Patreon fam,
Unfortunately, I'll need to postpone the upcoming mixtape episode (scheduled for this Thursday) due to a death in the family. Between the arrangements and other familial obligations, I'll be out of pocket for much of the upcoming week.
I'll need to move the mixtape down a week, and plan to have it posted by Friday, August 8th. However, the full album episode will still go up on the 1st—I just can’t make both happen as planned.
Thanks for un...
2025-07-28 00:36:38 +0000 UTC
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Patreon fam! I've really never asked for "feedback" before, but I'm always looking to tweak things to be better if I can, and I really care what the channel's biggest supporters (you guys) have to say.
I've now posted over 250 episodes since January of 2023, and the format of each video always contains about 60-90 seconds of research, fun facts, interesting history about an artist, or maybe a personal story of mine. I usually just riff about whatever I find interesting, and it'...
2025-07-17 23:39:56 +0000 UTC
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We've heard some pretty uplifting albums so far this summer between Less Than Jake's Hello Rockview and Lagwagon's Let's Talk About Feelings—but this poll features some darker, heavier entries based on the songs I've heard. Well...are we getting dark and heavy for August?!
Cool to Be You from Descendents is also back after landing in second place in last month's poll. And—with 15 polls now under our belts—I'll continue bringing back albums that lost in t...
2025-07-15 15:48:55 +0000 UTC
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🚨 MIXTAPE, VOL. 4 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
This batch of requests will be used for [Mixtape, Vol. 4] Random Number Generator II: This Time It's Personal going up on Thursday, July 31st! This mixtape will work exactly like the last one (and exactly like the monthly random drawing episodes on YouTube)—but for fifteen songs! There's nothing special about the title I chose for this one, so toss me that weird deep ...
2025-07-10 15:39:30 +0000 UTC
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Well, I finally heard “May 16” on May 16th, but now it’s time to talk about feelings. And, this album has a lot of 'em.
Having now heard two Lagwagon records, this one hits a completely different part of my brain than 1994’s Trashed did. I love when a band can pull that off—it’s always a sign of a discography worth exploring deeply.
Every album I’ve reviewed on Patreon so far has hit me in its own unique way, but none have landed quite as s...
2025-07-01 15:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Here’s the Low End University "master calendar" for July!
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▶️ Tuesday, 7/1: Mudvayne - “Severed”
💿 Tuesday, 7/1: Lagwagon - "Let's Talk About Feelings"
🏆 Full Album Poll Winner
▶️ Friday, 7/4: Bad Religion - “Let It Burn”
▶️ Tuesday, 7/8: Quadvium - “Náströnd"
🟢 Thursday, 7/10: Song Req...
2025-06-30 20:35:52 +0000 UTC
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This month's poll includes seven albums because we can't forget Anchors Aweigh from The Bouncing Souls—our second place winner from May's poll!
Duck and Cover from Mad Caddies is also back after landing in second place in June's Summer of Ska poll. Be careful who you vote for—your votes last month made me buy another dadgum bass 😅
This poll will be open through Sunday, June 22nd, and the winning album's episode will be posted on <...
2025-06-15 16:16:31 +0000 UTC
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SONG REQUEST RULES:
1. This post will be open for five days. Comments will be disabled on June 15th in order to tally all votes.
2. Please limit song requests to one per person. We’d like to encourage a single, thoughtful request (versus multiple entries), so please submit your top song choice only.
*Feel free to reply to other comments in the spirit of discussion, but please don't request more than one son...
2025-06-10 15:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Okay, now I can begin the rest of my life. I said the same thing after recently hearing The Clash’s London Calling (because I now know it's an album everyone must hear) but I’m saying it again after hearing Less Than Jake’s Hello Rockview for an entirely different reason: the album's front cover has been an iconic image to me for almost 20 years now, but Windows Media Player on the ol' family computer betrayed me as a teenager. Story time included wit...
2025-06-01 15:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Here’s the Low End University "master calendar" for June!
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💿 Sunday, 6/1: Less Than Jake - "Hello Rockview"
🏆 Full Album Poll Winner
▶️ Tuesday, 6/3: The Offspring - “I Choose”
▶️ Friday, 6/6: Black Sabbath - “N.I.B.” (Live)
▶️ Tuesday, 6/10: Sleep Token - "The Summoning"
🟢 Tuesday, 6/10: S...
