Halfway through the year, halfway through the first ever season of ph5! Despite the drought of (good) heavy music released in June, the month more than made up for it with a slew of excellent hip hop releases and other, unclassifiable albums that rank among the best of the year. I also reflect on the show's format and am considering adding a mid-month show to tide everyone over between the monthly round ups - let me know if you're into this idea! As always, thanks for tuning in. Full listen of albums discussed below:

Backxwash - I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses

Bfb Da Packman - Fat N***** Need Love Too

Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2

Doja Cat - Planet Her

Pi'erre Bourne - The Life of Pi'erre 5

Spellling - The Turning Wheel

Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost

Wristmeetrazor - Replica of a Strange Love

Episode 5 begins with 215 seconds of silence in tribute to the 215 bodies of Indigenous children recently found on residential school property here in Canada. If you can, please donate to the Indian Residential Schools Survivor Society at irsss.ca. May was a strange month, full of change that seemed reflected in the artists' music I was listening to. I was pleasantly surprised by some old favourites...and absolutely flabbergasted by others. Thanks for tuning in. Full list of albums discussed below:

black midi - Calvalcade

Fiddlehead - Between the Richness

Iceage - Seek Shelter

Iosonouncane - IRA

Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti

Panopticon - ...and again into the light

Portal - Hegbulbia

Storefront Church - As We Pass

I genuinely cannot believe we are already on episode 4. This episode's round up of April's wealth of new releases features discussions on records by The Armed, Claire Rousay, Leon Vynehall and many more, as well as meditations on sound design in music and how 'strange' music has the fascinating ability to be really good - or really bad.

Albums discussed:

The Armed - ULTRAPOP

Claire Rousay - a softer focus

Conway the Machine - La Maquina

Cruelty - There Is No God Where I Am

Godspeed You! Black Emporer - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!

Gojira - Fortitude

Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever

Paysage D'hiver - Geister

Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst

Spirit of the Beehive - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH

Episode 3 - let's go! This month's episode features special guest Matthew Bankuti and your host Phil Maye discussing Youth Code's new record, as well as the industrial scene in general. We also talk about crawfish for a while - dammit, now I'm hungry. The rest of the episode touches on March's new music from Armand Hammer, Genghis Tron, serpentwithfeet and more from what was overall an extremely strong month (or week) for music overall.

Welcome to episode 2 of ph5! This week I introduce some new features, talk about releases by slowthai, Django Django and Sarah Mary Chadwick among others, and do a deep dive into the merits of accessibility in music. What were you listening to in February? Let me know!

Hey everyone! Welcome to the podcast. In this episode I introduce the concept and run through my favourite albums of January 2021.