Today on the Extended Play Podcast, hosts E and Tank review Jason Isbell’s “Foxes in the Snow.” It’s his first solo record in 10 years, and comes on the heels of a divorce that partially played out in a Max#country documentary. It’s been described as a redefinition of the breakup/divorce album, and we can see why.What did you think of the album? Let us know in the comments.Watch other album reviews.View previous episodes.Please like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast.

In these dark times, we really needed something to lift our spirits. And right in time, we stumbled upon…wait for it…a rap video by Drake’s dad?! You know we had to react to it!

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The time has come. We’ve been counting down the 100 Best Albums of Our Lifetime for the past few months, and we’ve finally arrived at the Top 10. We started this project with nearly 700 albums to consider, and couldn’t be prouder of where we ended up.

If you haven’t been following along the whole time, catch up on previous episodes in our feed or on YouTube.

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We’ve been counting down the 100 Best Albums of Our Lifetime, and before we get to the Top 10, we thought it was time to take a quick detour and talk about some fantastic albums that did NOT make the list. Were our choices arbitrary and capricious? Hell no! We take a deep dive on why these albums are great - just not great enough to make the Top 100.

What do you think of these albums? Any albums we’ve missed so far that you don’t think are in our Top 10? Let us know in the comments!

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And just like that, we’re one step away from the Top 10. But before we get to the absolute cream-of-the-crop, we’ve got some killer albums to discuss taking up the 20-11 spots. A bunch of genres and subgenres are represented here, including one album that E thinks is essential listening (though one could argue this entire list is essential, right? 😉).

What do you think of this portion of the list? Any of these make it into your Top 20? Let us know in the comments!

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Mentioned in the episode:

• Song Exploder: “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails
• Playlist Challenge: “Clones” (featuring Jimi $pendrixx)
• Rick Beato’s interview with Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots

Long time members of The Extended Family™️ may remember last year when hosts E and Tank committed to three music-related New Year’s resolutions. Well, it’s time to check in on their progress. Any guesses on how they did? Plus, they’ll make three more resolutions each for 2025. This episode brought to you by Shanky’s Whip. It’s Worth a Try! (There is no official partnership between The Extended Play Podcast and Shanky’s Whip…yet. We just love the stuff. 😉🥴) Do you have any music-related resolutions? Let us know what they are in the comments!

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Our countdown of the Top 100 Songs of Our Lifetime has reached numbers 30 through 21. So many incredible albums that our hosts are nearly speechless. Just kidding - they go on and on and on; exactly what you’d come to expect from The Extended Play Podcast. What do you think about the list so far? Would any of these albums make your list? Let us know in the comments! Mentioned in the episode: Listen to a playlist of albums included in today’s countdown. Reaction to hearing “Killing in the Name Of” for the first time. Like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast.

Having recently included “A Rush of Blood to the Head” in our Top 100 Albums of Our Lifetime, we knew we’d have to review Coldplay’s latest. This one really tested us TBH. Come for the album review (we go to 20!), stay for E learning why he can’t say “pegged” anymore. 🤢

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The countdown of the Top 100 Songs of Our Lifetime continues with numbers 40-31. Quite an eclectic mix of albums in this episode! Watch as hosts E and Tank go all Siskel & Ebert on this episode, ranking a few albums WAY differently.

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Mentioned in the episode:

• Playlist Challenge: “New/Year” (at end of our “Musical New Year’s Resolutions” episode):
• Playlist Challenge: “Medical”

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Do the words “satin crotch shot” mean anything to you? Well, they didn’t to us until we watched the video for Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s hip-hop classic “The Message.” Somehow, the video is way worse - and better - than you can possibly imagine. What did you think of the video? Let us know in the comments. Check out other video episodes of our show. Please like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast.

It’s become a show cliche at this point, but true nonetheless; the albums in our list of the Top 100 Albums of Our Lifetime just keep getting better! 😜 This time around, we move past the half-way point to discuss some classic hip-hop albums and some that deserve to be classics. Plus, we give you our un-asked-for take on Canadians.

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Mentioned in the episode:

• Spotify playlist of albums included in today’s countdown
• Bon Iver - A Take Away Show - “For Emma, Forever Ago” and “Skinny Love”
• Playlist Challenge: “Clones” (Songs with Identical Titles)
• Playlist Challenge: “Names”

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We're back with an episode just for our non-YouTube folks! It's the return of the Playlist Challenge! Hosts E and Tank each choose five songs that have something to do with comebacks, they each listen to each other's choices, and then rate them from worst to best. It's a blast!

Which songs were your favorites? Least favorites? Let us know in the comments on Spotify.

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It’s our 100th episode! What better way to celebrate than with a countdown of our 100 favorite music moments. If you’re as obsessed with music as we are, what do you do with your mental database of guitar solos, lead singer wails, and drum fills? You share them with our loyal listeners (AKA The Extended Family.😉)

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Umm…what the hell did we just watch?! Only the most confusingly awesome music video maybe of all time? Seriously, there is a LOT going on in Vince Neil’s “Sister of Pain” video, beginning with a cyborg exotic dancer and ending with a space age helicopter rescue mission. Plus, the vibraslap ™️. Laugh along with hosts E and Tank as they go deep into this masterpiece.