2025-05-31 15:00:07 +0000 UTC
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For whatever reason, I'm really itching to kick off my summer with a proper ska album. I remember thinking this same thing when the warm weather arrived last year: ska music reminds me of summertime. Does anyone else feel this way? There's just something about it... ☀️🎺🎷
So, I dub this poll The Summer of Ska with seven albums that I have yet to hear! Several of these albums are returning after losing in past polls—and sever...
2025-05-15 16:39:13 +0000 UTC
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SONG REQUEST RULES:
1. This post will be open for five days. Comments will be disabled on May 15th in order to tally all votes.
2. Please limit song requests to one per person. We’d like to encourage a single, thoughtful request (versus multiple entries), so please submit your top song choice only.
*Feel free to reply to other comments in the spirit of discussion, but please don't request more than one song...
2025-05-10 15:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Like most people, I find it difficult to wake up to an alarm clock at 3:30am—but knowing a brand new Propagandhi album was waiting for me made it significantly easier. I'm stoked to drop my first release-day-full-album-reaction, and I hope you enjoy exploring At Peace with me!
Propagandhi cover some serious musical ground on this album with loads of experimentation, plenty of spacious grooves, and thought-provoking dynamics. It feels rather introspec...
2025-05-02 21:11:13 +0000 UTC
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Pennywise make their full-album Patreon debut with a bang, and honestly, I enjoyed this way more than I expected. Full Circle is one of the most high-octane albums I’ve reviewed—and three seconds into each track, I began bobbing my head involuntarily.
Pennywise have an uncanny ability to make fast, aggressive punk music feel so inviting, and there’s something remarkably trustworthy about that. You can settle into this record with zero hesitation. It's an effortle...
2025-05-01 21:18:28 +0000 UTC
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Here’s the Low End University "master calendar" for May!
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💿 Thursday, 5/1: Pennywise - "Full Circle"
🏆 Full Album Winner
⏪ Friday, 5/2: Stone Temple Pilots - “Sour Girl”
⏳ Patreon Archive Episode
⏪ Tuesday, 5/6: RKL - “Blocked Out” (Live)
⏳ Patreon Archive Episode
⏪ Friday, 5/9: Fleetwood Mac
2025-04-30 16:01:52 +0000 UTC
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This month's poll includes six bands that I haven't heard a full album from yet. Most of the songs I reviewed from these corresponding albums felt like true deep cuts, and I really enjoyed each of them for different reasons. I'm curious to see who wins the vote!
Full Circle from Pennywise is also back in the running after getting second place in last month's poll.
This poll will be open through Tuesday, April 22nd, and the winning album's episode will be posted o...
2025-04-15 15:11:33 +0000 UTC
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SONG REQUEST RULES:
1. This post will be open for five days. Comments will be disabled on April 15th in order to tally all votes.
2. Please limit song requests to one per person. We’d like to encourage a single, thoughtful request (versus multiple entries), so please submit your top song choice only.
*Feel free to reply to other comments in the spirit of discussion, but please don't request more than one so...
2025-04-10 16:44:46 +0000 UTC
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Folks! In early May, I'm taking a few weeks off from making content. I need to remedy a few equipment issues, make a few upgrades, and address some repairs (water damage!) to the studio itself. It's also shaping up to be a crazy busy few weeks with the family as the school year wraps up.
Before I started doing full albums here on Patreon, I did a few single-songs early on and I've been meaning to get those onto the channel. I'd also love to toss a full-album episode onto the channel......
2025-04-08 19:54:36 +0000 UTC
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Just when I thought I'd heard every trick Matt Freeman had up his sleeve, Life Won’t Wait threw down a whole new deck. His playing on this album is so diverse that if you told me five different bassists had stepped in, I’d have believed you. His lines twist and turn through punk, ska, reggae, and straight-up rock ‘n’ roll, proving yet again that he’s one of the most dynamic players out there. I’m starting to feel like he’s the least pick-sounding pick...
2025-04-01 16:31:55 +0000 UTC
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Here’s the Low End University "master calendar" for April!
