Extended Play

The countdown of the Top 100 Songs of Our Lifetime continues with numbers 40-31. Quite an eclectic mix of albums in this episode! Watch as hosts E and Tank go all Siskel & Ebert on this episode, ranking a few albums WAY differently. What do you think about the list so far? Would any of these albums make your list? Let us know in the comments! Listen to ⁠the albums⁠ included in today’s countdow...

Do the words “satin crotch shot” mean anything to you? Well, they didn’t to us until we watched the video for Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s hip-hop classic “The Message.” Somehow, the video is way worse - and better - than you can possibly imagine. What did you think of the video? Let us know in the comments. Check out other video episodes of our show. Please like/follow/subscribe to Th...

It’s become a show cliche at this point, but true nonetheless; the albums in our list of the Top 100 Albums of Our Lifetime just keep getting better! 😜 This time around, we move past the half-way point to discuss some classic hip-hop albums and some that deserve to be classics. Plus, we give you our un-asked-for take on Canadians. What do you think about the list so far? Would any of these albums...

We're back with an episode just for our non-YouTube folks! It's the return of the Playlist Challenge! Hosts E and Tank each choose five songs that have something to do with comebacks, they each listen to each other's choices, and then rate them from worst to best. It's a blast! Which songs were your favorites? Least favorites? Let us know in the comments on Spotify. Listen to a playlist of the son...

Umm…what the hell did we just watch?! Only the most confusingly awesome music video maybe of all time? Seriously, there is a LOT going on in Vince Neil’s “Sister of Pain” video, beginning with a cyborg exotic dancer and ending with a space age helicopter rescue mission. Plus, the vibraslap ™️. Laugh along with hosts E and Tank as they go deep into this masterpiece. What did you think of the video?...

And just like that, we reach the halfway point of our countdown. This episode, we see the appearance of a recently reunited English giant, some 90s bangers, and robots. 🤖 What do you think about the list so far? Would any of these albums make your list? Let us know in the comments! Watch video episodes of the show. Listen to a Spotify playlist of the albums featured in the show. Mentioned in the...

Why, you might ask, do Extended Play Podcast album reviews go to 20? It’s simple; because they’re twice as awesome as any other lame-ass review system. 😎 This time around our hosts check out the latest album by Detroit hero and former member of the White Stripes, Mr. Jack White. Could we have a new record for highest scored album? 👀 Tune in and find out! What did you think of “NO NAME?” Let us k...

The countdown of the 100 best albums of our lifetime continues! This time around, it’s #70-#61, which includes at least two of our hosts’ all-time favorite artists. What do you think about the list so far? Would any of these albums make your list? Let us know in the comments! Listen to a Spotify playlist of the albums featured in this episode. Watch the ⁠video version⁠ of this episode or ⁠past vid...

Watch as hosts E and Tank spring music-related lists on each other, with each having to answer 10 correctly before getting 5 incorrect. This episode, E will have to guess the top selling artists of all time, while Tank will have to guess the top selling soundtracks. Who will win? Who will lose? How do two dudes who have a music podcast seemingly know so little about music? Play along and let us kn...

Despite Tank’s intro, this episode is NOT about grooming habits of the 1970s 😜, but numbers 80-71 of our countdown of the 100 best albums of our lifetime. Sure, they may have collaborated on the list, but it’s worth tuning in to see how differently hosts E and Tank rank some really killer albums. What do you think about the list so far? Would any of these albums make your list? Let us know in the...

Listen, you’re not going to find two bigger Run the Jewels fans than hosts E and Tank. 👉🤛 So imagine how pumped they were when Killer Mike dropped a surprise album a couple of weeks ago! What did they think? Did it meet expectations? Exceed them? Fall short? What do you think of the album? Let us know in the comments! Please like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast . Check out the vide...

Way back in Season 1 of our show, we discussed what makes a great live concert. We revisited the topic in this episode after our hosts attended a Dave Matthews Band show last month. How does it measure up to other shows we’ve seen? What has changed in the last few years about seeing live shows? Why are fans at concerts all of a sudden behaving so badly? What was your latest show experience like? A...

