Bop or Flop

This week we reviewed Joyride by Astrid S with returning BoF guest, Lauryn Nelson! Will this ride-of-an-album be a joy? Only one way to find out! @laurynenelson @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

They tell me I have pretty eyelashes and you know what kinda sounds like eyelash? Eilish. This week we're reviewing Billie Eilish's new album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT. What's gonna happen? Will we bop it? Will we flop it? Will we give up and just dance? Only one way to find out!

This week we have radical optimist and past-BoF guest George Krall with us as we review Dua Lipa's latest album! @george.anthonyk @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

We're back this week and reviewing the latest album by St. Vincent! We're joined by Allan Santana as we dive deep into All Born Screaming. We may also spend a bit too much time discussing Challengers among others things, but that's typical for our podcast.  @allansantana01 @boporfloppodcast @therealestsimon @theehren

It's just Ehren this week! Except... is it? Join him as he reviews the latest album by Maggie Rogers, "Don't Forget Me" with two returning podcast guests, Dago Blanco and Brady Schnieder.  @dagoblanco @schnieeeder @theehren @boporfloppodcast

Yee-haw! It's time to turn on that radio and listen to our This American Life-adjacent podcast where we stop being polite and start getting real. This is our review of Beyonce's COWBOY CARTER album with special guest, Sean Dowd. @sean.beignet.ramsey @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

Five-timers club member, Luke Miller, joins us as we dig into Waxahatchee's latest album Tigers Blood. We also chat about the real estate settlement, movies, complicated song lyrics, and so much more. listen!!! @lmillernd @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

Watch this space(y), we're reviewing Kacey! Join us as we unpack our thoughts on Kacey Musgrave's latest album, Deeper Well, with friend of the pod, Cori Renfroe! @corirenf @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

y'all have been asking, "where are the guests?!" and "why are your episodes not insanely long anymore??" and we aim to please. we hope you enjoy this hour and 20 minute review of Ariana Grande's latest album, "eternal sunshine". we're joined by justin goetz this week and he keeps us giggling throughout. oh, and Ehren might've figured out how to use the immersive background feature on zoom.  @bopor...

Ok yes, it's 2 weeks after the album came out and 1 week after we were planning to release this episode, but that's who we are... now! Chillax sister, mothers, brothers, and smuckers! We're reviewing J-Lo's (Jennifer Lopez if you're nasty) latest mixed media project: This is Me... Now. Tune in as we chat the movie and the album that goes along with it! @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

Get your holes ready, cuz Kim Petras is back with Slut Pop Miami! Tune in to hear Simon and Ehren go *deep* to discuss the follow up to the wildly divisive Slut Pop EP from 2022. How do we feel about takin' the sluttery to Miami? Tune in to find out.   @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

What do the Grammys, Super Bowl, Beyonce, and Zara Larsson's latest album "Venus" all have in common? They're all topics of conversation on this week's episode of Bop or Flop! Give it a listen and let us know what you think! @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

New year, new Mean Girls! This week Ehren and Simon are going into their first ever musical movie review! They're unpacking their thoughts on the movie musical adaptation of the broadway musical adaptation of the hit 2004 movie, Mean Girls as well as doing their typical album review of the movie's soundtrack. Will they think the remake and reimagining is so grool or will it fail just like fetch? O...

Well, it's been another year! And with that, it's time for our wrap up episode. This week we go through our top 5 albums that we reviewed this year*, our top 5 favorite songs, if there were any albums we want to reverse our review on, and so much more. You'll have to tune in to see what shenanigans we get into in our final episode of 2023. @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

You know them, you love them... Ehren and Simon are back back back again with so many things to be thankful for. But will they be thankful for their annual holiday album review with Matt Rogers' debut "Have You Heard of Christmas"? You'll have to hit that play button to find out.  Note: if you're Ehren's coworkers, family, or otherwise... there may be 2 minutes we recommend you skip ahead from.  ...

The name on everybody's lips: Cannons. Or at least, on Simon's lips for the past two years since the YouTube algorithm served him a Cannon's music video (damn our AI overlords). The boys settle in for an *intimate* dish sesh to discuss Cannon's latest album, "Heartbreak Highway." Uff, sounds like a buzzkill right? OR IS IT? Tune in to find out.    @theehren @therealestsimon @boporfloppodcast

You feel that? That's the rush. The rush you get when listening to Simon, Ehren, and special guest Zach Herbst review Troye Sivan's latest album, "Something to Give Each Other". Will the album get them started, or will they say they can't go back [to that album ever again], baby? Only one way to find out!

We're driving deep into introspective sad boy territory this week as we review Sufjan Stevens' latest album, "Javelin" with special guest Brady Schnieder! What'll the boys think of Sufjan? Only one way to find out!

Chappell Roan has been a slow simmer for the past few years, but this week she turns into a full boil with the release of her debut album, "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess". Join us as we review her latest album with a returning podcast favorite, Luke Miller! @lmillernd  @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

Are you a teen going through some angst and heartbreak? We aren't either, but our favorite angsty no-longer-teenage girlie, Olivia Rodrigo, just released her sophomore album, GUTS and we are on the case!! Will we love it as much as SOUR? Will Kelsie Full get mentioned at all? Only one way to find out!! @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon

Ehren is out this week BUT FEAR NOT - as a member of the capital P "Press," Simon is boots on the ground reporting from Tove Lo's DIRT FEMME world tour. Tune in as Simon meanders through tour highlights and also touches on the drama of a costume change, white people twerking, the top 3 pop songs of all time, and if you listen carefully you might hear George meowing in the background.  OH, and you...

You know what's better than one Jaguar? TWO. This week we dive into the second installment of Victoria Monet's Jaguar II. We may also spend *just enough* time setting out the scene of where Allan would be listening to this album. Will we Rhythm & Bop the album? Only one way to find out! @allansantana01 @boporfloppodcast @therealestsimon @theehren

You may know her from her role on broadway and movie musical, Rent... you may also know her from her TV roles on the hit show, glee. OR! you may in fact know her from her music career. If that's the case, boy do we have an episode for you.  This week we're reviewing Idina Menzel's latest album, Drama Queen. Will her disco vibes make us wiggle her into a bop? or will her venture into moving and gro...

"Culture was forever shifted the day that Glee premiered. From some truly iconic storylines to an ever-flowing amount of song covers, Glee truly was one of its kind." - Ehren Minkema, noted glee fan (gleek) This week, listen as Ehren goes through his top 10 Glee songs of all time. Will he make a gleek out of you or will you already be going down memory lane? You'll have to let us know! P.S. Simon...

While we may be a day late and a dollar short, we're here to review all things Barbie. From the movie, to the album, to some heated thoughts about the Lizzo controversy, we really go into it all this episode.  @boporfloppodcast @theehren @therealestsimon