tripping balls (a music podcast?)

This week in music: new albums from Joywave, Fu Manchu and The Tibbs. Also: hockey music, in defence of Coldplay??, fulfilling your contractual obligations, hair grunge, shifting air, Kingi of the desert, swing revival survivors, TOCB, too much work, the fine line between enjoyable and annoying, deluxe edition origin stories, bluegrass Turbonegro and Cletus hiphop.

Next week: Aaron Frazer | Pond | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
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This week in sport: Saudi vs Everton, dictionary definitions, aspirational targets, Kvaradona’s horrible annus, Ronaldo’s best position, this Italy chat aged well, bring back Nike tournament ads, lost in Paris, the Swiss spine, continuing until morale improves, Beeso surprisingly brings it back to his own coaching, get out of the way, Covid struggleball, who isn’t here that should be, Rip Hamiltonbappe, dark horses aren’t orange, good for parts only, friendship is rare, New Zealander Of The Year, ‘not everybody knows what we’re going on about’, it’s not KD’s fault he’s old, 2031 is a 2031 problem, on-brand draft moves, banana shortages, not ready for a rebuild, Heat checks, avid reader Ant, Chris Paul George, shouts to nepotism, owning the owners, the Zach Edey Draft Discourse and not your grandad’s South Africa.

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This week in music: new albums from Alfie Templeman, Earth Tongue and Hockey Dad. Also: fame chasers, defining indie, pro-vaccine takes, oooo spoooky, taxation multiplication, rat sweat, colour charts, we’ve just run out of indie cliches, nothing ventured or gained, ice ice ice, Swingers vs Singles, ripping off the ripoff, dot dot dot, the Ugly Duckling school of song titling, out of context music cues and yet more hockey content.

Next week: Fu Manchu | The Tibbs | Joywave
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This week: whatareya, Spain bombing from three, playing yourself into or out of favouritism, crossing the streams, international footballers are good at international football (not you England), Cristiano Ronaldo: ultimate team player, Hollywood saves, being blogged at, convoluted second-round maths, conditional Belgian bandwagons, An Ukraine, adopting a team, underdogs vs underperformers, EPL tax, TAA gets grounded, the Crimea War Look, Spain-Germany is probably too good to be a quarter final, does anyone want to talk about basketball, Giddey for Caruso, fake DPOYs, starting at sixes and sevens, the worst job in the NBA, cured of coaching, JVG gets Ian Smithed, world tours of corniness, 31 team world cups, Jokic vs Doncic T20 style and shouts to Panenka.

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This week: New albums from Emma Donovan, Whores and Bad Nerves.
Also: Paul Blart Touch Coach, dream collabs, lots of bits, all stand, making Gore happy, credits roll, obscure NBA jokes, early 90s without context, teaching your children well, Sunset Strip hair farmers, Gen X authenticity wars, zero nutritional value, keep off the Supergrass, two Beetles, parental pride, bona fide polymaths and giving the people what they paid for.

Next week: Alfie Templeman | Earth Tongue | Hockey Dad
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This week in sport: crushing tape, salute to Tintin, 2016 redux, Dutts doing deals, offending and pleasing in equal measure, ready for prime time, one red one white, what you heard, home before the postcards, maps to the stars, a deeper dive on Austrian football philosophy and tactics than anyone would have reasonably expected, two guys and a bunch of dudes, Name That City Midfielder, welcoming our new Seppo cricketing overlords, thanks for the #content, pitch imperfect, Nepalling outcomes, traditional rivals, Gareth Southgate’s journey from earnest waistcoat guy to LinkedIn punisher who calls his subs ‘finishers’, are you a Pep or a Carlo, shopping for a Euros team, ignoring FIFA ratings, exhuming the lede, saving Shoresy, performative violence and sacrificing for the bit. 

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This week: New albums from Cage The Elephant, Big Special and Arab Strap. Also: call and response training, evolutionary musicology, a missed opportunity for a Glenn McGrath joke, ranting about misery, misery about ranting, soft acts to follow, Beeso falls for the old deluxe edition banana in the tailpipe, make fun noises, no relation and no leg to stand on.

Next week: Bad Nerves | Emma Donovan | Whores
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This week: Luka’s hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer, unexpected broomery, everyone’s favourite game show: Tired Or Stupid?, 14 feet of disappointment, Minnesota headwinds, topical satire, contractually obligated Thunder Future Chat, la génération dorée, get fit with Boris, why Joe Mazzulla is bad at merging, space-filling narratives, keeping your dumb thoughts to yourself is a sign of personal growth, dunking on Perk, the grip of death, #NeverLost, Beeso discovers in real time that people race sidecars at the Isle of Man, Dortmund get Real Madrided (and vice versa), and we might have accidentally invented a new slur.

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This week: Beeso’s live report from Jungle, plus new albums from Nia Archives, The Zutons and Slash. Also: not bhed good soize, architect visions, setlist analytics, rusted-on karaoke, big beat is back, keep it moving, rockstar cosplay, it’s twenty louder, conditioned by poor choices, Kool-Aid entries, finding religion, more Seventies than the Seventies, the Nile dries up, when all the takes have been taken, nunsploitation films, Killing Floor ripoffs, running duo, Apple's cloudshouters vs cloutchasers countdown, a nostalgia for collective experience, MVP narratives, being let down by your friends, to do: lists, how do you pronounce hegemony anyway, better than the alternative and Guess The Next Kingi Genre.

Next week: Cage The Elephant | Arab Strap | Big Special
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This week: the game we’d been waiting the entire NBA playoffs for, mid-00s A-League, sentient cotton buds, putting your body in positions it shouldn’t be, meaningless levers, choosing to not go all-in, props to the Mavs front office, unplayable lies, fearing the worst title team in recent history, stop listening to internet effwits, doing Draymond out of a job, outside the NBA, media rights and wrongs, a weird and sad and stupid piece of rubbish, comfort food for old people, Don Henley doing play-by-play, horns into sloppy, native tributes, there are multiple places like home, choices have ramifications, the moment the Nuggets lost the series, the last dynasty, the Wolves’ one run, ‘all-NBA snub’ snubs, optimistic futurism, EPL workload complaints, our first Leeds update in a long while, Beeso’s coaching idols, hors catégorie content, making it to the end with your bits still functioning and the Brick with Eyes.

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