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Wild Fall Playlists, New Music Takes & a Trivia Showdown
The crew reviews new albums, compares three very different fall playlists, and gets humbled by a music trivia challenge. From rap and indie to rock and…
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The Best Rock Song and Album Runs
What happens when a music-loving father and sons trio gets hit with three weeks of stacked album releases, a killer playlist challenge, and a classic rock…
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10 Songs That Hit Hard Because of One Unforgettable Moment
Matt, Jeff, and Timmy Rotter return with a month of honest, opinionated music reviews covering everything from rap and pop to rock, metal, electronic, and…
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Higher or Lower: Guessing Spotify Hits Exposed Their Worst Instincts
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy break down the new releases, a playlist of 6 songs longer than 45 minutes, and a spotify guessing game!
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From Classic Rock to TikTok: 50 Years of Music Trends
Most listeners think they know how they pick their favorite songs, but what happens when you try to choose the best song from every year? In this episode…
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Albums that are Under Appreciated
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy discuss the new albums that have released recently, they also discuss the albums that they believe are under appreciated. Finally, they…
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The Catch up Episode
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy are finally catching up on the albums that have been missed over the past weeks. Over 40 new albums are being discussed!
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EPISODE 100!
The guys talk about their current top 10 albums of all time for their episode 100 special!
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Best of an Artists of our Choosing
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy talk about the new album releases that came out, as well as making a best of a specific artist (Domo Genisis, Jon Bellion, and Stone…
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Super Ultra Hyper Specific Playlist
The guys break down some of the new albums over the past month that they have missed (Sorry about the break), then discuss their super ultra hyper specific…
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Story Album's and New Releases
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy discuss the albums from the past weeks that they have missed. They then dive into some story/concept albums from 3 different artists to…
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Rebuild an album to make it a perfect 10
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy are back and catching up on the missed albums over the past 3 weeks. They also dive into creating an album from an album that they…
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A Genre Intro and Green Album Draft
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy discuss some of the new albums over the past two weeks, as well as sharing an album with each other that will be a good intro to a genre…
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Short Songs Playlist
Jeff, Matt and Timmy talk about some of the new albums that came out, and then they share the playlists that they created, and finally drafted albums that are…
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2025 Top Album Swap
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy talk about the new albums that came out. Matt struggled while Jeff had some great ones! Timmy was able to find some gems. The albums of…
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A NEW SEASON! Our top albums of 2025
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy discuss their favorite albums of the previous year!
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Bring an Album from the 1960s
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy discuss the new albums that came out the past two weeks. We then discuss an album that we each bought from the 1960s!
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Our Top 15 Artists of the Past 6 Months
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy discuss their artists from the past 6 months in a fun playlist, they talk about new albums released, and a trivia guessing the year based…
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A Dead Album and Blue Album Draft
Jeff, Matt and Timmy discuss the new albums that came out the past two weeks. Then discussing a dead or dying genre album, and finish it off with a draft of…
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An Album Different from their Popular Song
Jeff, Timmy, and Matt discuss an album from an artist that is different from their popular song, some trivia top 10s, and some new albums
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A Covers Episode
Timmy, Jeff, and Matt discuss some of their favorite cover songs compared to the original.
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Favorite Albums of the Year (So far)
The boys discuss the new albums, and the favorite albums of the year so far!
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Peak Covid Albums and Catching up on New Releases
The guys discuss the new albums they missed out on, and then discuss some of the peak covid albums!
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2010-2011 Albums and Trivia
Matt, Jeff, and Timmy discuss some new albums, an album from 2010-2011 and a trivia night!
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Same Name Playlist and the Red Draft
Jeff, Matt and Timmy talk about some new album releases, they each bring up a same named song playlist and then they do a draft of the best red albums draft!
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Happy Album's and Fun Song Names
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy break down some of the albums that make them happy. They also discuss some of the funniest and best song names, as well as new album…
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Albums From When We Were 13
Matt, Jeff, and Timmy break down their albums from when they were 13, and how that influenced their music today. As well as new albums released reviews!
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Specific Subgenres and the Worst Actual Bands to See Live
Matt, Jeff, and Timmy tackle some specific subgenre playlists that they created, the worst band names to see live, if their name was literal, and the new…
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2000s Album and Some Trivia
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy discuss the new albums, they each bring an album that they enjoy from the 2000s, and some more trivia questions!
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Create an Album and Trivia
Jeff, Timmy, and Matt discuss the new albums released, they create an album of some of their favorite songs, and some trivia to round out the episode.
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Non North American Artists and $15 to Spend
Jeff, Timmy, and Matt discuss the new album releases, Matt brought in a new album share of non North American artists, and a draft battle between Jeff and…
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Under 30 Minute albums and A Era Trivia Battle
Jeff, Timmy, and Matt discuss the new albums that came out, a favorite album under 30 minutes, and a trivia battle between Matt and Jeff!
