THE COUNTDOWN TO 2011 CONTINUES!

1. December 9, 2010
THE Sands REPORT Unifying the Alt Community
30 Seco nds T o M a rs “K in gs a nd Qu e e ns ”
THE COUNTDOWN TO 2011 CONTINUES! 1.
Honorable Mention: Cake “Sick of You”, Linkin Park
e verybody loves lists. And this we e k ,
it’s my favorite list of all. The very
b e st songs of the year. Not albums.
We play songs around here, and I’d like to
“The Catalyst”, Broken Bells “The High Road.”
KEN WEST, W B O S-BOSTO N:
5.) Dirty Heads “Lay Me Down”
4.) Kings of Leon“Ra d i o a c t i ve”
know which songs you thought we re the 3.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
2.) Cee Lo Green “Fuck You”
best in 2010. So here we go...you show me 1 . Fl o re n ce + Ma c hi ne “D o g Days A re Ov e r”
yo u rs, and then I’ll show you mine! Honorable Mention: Linkin Park “Waiting for the End.”
LESLIE FRAM, WRXP-NEW YORK: SCOTT RI Z Z U TO, KPNT-ST. LOUIS:
5.) Va m p i reWeekend “Cousins” 5.) Godsmack “Cry i n’ Like A Bitch”
4.) Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man” 4.) My Darkest Days “Porn Star Dancing”
3.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up” 3.) Re d Line Chemistry “Dumb Lu c k ”
2.) Broken Bells “The High Ro a d ” 2.) Cypress Hill “Rise Up”
1 . Ar cade F ire “ Ready T o S ta r t” 1 . A ve nged S e v e nf old “ Ni ght ma r e ”
Honorable Mention: Band Of Horses “Laredo” and
MARK HAMILTON, K n r k-PORTLAND:
eve rything by Muse even though the CD came out last
5.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
year!
4.) Neon Trees “Animal”
VINCE RICHARDS, KDGE-DA L LAS: 3.) Po rtugal. The Man “People Say”
5.) Paper Tongues “Get Higher” 2.) Cee Lo Green “Fuck You”
4.) My Chemical Romance “Sing” 1 . F oa ls “ To tal L ife For e v e r”
3.) Temper Trap “Fader” Honorable Mention: Hockey “Song Away”, Temper
2.) Civil Twilight “Letters from the Sky” Trap “Fader”, Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man.”
Contact: Richard Sands (415) 383-5955 richard@thesandsreport.com ©All Rights Reserved
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2. December 9, 2010 • Page 2 of 5 The Sands Report
DAVE LOMBARDI, EMI SPECIAL OPS: 3.) Caribou “Odessa”
5.) Two Door Cinema Club “Eat That Up, It’s Good For You” 2.) Yaysayer “O.N.E.”
4.) Guster “Do You Love Me” 1 . ! !! “ AM /FM ”
3.) LCD Soundsystem “I Can C h a n g e” JACENT JACKSON, WLUM-MILWAUKEE:
2.) The Limousines “The Internet Killed The Video Star” 5.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up”
1 . B a nd of H orses “ L a re d o ” 4.) M u m f o rd & Sons “Little Lion
H o n o rable mention: Cee Lo Man”
G reen “Fuck Yo u”, Spoon “Who 3.) Switchfoot “The Sound”
Makes Your Money”, The Whigs 2.) The Heavy “How You Like...”
“Black Lotus”, Athlete “Superhu- 1. A rcade Fi re “Ready To
man Touch.” The Suburbs nominated S t a r t ” (They now get to race
NERF, KTCL-DENVER: for 3 GRAMMY Awards Justin Bieber for the most Grammys
5.) The Heavy “How You Like Me including next year.)
Now” ALBUM OF THE YEAR! Honorable mention: Florence +
4.) Against Me “I Was A Teenage Sales 400k + Machine “Dog Days Are Over”,
Anarchist” Featuring “We Used To Wait” Crash Kings “Mountain Man.”
