Extended Play

We had to see (hear?) for ourselves if the hype was real. This week we listen to the latest album from Geese, count down ten songs that we never intend to listen to, and give you five more songs to renew your passion for music. What do you think of “Getting Killed?” What songs do you hear all the time if you didn't plan on it? Let us know in the comments! Listen to songs on the Extended Playli...

We're slowly making our way through gaps in our musical knowledge, and this time around it's The Velvet Underground & Nico. With almost no context, how does this almost 60 year-old album hold up? We also discuss our ten favorite instrumentals, and, as always, give you a playlist of five songs that will help renew your passion for music. What do you think of "The Velvet Underground and Nico?" W...

Getting turned on to a musician from a children's song is weird enough - let alone when it's an indie hip-hop legend. This week we listen to Aesop Rock for the first time, rank nostalgic 80s songs, and give you five more songs to renew your passion for music. What do you think of “The Impossible Kid?” What 80s acts bring you right back to that wild time? Let us know in the comments! Listen...

Listening to the latest Hayley Williams album - "Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party" - has got our two hosts wondering if they've actually been hipster snobs this whole time. Plus, the 10 best trios in music and an five more songs to renew your passion for music. What do you think of “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party?” What awesome trios did we miss? Let us know in the comments! List...

The new Earl Sweatshirt album has our two hosts perplexed. They get that it's not for them, but then who is it for? Plus, the 10 best duets ever and an Extended Playlist featuring a song that's certified AWESOME. Listen to songs on the Extended Playlist ( Spotify , YouTube ) Like/follow/subscribe to Extended Play Join the Extended Family on Patreon for even more playlists This episode feat...

To say that not *really* listening to Black Sabbath constitutes a major blind spot for us is putting it lightly. 😣 We’re starting with Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (for some reason), and we’ll tell you whether it’s for everyone, for fans of the genre, fans of the artist, or no one. We also rank the top ten albums of 1997 (man, was that a great year!) and give you a playlist of five songs that will help r...

Hosts E and Tank are back with more ways to renew your passion for music. This episode they dig into the lore and the impact of Liz Phair’s incredible “Exile in Guyville.” Plus, 10 songs about illicit substances and another fantastic playlist. Listen to songs on the Extended Playlist ( Spotify , YouTube ) Like/follow/subscribe to Extended Play. Join the Extended Family on Patreon for even more pla...

In this week’s episode, you can hardly contain our hosts’ enthusiasm for the latest album from Turnstile, “NEVER ENOUGH.” It’s an album that’s got something for everyone, even us two old farts. Plus, we arbitrarily rank hair metal bands, and give you a new playlist of five songs that will renew your love for music. What do you think of the Turnstile album? What hair metal bands did we miss? Let us...

We’re back, baby! This week we unveil our new format, talk about Clipse’s incredible new album “Let God Sort ‘Em Out,” rank the top ten 90s rock bands you may (or may not) have forgotten about, and give you a playlist of five songs that will help renew your passion for music. What do you think of the new Clipse album? What 90s rock bands did we miss? Let us know in the comments! Listen to songs on...

On the eve of the release of Turnstile’s latest album, “NEVER ENOUGH,” we went to see a one-night only theater presentation of the visual album. We had a blast! In this episode, our hosts mostly talk about what the visual medium brought to this album, and advocate for these kind of things to happen every week. Did you see the visual album in theaters? What did you think? What did you think of the...

Note: Due to some trouble on the back end, Spotify’s only letting us upload the audio version of this show. We’re working our way through some of the critics’ greatest albums of all time - well, those we’ve never listened to before, anyway. 😉 These are mostly albums from the 60s and 70s, which are a HUGE blind spot for at least one of our hosts. This week the boys interrupt their summer breaks fo...

In this bonus episode of The Extended Play Podcast, we get together with Karl & Neil from the Two Dudes and Killer Tunes podcast to talk about our favorite live shows, our desert island picks, and a whole lot more. Crazy that this much podcast talent comes straight out of Southeast Michigan, right? What are the best live shows you’ve ever attended? Let us know in the comments! Check out the Tw...

