Monday Night Album Club 190
The Monday Night Album Club on the 16th of March 2026 was a listening party held on the Community Garden Radio Discord and on Community Garden Radio. It was the hundred and ninetieth edition of the Album Club, and the album listened to was "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails. The pre-mix was curated by Tuftii.[1].
It was the hundred and fifty sixth album club to be broadcast directly on Community Garden Radio.
Background
Nine Inch Nails won with 10 votes, Pulp had 7 and The Beatles got 1.
Pre-pre Mix
A selection of tracks for vibe curation:
- ESG - Dance
Open in Spotify
- Chalk - Pain Open in Spotify
- Snapped Ankles - I Want My Minutes Back Open in Spotify
- SPRINTS - Descartes Open in Spotify
Pre-mix
- Deftones - Bored Open in Spotify
- Korn - Freak On a Leash Open in Spotify
- Incubus - New Skin Open in Spotify
- TOOL - Stinkfist Open in Spotify
- Placebo - Pure Morning Open in Spotify
- Björk - Army Of Me Open in Spotify
- Massive Attack - Karmacoma Open in Spotify
The album
The vote
There will be no vote this week as next week will be a Katherine Priddy "These Frightening Machines" special.
The track played was:
- Katherine Priddy - Matches Open in Spotify
The Return Of CAC: The 2026 Draw
Tonight marked the return of album club's premier knockout competition, Copa Album Club (CAC) to start the celebrations for the 4th Birthday of Album Club.
A live draw took place on air and the 16 Round 1 matches were drawn from Tuftii's homemade sack of balls.
| Match | Album 1 | Album 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaur Pile Up - I've Felt Better | The National - High Violet |
| 2 | Muddy Waters - Hard Again | The Cure - Disintegration |
| 3 | Van Morrison - Astral Weeks | Skunk Anansie - Stoosh |
| 4 | Kraftwerk - The Man Machine | Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That |
| 5 | Little Richard - Here's Little Richard | Slayer - South Of Heaven |
| 6 | Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Jacques Brel - J'arrive |
| 7 | Wet Leg - moisturizer | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going To A Go-Go |
| 8 | The Breeders - Last Splash | Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back |
| 9 | Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes | Laufey - A Matter Of Time |
| 10 | Loyle Carner - hopefully ! | JADE - THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY |
| 11 | ELO - Discovery | Soulwax - Nite Versions |
| 12 | Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap | Chappel Roan - Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess |
| 13 | Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams | Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell |
| 14 | MGMT - Oracular Spectacular | Viagra Boys - Viagr Aboys |
| 15 | Eels - Beautiful Freak | Robyn - Body Talk |
| 16 | Ramones - Ramones | Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party |
At the halfway point Tuftii chose:
- Antony Szmierek - The Heron Open in Spotify
To finish the CAC draw, there was a press conference where Macs McCoist was fired for colluding with the BBC over a copy cat album club.
Tuftii played out with:
- Squid - Paddling - Edit Open in Spotify
People's Penultimate Picks
- Robin chose: Tampasm - This Is Carnage Open in Spotify
Tuftii's Tail End Track
- Ty Segall - I'm a Man Open in Spotify
References
- ↑ Taken from the Discord server, #music channel.