Endless Scroll

We return with some review of music from the last month or so! We talk the new albums from PUP and Friendship and get into the new mixtape from PinkPantheress. 

The second half of our Bowie dive comes to you in the main feed because Miranda was sick and we had to change the schedule. We appreciate your patience and understanding.  This episode we discuss Heroes, Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), and Let's Dance! Enjoy!

This week we start our first of a two part dive into the music of David Bowie! This episode features Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and Young Americans.

First Miranda talks about going to see Japanese Breakfast and Eric talks about watching His Girl Friday. After that, we get into a new draft that's kind of hard to explain quickly.

Eric and Miranda log on to talk about being rule followers, watching movies and listening to a bunch of new singles from HAIM, Lorde, and Addison Rae. Also The Chainsmokers remixed Chappell Roan I guess. 

This week we welcome back writer and friend of the pod Grace Robins-Somerville to talk about the phenomenon that is Car Seat Headrest, the indie rock middle class, internet success and the furry of it all. Enjoy!   Check out Grace on Twitter: @grace_roso

Today we get into the first 2 Bon Iver albums and the Blood Bank EP! In the bonus feed we'll be tackling the back half of the discog.  Sign up for the patreon at the $5 tier or higher to hear that and all the other fun stuff we do in the bonus feed! https://patreon.com/endlessscrollpod?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

This week we do a classic new music review episode with music critic and pod bestie Devon Chodzin! We get into the new albums from Florist, Black Country, New Road and go a bit long on Lucy Dacus. Enjoy!

It's the end of the month wrap-up! We look back on March by reviewing new albums from Lady Gaga, Great Grandpa, Fust, YHWH Nailgun, and more. 

We're talking new music! Chappell Roan's "The Giver," Cootie Catcher's 'Shy At First,' and then Japanese Breakfast's 'For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women).' 

That's right, we're doing it. For this month's artist deep dive, we're listening to six records by The Cure -- a band none of us are that familiar with despite their gigantic footprint on the alt-rock universe we're steeped in. This episode tackles 'Seventeen Seconds,' 'Faith,' and 'Pornography,' as well as our general thoughts on post-punk and goth.  Next up in the bonus feed, we'll be listening to 'The Head on the Door,' 'Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me' and 'Disintegration,' so subscribe to our Patreon to hear where this series goes: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod

This episode was initially published on our bonus feed in January 2025. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear all our weekly bonus eps and support the show: https://www.patreon.com/c/endlessscrollpod The game we're playing is Scrolltiple Choice, where we ask each other multiple choice questions about our respective tastes, this time broken down into three categories: high-school, college, and present day.

It's the end of the month, so we're catching up on what we listened to in February. We're talking Anxious, Baths, Youth Lagoon, Glixen, Hooky/Winter, and more. 

Friend of the show Grace joins us for an episode of questions and answers, curated by Grace herself! We cover a lot of ground, from what songs we want to soundtrack our funerals and high-school experiences, to the differences between "boyfriend music" and "ex-boyfriend music." Grace has prompts, and Endless Scroll responds.  Read Grace's substack: https://ourbandcouldbeyourwife.substack.com/

In this very classic episode of Endless Scroll, we discuss three new albums: Oklou's 'Choke Enough,' Horsegirl's 'Phonetics On and On,' and Sleeper's Bell's 'Clover.' Also, some movie chatter. 

For this month's artist deep dive, we begin our journey with alt-country pioneer Lucinda Williams. In this episode, we tackle her 1988 self-titled and 1992's 'Sweet Old World,' and also take a quick detour into live-reacting to a Martina McBride music video. On the next episode, we'll review Lucinda Williams' next three albums, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,' 'Essence,' and 'World Without Tears.'  Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the follow-up to this episode, along with 100s of others, in the bonus feed: https://www.patreon.com/c/endlessscrollpod

The end of the month happened, so we looked back on the music we listened to in January. Reviews of FKA twigs, Cameron Winter, Lucy Dacus, Japanese Breakfast, and more! 

This episode was originally published on our bonus feed in Nov. 2024. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear all our weekly bonus episodes, gain access to our Discord server, and more https://www.patreon.com/c/endlessscrollpod Also! Endless Scroll will be doing a Grammys livestream on YouTube this coming Sunday, February 2nd at 7:30pm EST. Join us for shenanigans, commentary, and perhaps guests: https://www.youtube.com/live/KiwXhTH7Kj0 In this bonus ep, we listened to all of the Lady Gaga albums, because why not? We discuss her arc from 'The Fame' up through 'Chromatica,' and then comment on her newly released comeback single "Disease."

