Sometimes, even our biggest heroes falter. Below is a list of bad songs by our favorite artists. Whether they’re disappointing, dull, or downright disastrous, these twenty tracks remind us of that lesson Billy Wilder taught us so many years ago. As always, we’ve included a Spotify playlist so you can listen as you read. Enjoy! (Or,…
Grant and I have written fairly extensively about Green Day in the past, so we decided to devote our second podcast together to ranking our top five Green Day albums. Both of us surprised each other with our picks. Whether you’re a fan or a newbie to the band, join us as we break down…
Soundsupply is the place to go for Drops: curated bundles of digital or physical albums, offered for limited periods at low prices. It’s perfect for hunters, explorers, collectors, and lovers of all kinds of music. Co-founder Tim Mortensen took the time to answer some questions for Earn This about the joys of sharing great artists,…
Dave Elkins, the man behind Schematic and lead singer of the reunited Mae, joined Earn This by phone to chat about everything he’s got going on. He offered such detailed insight that we decided to split up the conversation into two parts. Part One covers lots of Mae news and stories, plus some of the…
Last week I encountered something brand new in music and I want you to share the experience with me. After our recent conversation, knowing I’d be in Boston on business, Beth McDonald tipped me off to a concert series being run by the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP). The schedule of performances, now…
Me and Will are huge Streetlight Manifesto fans, so for the third episode of the ETCast, we sat down to rank our ten favorite songs by each band. (We also opened the cast with a brief review of the new Me First and the Gimme Gimmes album). Download link (you may have to right click and…
Okay. Here’s the lowdown, ladies and gents. I know you haven’t heard from me in a while. My TV countdown is currently ongoing over at my Brian Terrill Movie Night page, but even there posts have been sporadic. The pace should pick up a bit come June. But I didn’t want the good readers of EarnThis to…
In the past, I’ve demonstrated that I am no stranger to weird music nor to things beyond music. While my exploration has always been as a student and fan, Beth McDonald is a participant on the front lines of invention. May 2014 saw the release of Still, the first album recorded under McDonald’s name as…
Hello all – Colton and I recently sat down to record Earn This’s first ever podcast (Earn This PodCast = ETCast). We’re still working out the kinks of the format, but we’re excited to brave this new frontier. We make no guarantees about how frequently we post new episodes, but we’re going to give this a try…
If you’ve been reading Earn This, you’ve known from the start that I have a minor obsession with this trio from La Crescenta-Montrose. The second article I ever wrote for Earn This was a (poorly written) review of It’s All In Your Head, which is still one of my ten or fifteen favorite albums in…