This week’s new albums: Avett Brothers & Mike Patton | Cheap Trick | Home Front | Dick Move

Also, in a bonus-length holiday special*: 25% extra, country folk, now this is going to be fun, the wrong kind of WTF, it might be Tomahawk actually, tuatara evolution, big in Japan, five bands you’ve seen live, hello there and/or goodnight ladies and gentlemen, going home, heaven knows I’m not miserable enough now, we fix punk, coherent social arguments, Simz timestamps, scheduled leave, rescheduled Wrappeds, forgotten February albums, podcast personas, RSA in India, Uz agrees with Doc, when all you have is T20 talent every game looks like a T20, the Arc of Ange, IPL rooting interests, threes versus fives, unexpected East teams, trying circumstances, blaming the Warriors PR guy, an unconvincing argument for why this is an interesting NBA season, does anyone want Ja or Trae, a long useful middle, mercurial superheroes, broadcasting technical difficulties and sympathy for robophobic quicks.

0:53  AVTT/PTTN

6:06  Cheap Trick  

11:45  Home Front

14:27  Dick Move

17:19  Next week’s picks

28:51  After Dark - cricket

49:53  After Dark - basketball

66:42  After After Dark - more cricket

*We’re on holiday next week, back in your feed mid Dec with the following albums - 

Next time: Mungo’s Hi-Fi | Troy Kingi | Pabst

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