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And just like that, we reach the halfway point of our countdown. This episode, we see the appearance of a recently reunited English giant, some 90s bangers, and robots. 🤖

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Mentioned in the episode:

• T-Pain’s cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”
• Radiohead performing “In Rainbows” in complete
• “In Rainbows” - The Dissect Podcast
• Gnarls Barkley’s cover of “Reckoner”

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Why, you might ask, do Extended Play Podcast album reviews go to 20? It’s simple; because they’re twice as awesome as any other lame-ass review system. 😎 This time around our hosts check out the latest album by Detroit hero and former member of the White Stripes, Mr. Jack White. Could we have a new record for highest scored album? 👀 Tune in and find out!

What did you think of “NO NAME?” Let us know in the comments!

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The countdown of the 100 best albums of our lifetime continues! This time around, it’s #70-#61, which includes at least two of our hosts’ all-time favorite artists.

What do you think about the list so far? Would any of these albums make your list? Let us know in the comments!

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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 selling artists of all time, while Tank will have to guess the top selling soundtracks. Who will win? Who will lose? How do two dudes who have a music podcast seemingly know so little about music?

Play along and let us know how you did in the comments!

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• Top Streaming Artists on Spotify & Best Songs of the 80s
• Top Touring Country Musicians vs. Highest Grossing Biopics

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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 comments!

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Mentioned in the episode:

• The “Dancing in the Dark” Remix
• Every Sample on “Paul’s Boutique”
• Extended Play’s Best Album Covers

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!

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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? Are our hosts way off? Let us know in the comments! Watch the video version of this episode or our other video episodes of the show: Please like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast.

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 comments! Please like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast. Check out previous video episodes.

What happens when capital-A “Art” meets capital-E “Entertainment?” In this episode, hosts E and Tank take an honest look at Kendrick Lamar’s incredible Super Bowl Halftime Show. If only a small percentage of the audience understands the art you’re making, is it really effective? Or is being provocative a large part of the point? Tune in to watch our hosts’ reaction to this historic pop culture moment.

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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 video version of this episode and past episodes. Like/follow/subscribe to The Extended Play Podcast.

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 think of the album? What should we review next? Let us know in the comments!

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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 show for you!

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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.

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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!

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Other recent editions of "My Five:"

• Summer Songs
• Underrated Songs and Artists
• Cover Songs
• Best Albums of 2023

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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!

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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 side-chick. Remember to like/follow/subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Extended Play Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. It helps people find the show and grows our Extended Family! https://www.youtube.com/@extendedplaypod

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.

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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!

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Mentioned in the episode:

• Robert Glasper calls out (Ms.) Lauryn Hill
• Lauryn Hill’s rebuttal

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🎵 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).

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From the episode:

• Miami Vice guest spots
• Sad bastard music (from "high Fidelity")

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It’s freezing here in Michigan, so for this edition of the Playlist Challenge, hosts E and Tank each choose five songs with references to “cold” in their titles and rank them. Sometimes the Playlist Challenge is about introducing each other to new music. Other times, we just want to see the other person react to butt rock.

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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.

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Clips of David Draiman (Disturbed) being awesome:

• Comforting a young fan
• Speech about depression, addiction, & suicide

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.

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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/Love Lies Bleeding”

Interview with Tyler Childers on songwriting.

Popcast - Beyoncé, “Cowboy Carter,” and Filling in History’s Gaps

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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!

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Maggie Rogers & Pharrell (mentioned in the episode).

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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 the questions.

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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?

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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!

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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 list have looked like? Listen in to find out!

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You’re welcome, Extended Family. For the first time in easily 20 years, hosts E and Tank watched the Grammy Awards, and they certainly have thoughts. What were their favorite performances? How did they do on their predictions? Is it possible for one TV program to break a man? Tune in to find out!

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It’s our most challenging challenge yet! Join hosts E and Tank as they review and rate playlists they make for one another, this time with the twist that they all have to share a title! Featuring a song neither host wanted but ended up needing in the weirdest way.

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We have a video show that drops weekly on YouTube!

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“We Are the World…We Are the Extended Play Podcast.” That’s how it goes, right? 😎 🌍😎 In this episode, hosts E and Tank review the new documentary about the making of “We Are The World” called “The Greatest Night in Pop.” Whose performance did they marvel at? Who did the guys not remember being on the song? Who got the drunkest (during the recording of the song, not this podcast episode - that answer should be obvious)? Listen in and find out!

In this post-root canal episode, hosts E and Tank continue their conversation from their review of The Smile’s “Wall of Eyes.” What makes music challenging? How do you, as a listener, approach challenging music? Should music even be challenging in the first place?

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It’s time for another Playlist Challenge! This time around, hosts E and Tank give each other five songs featuring guest artists. Which will they love? Which will they hate? Which is another song to include some dude intimidatingly telling us to dance? Listen to find out!

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