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💿 Tuesday, 4/1: Rancid - "Life Won't Wait"
🏆 Full Album Winner
▶️ Tuesday, 4/1: Propagandhi - “At Peace”
🥇 1st Place Winner (102 Votes—requested by Dan Powell, Eric Busker, JC Nutz, Mat Hammer)
▶️ Friday, 4/4: Sleep Token - “Emergence”
▶️ Tue...
2025-03-31 20:59:47 +0000 UTC
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We're back to regularly scheduled programming! I managed to get another "surprise" episode out of my system with Propagandhi's Failed States last month (those are quite fun to drop out of nowhere)—and that just means I get to scheme for the next one... 🙂
For now, we have a few repeat contenders this month, alongside some outlier albums I'd eventually like to hear. The Specials are also back on deck after getting second place in last...
2025-03-15 17:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Get ready for some bonafide musical gambling! I've had a blast putting together the lottery episodes each month over on YouTube, but it's time to kick it up a notch with fifteen random songs in a row—mixtape style!
As expected, the result is a fairly eclectic playlist that feels somewhat cohesive. The best part is the range of popularity between the winning bands; one band has less than 300 monthly listeners, another band has almost 6 million monthl...
2025-03-15 14:00:13 +0000 UTC
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🚨 REMINDER 🚨
[Mixtape, Vol. 3] Random Number Generator will be posted on Saturday, March 15th! If you missed the memo, I'll be randomly drawing fifteen songs from last month's batch of requests for the next mixtape episode. I encourage you to request something different from last month!
SONG REQUEST RULES:
1. This comment section will be open for five days. Comments ...
2025-03-10 14:00:15 +0000 UTC
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I finally heard the iconic London Calling album, and that means I can begin the rest of my life now. And, life is already looking a lot different because The Clash are no longer the "Should I Stay or Should I Go" band for me, but something far more intriguing.
This album transcends typical "storytelling", and feels more like an ideology; an urgent stream of consciousness that paints a bittersweet picture of today's reality interlaced with tomorrow's optimism.
<...
2025-03-01 15:07:41 +0000 UTC
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Folks! Moving forward, I'll begin posting a monthly "master calendar" for all things Low End University on the last day of each month. This will include the full YouTube queue, Patreon happenings, and the song request + random drawing winners for the month.
Here’s what’s on deck for March!
💿 Saturday, 3/1: The Clash - "London Calling"
🏆 Full Album Winner
▶️ Tuesday, 3/4: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - ...
2025-02-28 22:09:48 +0000 UTC
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Off the top of your head—if you remember—what's the very first video you saw from my channel?
2025-02-27 01:36:40 +0000 UTC
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It's BONUS EPISODE time! This just had to happen, right? I went into this album expecting the band’s most progressive offering, and based on everyone’s comments beforehand—that’s exactly what I got.
My favorite thing about this album is how flexible its pacing is: the short songs felt longer, and the long songs—somehow—felt shorter. It’s a testament to the band’s ability to craft an effective musical narrative that's independent of tim...
2025-02-15 18:00:17 +0000 UTC
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I've been wanting to do this poll for many months now, but I needed enough bands that all start with "The", and who all originated from the UK! I've finally covered them all on YouTube, so here's THE ultimate "British" poll. 🇬🇧
I understand that these bands were extremely pivotal to some of the early punk movements, ideologies, and each of their sounds have been quite distinct to me stylistically. Each of these artists also showcased such innovative bass performances...
2025-02-15 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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🚨 MIXTAPE, VOL. 3 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
This batch of requests will be used for Mixtape, Vol. 3: Random Number Generator going up on Saturday, March 15th! This mixtape will work exactly like the monthly random drawing episodes on YouTube, but for fifteen songs! It may be a good time to throw in those weird deep cuts...😉
SONG REQUEST RULES:
1. Song requests will only be considered ...
2025-02-10 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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While I haven't heard many ska punk albums front to back, this album is going to sit at my number one spot for a long time, I predict. This album bridges the accessibility of Catch 22's sound with the novel craziness of 2007's Somewhere in the Between—and that's the recipe I've been craving.
I was surprised to hear how similarly bassists Josh Ansley and Pete McCullough play between both albums. Their ability to glue together the many facets of the band's compositions is simpl...
2025-02-01 16:11:21 +0000 UTC
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