3.) The Epilogues “Hunting Season” Already added at WFNX, KSJO, KNDD, X96, LYN N BARSTO W, KROX - AUSTIN:
2.) Bad Religion “The Resist Stance” KROX, WEQX, WWCD, WARQ, 5.) MG MT “Flash Delirium”
1 . Innerpartysystem “American SiriusXM Alt Nation, WKZQ and KRXF! 4.) Crystal Castles “Not In Love”
Trash” contact: Karen Glauber 818-506-8800 (f/ Ro b e rt Smith)
Honorable mention: Deftones “Dia- Karen.Glauber@Hitsmagazine.com
3.) Edward Sharp/Magnetic Zeros
mond Eyes”, AWOLNATION “Sail”, “ H o m e”
Weezer “Memories” 2.) A rcade Fire “Ready to Start”
MIKE KAPLAN, KNDD-SEATT L E: 1 . Gorillaz “Rhinestone Eyes”
5.) Mumford & Sons “The Cave” Honorable mention: Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man”,
4.) Broken Bells “The High Road” Fu t u reheads “Heartbeat Song”, AWOLNATI O N “Sail”, The
3.) Edward Sharp/Magnetic Zeros “Home” Delays “Unsung,” Quiet Company’s “How Do You Do It.”
2.) Cage The Elephant “Shake Me Dow n ” TAMI MORRISSEY, EPI TAPH:
1 . The x x “ C ry s tal is e d ” 5.) Cee Lo Green “Fuck You”
S u l t ry sexy and no burnout!
, 4.) F l o rence + Machine “Dog Days Are Over”
SHANNA FISCHER, EVP PROMOTION, WIND-UP: 3.) Bad Religion “Wrong Way Kids”
5.) Fitz & The Tantrums “Picking Up The Pieces” 2.) Va m p i reWeekend “Horc h a t a”
4.) Sleigh Bells “Riot Rhythm” 1 . S o c i a l Distortion “Machine Gun Blue s”
MUMFORD & SONS “The Cave”
22-21* (+56) MEDIABASE
Nominated for Best New
Artist Grammy!
Sigh No More = GOLD!
30,786 Records Sold This Week!
#1 album on Amazon for 2010!
Follow up to the #1 smash “Little Lion Man”

3. December 9, 2010 • Page 3 of 5 Unifying The Alt Community The Sands Report
The Countdown to 2011 Continues (Con’t) MIKE DEPIPPA, EPI C/COLUMBIA:
JULIE PI LAT, KYSR-LOS ANGELES: 5.) Young The Giant “My Body”
5.) Tie: Vanaprasta “Color of Sin” and Best Coast “Mex- 4.) A Day To Remember “All I Want”
ican Summer” (two local bands) 3.) Mumford and Sons “The Cave”
4.) Broken Bells “The High Road” 2.) The Black Keys “Everlasting Light”
3.) Cee Lo Green “Fuck Yo u” 1 . Va mpire We ekend “Holiday”
2.) Linkin Park “Waiting For The End” MICHAEL SOLARI, KSJO-SAN JOSE:
1 . M u mf o rd & S on s “ L ittle L ion M a n” 5.) Dan Black “Symphonies”
The fact we took a chance on a new band that has 4.) Arcade Fire “Ready To Start”
members playing accordions and banjos and they broke 3.) Free Energy “Free Energy”
t h rough by ending the year in power rotation and Gra m- 2.) Foals “Spanish Sahara”
my-nominated makes me believe in the format, new 1 . P l a n B “Welcome To Hell”
music, and our listeners more than ever.
LORRAINE CARUSO, WIND-UP:
CAPONE, 91X-SAN DIEGO: 5.) Edward Sharp/Magnetic Zeros “Home”
5.) Tie: TVTV “Much Too Much” and Ye a s a yer “Ambling 4.) Civil Twilight “Letters from the Sky”
Al p” 3.) Phoenix “Lasso”
4.) Deftones “Beauty School” 2.) The xx“Cry s t a l i s e d ”
3.) The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” 1 . B r o k e n Bells “The High Road”
2.) Linkin Park “Watches & Kings”
OK. Th a n ks for showing me yo u rs. As promised, now
1 . S o c i a l Distortion “Machine Gun Bl ue s”
I ’ll show you mine!
