WXPN’s 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century - Your Next Favorite Band

Philadelphia-based radio station WXPN often asks listeners to submit top 10 lists for various types of music to be compiled, calculated, and ranked to produce a list of the 885 best, according to those that were submitted. This year, they dedicated that to songs of that have been release from the year 2000 to today.

Of course we'll be joined by Dan Drago of 25 O’Clock Pod, and Nate Runkel of Yo! That’s My Jawn and we'll each share our thoughts on the list as it wraps up, who was on our Top 10 lists and how they curated it and whittled it down.

And who knows - maybe there will be a surprise or two during the broadcast.


Phil's Top 10 List

• "I and Love and You" by The Avett Brothers
• "The National Anthem" by Radiohead
• "S.O.B." by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
• "Black Parade" by Beyonce
• "Around the Corner" by Mike Mains & the Branches
• "'Gideon" by My Morning Jacket
• "Hollywood Lovesong" by Dirty Dollhouse
• "It's All Over Now" by Blair Crimmins & the Hookers
• "Bulletproof Glass" by The Accidentals
• "If Nothing Happens" by Corver Commodore

Dan's Top 10 List

• Spoon- "Finer Feelings"
• Hop Along- "Texas Funeral"
• Aesop Rock- "Labor"
• Low- "When I Go Deaf"
• Neko Case- "This Tornado Loves You"
• Four Tet- "My Angel Rocks Back And Forth"
• Ted Leo & The Pharmacists- "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?"
• Parquet Courts- "Borrowed Time"
• Grandpaboy- "Eyes Like Sparks"
• Luna- "Black Postcards"

Nate's Top 10 List

• "IMPOSSIBLE GERMANY" - WILCO
• "MAYBE TONIGHT" - NICOLE ATKINS
• "GREATEST MISTAKE" - HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL FT. JOHN DATES & JAMIE CULLUM
• "WATER" - THE ROOTS
• "PAPRIKA" - JAPANESE BREAKFAST
• "EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD" - THE BETHS
• "NEVER FIGHT A MAN WITH A PERM" - IDLES
• "BLESSINGS" - CHANCE THE RAPPER FT. TY DOLLA $IGN, ANDERSON.PAAK, BJ THE CHICAGO KID, RAURY & JAMILA WOODS
• "MISS SWEENEY" - WEEZER
• "I WANT LOVE" - ELTON JOHN

As always, our hope is to bring you "your next favorite band". If you tuned in today because you already knew this musician - thank you very much! We hope that you enjoyed it and would consider following us and subscribing so we can bring you your #nextfavband in the future. And check out nextfavband.com for our entire catalog of interviews!

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Thank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp, and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use their music in the show open and close. It makes everything sound so much better!

Let’s catch a live show together soon!

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