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Here’s my overdue but still casual chin-​nod «welcome back» to Q101. I was never as huge a fan of theirs as other people I know, but I’m truly grateful to have more than one decent option for current music… that doesn’t bite. Sure, they still spin the occasional Mumford & Sons, but no one’s perfect. I mean, everyone’s capable of making a couple insufferable, banjo-​laden, carbon-​copy, whiny mistakes once in a while.
So, the good and not fabulous:
+ Exposes me to new stuff/​keeps me from falling woefully out of touch with the kids: Wild Cub, Foster the People, Lorde, Big Data, The Neighborhood, Bastille, Vance Joy, Bleachers, Jack White.
+ Gives me not entirely unpleasant flashbacks to high school, etc.: Beck, Weezer, Cake, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, No Doubt, Blink 182 (yeah, so what?), Pearl Jam, STP, Oasis (at least I’m honest about it), Foo Fighters, Jack White’s other bands.
+ DJs are not annoying, don’t try to be Big Personalities, and seem to enjoy having the job a lot of people (me) would love
+ Is it just me, or are there not as many commercials as other stations?
— When they give a band or song heavy rotation, they mean it. It’s like when your friend has a friend, and you two don’t hit it off, but the friend insists you two will love each other if you just spend more time together. (see: Arctic Monkeys, Bastille, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Cage the Elephant.)
Overall, though, glad they’re back.