tripping balls (a music podcast?)

This week: we count down our top five albums of the year for 2023. 
Also: WAOTY, the importance of having clear number ones, #HammockSZN, necking cleanskin red and listening to 70s prog, crossover potential, voodoo science, aiming for competence, immaculate vibe-matches, the genre expects, they can’t keep getting away with this, the Scandiwegian-Strayan axis of riffs, peanut empire punk, a long way from 2015, getting absolutely upholstered with Jack White, the Mabo of it all, you pays your money and you takes your choice, lacking an instinct for the dramatic, shoplifting in Queenstown, misinterpreted larceny, joyous nihilism, this just in: dudes are wrong and need to be hit with a stick, the new gold standard, Bomfunk MC’s ain’t die for this, comedy misdirections, instagram DJs, bringing back a favourite hashtag, previously on Bring Out Your Dead, 80s Volvos, shouts to Was Not Was, The Beekeeper, other people’s AOTYs, other people’s picks, the sniper's art, blaming Liberty Media for the ruination of UK big-beat dance and derelict munter poetry.

Next week: we draft 1994 in albums.
Spotify playlists: 2023 review archive | 2023 mixtape | AOTY soundtrack playlist
(all the music drops used in this ep - spoilers though!)
The archive: 2015-2022 review albums and year-end top 5 lists
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…And we’re back. This week: the Accidental Beeso Summer Tour, previously on The NBA, the Raptors rebuild, shop window games, play-in-pilled teams, the two seed with the vibes of a .500 team, the SLOB Wizard dodges the rozzers, the T-Wolves’ death run, the best in the West, contrarian ROY takes, this is the future Florentino Perez wants, the Dubs trading while insolvent, pre-agency is the new point of cap space, vale Dejan Milojevic, peace out Ricky Rubio, the only time Andrew Bogut and Glenn Maxwell will share a Venn intersect, and CA are still chasing ghosts.

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This week: Militarie Gun, NO CIGAR and Dallas Tamaira aka Joe Dukie of Fat Freddy’s.
Also: bomb tracks, soft hardcore, genre skeletons, grading on a curve, getting your Troy Kingi on, wandering remixes, Spotify-era success stories, milquetoastsimpwave, measures of distance, beige smorgasbords, pen-throwing levels of crossness, chasin’ Statham, Wytchfest ’23, here be Dragons, El Mariachi cosplay, sounding the Andy Cooper klaxon and our official podcast position on INXS playing the Glen Hotel in Gladstone on NYE.

Next week: Our End-Of-Year Bring Out Your Dead Listening Special featuring CZARFACE, Alison Goldfrapp, Helmet, Chase & Status, The Grogans, Captain Monk, Andy Cooper and anyone else interesting who turns up on AOTY charts in the interim.
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2023 mixtape
The archive: 2015-2022 review albums and year-end top 5 lists
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This week: Indefinite articles, Stern consequences, banner societies, cup runs, Denver’s soft landing, this is the end, next big Kerr-eer moves, AD’s statline that wasn’t, Dante’s inferno, feelings > stats, sorting-out games, stealing the ball, unexpected blood feuds, mid-season MJ mythology, sleepwalking into oblivion, all this Cavs gloom and we didn’t even know Mobley and Garland were out for weeks, moving the Raiders to Queanbeyan, paying $11 for the OKC Thunder, vote no on Prop 37, going full Euro, doing too much, shouts to our one Serbian listener, crowbarred touch references, the one thing the AFL can teach international sport, Beeso fixes test cricket again, tractor bonafides, we’re a sports podcast, the Davey Dum Dum farewell tour, WAFLing on and elaborate excuses for absence.

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This week: new albums from Spiritual Cramp, PinkPantheress and Busty and the Bass. Also: vanity musicals, wilted Lily, time dilation, pasty white continuums, KOMA FM, BPSI, what’s my motivation, [citation needed], homeopathy, an addendum, not sure how we missed this Pulled Apart By Horses joint last year, Joaquin-spec Jokers, friends of the show, pre-empting safe legacy picks and getting let down by the algorithm.

