tripping balls (a music podcast?)

This week’s new albums:  High Fade | Mary in the junkyard | Radkey

Also: Crowbarred stings, single-sided podcasting, the opposite of jazz, the opposite of emo, one of every duo is having a worse time than the other, Weird Al without jokes, space-filling cheese, Tom Hardy’s holiday job, Wu as a lifestyle, swears North Americans are bad at, Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Album, society’s to blame, on the tiles with Tadej, chasing the green, getting publically owned, failed experiments in nation building, Flemball Begins, bigging up Bangers, gap Phil-ers and the truth about cats and dogs.

1:37  High Fade   

7:21  Mary in the junkyard

11:55  Radkey

14:45  Next week’s albums 

25:11  After Dark - STONKS, TdF, BBL, fan ownership, test cricket

Next week’s new albums: Twisted Teens | Inspectah Deck | Maara

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: Nia Archives | Quicksand | Yard Act 

Also: Premature preamble, fast love, #DocReadsAlbumReleasePromoBumf, turtle power, Greek mythology, thematic confluence, tuatara albums, Lars slander, bad workout music, badly-animated Marshall stacks, Tom Waits for no man, having a Barrie, the easiest job in early ‘00s Australian television, headlining LSW Fest, we hope you like our new direction, Shark Week, Beeso finds even worse places to get album recommendations, work wallpaper, televising boring sports, kids ask your parents what Reebok was, Roglic’s last day as a GC contender, it looks like a fillum, Bridie and Brady, getting owned and running away from home.

1:48  Nia Archives   

9:40  Quicksand

16:21  Yard Act

22:53  Next week’s albums 

21:04  After Dark - darts, cycling, crossfit, basketball

Next week’s new albums: Radkey | Mary in the junkyard | High Fade

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: Jack White | Nubiyan Twist | Public House 

Also: Bog people, the project slash the excuse, unrelenting self-promotion, girl parts, legacy defined, planning permission, 80s precision, neurospicy rhythm method, tooting and tinkling, prejudgement night, Wolfgang & McClurg, fridge temperatures of Europe, a junglist on a jungle list, English spumante, TISM collab nightmares, helmet meets pavement, Hughesy goes Musey, it worked until it didn’t, Last Week’s Game Tonight with John Oliver, the ghost of George Gregan, anatomy of a breakaway, Lance ruins everything, domestique violence and Poggio drone chases.

5:03  Jack White   

10:17  Nubiyan Twist

15:21  Public House 

18:52  Next week’s albums 

27:17  After Dark - World Cup schadenfreude, Le Tour

Next week’s new albums: Nia Archives | Quicksand | Yard Act 

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: Alewya | Julez and the Rollerz | Crocodiles

Also: You don’t need to get ready if you stay ready, the Molly Meldrum of this podcast, Arabian twists, #ContentOverAll, rich and stupid, disappearing bios, second hand Cars, Weezer (complimentary) vs Weezer  (derogatory), the low ceiling of retro genre pieces, cross-town rivalries, The Long-Dead Weather, Carl Cox car cave, Doc Reads Words That Don’t Exist, balancing on a pallet, dying doing what you love: listening to terrible music, rocket-propelled labradors, whither Red Bull house style, gaming your own hosting rules, abandoned rowing venues, the carnival is (almost) over, bringing back national service, why the French have already won (and lost) the World Cup, [loser game show noises] and moneyball with unlimited money.

1:09  Alewya    

6:16  Julez and the Rollerz

9:45  Crocodiles

13:40  Next week’s albums 

21:04  After Dark - World Cup, EPL, womens T20  

Next week’s new albums: Jack White | Nubiyan Twist | Public House 

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: Boards of Canada | Mulga Bore Hard Rock | Dead Pioneers 

Also: Let it go, keeping score, Death Stranding 3 England 0, why do/are people like this, ancient culture, lived experience, multi-directional palate cleansers, uneven flow, old mate Sleafords, murder logs, the Jesus and the Mary and the Chain, guest recommendations, listen harder, multi-hyphenate artists, kia kaha SBS servers, galaxy brain coaching decisions, run it until they stop it, Argentina’s Messi problem, medieval trebuchets, vibes everywhere, performative heroism, trickless ponies, trying to understand Boston, unserious basketballers, the Doc Rivers decision tree, doing nothing, Ange’s next job, the Ancelotti scale, movement off the ball and singular malt.

