. Tip your bartenders and baristas. I am really happy to have seen so many people out for Fife Street's second anniversary event. I am also really overjoyed to see our dear friends with Folklore Music get to celebrate their grand re-opening here in the People's Building. The amount of work......

Top8 - 05/13/24

May 12, 2024 - 11:56 PM Welcome back to Top8. It's been another whirlwind of a fortnight for me. As I write this on Sunday, I am still buzzing over seeing Some Surprises last night at The Snack Institute, and WTSQ's own Bug at Taylor Books. Too much great music to check out is a good problem to have. The Snack Institute is really a special place. I was able to take my 12 year old nephew out for a rock show where he got to see an extremely legit Seattle band and also see some other kids and weirdos. Don't sleep on The Snack. If you have to work or something, I understand. But if you can, always remember my motto – Go. To. The. Show. We have a beautiful thing happening there and it needs your love and......

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