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What better way to start Season 3 of The Extended Play Podcast than with a close look at Hip-Hop? Hosts E and Tank talk about their own history with the genre, celebrate what they love about it, and challenge themselves to step out of their comfort zone when it comes to modern hip-hop. Remember to like/follow/subscribe to  The Extended Play Podcast . Listen to songs from this episode on ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spoti...

(Rebroadcast) Hosts E and Tank continue their discussion of country music, this time focusing on the features of the genre they appreciate. They talk about some of their favorite artists and introduce a new segment called "My Five" in which they each do a deep dive into songs they love. The topic? Country-ish songs. Listen to  Part One . Remember to like/follow/subscribe to  The Extended...

(Rebroadcast) Season 2 starts here! Hosts E and Tank are starting off their second season with the first of two episodes on country music. Spoiler alert: they're not crazy about it. But why? What's the connection between "classic" and "modern" country? What role does politics (or, more specifically, lack of empathy) play in its fanbase? And if country music is so great,...

We're still taking a few weeks off between seasons, but this week we're announcing a way you can connect with Extended Play even when we're not filling your earholes with pleasure. 🥴 Check out this short episode and then head to extendedplaypod.com to connect with us! Remember to like/follow/subscribe to  The Extended Play Podcast . Listen to songs from previous Playlist Challenges on...

It's the season finale! For this super-sized episode, hosts E and Tank are joined by Rob from the 1,001 Album Complaints podcast to talk about band breakups. Why do they happen? What's so challenging about staying together? Rob, a practicing musician, gives us some inside info into what it's like to try and create as a group while maintaining creative autonomy. The final Playlist Chall...

On this week's Extended Play Podcast , hosts E and Tank give a peek behind the curtain to discuss how they discover music. Ever wonder how they find the songs they use for the Playlist Challenge? What's the past, present, and future of music discovery, particularly as AI becomes an existential threat/boon to humanity? The episode begins with a timely discussion about the most recent "...

It's the second half of our "Befuddlement" episode! For this week's Playlist Challenge, hosts E and Tank and co-host Libby challenge one another to find songs with commands in the title. And no, they didn't each pick Soul II Soul's "Dance" five times (though, honestly, they should have). From the episode: Robyn's performance on SNL and the cast's version...

It's time for the The Extended Play Podcast ! Join hosts E and Tank and special co-host Libby as they ask discuss artists they're supposed to like - but don't. When artists are incredibly successful and seem to fit into your musical wheelhouse, how do you explain just not getting it? Are your missing something? Is there just some sort of intangible quality to the music that just doesn&...

It's another episode of The Extended Play Podcast . Listen as hosts E and Tank talk about the sticky situation of enjoying music only to find out that the artist who made it is...problematic. Should you completely avoid anything the artist has created, going back to the beginning? Can you draw a line between listening to the music and tacitly endorsing the artist's behavior? What about sit...

Join hosts E and Tank as they try to figure out the role of music criticism in 2023. Whose opinion can you trust? What happens when critics agree something is great and you just don't get it? How do you discover music when music criticism is harder and harder to find? Plus, another edition of our Playlist Challenge. For this challenge, E and Tank have chosen songs for one another that have an...

In this episode, hosts E, Tank, and Limitation Crab slide further into becoming a Taylor Swift podcast while discussing non-album tracks (a.k.a. "B" sides). How do artists decide what goes on an album? When do cover songs succeed and when do they fail? That, and another edition of the Playlist Challenge, where our hosts come up with playlists that feature songs with verbs in the title. W...

Join hosts E and Tank as they unpack just what it means for music to be "pop." What defines the genre through the ages? Will anyone besides Taylor Swift reach the heights of the great '80s pop icons? Can a couple of grown-ass men like pop music now? Were award shows like the Grammys always doomed to eventually become irrelevant? That, and another edition of the Playlist Challenge, wh...

Hosts E and Tank have some concerts coming up and thought this would be the perfect time to talk about the live music experience. What do they love about it? (Well...the music, obviously.) What do they hate about it? (Well...the other people, obviously.) What makes a great live performance? A great live recording? What does Limitation Crab (patent pending) have to do with any of it? That, and the...

In this episode, hosts E and Country Music Recording Artist Tank discuss the way music soundtracks our lives. How do memories become inextricably tied to the music that was playing at the time? Can nostalgia outweigh the objective quality of the music? How do you choose what you're going to listen to? How important is the location? The weather? Your mood? Remember to like/follow/subscribe to ...

Hosts E and Tank continue their discussion of country music, this time focusing on the features of the genre they appreciate. They talk about some of their favorite artists and introduce a new segment called "My Five" in which they each do a deep dive into songs they love. The topic? Country-ish songs. Listen to Part One . Remember to like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast ....

Season 2 starts here! Hosts E and Tank are starting off their second season with the first of two episodes on country music. Spoiler alert: they're not crazy about it. But why? What's the connection between "classic" and "modern" country? What role does politics (or, more specifically, lack of empathy) play in its fanbase? And if country music is so great, how did Tank...

It's the Season 1 finale! In this episode, hosts E and Tank get angry about a three-year-old list of the best albums of all time. ANGRY. They take a somewhat scientific approach to their discussion, each suggesting three albums that should have been on the list and where they might be placed, and in doing so, fix the list. Well, maybe not, but at least they certainly feel a whole hell of a lot...

In their fourth episode, hosts E and Tank discuss the album format. What albums do they always listen to all the way through? Where does the album format fit in the age of streaming? Whatever happened to b-sides? Remember concept albums? That, and the third edition of the Playlist Challenge. This episode's topic? Songs about places. Remember to like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcas...

In their second episode, hosts E and Tank have very different takes on the value of song lyrics. How much of a song's emotional workload do lyrics carry? Do listeners need to evolve with their favorite artists in order to appreciate their lyrics? Who is the current Bob Dylan of lyricists? (Spoiler alert: it's not Kid Rock.) Plus, it's the debut of the Playlist Challenge! Listen as E an...

In their debut episode, E and Tank try to figure out why it's so hard to talk about music. Why does deep interest in music fall off after a certain point? How do you share your passion with people who just aren't into it anymore? And what it is, anyway, that E and Tank find so vital about the music they love? Please help us out and like/follow/subscribe to  The Extended Play Podcast . Chec...

What is the Extended Play Podcast? It’s an ongoing love letter to music written by hosts E and Tank, two lifelong friends. Get a taste of the show with some clips from Season 1.