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Albums Outside of the Artists Sound and an AC/DC Draft
Jeff, Matt, and Timmy discuss the new releases from the last 2 weeks, bring together 3 albums from artists that are outside of their regular sound, and an…
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Pink Floyd Draft and Albums Outside your Comfort Zone
Jeff, Timmy, and Matt discuss the new albums that came out recently, albums that are outside of our comfort zone but we enjoy it, and a Pink Floyd draft of…
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A 5/10 or Better Album Swap and Best 10/10 Albums of all time
Jeff, Timmy, and Matt discuss the new releases of the past week and of 2024 for some. They also bring forward an album each that is supposed to get a 5/10…
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New Releases, An Album that is underrated, and the Best Main Character Songs
Jeff, Timmy, and Matt talk about new releases from the past couple of weeks, what they brought each other for an underrated album, and songs that make you feel…
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Our Duo Has Become a Trio
Timmy is now joining us FULL TIME as we usher in a new era of the Father and Son's music loving trio! There is a lot to catch up on, so give it a listen
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65: A New Season of Guests
Timmy comes back as our guinea pig for the first time having guests! Matt and Jeff also discuss new releases
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64: A New Segment!
Matt and Jeff discuss the new albums of the week and talk about their top songs of the last 6 months!
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Another Round of New Music
Matt and Jeff break down the new albums that came out recently. As well as going to find some new bands. Stay tuned to hear about the New Segment!
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Did Matt Find a Band Jeff Likes?
Matt and Jeff continue to dig into finding a band for Jeff to listen to that is still coming out with new music. They also break down 8 new albums that have…
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Listening to the Backseat Lovers and other New Albums
Matt and Jeff are exploring new albums that recently came out and they continue to see if we can find a band that Jeff enjoys!
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Can We Find a New Rock Band For Jeff?
Jeff and Matt are still catching up on their absence by listening to old and new albums, as well as Matt gave Jeff the Band Turnstile to see if he enjoys it!
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A Decades Draft and Albums That Came Out This Year
Matt and Jeff are back with another week of catching up on albums that came out in the year of 2023 as well as do a decades festival dream lineup!
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WE ARE BACK! Season 3 Episode 1
Matt and Jeff are back to the podcast grind after a long hiatus! They discuss a bunch of albums that they missed over the extended break. Also on the episode…
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Jeff and Matt are back after a little unplanned break, but with a new episode out, they are excited to keep talking about music! Let us know if you want to be…
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Jon Joins the Podcast
Jon brings his unique listening to Matt and Jeff. They discuss the new releases, the albums that they gave each other, and the albums that Jon brought.
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Catching Up On New Releases
Jeff and Matt have been on a little bit of a hiatus because Matt's son was born! They are back and ready to do some bi-weekly episodes! This week, they discuss…
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Derek Joins the Crew
Derek brings his fun music taste to the podcast for Matt and Jeff to listen to. They don't let Derek off easy by giving him something hard to listen to.
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Nate Joins the Crew
Nate brings in his favorite albums for Matt and Jeff to listen to. Jeff and Matt bring an album that is influential on the music scene.
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Brent Joins the Show
Brent brings his fun style of music preference for Matt and Jeff to break down (There is one that you need to check out for sure). He doesn't get off to easy…
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Chase Joins the Podcast
Matt and Jeff get to experience Chase's favorite music through his favorite albums. Jeff also decides to give Chase and Matt an album that will shake you to…
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We Made it to 50!
Jeff and Matt celebrate their 50th episode by doing their own spin on a Tik Tok sound! They also gave each other a fun album that are both inside and outside…
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Steve Joins the Show
Steve brings in his eclectic music taste to Matt and Jeff to break down. They also give a little bit of a rough picks for Steve. Some new music came out as…
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Kris Joins Jeff and Matt
Kris joins the guys to talk about his music taste and with the albums that he loves! Matt and Jeff also give him a little bit of a struggle with their albums.
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Our Favorite Albums of 2021
We are back in the new season for the podcast! This episode we discuss the best albums of 2021 and give our ratings on them.
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Zach Joins the Podcast
Zach joins Matt and Jeff to discuss some of his favorite playlists. Matt and Jeff do not let him off the hook easy with some albums to challenge him!
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Missing Week Catch Up!
Jeff and Matt have been gone a couple of weeks, so it is time to catch up on the albums that were released over that period.
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Michael and Deacon Join the Podcast
Michael and Deacon join the guys as they bring their unique music taste to the podcast. Their experimental music tastes drives Jeff up a wall but Matt gave him…