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Down On High: Examining the Records That Made Us

Millennial song writers discuss the albums that shaped them - examining the artistic intent, history, and environment of their release. Tyler and Greg compare albums as these artists change, contextualizing these records as lifelong musicians.

Michele Branch - The Spirit Room (2001) [The Crumbling of A&R That Shelved Two Albums]

64 hours 7 mins; July 13, 2025

Brian Wilson [of Beach Boys fame] - Smile (2004)

74 hours 27 mins; June 30, 2025

Green Day - American Idiot (2004)

98 hours 23 mins; June 21, 2025

No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)

50 mins; May 01, 2025

Elliot Smith - From a Basement On a Hill (2004)

84 hours 33 mins; April 21, 2025

Bon Iver- Sable, Fable (2025)

60 hours 38 mins; April 14, 2025

Bright Eyes Live in 2025

62 hours 35 mins; April 07, 2025

Insane Clown Posse - The Wraith: Shangri-La (2002)

59 mins; March 31, 2025

LCD Soundsystem - self-titled album (2005)

67 hours 26 mins; March 14, 2025

N*SYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)

58 mins; March 07, 2025

Backstreet Boys - Millennium (1999)

60 hours 15 mins; February 28, 2025

Musical Film: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

62 hours 3 mins; February 18, 2025

Elton John - Songs from The West Coast (2001)

56 mins; February 11, 2025

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008)

45 mins; February 07, 2025

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)

39 mins; January 17, 2025

David Bowie - Heathen (2002)

46 mins; January 08, 2025

2024's Best Music and Our Own Originals! (2024 Extra Credit)

84 hours 28 mins; January 02, 2025

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (2002)

49 mins; December 23, 2024

Kid Cudi - Man On the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

49 mins; December 19, 2024

The Voidz - Like All Before You (2024)

47 mins; December 09, 2024

Florence + The Machine - Lungs

42 mins; November 15, 2024

Coldplay - Moon Music (2024)

45 mins; October 28, 2024

Bon Iver - collaborations, singles, and Sable, EP

89 hours 29 mins; October 24, 2024

Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds, Where the World Once Was / Five Dice, All Threes

100 hours 11 mins; October 14, 2024

Monsters of Folk / Bright Eyes - self-titled record / The People's Key

76 hours 25 mins; October 09, 2024

Missy Elliot - Miss E... So Addictive / Under Construction

88 hours 58 mins; September 30, 2024

Beck - The Information / Modern Guilt

75 hours 22 mins; September 16, 2024

The Vines - Highly Evolved / Winning Days

66 hours 49 mins; September 03, 2024

Conor Oberst (and the Mystic Valley Band) - self titled / Outer South

72 hours 49 mins; August 26, 2024

Coldplay Discography Finale Ep. 8 - Music of the Spheres

61 hours 58 mins; August 12, 2024

Jack White - new release, No Name

54 mins; August 05, 2024

Coldplay Discography Ep. 7 - Everyday Life

65 hours 14 mins; August 02, 2024

Coldplay Discography Ep. 6 - Head Full of Dreams / Kaleidoscope EP

79 hours 22 mins; August 01, 2024

Coldplay Discography Ep. 5 - Mylo Xyloto / Ghost Stories / etc.

99 hours 16 mins; July 30, 2024

Coldplay Discography Ep. 4 - Viva La Vida, or Death and All His Friends / Prospekt's March EP

85 hours 34 mins; July 10, 2024

Coldplay Discography Ep. 3 - X&Y, including b-sides

70 hours 57 mins; July 05, 2024

Coldplay Discography Ep. 2 - Rush Of Blood To The Head, including b-sides

73 hours 39 mins; July 01, 2024

Massive Attack - 100th Window / Heligoland

59 mins; June 29, 2024

Coldplay Discography Ep. 1 - Brothers & Sisters EP / Blue Room EP / Parachutes

68 hours 36 mins; June 24, 2024

To The Left, a Series on Beyonce: Episode 4 - Renaissance / Cowboy Carter

72 hours 51 mins; June 11, 2024

Volcano Choir [Bon Iver x Collections of Colonies of Bees] - Unmap / Repave

64 hours 56 mins; June 07, 2024

To The Left, a Series on Beyonce: Episode 3 - BEYONCE / Lemonade

66 hours 42 mins; May 28, 2024

Nickelback - Silver Side Up / All The Right Reasons

83 hours 48 mins; May 01, 2024

To The Left, a Series on Beyonce: Episode 2 - I AM... SASHA FIERCE / 4

82 hours 16 mins; April 24, 2024

The National - Alligator / Boxer

59 mins; April 17, 2024

To The Left, a Series on Beyonce: Episode 1 - Dangerously In Love / B'day

81 hours 53 mins; April 09, 2024

Peaches - Teaches of Peaches / Father****er

56 mins; April 03, 2024

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine/The Idler Wheel

61 hours 18 mins; March 27, 2024

The XX - XX / Coexist

54 mins; March 12, 2024

Documentary: Dig! The Story of The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre

60 hours 38 mins; March 08, 2024

The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls / Yes, Virginia

92 hours 22 mins; February 26, 2024

Rockumentary - Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

96 hours 46 mins; February 23, 2024

Tool - Lateralus/10,000 Days

87 hours 8 mins; February 09, 2024

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away/Port of Morrow

75 hours 0 mins; January 29, 2024

Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy/new singles Absurd, Hardskool, Perhaps, and The General

86 hours 46 mins; January 22, 2024

Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away/Fantasies

65 hours 49 mins; January 09, 2024

Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift/Fearless

95 hours 17 mins; January 04, 2024

2023 DOHP Extra Credit - with selections from Bon Iver, Oasis, Daft Punk, and more!

73 hours 25 mins; December 26, 2023

Meet Me In The Bathroom, The Strokes Retrospective - Part 5: Future Present Past EP/The New Abnormal

59 mins; December 19, 2023

Meet Me In The Bathroom, The Strokes Retrospective - Part 4: [The Voidz] Tyranny/Virtue

68 hours 43 mins; December 15, 2023

Meet Me In The Bathroom, The Strokes Retrospective - Part 3: Angles/Comedown Machine

55 mins; December 05, 2023

Meet Me In The Bathroom, The Strokes Retrospective - Part 2: First Impressions of Earth/[Julian Casablancas] Phrazes for the Young

75 hours 43 mins; November 20, 2023

Meet Me In The Bathroom, The Strokes Retrospective - Part 1: Is This It/Room On Fire

74 hours 40 mins; November 17, 2023

Musical TV Episodes - Scrubs/Buffy/Futurama

57 mins; November 07, 2023

Duster - Stratosphere/Contemporary Movement

62 hours 53 mins; October 30, 2023

Bon Iver - 22, A Million/i,i

96 hours 0 mins; October 16, 2023

Oasis - Heathen Chemistry/Don't Believe The Truth

77 hours 49 mins; October 10, 2023

Mark Knopfler -Sailing to Philadelphia/Shangri-La

56 mins; October 02, 2023

Cat Power - You Are Free/The Greatest

88 hours 1 min; September 28, 2023

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans/Illinois

81 hours 37 mins; September 18, 2023

Songs Inspired by 9/11 and the War On Terror Era

131 hours 44 mins; September 11, 2023

Johnny Cash - American III/American IV

90 hours 35 mins; August 21, 2023

Justin Timberlake - Justified & FutureSex/LoveSounds

78 hours 4 mins; August 16, 2023

Soundtrack - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

107 hours 32 mins; August 07, 2023

Bjork - Medulla/Volta

90 hours 43 mins; July 31, 2023

Daft Punk - Discovery/Human After All

74 hours 52 mins; July 03, 2023

Katy Perry - One Of The Boys/Teenage Dream (The Complete Confection)

107 hours 12 mins; June 26, 2023

Movie Soundtracks: Into The Wild/Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

97 hours 40 mins; June 19, 2023

Paramore - Riot!/Brand New Eyes

90 hours 17 mins; June 12, 2023

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down Tour, Live Review 2023

57 mins; June 05, 2023

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife/Hazards of Love

78 hours 58 mins; May 15, 2023

Rhianna - Good Girl Gone Band/Rated R

98 hours 53 mins; May 08, 2023

Brendan Benson - Lapalco/Alternative to Love

79 hours 38 mins; May 01, 2023

Link Park - Hybrid Theory/Meteora

106 hours 33 mins; April 24, 2023

The Black Keys - Attack & Release/Brothers

96 hours 4 mins; April 17, 2023

Songs Banned After 9/11

93 hours 12 mins; April 10, 2023

Britney Spears - Britney/In The Zone

94 hours 2 mins; April 03, 2023

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights/Antics

86 hours 30 mins; March 27, 2023

Bright Eyes - Noise Floor/Casadaga

96 hours 55 mins; March 13, 2023

Songs Inspired by and from Sam Rami's Spider-Man 2 & 3

93 hours 41 mins; March 06, 2023

The Foo Fighters - One By One/In Your Honor

83 hours 29 mins; February 27, 2023

One Hit Wonders of the 2000s

74 hours 54 mins; February 20, 2023

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/A Ghost is Born

81 hours 38 mins; February 13, 2023

Bob Dylan - Modern Times/Together Through Life

69 hours 46 mins; February 06, 2023

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World/Chutes Too Narrow

78 hours 21 mins; January 30, 2023

St. Vincent - Marry Me/Actor

66 hours 47 mins; January 23, 2023

Seether - Karma & Effect/Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces

88 hours 39 mins; January 16, 2023

Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane/Overexposed

88 hours 39 mins; January 09, 2023

Year End Special 2022

75 hours 49 mins; January 02, 2023

Sountracks: Walk The Line/I'm Not There

85 hours 10 mins; December 26, 2022

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