tripping balls (a music podcast?)

Tripping Balls? Yes, we're rebranding BALLS After Dark. Shouts to us for only taking five years to come up with a better title for our music podcast.

This week: new albums from Norwegian metallurgy enthusiasts Kvelertak and French desert stoners Slift, finding joy, Dogdirt Weekly, shouty Dave, the Beeso Method, interfering with farm animals, return of the Protracker guitar sample, for domestic consumption, learning Norwegian in a week, space man, 1am farm drunk, 72 minute singles, having your Cake, the 90s are the 70s, top 50 of 1995, Jacinda’s mum (has got it going on), bogan clapback culture, songs about gobbies, help the aged, walking legacy, succulent Chinese meals, the Betoota of pub punk, how good is licking cane toads, and doom metal as a paediatric sedative. Next week: Sydney indie rockers Crocodylus and some acid-washed old boomer who calls himself Ozzy. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our full archive of last year's review albums and our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from therein. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: Having skin in the game, AB flashbacks, mutual interest, theory < practice, the Dubs' MVP,  outsourcing your Google searches, rhyming 'worse' and 'dispersed', leaning into the bit, Godzilla attacks, everyone is 6-4, things we said in earlier media commitments, more Bucks than the Bucks, I don't wanna be here, Bam goes HAM, ugly s(c)heds, Triple J, who actually benefits from losing a first round series against the Lakers, Pau'll fix it, Cuban sanctions, the most unnecessary all-decade team in NBA history, America loves socialism, it's time to play the music and/or light the lights, Tim gets promoted over Becky, Beeso reads Wikipedia, Jurgen Klopp cosplay, #Liverpool #In #Crisis, the Valley of Meh, Leeds anxiety, running Milan-San Remo behind closed doors, the only possible positive outcome of the coronavirus pandemic, Viva Las Crankworx Rotovegas and the most Eastern Suburbs Sydney story ever. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: new albums from Leeds art-rock fumblers Mush and NZ-Detroit beats-n-bars collab the Leonard Simpson Duo, Tunes With Friends, Blunted styles, intercontinental ballistic missives, hairy organs, carryover champions, impressions of impressions, translations of translations, bad saxophone, quid bro quo, metalsome kids, French grime, self-perpetuating cliches, losing it in weird ways, classic album eps from 2015, loose cousins, yes we canned, fallen stars, dead ends, Joey Wrong, belated All Star takes, playing for time and NBA (New Beeso Acquisition) Desktop. Next week: French stoners Slift and Norwegian metallurgists Kvelertak. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our full archive of last year's review albums and our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from therein. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: throughlines of the pod, class of 1987, He Got Healthy, Mamba work ethic with Bron talent, academy kids, big man on campus, running on one leg, Shaq’tin the WNBA, the wheels fall off NZ rugby (you hate to see it), kids are Messi, Australia’s WT20 weight of expectation, childcare is expensive, live from Cuckfield, an outlier in a sport of outliers, the last spot in the west, our Presti for GM of the year shout sounded better before the Thunder lost by 47 to Giannis, Mike Conley is still owed a lot of money, the Sun goes down, front office by podcast, on Brand, failed statements, CYA, Lakers East vs Bucks West, the season of I don’t believe in you, punishing homers, the second best player in the east, brain-exploding Rockets, managing your load, rejected narratives, compound interest, dormant seeds, significant drug issues, ‘some people have said [ridiculous take you can’t defend saying yourself]’, incredibly patronising and really stupid, Everton’s worst nightmare, Liverpool’s victory lap, limping into El Clasico, everyone is flawed, and many splashy returns. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (make sure to subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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Guest host Adamhfoto is in to talk La Roux and EDM, Protracker nerds, raiding Pinball Dreams for samples, no that’s *Stunt Car* Racer, killing more than the Somme, Carmen Sandiego meets Football Manager, the most inexplicable game in the history of gaming,  Sensible Soccer origin stories, shake it off, it turns out getting shot hurts, loot crate culture, corporate pinkwashing, it doesn’t get better, next week’s After Dark, high speed Australian internet, very giga, and lifestyles of the old and washed. Next week: Beeso's back with new albums from Leeds art-rock fumblers Mush and NZ-Detroit beats-n-bars collab the Leonard Simpson Duo. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our full archive of last year's review albums and our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from therein. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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Guest host Adamhfoto joins the Doc to discuss dunking on Chance the Rapper, pride comes before a Fall, taking All Star seriously, the final-quarter STB index, Why Is He There All-Stars, the Rodman Ending, one-shot kills on Goldeneye, revisiting our NBA Wins Pool draft episode, Gladstone all over, mistakes were made, keeping it Real, Dame’s big games, catching bears, the Dubs’ lack of dubs, you are what your record says you are, are the Clippers the new Kangz, trying to describe memes always works well on an audio format, stopping the Bucks, the bottom half of the East still absolutely sucks, making life difficult for yourself: the Houston Rockets story, East playoff brackets, K-drama obvious narratives, doing something weird and stupid that annoys people and is going to fail: the BALLS Podcast story, Donk for MVP, Doc’s victory lap, 82 vs 7, making a Beilein for the exit, uncharted territory, the battle of LA, denial of service attacks, expensive spot-up shooting, home court in the finals, big plans under Raps, our terrible Australian NBA coverage of the week, ranking boomers, the South East Maryborough Magic, the Women’s T20 World Cup, screen assists, looking like an extra from Jojo Rabbit, who cares fixtures, watching the 434 game from the Crown, Mick Lewis career moves, never gonna give it up, pre-BBL roadtrip memories, bat the Shane Watson Way, the failings of the air suspension on a 1971 Citroen DS19, Steph’s injury load management, Scratch Perry, Kathy Bates, Narrator: they could not still do it and getting taken to the edit shed. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: new albums from La Roux and Desert Colossus, soothing sounds, if you like that there’s this, Gravity X turns 15, desert origins, Fu fighters, bulk jam, ya girl Elly, capturing the 80s, Maximum Martin, get your Rox off, the worst of the 90s, Sack-her DJ, stealth solo acts, Two Dads, making picks on LSD, Leeds are falling apart again, conversations about beige bands, racist boomer Alexa, past U2 is a different country, the Vedder-Dylan impersonation matrix, performatively depressed teens, Lakers exceptionalism in musical form, a bit of everything, it’s terrifying it’s terrible and it’s there, singing to save your life, police corruption, don’t let the bells end, turn it up, D-Wade does parenting, what’s a shameleon, finally watching Space Jam, blue light discos in Logan, reasons for a Patreon, losing Faith in old acts, ten years is a lifetime and digital immunity.

