End On End - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I give this podcast the highest compliment I can give any podcast. Simply… the discussion COMPELS the listener to explore/rediscover the source material.
The source material here, of course, is exceptionally good, and deserves the extensive analyses offered. Episodes are a meal of many courses, usually culminating with insightful interviews with the artists that made the music. You will think. You will learn. You will geek-out.
Cheers to Brian, Jeff and Drew for everything they’ve done so far.
P.S. - Patreon membership and accompanying Discord server chat easily pays for itself in lolz and music sharing (extremely knowledgeable bunch!).

As the pandemic apocalypse descend upon the world in early 2020 and forced an isolating lockdown, a beacon of joy and reprieve appeared on my radar: The End on End Podcast. Only a music lover could fully understand and appreciate the sheer excitement that shot though me as I just discovered a podcast that solely focused on the brilliant and life altering record label, Dischord Records. To arrive at a podcast which dove DEEP, like an audio archaeologists, into every Dischord release with insightful thoughts and opinions combined with an impressive array of interviews which span from band members, to dedicated fans, record producers, visual artists, and more, deeply satisfied all of my ultra nerdy Dischord Records needs. Bands that literally changed my life, such as Minor Threat, Embrace, Rites of Spring, Soulside, and Fugazi, have come to life for me again where I can now absorb the bands

At first, this podcast intimidated the heck outta me. The idea of exploring a single record release for HOURS was daunting.

But surprisingly it’s really Interesting

Each episode begins with a conversation between the two primary hosts. They tend to discuss what music they’ve been listening to, react to feedback/considerations from the previous episode, and sometimes discussing what’s going on in their lives.

The musical knowledge is deep. Borderline obscure sometimes - but it’s not an academic exercise, as the hosts always bring it back to a relevant point that’s understandable and relatable.

TBH I don’t listen to the up-front piece on every episode - even the host self-deprecatingly sometimes acknowledge it is a lot.

The meat of the show IMO is the interviews. Sometimes they’ll have someone on who is a super fan of the record - but most frequently it’s a band member who is involved in the creation of the release. And this is where the show is magical.

The primary interview (Brian) was there during what’s considered to be the most influential period of Dischord - seeing bands like Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, etc during that magical period especially around Revolution Summer. So he comes at this as a friend/peer who asks super nuanced and provocative questions that enable answers that are way beneath the surface. So it unearths insights and perspectives that you might not hear/read elsewhere.

As the show moves into later releases from Dischord, I’m excited to discover new bands I haven’t heard before.

I have learned so much about several records that are part of my musical DNA, and learned about records that for one reason or another I had written off or never bothered to dig into. It can take me a few days to listen to an episode - some of them are long, but that feels appropriate to the immersive experience. I inevitably play the record they discuss for a few days after too. Thanks guys.