It's happening. We're doing the Elliott Smith dive. In this episode, we listen to the departed singer-songwriter's first three albums, 'Roman Candle,' 'Elliott Smith,' and 'Either/Or,' reacting to the music and sharing our broader thoughts about his work. In the next episode, which will drop in the bonus feed on January 24th, we'll be continuing this journey with 'XO,' 'Figure 8,' and 'From a Basement on the Hill.' Subscribe to our Patreon to hear Pt. 2 and 200-ish other bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod

Today we have very special guest Liz Pelly on to talk about her great new book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist. We get into playlist payola, the new age of muzak, questioning the role of corporate power in our lives, and much more. Enjoy!   Buy Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mood-Machine/Liz-Pelly/9781668083505  

We're back! We return from our holiday break to predict what might happen to music in the year ahead, including our most anticipated albums of 2025. Let's goooo. 

After a few episodes of celebrating, it's time to cap the year off with some hating. Ian Cohen joins us once again for our annual Biggest Disappointments episode, tackling the albums that let us down most in 2024. 

It's here. All four of us count down our 10 favorite albums of 2024. Let's goooo!  What's your favorite album of the year? Vote here: https://t.co/8YIp9p1d1V

Eli, Eric, Miranda, and Michael discuss their five favorite songs of the year -- and also throw out some honorable mentions. Can you guess what the first-ever single to be inducted into the Endless Scroll 4x4 playlist will be?  Listen to our picks on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4jw9w6VRIOqHx0RgeiaiJu?si=ee9d6cea61d044d2

It's our first episode of list season! In this one, we talk about our favorite non-2024 music that we either discovered or got heavily into in 2024. Producer Cayla joins us to make it extra special. 

It's our last regular-season main feed episode before the post-season (list season) begins, so we're just kind of hangin' and chattin'. We revisit our 2024 predictions and see what we got wrong/right, recount our favorite gigs of the year, and bask in the serenity of casual banter before our series of Super Serious Year-End List Episodes kick off next week. Enjoy! 

With all four of us back in the house, we reveal the winner of our latest draft episode, answer a phone call, and then talk about albums that each of us like more than the general consensus. Artists discussed include Death Cab For Cutie, The Menzingers, Lorde, The Front Bottoms, and more. 

It's the end of the month so we took some time to chat about what we listened to throughout October. The new Halsey album 'The Great Impersonator' is first on the docket, but we also dig into Christopher Owens, Kelly Lee Owens, Tyler, the Creator, Tisakorean, Being Dead, Greg Mendez and more. 

This was originally published on our bonus feed earlier this month. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear all 150+ bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod It's a spooky season movie ep! Sam of Mister Goblin joins Michael and Miranda to discuss the horror thriller Green Room. Tap in.

That's right, it's another draft episode. In this one, we're building teams of albums released in 2014, and it's up to you to decide which host won. Join our Discord server for just $1/month to cast your vote https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod

It's a classic diametrically opposed albums review ep. First, we tackle Touché Amoré's new record 'Spiral in a Straight Line.' Then, we dig into Charli XCX's 'Brat' remix album. 

In response to Pitchfork and Paste's lists of the 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far, we made our own half-decade top 10s. We talk about each other's picks, and also the albums that, perhaps surprisingly, didn't appear on any of our lists.  Subscribe to the Endless Scroll substack to read Miranda's top 10 later this week: https://endlessscroll.substack.com/

It's a full-house ep! Our Culture editor Konstantinos Pappis joins us to review new albums by Drug Church, Wild Pink, and Geordie Greep. 

First, we review new albums from Merce Lemon and Trace Mountains. Then, we do our September wrap-up by commenting on some other releases we listened to over the last month: Nilüfer Yanya, julie, Toro y Moi, Combat, Nala Sinephro, Floating Points, and more. 

We spend an episode looking back on the year 2017. Revisiting our favorite albums from then, remembering some guys/gals, and thinking about what holds up vs. what doesn't seven years onward. 

This was originally published on our bonus feed in August. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear all 150+ bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod It's here. We did it. All four hosts listened to all five Fiona Apple records and then we shared our impressions. Were there disagreements? Was a new 4x4 unlocked? Listen to find out.

