Extended Play

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...

You know we had to get into it. Listen in as hosts E and Tank dissect the Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake rap beef; who really wins, who loses, and what the fallout will be for hip-hop. Watch the video version of this show. Don't forget to like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast.

Fresh on the heels of Drake getting sued for using A.I. Tupac on his Kendrick diss track (more on that whole thing in a future episode), hosts E and Tank finally talk A.I. and its impact on music. How is it potentially harmful? When is it beneficial? What does all of this have to do with Drew Carey and Phish? Listen and find out!

What artists, songs, or albums do you think are WAY better than they get credit for? In this edition of “My Five,” hosts E and Tank advocate for music that for some reason has flown under the radar. Listen to the music featured in this episode on Spotify and YouTube. Please like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast.

How important, if at all, is authenticity in music? Hosts E and Tank use Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” as a jumping-off point to dig into this slippery topic. How can you tell if an artist is being authentic? Is authenticity even possible in pop music? And so what if it isn’t? There may be no clear answers, but it’s definitely worth the discussion. Metallica’s Elton John tribute: “Funeral For a Friend...

In this week’s episode, hosts and E and Tank make playlists for one another with songs that have U.S. states in the title. We then share our impressions of the songs and rank them according to our own arbitrary criteria. Sound fun? It is! Listen to the songs on Spotify and YouTube . Maggie Rogers & Pharrell (mentioned in the episode). Please like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast .

On this episode of The Extended Play Podcast, hosts E and Tank talk about some of the many issues around artists being fairly compensated for their art. Streaming revenue, the relationship between an artist’s financial security and their creative integrity, and a whole lot more are up for discussion. We may not have all the answers, but maybe it’s more important that we - as fans - start asking th...

In the latest edition of “My Five,” hosts E and Tank each share their five favorite cover songs. They also discuss what makes a great cover song. Should it be faithful to the original? Drastically different? Somewhere in between? Check out a playlist of (most of) the songs . What are your favorite cover songs? Email us at contact@extendedplaypod.com . Check out the video edition of the show! Pleas...

You know, we thought this’d be an easy one. Pick five songs with items of clothing in the title, send them to your co-host, and rate them. Unfortunately, once you get past “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” and “Blue Suede Shoes,” there’s not a whole lot out there! But we toughed it out, all for YOU - the Extended Family. Enjoy! Listen to the songs featured in this episode on Spotify and YouTube ....

In this episode, hosts E and Tank solve the problem of the chicken and the egg. Well, not really, but we do talk about the relationship between music critics/websites and music fans by dissecting the recently published “The 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, According to Pitchfork Readers.” What does the list say about Pitchfork? About its readers? About music fandom in general? What would our...