Pitchfork Indie Rock Mini Episode

Welcome to a surprise mini episode of Year Endless as we talk about the Pitchfork 100 Best Indie Rock album list.How does the list compare to the previous indie rock list that we covered? What omissions and inclusions surprised us?All that and more on Year Endless!You can join our community on Youtube @YearEndlessFollow us on Blue Sky @YearEndlessReach us by email at [email protected]

Welcome to Year Endless as we begin our new miniseries covering Louder’s 50 best punk rock albums of all time!What statement from the time was made by a fan about the rise of punk? What was a surprising influence on one of today’s bands? What connection did two future bandmates have years before they started a band together?Enjoy another great episode.You can join our Youtube community @YearEndless as well as reach us at [email protected]\

We are giving our final thoughts on the Rolling Stone 80s list in this mini-episode. What did we like and dislike? What criticism do we have? What snubs did we consider the worst?We’ll be back in a week with the first episode of our Louder punk rock album mini series. See you then!You can still reach us at [email protected]

Welcome to the final episode of the Year Endless series covering the rolling stone original best of the 80s list from 1989. Today we cover the top five albums!What was another song Will first heard performed at summer camp? What does Courtney consider the definitive versions of the songs from one of these albums? What out of left field controversial statement does Courtney make about a type of lyrical expression in music? What misheard lyrics did both cohosts hear for years in one of the songs today?In a week we are releasing a final mini episode with our final thoughts on the list. In our usual two weeks we begin our third series which covers a list of the 50 best punk albums of all time from Louder.com.Thanks for listening! You can still reach us at [email protected]

Welcome to Year Endless and part 10 of our Rolling Stones Best of the 80s list miniseries.What artist were we both happy to see high on the list? What personal backstory of a group did the hosts dig into? What band has another band from the same era that they are constantly compared to? What song by an artist today is constantly covered by younger generations?This is another great episode. We will finish this Rolling Stone miniseries in our next episode so look forward to that!You can reach us at [email protected]

Year Endless. Rolling Stone. The 80s. Part 9.Which song is Will certain that another artist has released something similar sounding but he can’t figure out what it is? What song does Courtney disapprove of from an album by a band she loved growing up? What band covered today might have a biopic but what pitfalls are there in telling the story of the group?And so much more!You can reach us at [email protected] picked up some of the facts for this episode from this interesting book.https://www.amazon.com/Check-Technique-Liner-Hip-Hop-Junkies-ebook/dp/B001V7U6W8/ref=sr_1_1

Welcome to Year Endless and to episode 8 of our Rolling Stone MiniseriesWill and Courtney go into a digression into the first R-rated movie they saw growing up? What album did Courtney have on cassette? What nutty rumor went around the playground about one of today's artists? What critique did a member of another band have of a documentary that featured one of these bands?All that much much more on in this episode!You can reach us at [email protected]

Welcome to Year Endless once again in part 7 of our look at the Rolling Stone Best of the 80s list from 1989.Which band’s videos do the hosts defend? Which song by an artist today almost scared an acquaintance half to death while home alone? What album starts with a song that is recognizable within the first second? We discuss a remarkably bad album cover and so much more in this episode!You can reach us at [email protected]

Welcome to Year Endless for part 6 of our look at Rolling Stones original best of the 80s list!What surprising fans did one of the artists we covered today have? What band do Courtney and Will disagree on? What cover done by one of todays artists was a huge deal in Will’s family while he was growing up? What surprising genre did Courtney briefly host a radio show about?All that and so much more on another great episode of Year Endless.You can reach us at [email protected] can read more about Springsteen like I did in the wonderful book There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen's “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden.https://www.amazon.com/There-Was-Nothing-Could-U-S/dp/0306832070/ref=sr_1_2?s=books

Welcome to Year Endless as we go into part 5 of our Rolling Stone best albums of the 80s series.What album cover from an artist today is kind of busy but also great? Which band sounded so different on their first EP that Will had heard it years ago and not realized it was the same band? What is an odd maybe trend that Will has noticed?All that and so much more on another episode of Year Endless. I also want to mention that we are now available on Youtube for anyone who prefers listening to podcasts there.You can reach us at [email protected]