1:21  Boards of Canada    

5:15  Mulga Bore Hard Rock

8:57  Dead Pioneers

12:41  Next week’s albums 

21:04  After Dark - World Cup, cricket, NBA, more World Cup

Next week’s new albums: Alewya | Julez and the Rollerz | Crocodiles

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: The Heavy Eyes | Jon Spencer | The Scratch

Also: Large medium effects, delayed drops, controlled explosions, bringing that high heat late in the game, let’s play two, hair and thrash, delusions of credibility, you got any more of that Bob Vylan, brown sets and brown suits, good job by us, oppressed minorities, live reacting to WC games, picking fun RO32 games, and a surprising volume of basketball takes for which we apologise in advance. 

1:37  The Heavy Eyes    

4:10  Jon Spencer

10:12  The Scratch

16:03  Next week’s albums 

22:22  After Dark - World Cup, NBA

Next week’s new albums: Boards of Canada | Dead Pioneers | Mulga Bore Hard Rock

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: The Bobby Lees | Lee ‘Scratch' Perry x Mouse on Mars | The Thinking of the World Began Pounding in Our Ears the Moment We Hit Shore

Also: Half melted heroes, thinking vs pounding, the Bob Marley Effect, still in the league, the RATM-Primus nexus, retiring from public life, horny on main, you can’t make it up, fans of the weirdness, podcast mixtapes, you gotta keep ‘em separated, getting past the bit, hits and missus, a very long and heavily selective memory, AB no longer original, there’s a lot of it about, in no position to boycott, no bad teams, no bus parking, badly aged Turkiye technique takes and the Fanatics level up.

1:37  That really long name ambient thing    

5:51  The late Mr Scratch-Perry and Mouse on Mars

8:08  The Bobby Lees

22:20  Next week’s albums 

26:59  Legacy Slop Watch

32:25  After Dark - World Cup

Next week’s new albums: Jon Spencer | The Scratch | The Heavy Eyes

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: SLIFT | Modern Woman | Ben Kidson

Also: The most important of the least important things, Highlander soundtrack fantasy booking episode 27, nobody wants that, stop hammertime, performative tantrum throwing, welcome to Gympie, jokeless musical comedy, leftover legacy slop, corporate sucks rock, the longest band and/or album title in the history of this music podcast, Doc reads LinkedIn profiles, unique triangulations, hassling amateurs to make triphop for you, too much blues explosion, Riyad Mahrez erasure, going full Arsenal, Beach football, old school Brazil, who asked for this much Ed Kavalee, pro-am world cups, club vs international management, 20 years of A-League player development, Seppo exceptionalism and all Gas no brakes. 

1:23  SLIFT    

4:03  Modern Woman  

7:00  Ben Kidson

10:00  Next week’s albums 

20:06 After Dark - a lot of World Cup and a bit of F1 

Next week’s new albums: The Bobby Lees | Lee ‘Scratch Perry x Mouse on Mars | The Thinking of the World Began Pounding in Our Ears the Moment We Hit Shore

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: Little Barrie | Elder Island | Elder 

Also: Vibe restorers, three-act festivals, too big for small rooms, screen assists, whither hammock time, underproduction values, late night brown spirts albums, getting dragged to Woodford, Legacy Slop Watch, ghosts of girlfriends past, bio-engineering, reclaiming our status as Australasia’s most Knicks-positive NBA-adjacent podcast, early red mist, Mike Brown Appreciation Hour, it’s all Bill Simmons’ fault, France play football now?, your first World Cup, ASO v ACO and prevailing over the profiteers. 

3:26  Elder

6:19  Elder Island

9:49  Little Barrie

18:34  Next week’s albums 

27:48  After Dark - NBA finals, kids’ football, World Cup 

Next week’s new albums: Modern Woman | SLIFT | Ben Kidson

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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This week’s new albums: Friko | The Lords of Altamont | Harsh Riddims 5

Also: Failed HIAs, making a real difference, underground club nights, Substack music recs, false advertising, stale airport sandwiches, live listener counts, Celebrity Head updates, lorem ipsum lyrics, self-deleting albums, music and food, Kingsmill’s algorithm, Slim Pickens, how is Chris Brown still in the league, post-climate-change triphop, door number two, misplaced villain energy, the worst San Antonio will be for years, the 2002 Nets of 2026, defining yourself by failure, Sacramento Kangz: Talent Factory, getting spoilered by podcast playlists and a far too early TDF preview. 

2:11  Harsh Riddims 5

6:36  Friko

10:35  The Lords Of Altamont

16:08  Next week’s albums 

23:43  After Dark - NBA, Champions League, cycling

Next week’s new albums: Little Barrie | Elder Island | Elder (no relation)

Spotify playlists: Album review playlist | Doc's and Beeso’s 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists

The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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Socials: Beeso on Bluesky | Doc on BlueSky | Pod Facebook | Pod email