The Vinyl Countdown

Oh man, a new Vinyl Countdown episode is out? What is this, 2021???? Seriously though, it’s fun to be back just in time for the holiday season so we can be sad together! This week , I have my good buddy Dillon on once again to help me out with picking some of the most depressing songs in our libraries. It’s a fun but at times hard conversation we had but it is cathartic in a way so, I hope you all...

Welcome back everyone! I’ve been taking it easy lately but I felt the need to record a new episode to discuss this 2003 clsssic from Yellowcard…..except, is it really a classic? The lyrics are somewhat cheesy at times, the album itself is maybe too long and that fiddle gimmick gets old super quick. So, come along with me this episode while I dissect this album and why I think it’s one of the most...

Welcome back everybody! After skipping this episode last year, I figured I’d dive into my AOTY for this year along with my favorite pickups of the year as well (regardless of original release date). So sit back and relax and let’s relive some of the musical highlights of 2023!

Welcome back for another episode of The Vinyl Countdown, this week with none other than Armor for Sleep frontman Ben Jorgensen! I had a nice chat with him about the history of the band, Dream to Make Believe’s 20th anniversary (👴🏽👴🏽👴🏽) and much more! Leave a comment and/or review if you could everyone, and as always, thanks for listening!

I’m back with another episode finally and man, I think it was worth the wait. I got to chat with Mark Whelan (lead singer of Fuming Mouth) and discuss the bands history, what they’re currently doing and what’s coming in the future. I hope you all enjoy! You can listen to them here: https://spotify.link/FEx6qTNC9Db New album, “Last Day of Sun” is dropping November 3rd so be sure to check it out whe...

Welcome back to another episode and yet another record I thought I’d never own lol RJA’s “Don’t You Fake It” feels like an underrated and almost forgotten gem of the time. I’m here with Dillon yet again to give it its proper due and to hopefully shed some light on this absolute banger of a record.

Welcome back everybody. This week I’ll be diving into the Tiny Moving Parts aka The Emo Partridge Family and their 2019 release, “breathe”! Yet another record that I’m shocked it’s taken me this long to talk about. This was absolutely one of the best releases of 2019 but was maybe slept on by myself (due to that year having A TON of incredible releases) but I’ll dive into all that and more so I ho...

Doing something a little different this week by covering a single song instead of a whole album but I’m on vacation so, enjoy this short and sweet one! I’m diving into a song that actually inspired me to start the show in the first place so I hope you enjoy hearing me discuss it in detail this week. Thanks for listening!

Another week, another scene classic here at The Vinyl Countdown! I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to deep dive into 2005’s, “Almost Here” by The Academy Is… but I’m so glad I finally did. A few songs from this record have been permanently burned into my brain and instantly bring me back to 05-06 and I just love it. The rest of the record is outstanding too so, I hope you all have as much fu...

Welcome back to another episode and boy is it a good one! This record is my current front runner for AOTY, Initiate’s “Cerebral Circus” is brutal, beautiful, introspective, fucking angry and just all around incredible and I can’t wait to discuss it this week!

4 years, holy shit. This episode marks the 4th year of the show and I figured I’d break out something special and dive into one of my favorite albums of all time! Coheed’s “Good Apollo Volume 1” from 2005 is an all time classic, hands down. This is the album I think you can use to let people hear Coheed for the first time and it’ll rope them in every time lol it’s accessible in a way while also st...

On this week’s episode, I’m finally diving into one of my favorite emo classics, 2004’s “The Weak’s End” by Emery! This album really hit me so hard back in the day so I’ve always held it in very high regard so hopefully you’ll enjoy my deep dive into it!

Anberlin has always been a solid band on my list but Dillon (from the Off the Beaten Clef podcast) absolutely loves them. So, I figured who better to have on to help me dive into their 2007 masterpiece, “Cities” but a bigger fan than me? Come along with us as we break this album down!

On this week’s Listener Request Week episode, I’ll be diving into a nü-metal classic, 2003’s “Meteora” by Linkin Park! This album definitely holds a special place in my heart and, for the most part, still holds up today. Crazy to think this album just turned 20 as well. Come along with me as I discuss the record and the band this week and let’s have some fun!

Oh man, back again with another grail! A Skylit Drive’s 2007 EP “She Watched the Sky” is a scene classic, one of my favorite EPs of all time and one that a lot of people hold near and dear to their hearts. Come along with me as I discuss it this week!

Well hello everyone, welcome back to the show! It’s been over a year since my last episode but this album is damn good, I had to come out of retirement and bring my wonderful wife along for the ride. I hope you have fun as we dive into Paramore’s latest and greatest this week!

Episode 100 is finally here! Although I’m taking a little break after this, I wanted to go out with a special episode and what can be more special than I chatting with Rody Walker of Protest the Hero? I learned a bunch about “Fortress” so I hope you all do too and have a good time while doing it! Thanks for all the support as well over these last 100 episodes, it really means a lot. I’m excited to...

Hello, and welcome back to a short episode this week! I decided to do another 7” due to time constraints and the holidays and whatnot. These 2 songs are great but one of them is not only favorite Thursday song, it’s one of my favorites songs of all time. Which one you ask? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out!

The title says it all for this week.

Ohhhhh man, do we have a banger this week! Turnstile’s “GLOW ON” has quickly become one of my favorite albums of not only this year, but of the past few years. It is a definite AOTY candidate and I’m so excited to dive into it this week.

The grails just keep coming! Last week, I discussed FFAF’s debut record and this week, I’ll be discussing the 2005 classic follow up, “Hours”! This record is one of the defining records of the mid-2000s in my opinion. Funeral for a Friend have had a long and impressive career with some great late career albums but this album seemed to showcase them at their very best. Come along with me as I dive...

Welcome back everybody! On this week’s looooong overdue episode, I finally am getting to discuss a record I’ve been chasing for years….Funeral for a Friend’s stellar debut record, “Casually Dressed and in Deep Conversation”! Long out of print, it finally saw a 3rd pressing recently so I had to get it. I hope you all enjoy this deep dive into one of my grails, then come back next week for Funeral f...

Hello there, and welcome back! On this week’s special “listener’s choice”episode, it came down to GAMI GANG (which is getting its own episode soon) or this record and this is the one that won (obviously), so here we are. While this isn’t my favorite Paramore record, it’s still an extremely important record and is still pretty great, despite its flaws. So, let’s all go back to 2007 and have some fu...

Welcome back to the show everyone! On this week’s very small episode (a mini episode some might call it), I’ll be diving into one of my favorite songs from 2010s! The album this song comes from isn’t great but it does have some interesting fun facts so I figured I’d talk about it this week, hope you all enjoy!

Hello there, and welcome back! This album by the St. Louis darlings Foxing is possibly their best to date, which is saying quite a bit considering every release has been outstanding. Come along with me as I dive into this incredible record!