The countdown of the 100 best albums of our lifetime continues. In this episode, we discuss albums 90-81, an eclectic mix of pop, hip-hop, rock, and metal. What do you think about the list so far? Would any of these albums make your list? Let us know in the comments! Watch the video version of this episode and more video episodes of the show. Like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast .

It’s our first ever twofer! We’ve gone on record a bunch of times about the kind of country-adjacent stuff we like, so we had to review “The Great American Bar Scene” by Zach Bryan and “Passage du Desir” by Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson). It’s both of our first go-round on the juggernaut that is Zach Bryan, and we weren’t disappointed. What do you think of the albums? Let us know in the comm...

We did it. We finally put our money where our mouths are and ranked the best albums of our lifetime. Suck it, Apple Music! 😜 In this episode, you’ll learn the method behind our madness in taking a list of 700 or so albums and coming up with the AUTHORITATIVE list of the best albums from 1980 to 2020. What do you think about our approach? About our choices? Let us know in the comments! Watch the v...

Season 5 of The Extended Play Podcast starts here! What a better way to kick things off than with a contentious album review. Our hosts are definitely split on hometown hero Eminem’s 12th album, but have a blast discussing the merits - and the problematic bits - of this album. Plus, E and Tank preview the upcoming season, in which they come for [redacted music YouTuber]’s crown. 👑 What did you th...

This time around, hosts E and Tank get some music industry insider knowledge from special guest B.K. Barone. B’s spent half of his life involved in music in one form or another - from writing and performing in a successful touring band, to band management, to music video production and on and on. Ever wonder what it’s like to make a living doing what you’re most passionate about? Then this is the...

Join hosts E and Tank as they review “Tigers Blood,” the new album by Waxahatchee. Using their flawless 😎 20–point rating scale, our hosts avoid hipster snobbery and take a down-to-earth and very personal look at what they like - and don’t like - about Waxahatchee’s sixth studio album. Check out the ⁠ video version ⁠ of this episode, or check out all of our ⁠past video episodes⁠ . Remember to ⁠li...

As card-carrying members of the MTV generation, hosts E and Tank have watched A LOT of music videos. In this episode, they each pick five of their favorites. There are some classics, some surprises, and plenty one of them is seeing for the first time. What are your favorite videos? Let us know in our Spotify poll! Check out the video version of this episode and previous video episodes . Watch a pl...

It’s 10 Before 5 time! It’s the music quiz show in which our hosts spring music-related lists on each other, with each having to answer 10 correctly before getting 5 incorrect. This episode, E will have to guess the top touring country musicians of all time, while Tank will have to guess the highest grossing biopics of all time. Sound easy? Well, for them it wasn’t! Watch the video version of this...

In this episode, our hosts - one a big Radiohead fan, the other a novice - review the latest album by The Smile (Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood + Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner) - “Wall of Eyes.” Using their time-tested (well, one time, anyway) 20-point scoring method, they’ll break down what they liked, what they didn’t, what confused them, and how it must feel to be a side-chick of a si...

In this episode of The Extended Play Podcast, hosts E and Tank review “S.O.S.” by SZA. Our hosts are going in knowing next to nothing about this album (well, except that it was most people’s album of the year in 2023 and won a few Grammys), and you won’t believe what they thought. Listen to "S.O.S." by SZA . Watch the video version of this episode, or check out any of our past video epis...

The title of the episode says it all, doesn’t it? Yet another clickbait-y list has got hosts E and Tank mad as hell, and they’re not gonna take it anymore. This time around it’s the Apple Music 100 Best Albums list that has them seething. Feel their wrath! Watch the video version of this episode and previous episodes . Mentioned in the episode: Robert Glasper calls out (Ms.) Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hil...

🎵 It’s (nearly) summertime in southeast Michigan🎵, so what better time for hosts E and Tank to talk about their five favorite summer songs? And no, they didn’t pick Satriani’s “Summer Song” (though they definitely considered it). Listen to the songs on Spotify and YouTube . Watch our video episodes . From the episode: Miami Vice guest spots Sad bastard music (from "high Fidelity") Plea...

For this edition of the Playlist Challenge, hosts E and Tank each choose five songs with medical terms in their titles and rank them. We promise there’s only a passing reference to proctology. Listen to the songs in this episode on Spotify and YouTube . Watch our video episodes , including our episode about "Juggalo Pen15." Please like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast . Clip...