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Ah...summertime. Sweat stains, sunburns...and new music! Lots of it. On this month's episode, Phil dives into the music of May, featuring a lengthy discussion on one artist's opus of generational trauma...that's right folks, we're talking about Ethel Cain's new album. Oh yeah, Phil talks about that other one too. You know which one I mean. Albums discussed below:

Boldy James & Real Bad Man - Killing Nothing

Cave In - Heavy Pendulum

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

Gospel - The Loser

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Lykke Li - EYEYE

The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention

700 Bliss - Nothing to Declare

April was crazy busy and I worked every day this month - thank god for the amazing ambient records that came out this month to help ease the pain. On this month's episode, I talk about ambient's healing powers, some much needed closure with one of my all time favourite bands (that came from an unexpected place) and a few rap records that were wildly different - in both substance and quality. RIP Gabe Serbian. Albums discussed below:

ASkySoBlack - Autumn in the Water

billy woods - Aethiopes

Future - I Never Liked You

Greyhaven - This Bright & Beautiful World

Helms Alee - Keep This Be the Way

Kelly Lee Owens - LP.8

Pusha T - It's Almost Dry

Whatever the Weather - Whatever the Weather

March always does that really annoying thing where it pretends Spring is beginning like 4 times. It sucks! At least the music was good though. March saw the release of a lot of exceptional yet wildly different takes on pop by really talented women, as well as some old favourites rearing their heads again after extended absences - to mixed results. I promise you I don't talk about Will Smith. Albums discussed below!

Charli XCX - Crash

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future

Jenny Hval - Classic Objects

Lack the Low - God-Carrier

Oso Oso - sore thumb

Rosalia - MOTOMAMI

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems

Vein.fm - This World Is Going To Ruin You

February sucks! Luckily, February's new music didn't. On this second episode of the new year (at what point do we stop calling it the 'new year' and just...the year?), Phil runs down a bunch of February's releases, and is joined by guest Matt Bankuti, who has been on the show so many times now (twice) that he might as well take it over. Two white guys talking about Animal Collective...what is this, 2008? Albums discussed below:

Author & Punisher - Kruller

Beach House - Once Twice Melody

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

Blood Incantation - Timewave Zero

Bunuel - Killers Like Us

Huerco S. - Plonk

SASAMI - Squeeze

Skin Tension - OMNI

Yung Kayo - DFTK

Welcome back to ph5! Let's never be apart that long again. I've missed you so. This marks the first official episode of the new year! Phil starts off a brand new season of ph5 by talking about some familiar faces in a familiar format...with some exciting new twists. What was the album that kickstarted Phil's love of music this year? Which album really pissed him off? Were any of his thoughts coherent? Only one place to find out: here at ph5. Albums discussed below:

Anxious - Little Green House

Babyface Ray - Face

Burial - Antidawn

Cloakroom - Dissolution Wave

Deaf Club - Productive Disruption

FKA twigs - Caprisongs

Foxtails - Fawn

Gunna - DS4ever

Krallice - Crystalline Exhaustion

The Weeknd - Dawn FM

This is it! This is what it's all about! Our end of season festivities conclude today with Part 2 of the ph5x5, where Phil counts down his top ten favourite records of the year. Grab some egg nog and switch things up with the family by listening to this episode instead of watching Love Actually or whatever - it's about the same length of a feature length movie anyway! Thanks so much to everyone for tuning in. ph5 will return in 2021.

Albums discussed below (in alphabetical order - to see how they ranked you'll have to tune in, sucker!)

Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2

Doja Cat - Planet Her

Eyelet - The Devil Shining Out Your Eyes

Fiddlehead - Between the Richness

GAS - Der Lange Marsch

Grouper - Shade

Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

Iceage - Seek Shelter

Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get To Phoenix

King Woman - Celestial Blues

Kowloon Walled City - Piecework

Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready

Low - Hey What

Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti

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

Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red

Portrayal of Guilt - We Are Always Alone

Serpentwithfeet - Deacon

Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst

Spellling - The Turning Wheel

Spirit of the Beehive - Entertainment, Death

Succumb - XXI

Taking Meds - Terrible News from Wonderful Men

Turnstile - Glow On

The year end festivities continue with the big kahuna, what we've all been waiting for...the ph5x5 (just my dumb way of saying the Top 25 of 2021). This episode, Part 1, covers #25 - 11, and Phil also discusses the first bunch of his favourite songs of the year as well. What made the cut!? What didn't?! How high did Red (Taylor's Version) place?! You'll just have to tune in to find out. Part 2 coming soon!

The year end celebrations will continue! But not today. Episode 12 is a traditional ph5 episode rounding up November's releases. Phil wasn't too impressed with what November had to offer (apart from a few fantastic records) but that's what happens when Adele drops. Shouts out to all those brave artists who released music anyway! Albums discussed below:

Burial Waves - Holy Ground

Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon I

Corbin - Ghost with Skin

Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine of Hell

Glassing - Twin Dream

Jon Hopkins - Music For Psychedelic Therapy

Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki

Taking Meds - Terrible News from Wonderful Men

The first season of ph5 is almost over! That means it's time for treats. In addition to the standard ph5 episodes to round out the year, we're gonna have some fun with a series of special edition episodes that will switch up the format of the show a little bit!

The series kicks off with ...& Friends, where Phil chats with a few of the people in his life about their new music. The first conversation is with Kari Lyn, an east coast songwriter currently living in Toronto. We chat about the re-release of her fantastic debut album Hit The Ground, which is out NOW by the way. The episode also features a discussion with Toronto based 'psychedelic club music' artist (his words!) Wizard Of about his stunning new record Psychic Degradation., which is out on Friday! They are both very lovely so please make sure to connect with them through their various online presences, which I've linked below.

Stay tuned to ph5 for more fun end of year content! What's it going to be? Who knows! Not even me! But it's coming!

Kari Lyn

Instagram/Facebook - @karilynmusic

Bandcamp - karilynblacquiere.bandcamp.com

Wizard Of

Instagram - @bobmccully

Facebook - Wizard Of

Bandcamp - wizardof.bandcamp.com

Because you're not hardcore...unless you live hardcore...and the legend of the rent was way hardcore...School of Rock anyone? Remember that shit? October's round up contains a selection of heavy hitters (in every possible sense of the word) and one of Phil's biggest disappointments of the year. Was it you? Better tune in and find out! Albums discussed below:

Every Time I Die - Radical

Frontierer - Oxidized

Grouper - Shade

Kayo Dot - Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike

Knocked Loose - A Tear in the Fabric of Life

Kowloon Walled City - Piecework

Mastodon - Hushed and Grim

Young Thug - Punk