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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......

Top8 - 04/29/24

April 29, 2024 - 04:08 PM Emily Beane back at you with another Top8. Since we've last caught up, I've seen some great shows, gone through the 2024 Fund Drive, and pretended to like vinyl records to appease Mya Ross during Vinylthon. We've all grown a lot as people. On Sunday, April 21 I caught Teen Suicide at Ace of Cups in Columbus. A really cool early, all ages show. I was probably the oldest person in the room, but what's important is that I didn't look like it. Also got to see the one year anniversary Mountain State Music show put on by our friends at Folklore Music. Our own Andrew Adkins played, as well as Hello June and several other great acts. Make sure you check out the next one of these. Finally,......

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Top8 - 04/15/24

April 14, 2024 - 02:37 PM Controversal sweetheart Emily Beane back with another Top8. I want to say you couldn't pay me to stop doing this, but actually you probably could. Times are tough. But it would be a lot. Please direct all better offers to wtsq.org/contact I am really excited for the new John Moreland album, and I very pleasantly surprised by the new Andrew Bird single. Lots of great music coming out right now. Aluminum - Behind My Mouth Five seconds into "Behind My Mouth" I was thinking of the Madchester scene. If you're a fan of bands like The Stone Roses, you'll like this track, and this band in general. The underlying "shufflebeat" rhythm works in the same dancy repeating figures......

Top8 - 04/01/24

April 01, 2024 - 07:38 PM I want to start this off with a special shout out to all of my trans and nonbinary siblings out there. As I write this on Sunday, March 31st, it's Trans Visibility Day. We are the ones who named ourselves, and we are not going anywhere. You're not alone. Anyway, back again for another Top8. Some weeks it's a challenge to pick only 8 things. This week, I'd have really struggled to find a ninth. Maybe it's the end times. Please send all locust plagues to wtsq.org/contract. Cloud Nothings - I'd Get Along For a brief moment in the 2010s, I had given up on new punk or even punk adjacent music. It wasn't speaking to me anymore. Then I heard Cloud Nothings. This is one of those times when......

Top8 - 03/18/24

March 18, 2024 - 07:53 PM Welcome back to Top8. I hope everyone has survived the week off in the new publication schedule. It worked out to be a bit of luck for me, as I have been on vacation over the past week. While I was away, I saw Hurray for the Riff Raff, Lung, and Girl Cologne -- wildly different shows, and all really cool. I am also really excited to get into some new music with you all. Please send all suggestions related to travel or music to wtsq.org/contact. Dave Matthews - Pretty Bird People hate The Dave Matthews Band. I have been personally denigrated by mean-spirited music snobs for the fact that I don’t. That said, it’s hard to be a defender of the band in 2024. Their last really......

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