Honorable Mention: The Heavy “How You Like Me
Richard Sands, The Sands Report:
N ow”, Minus The Bear “My Ti m e”, Plan B “Stay Too
5.) Band of Horses “Laredo”
Long”, 30 Seconds To Mars “Night Of The Hunter”
4.) Arcade Fire “Ready To St a rt ”
MATT PINFIELD, WRXP-NEW YORK: 3.) The Delta Spirt “Bushwick Blues”
5.) B roken Bells “The High Road” 2.) Two Door Cinema Club “Something Good Can Work”
4.) Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man” 1 . Mumford & Sons “Little Lion Man”
3.) Gaslight Anthem “American Slang” Honorable mention: La Roux “Bulletproof”, Yaysayer
2.) The Black Keys “Tighten Up” “Ambling Alp”, The Heavy “How You Like Me Now”, Mid-
1 . A rcade Fire “Ready To S t a rt ” dle Class Rut “New Low”, Broken Bells “Ghost...” ■
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4. December 9, 2010 • Page 4 of 5 The Sands Report
Added/New In The Top 50
KROX-Austin: Arcade Fire, Jimmy Eat World
WBOS-Boston: Lifehouse, Muse
WFNX-Boston: No adds
WEND-Charlotte: No adds
“Sail”
Q101-Chicago: Jimmy Eat World "Immediately--and hugely--reactive, like
WKRK-Cleveland: No adds nothing else we've played this year. Or last year!"
CD101-Columbus: Arcade Fire, Atomic Tom, Klaxons, —Lynn Barstow, PD of KROX/Austin
Local Natives
KDGE-Dallas: Florence & The Machine, New Politics Already Spinning On:
KTCL-Denver: Cage The Elephant, Neon Trees WRZX KNDD KNRK
89X-Detroit: No adds KRBZ WKZQ
WMRQ-Hartford: No adds
KTBZ-Houston: My Darkest Days, Three Days Grace WBRU-Providence: Jimmy Eat World
WRZX-Indianapolis: No adds KCXX-Riverside: Alter Bridge, Shinedown, Social
WXXJ-Jacksonville: No adds Distortion, Stone Sour
KRBZ-Kansas City: No adds X96-Salt Lake City: Arcade Fire, Jimmy Eat World
KXTE-Las Vegas: No adds KBZT-San Diego: No report
KVGS-Las Vegas: The Daylights 91X-San Diego: Crystal Castles, Middle Class Rut,
KROQ-L.A.: No adds Switchfoot
KYSR-L.A.: Plan B Live 105-San Francisco: Jimmy Eat World
WLUM-Milwaukee: Atomic Tom, Hugo, Vampire KSJO-San Jose: Arcade Fire, Middle Class Rut
Weekend The End-Seattle: Vampire Weekend, Young The Giant
WRXP-New York: Broken Bells KPNT-St. Louis: Switchfoot
WROX-Norfolk: My Chemical Romance, The Summer 97X-Tampa: No adds
Set DC-101-DC: Cage The Elephant, My Chemical Romance
The Spy-Oklahoma City: No report WPBZ-West Palm Beach: No adds
WJRR-Orlando: No adds Adds in selected other markets
WRFF-Philadelphia: Coldplay KRXP-Colorado Springs: Cold War Kids, Young The Giant
KEXX-Phoenix: Smashing Pumpkins, Switchfoot WARQ-Columbia: Arcade Fire, Disturbed, Shinedown
WXDX-Pittsburgh: No adds WKZQ-Myrtle Beach: Arcade Fire, AWOLNATION, Jimmy
KNRK-Portland: No adds Eat World
BROKEN BELL
“THE GHOST INSIDE”
“99 Problems”
NEW THIS WEEK: NEW THIS WEEK: WRXP/NEW YORK
WLUM/Milwaukee WZNE/Rochester ALREADY ON: KROQ, WMRQ, WFNX
LIVE 105, KNDD, KNRK, KKDO, KNXX
#2 potential callout with core at KNDD/Seattle KRBZ, KJEE, WLUM, WZNE, SIRIUS
ALREAD ON AT: KNDD, KCXX , KRXP, WEQX BDS: 25
WWCD, WXDX & Mediabase: 28
ALBUM HAS SCANNED 280K

5. December 9, 2010 • Page 5 of 5 Unifying The Alt Community The Sands Report
