This week’s new albums: Bruno Mars | Earth Tongue | The Stripp

Also: Bad times on the bullet train, Wednesday night gigs, sweaty skeevy schtick, chasing the Latin zeitgeist, Anglo mild, AI art, stuff normies like, Ty one on, late night SBS movies, tell us what you really think, the bleeding edge of clip, second hand Datsuns, 80s 90s and today, Nick Cave does rockabilly, unnecessary flair, triple-barrelled mates, emoji album picks, Styles over substance, off-label mouthwash, grime will make you get down now, never make a F1 take before FP3, World Cup patsies, nine ball finishes, this is our year, Swans Casual Corner, every NBA news story, being mediocre for 20 years and cancelling the play-in.

2:49  Bruno Mars

10:51  Earth Tongue

14:47  The Stripp

20:37  Next week’s albums

24:23  After Dark - more music, F1, T20, code, NBA

Next week’s new albums: Dub Pistols x Freestylers | THUMPER | GUM

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