In this ep, we answer our first-ever Endless Scroll voicemail! Then, we give each other song and album-related prompts as a way to discuss a wide variety of music. Questions like, "What song encapsulates the feeling of being 22?" "Best song under a minute?" "A song that reminds you of high-school?" Stuff like that. 

In this triplicate of album reviews, we discuss new records by MJ Lenderman, Foxing, and Midwife. 

It's time for our monthly wrap-up. We review new albums from Wishy, Horse Jumper of Love, Combat, DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ, Tinashe, Ex-Pilots, and more. 

It's a smorgasbord episode. We do Chappel Roan discourse, bemoan the American Football house Airbnb, and react to Ronnie Radke suing Anthony Fantano. Then, we do a first impression review of the new Sabrina Carpenter album, 'Short n' Sweet.' 

It's a new music episode. We review new albums from Spirit of the Beehive, Magdalena Bay, and Oso Oso. Plus, discussion of Addison Rae's "Diet Pepsi" and a post-mortem for the Song of the Summer that was/wasn't. 

This week is a two-parter. First, we go deep on the first new Charly Bliss album in five years, 'Forever.' Then, per a $10 patron request, we reminisce about the 2007-2011 era of the VH1 Top 20 Countdown. Subscribe to the Endless Scroll Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, access to our Discord server, and more: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod

Our month-long summer recess has ended, and all four of us are back in the classroom with a brand new episode of Endless Scroll. We talk about what we did and listened to in July, including thoughts on new Drug Church, Ben Seretan, Sinai Vessel, Camila Cabello, Jade, Trace Mountains, and more. Plus, Eric recaps Pitchfork Fest.  Subscribe to the Endless Scroll Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, access to our Discord server, and more: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod

This was originally published on our bonus feed in April. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear all 150+ bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod Per one of our $10 patron requests, we did a PJ Harvey episode. All four hosts listened to her run of albums from 'Rid of Me' through 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea.' Which one is our collective favorite? Listen to find out.

This was originally published on our bonus feed in May. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear all 150+ bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod Miranda and Eli's pop-punk squad returns for an episode about easycore. Four Year Strong. City Lights. Chunk! No Captain Chunk! Pop-punk, metalcore, and where those two things intersect.

This was originally published on our bonus feed in June. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear all 150+ bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod Boyfriend of the Pod, Devon Chodzin, joins us for a dive into the world of Julia's War Recordings, the label helmed by Doug Dulgarian of shoegaze visionaries They Are Gutting a Body of Water.

This was originally published on our bonus feed in May. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear all 150+ bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod It's a fellas episode. Michael and Eli dive into the discography of Stone Temple Pilots, reviewing their first five albums and marveling at their bizarre evolution. We also react to Apple Music's top 100 albums list, which wasn't complete when we recorded this ep, so you'll have to see if our predictions were right.

The year is halfway over, so Eric, Eli and Michael run through their top 10 albums of 2024 so far.  As announced at the top of the ep, we'll be taking July off to rest and rejuvenate. We'll be flipping bonus episodes into the main feed every Monday, so if you're not a Patreon subscriber then you'll still be receiving new content. If you want access to the 100+ episodes in that bonus feed, subscribe below. Thanks! Subscribe to the Endless Scroll Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, access to our Discord server, and more: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod

Evan Minsker, former Pitchfork news director and now owner of the punk newsletter See/Saw, joins us to talk about the ongoing trend of punk/hardcore musicians pivoting to indie-pop. From Lumpy and the Dumpers going indie-pop and Hank Wood and the Hammerheads going....somewhere, to the RJC/Militarie Gun and Trapped Under Ice/Angel Du$t dichotomies, we cover a wide range of bands on this ep.  Subscribe to See/Saw: https://see-saw.fun/ Subscribe to the Endless Scroll Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, access to our Discord server, and more: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod

Freelance writer and Inbox Infinity newsletter owner Patrick Lyons joins us to talk about Charli XCX's 'Brat' and how it stacks up against 2024 pop albums by Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, and more.  Subscribe to Inbox Infinity: https://www.inbox-infinity.com/ Subscribe to the Endless Scroll Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, access to our Discord server, and more: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod  

We look back on the music we listened to over the last month: The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, Chief Keef, Dehd, Magdalena Bay, Charly Bliss, La Luz, and more. Tangents include emoviolence, the winner of our most recent draft, and quitting the podcast. Subscribe to the Endless Scroll Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, access to our Discord server, and more: https://www.patreon.com/endlessscrollpod