For the past three seasons, we’ve challenged ourselves to name our 10 favorite artists, knowing that at the end of the season, three artists would be relegated and three would be promoted (I.e., get booted from the list and join the list, respectively, a la the English Premier League). It’s time to see who dropped and who joined the elite EPPL (Extended Play Premier League ™️). What do you think o...

We’re back again to review a classic album that we previously knew very little about. This time around it’s David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.” How did hosts E and Tank find their first experience with Bowie? Watch and find out! What album have you just never got around to listening to? Let us know in the comments. Listen to “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy St...

Looking for new music? Can we tempt you with songs by bands with weird/stupid names? Well we've got ten songs that fit the bill, and we're going to listen to them and rank them. It's the Playlist Challenge, and it's a great way to for our intrepid hosts to introduce each other to stuff they've (usually) never heard before. What are your favorite songs by bands with terrible nam...

Next up in our series of reviewing classic albums that we somehow previously never really listened to is Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” from 1971. Did it meet its lofty expectations? Watch as hosts E and Tank take a deep dive - their findings might surprise you. 😉 What album have you just never got around to listening to? Let us know in the comments. Watch previous episode s. Please like/follow/subscribe...

Hosts E and Tank - music obsessive in their late 40s - recently attended a Bob Mould concert and thought to themselves, “Are we getting too old for this shit?” The short answer: no. The long answer: it’s complicated. We talk about the ideal circumstances for a fun concert experience once you’re in your 40s, how artists embrace (or don’t embrace) aging, and a whole lot moreHow has the concert-going...

I mean, we can’t listen to ALL the music, can we? There’s gotta be a few blind spots. And believe it or not, Elton John’s 1973 album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” - a classic album by any measure - had totally escaped our hosts’ consciousness. It’s time to fix that. Hosts E and Tank listen to the album for the first time and give their honest take on it. Their findings might surprise you. 😉 What al...

Imagine someone you want to impress leans over your shoulder and looks at your favorite playlist. Is there anything there you’d be embarrassed to show? Hosts E and Tank talk about the whole notion of guilty pleasures and each list five guilty pleasures of their own. Let’s just say you’re in for a surprise, folks. 🤓What are your guilty pleasures when it comes to music? Let us know in the comments....

Bon Iver’s fifth studio album - “SABLE, fABLE” - is perhaps his most optimistic and accessible record to date. In this episode, hosts E and Tank listen to the album for the first time straight through and react to it, then give their review. We call it a “revaction” (still workshopping that name TBH).” Does this lyrical/musical shift pay off? Tune in and find out! What did you think of the album?...

We spend a lot of time thinking about music, and this topic has been percolating for a while - are The Beatles *really* the greatest band of all time? Or is calling them the GOAT just a cop-out for doing some deep thinking about what it means to be great? And if they are the best, what does that say about the entire history of rock and roll *since* The Beatles broke up? What do you think? Let us k...

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 frontmen/women of all time, while Tank will have to guess the top selling hard rock/metal albums. Who will win? Who will lose? How do two dudes who have a music podcast seemingly know so little about music? Play along and...

When it comes to terrible 80s music videos, we just can’t help ourselves. This week, it’s the L.A. Rams performing their response/tribute(?) to the Chicago Bears’ incredible “Super Bowl Shuffle” called “Let’s Ram It.” 😏 Yeah, you read that right. Watch to see how long it takes E to figure out that this song *just* might be about something other than football. 🏈😳What did you think of the video?...

Sometimes you go looking for an old school video to make fun of, and it turns out there actually isn’t a video for the song in question. What’s a music podcast to do?! Well, we found another video with a similar name and subjected ourselves to possibly one of the most awful/depressing attempts at hip-hop we could possibly imagine. And we watched Drake’s dad’s video! What did you think of the video...

Bob Mould has been kicking ass and taking names for a *long* time. So what did we expect his 15th solo album to do? Watch as hosts E and Tank get into the particular magic that Mould conjures again and again, and see how the album stacks up compared with our most recent review of Jason Isbell’s new record. What did you think of the album ? Let us know in the comments. Watch other album reviews .Vi...