Shawn and Craig return for Round 11 of the Vinyl Four Podcast, diving into another loaded bracket pulled from Rolling Stone’s Top 500. Sixteen albums enter the arena, and after plenty of debate, only four survive.

This week’s matchups span a wide emotional and stylistic range — from the hushed intimacy of Nick Drake’s Pink Moon to the raw, arena-shaking power of Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction. Along the way, genre-defining classics like Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly and the art-rock urgency of Gang of Four’s Entertainment! keep the bracket unpredictable and the conversations lively.

With tough calls at every turn, the fellas narrow the field to the next Vinyl 4, setting the stage for what’s to come without giving away all the magic.

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Shawn and Craig enter Round 10 of the Vinyl 4 Podcast, and the bracket has officially reached “no easy choices left.” This week brings another powerhouse set of 16 albums — a mix of groundbreaking classics, cult favorites, and genre-defining masterpieces.

The lineup includes Elvis Costello’s This Year’s Model, D’Angelo’s Voodoo, The Beatles’ Rubber Soul, and Pixies’ Doolittle — plus Kiss, Buffalo Springfield, The Beach Boys (twice!), Richard & Linda Thompson, Graham Parker, Jay-Z, Kanye West, TLC, Sinead O’Connor, Peter Wolf, and EPMD.

It’s soul vs. hip-hop, punk-pop vs. folk-rock, ’60s sunshine pop vs. ’90s alt-rock — and somehow it all fits into one brutal bracket. Shawn and Craig debate, dissect, and eventually narrow the field down to 4 survivors.

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Shawn and Craig dive into Round 9 of the Vinyl 4 Podcast, taking on another wildly eclectic set of 16 albums pulled from Rolling Stone’s Top 500. This week spans blues legends, rock icons, hip-hop pioneers, and avant-pop innovators — all battling for just four coveted finalist spots.

The lineup includes John Mayall with Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead, The Clash, Derek and the Dominos, Al Green, Buddy Holly, Run-DMC, Black Sabbath, Madonna, Frank Sinatra, Tom Waits, Outkast, Hole, The Magnetic Fields, Eurythmics, and more.

It’s blues vs. metal, punk vs. soul, hip-hop vs. classic pop, and everything in between. The fellas keep the discussion moving briskly this week, narrowing the field down to 4 — and skipping their usual “should’ve made the list” picks to keep the pace tight.

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