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.