Endless Scroll

We'll be back to regularly scheduled programming later this week, but for now , enjoy a bonus episode that our Popstar Squad did on Gwen Stefani's bizarre career.  Original description: For this weeks bonus episode, the Endless Scroll Popstar Squad reunites to dive through the rather shallow pool of Gwen Stefani's solo career. This also introduces what we're calling the Flop Stars bracket! You'll...

This week we discuss the way people who aren't teens talk about music made by teens, the critical consensus around Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour,' and the album itself. Plus, we review the new EP from Mannequin Pussy and the new album from Fiddlehead.  We will be off this weekend for Memorial Day, so there will be no new episode at the end of next week. We will be recording a mailbag episode when we retu...

We talk with Portland-based musician and music writer Mo Troper about his full cover album of The Beatles' Revolver, and about the complicated legacy and influence of the Fab Four in present-day rock music.    

This week we're joined by Hugo Reyes, a writer with bylines at Post-Trash, No Echo and more. We talk with Hugo about his series going through the history of the Chicago Emo Revival.  You can heard that series here: https://hugoreyes-36858.medium.com/

For this week's bonus episode, we look back at Turnover's 2015 record 'Peripheral Vision.' Some of us love it, some hate it, and one of us has never heard it until now.

This week we each pick three forgotten, or under-appreciated songs from the catalogs of artists we love. Plus, reviews of the new albums from Rosie Tucker, Origami Angel, and Hey, ily! 

This week we discuss new music from Snow Ellet, Sour Widows, and Remember Sports. Plus, we take a look at the very real prospect of live music coming back this year. Listen all the way through for a great bit of Michael Brooks backstory. 

This week we're talking narratives. The stories around albums or artists that get repeated over and over, sometimes even to the point of overshadowing the music itself. We use new releases from Greta Van Fleet, The Armed, and The Spirit of the Beehive as our examples, and talk about how we feel about each record. 

This week we're joined by writer Aliya Chaudhry, a writer with bylines at Billboard, Kerrang, Water and Music, and more. Aliya guides us along as we dive into the ways Pop Punk has been getting a new life on TikTok. 

This week we're joined by the man once named Chicago's Third Best Pizza, Leor Galil! Leor is a senior staff writer for the Chicago Reader and weird food enthusiast. We talk new releases from Xiu Xiu, Dry Cleaning, and Moontype. Plus, we talk to Leor about the Readers recent transition to nonprofit status, and ask him to rate weird food he's eaten.

Well the first quarter of the year has come and gone, and so naturally it's time for a list episode. This time Eric, Eli, Michael and Miranda each share their 5 favorite songs and 10 favorite albums of the year so far. 

Surprise! We've unlocked this bonus episode to give you a taste of what we have behind the paywall. This week those of us in the Popstar Squad dive into the surprisingly deep discography of Canadian popstar Avril Lavigne. This episode finds us discussing maybe the worst song of the entire bracket???

This week is the 100th episode of Endless Scroll, and to celebrate the occasion, we asked some of our past guests to submit their hot takes for us to play and dissect. Plus, we have an incredible surprise for you. 

This week we're joined by the wonderful people who make up Another Michael, Michael Doherty, Alenni Davis, and Nick Sebastiano. We chat with them about their new album, their experience in the Philly DIY scene, and many other things. Their new album, New Music and Big Pop, is out now on Run For Cover Records. 

This week we're joined by music writer Mano Sundaresan to talk about digicore artists and their ever-changing relationship to Soundcloud. Plus, can we actually even call those artists "digicore"?  You can read Mano's writing on this topic in Water & Music. 

On this episode of Endless Scroll we're joined by the one and only Missy of Mannequin Pussy. It was great to talk with her about the existential crisis face by many touring artists over the past year. As a touring musician herself, Missy offers valuable insight to what it's been like trying to keep a band afloat. 

Friend of the pod Ted Davis, Music Editor for Merry-Go-Round Magazine, joins the two-timers club as we discuss the purpose of album anniversary pieces. Plus, we review new tunes from Katy Kirby, Mister Goblin, and Wild Pink. 

This week we're joined by returning guest Matty Monroe, host of the Indieheads Podcast and moderator at r/indieheads. We talk with Matty about his new series detailing every #1 on the Billboard alternative rock charts in the 2010s. Plus, we talk new music from Claud, The Obsessives, and Black Country, New Road. 

On this weeks episode, we're joined by Endless Scroll Correspondent and Twitter celebrity Michael Brooks to talk about new music from Sun June and The Weather Station! Plus, a new segment, the Record Cubby, where we each go through some new adds to our record collections that we love.

We're joined by Endless Scroll Correspondent and newsletter icon Miranda Reinert this week! Miranda helps us unpack the latest news about Spotify's creepy patent, the Rolling Stone piece about "beat licensing," and the new Weezer album.

This week we're joined by our new Endless Scroll correspondents, Michael Brooks and Miranda Reinert, to discuss our predictions for the music industry this year. 

This week we're joined by Harrison Thurman, who is The Alternative's outgoing Twitch Stream Director and plays in the band Scratchy Blanket. We talk about new albums from Lande Hekt and Palberta, before discussing the problems a lot of bands have with streamed live performances, and what can be done to improve them. Plus, Harrison asks us some questions. 

We're joined once again by writer Emma Madden, this time to discuss the dramatic album rollout for Lana Del Rey's Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Plus, we review new music from Beach Bunny, Danielle Durack, and Ashnikko. You can read Emma's profile of Ashnikko in New York Magazine here 

Nearly one year later, we are rejoined by our friend Evan Meindl, drummer of Pittsburgh's own Rave Ami. The last time we spoke with Evan, Rave Ami had big plans for 2020, and then, well, you know. We talk this time about how they've had to adapt, and what it was like being in a band without an active music scene. Plus, reviews of the new Playboi Carti and The Dirty Nil. 

Happy NYE! We each ranked our top 50 songs of 2020. Please enjoy more Endless Scroll + Jaran content, and we'll see you in the new year.