Next week: Militarie Gun | NO CIGAR | Dallas Tamaira
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2023 mixtape
The archive: 2015-2022 review albums and year-end top 5 lists
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This week: getting punished in Port, the Tyrese Haliburton Show, 2.7 seconds or less, anti-Zionism, Reggie is mid, big stupid curvy arrows, Rusty spoilers, goose-strangling, running up the score, bad excuses for the Dubs’ downfall, Will Hardy reviews our podcast, the Celtics ain’t all that, Atlanta is unserious, when will Wemby win, Doc’s limited fake Big Ange and known knowns.

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This week: new albums from Tkay Maidza, Madness and Bully.
Also: vaudeville sideshows, play the hits, the Sanity two-track test, Beeso vs modern Australian hiphop, call centre scripts, yeah well that’s just like your opinion man, have we ever sounded older than this? answers on a postcard, #WhitePeopleProblems, Albini Approved, assuaging your Spotify guilt, going full send, Adam attempts to start a blood feud with the most powerful woman in the world, shouts to O-Rod, everything is a remix: the remix, we are turning into boomers, running out of classic albums, running out of songs, better feelings, and we will see you next week next week. 

Next week: Spiritual Cramp | PinkPantheress | Busty and the Bass
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2023 mixtape
The archive: 2015-2022 review albums and year-end top 5 lists
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This week: Getting punished in Port, bringing back the clink, niche internet concerns, Magical thinking, excessive Pace, Spiderman meme teams separated by narrative, undercooked Nuggets, far-too-early MVP shouts, getting to Vegas, amateur cardiology, LeBron vs Jordan round 2, a November to remember in Detroit, winning < dunking on Walker Kessler, the Pels’ good week, being sick all over yourself on a Tuesday, Celtics-Sixers Yet Again, even more far-too-early Eastern conference semi predictions, Coach Jingles, cooled Jetts, making a huge mistake, doing a reverse Ratcliffe, who the frack is Allas, a field guide to Jayl[e/i]ns Williams, stopped clocks, unwritten rules, the yips are getting bigger, ego is not a dirty word, Aron Baynes’ basketball purgatory, premature victory laps, claiming your fortuitous random selection was the result of genius strategy, mild vengeance, Mitch bins Davey, Sandpapergate revisited, Rob Sitch’s dreadful John Hewson impression revisited and That’s In Queensland.

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This week: new albums from Black Pumas, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and The Scratch. Also: do the bit, trad sliders, the universality of the Khe Sahn punisher, angst and misery, saying the quiet part loud, the real Bolivian, Bocelli vs Kram, basing your entire review around one cheesy pun, backloaded goodness, emergency Georgie Parkers, EDM word association, Fans Also Like, jokers are for jokers, and yes this is all going in the podcast.

Next week: Tkay Maidza | Bully | Madness
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2023 mixtape
The archive: 2015-2022 review albums and year-end top 5 lists
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This week: what the hell do we do with this Josh Giddey story, yes we know it’s not an AI deepfake don’t @ us, vet shortages, old mate Kilometres, pinning your personal happiness on nineteen year old idiots, what sort of person has deep knowledge of the age of consent in each US state, unsubstantiated Lowe slander, the 73-9 Dubs of world cricket vs the early 2000s Liverpool of world cricket, watching a fascist kicking themselves in the balls, too woke to maintain a fourth stump line back of a length, aggressive peanuts, airport bants, the freedom to fail, bloated middle classes, the Spurs’ blunt force trauma approach to point guards, the running-away of the Bulls, going full Windy spirit fingers for the Raptors, horse-dancing for England, the CP3 signing worked and it doesn’t even matter, turning Hornets ownership into a championship belt for whoever the best recently-retired player in the NBA is, refusing to give Jason Kidd credit for anything, coaches do nothing, a completely normal Eastern conference, overestimating the FIBA bump, coughing up three hundy over two nights, half a million reasons to care, it’s a knockout (that’s the name of the game), improving the IST and the BALLS Podcast Rookie Advice Service.

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