Thursday Music Meeting & T h ree Dot Lounge The Big List
Well. Here we are. The final music meeting of 2010. Shall we My Fave Links—Click and Listen:
pop the bubbly to celebrate? Why not...We’ve already gone Arcade Fire
through the songs of the year. But D A N I E L G LAS S at Glass- (www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial)
note has a nomination for “Best Moment of 2010”—for him, Ave t t Brothers
it was the P H O E N I X encore at Madison S q u a re Ga rden with (www.myspace.com/theavettbrothers)
DA FT P U N K . “Pu re magic” is how he put it. Speaking of Glass- Broken Bells (www.brokenbells.com/)
note, congrats to M U M FO R D & S O N S —up for two Grammy’s, Facebook Fan Page (Become a fan/“Like”)
Best New Artist, and Rock Song of the Year for “Little Lion (www.facebook.com/thesandsreport)
Man”! Meanwhile, “The Cave” is knocking on the doors of Fitz And The Tantrums
Top 20...A tip of the cap to A RCA D E F I R E who drew THREE (www.myspace.com/fitzandthetantrums)
Grammy nominations including for Album of the Year. “We Florence + The Machine
Used To Wait” picked up adds at X96, KROX, and (myspace.com/florenceandthemachine)
CD 10 1. . .JI M MY E AT W O R L D was your “most added” this M u m f o rd & Sons
week...S O C I A L D is getting good early call out. And 48 spins (www. m y s p a c e . c o m / m u m f o rdandsons)
a week at K RO Q! . . .NE W P O LI TI C S picks up a key add at K D G E New Politics
on “Dignity”...W R X P adds B RO K E N B E LL S . . .WLU M and (www.myspace.com/newpoliticsrock)
WZ N E hit H U G O ...Hungering for the C U R E ? Well, you can’t get Social Distortion
any closer than C RY STA L C AST LE S . . .DR E W H AU S E R at W n d - U p
i (www.myspace.com/socialdistortion)
wanted in on the songs of the year. His vote for #1 is The Temper Trap
D E E R H U N TE R “ D e s i reLines”...Nice to see the nods for A WO L- (www.myspace.com/thetempertrap
N ATION as faves from N E R F and LY N N B A RSTOW because Two Door Cinema Club
“Sail” is gonna be big in ‘11...Before we get out of here for the (www.myspace.com/twodoorcinemaclub)
final time this ye a r, some good ratings to pass along. J AY Coming In January:
H U D S O N at 8 9 X informs me that the station is performing AWOLNATION “Sail” (Red Bull Records)
ve ry well on both sides of the border—#1 18 to 49 in Wi n d- Boxer Rebellion “Step Out” (CO5)
sor!...Stateside, S E A N LY N C H is stoked that KVG S is #1 18 to Crystal Castles “Not In Love” (Uni Motown)
34 (English) in the latest PPMs. He wonders, “Could this for- Decemberists “This is Why...” (Capitol)
mat be on the rebound?” Let’s hope so! Because that’s a ve ry Duke Spirit “Everybody’s...” (Shangri La)
positive note on which to wrap things up...I gotta go. But I’ll Hollywood Undead “Hear Me Now” (A&M)
be back early in January. Until then, happy holidaze to you and Young The Giant “My Body” (Roadrunner)
yours...Thanks for stopping by all year! —Richard Sands Send dates to richard@thesandsreport.com
The Sands Report™ See You in 2011!®
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