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[Full Album] RISE AGAINST | "Revolutions Per Minute"

I went into Revolutions Per Minute expecting a pretty solid punk record, but I didn’t expect it to win me over as much as it did. It honestly took a few tracks, but by the end, I could not stop playing along. I simply couldn't resist. The riffs are memorable, predictable, and satisfying in all the right ways, which made this ...

LEU Calendar: December 2025

Here’s the Low End University "master calendar" for December!

*A quick note from Mark: My wife is undergoing a major surgery in a couple of weeks, so I need to take some time to help her recover and be with the family. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make any extra holiday content happen, but I plan to roll out some re...

December Song Requests: Runoff Poll

If you haven't seen this morning's post yet, I'm changing how song requests are selected!

Introducing our first runoff poll for song requests highlighting the Top 25 nominated tracks from 2025-11-22 20:50:18 +0000 UTC View Post

🚀 Song Requests Are Changing (PLEASE WATCH)

Thanks for your feedback, everyone. I feel you. I hear you.

I hope this makes 2026 even more fun for you "looloos" (our illustrious patron Paydrough coined this term, not me. I might steal it, though...)

Full-Album Reaction Poll: December 2025

We're branching out a bit this month with some new "scenes"...within the scene?! A little prog punk, a little post-hardcore, some emo, and The Flatliners' Cavalcade returning for another chance after landing in second place last month. Let's see what happens! 🤘🧐

This poll will be open through Saturday, November 22nd, and the...

Song Requests: December 2025 [CLOSED]

SONG REQUEST RULES:

1. This post will be open for five days. Comments will be disabled on November 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 yo...

[Full Album] STRUNG OUT | "Twisted By Design"

I thought I knew what Strung Out sounded like, but Twisted by Design completely rewired that assumption. This album is heavier, darker, and far more dynamic than I expected. The sequencing alone floored me; each track seems to devolve tonally into something more visceral and introspective, like watching a light dim slowly.

Jim Ch...

LEU Calendar: November 2025

Here’s the Low End University "master calendar" for November!

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💿 Saturday, 11/1: Strung Out - "Twisted By Design"
🏆 Full Album Poll Winner

▶️ Tuesday, 11/4: Saves the Day - "Freakish"

▶️ Friday, 11/7: Authority Zero - "Revolu...

A question for your Thursday evening...

I can't always reply and respond to all the discussion in chat (and the comments on posts), but you should know that I absolutely love reading everyone's personal insights and opinions on all the music this channel covers.

It's clear how passionate this community is about their favorite music. It's infectious. I see all the playli...

[Full Album] PROPAGANDHI | "Potemkin City Limits"

Yeah. You knew this bonus episode was coming.

What are the chances that two Propagandhi albums both lose by exactly two votes in the same year? And, what else is there to say about Propagandhi that I haven’t already said a hundred times?

I can’t believe I’ve now heard over half of their discography—and seemingly—ma...

Full-Album Reaction Poll: November 2025

Last month was our chance to revisit a band already in regular rotation around here, so this month, say HELLO to five new bands I have yet to hear a full album from!

I mean...I love how heavy and visceral Strung Out sound. They are my "heavier" Lagwagon love interest. Much the Same blew me away with a single track...

Song Requests: November 2025 [CLOSED]

SONG REQUEST RULES:

1. This post will be open for five days. Comments will be disabled on October 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 you...

[Full Album] BAD RELIGION | "Stranger Than Fiction"

Going into Stranger Than Fiction, I assumed it would be another derivative of Generator: solid, but a greener version of the band’s sound I initially heard. I came in thinking The Process of Belief was safe and untouchable at the top spot.

Yeah. Nah.

This record really took me by surprise...

LEU Calendar: October 2025

Here’s the Low End University "master calendar" for October!

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💿 Wednesday, 10/1: Bad Religion - "Stranger Than Fiction"
🏆 Full Album Poll Winner

▶️ Friday, 10/3: Tool - "Sober" (Live, 1993)

▶️ Tuesday, 10/7: The Grateful Dead...

Full-Album Reaction Poll: October 2025

We're back to regularly-scheduled programming! Last month’s poll featured ten bands that hadn’t yet had a full-album review, so today, it finally lined up for another Patreon repeat artists poll!

As I've said, I'll always group repeat artists together in the same polls as much as I can. A Wilhelm Scream's Partycras...