Low End University

What if we did full albums as live streams?

Episodes would be recorded and posted for playback as normal - it would just take place initially as a live stream and allow interaction in chat with everyone between songs.

We'd likely edit these parts out so that future playback flows like a pre-recorded episode. The live streams would pr...

LEU Calendar: January 2026

Here’s the Low End University "master calendar" for January 2026! The first few videos of the year are delayed per my announcement here.

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▶️ Wednesday, 1/...

January Schedule Change 🤒

Patreon fam!

I hope all of you had a fantastic holiday last week, and will have a sweet (and safe) NYE celebration this week!

Today was supposed to be the day I recorded the full-album episode for Thursday, alongside the first YouTube episodes for 2026...

As luck would have it, ...

January Song Requests: Runoff Poll

If you missed the announcement post from last month, I've changed how song requests are selected!

Here's the song requests "runoff poll" featuring the Top 25 voted tracks from 2025-12-22 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Full-Album Reaction Poll: January 2026

We kicked off 2025 with Operation Ivy's Energy. It was absolutely rad. I was there! So, what will we kick off 2026 with?

After every poll, there's always an album or two I'm a little bummed I won't get to hear just yet. This time, I'm forcing the matter. All of t...

Song Requests: January 2026

SONG REQUEST RULES:

1. This post will be open for five days. Comments will be disabled on December 15th in order to tally all votes.

2. Please limit song requests to one per person. We’d like to encourage a single, thoughtful song...

[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 ...

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 holi...

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 trac...

🚀 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 wil...

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 requ...

[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 introspectiv...

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"

▶️ Frida...

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 fav...

[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 o...

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 ...

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 reque...

[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 ...

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)

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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 ...

Song Requests: October 2025 [CLOSED]

SONG REQUEST RULES:

1. This post will be open for five days. Comments will be disabled on September 15th in order to tally all votes.

2. Please limit song requests to one per person. We’d like to encourage a single, thoughtful req...

[Full Album] THE LAWRENCE ARMS | "Oh! Calcutta!"

Between tomorrow's YouTube episode for "Quincentuple Your Money" and today's full-album analysis of Oh! Calcutta!, I've certainly ingested a hefty dose of feisty Chicago punk this weekend.

Admittedly, I was a tad indifferent about The Lawrence Arms at firs...

LEU Calendar: September 2025

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

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💿 Monday, 9/1: The Lawrence Arms - "Oh! Calcutta!"
🏆 Full Album Poll Winner

▶️ Tuesday, 9/2: The Lawrence Arms - ...

Membership Price Increase!

Folks!

I'm posting to let you all know that starting Monday, September 1st, the membership price for the Freshman tier will increase from $2.00-per-month to $3.00-per-month. Patreon has sent several notifications encouraging the change due to rising process...

Full-Album Reaction Poll: September 2025

It's time for a special edition poll featuring five albums from Mixtape, Vol 3. and five albums from Mixtape, Vol. 4! Both episodes were such a blast, presented SO much intriguing variety, and allowed me to hear songs that may never be voted in ...

Song Requests: September 2025 [CLOSED]

SONG REQUEST RULES:

1. This post will be open for five days. Comments will be disabled on August 15th in order to tally all votes.

2. Please limit song requests to one per person. We’d like to encourage a single, thoughtful reques...

[Mixtape, Vol. 4] Random Number Generator II: This Time It's Personal

I think the best possible way to "brute force" things into new musical territory is by way of these random drawing episodes—and there are even more opportunities when we do it full-album style with fifteen songs! 😎🫱...🎲💥

Some of the artists drawn were names I've seen ...

[Full Album] DESCENDENTS | "Cool to Be You"

As this punk rock journey continues, the opportunity to go deeper on a single artist (versus going wider on the scene as a whole) really feels invaluable sometimes when looking at the big picture. And, when a band sticks around long enough to write music from a different emotional vantage point, ...

LEU Calendar: August 2025

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

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▶️ Friday, 8/1: Primus - “Last Salmon Man”
💿 Friday, 8/1: Descendents - "Cool to Be You"
🏆 Full Album Poll Winner 2025-07-31 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post