Next week: new albums from Leeds art-rock fumblers Mush and NZ-Detroit beats-n-bars collab the Leonard Simpson Duo. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our full archive of last year's review albums and our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from therein. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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Thjis week: everyone’s getting fired so why not, Knicks coaching dream team, this is an intervention, Bring Your Brother To Work Day, the NCAA business model, MATHS!, Jimmy uses the dark side of the force, weird definitions of pure pleasure, unexpected Pippo Inzaghi, Russ’s new position, the Sixers get a W, double-choke opportunities, Conn-ical Ali, Kawhi gets his lunch taken, Dame votes Booker to the ASG, look at moooiii, the Lakers’ ceiling is the minutes LeBron sits, everyone sucks, Giannis on the 2007 Cavs, questions without noticing, Memphis are making the playoffs, Beeso capes for Suns guys, what sort of coach do the Pels need, is he still in the league, gamble responsibly, the Raps need a nap, going on holiday with your workmates, Squires cooks Cahill, George Weah’s cousin, cashed-up failsons, Woody McConaghey, shouts to the Olves, short people got no reason to live and players-only meetings. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week on the After Dark: new albums from Bombay Bicycle Club and Dune Rats, BBC sessions, Neverclear, Sesame Street goes rogue, Clusterstruck, Faith No More no more, cash considerations, the most Washed Gen X tour ever, fried chicken punishers, DIY JJJ, time-travelling radio playlists, curb your enthusiasm, too many clothes for Duran Duran and going double Dutch. Next week: La Roux and Desert Colossus. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our full archive of last year's review albums and our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from therein. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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This week: Spring break for NBA nerds, anti-tank defences, DLo for Wiggins, doer-uppers, thanks Daryl, 3-&-D wings without either, correcting your errors,  arrogant frontrunners, Marcus Morris in LA, rehabbing in Portland, young bodies heal quickly (shouts to Regurgitator), getting the runaround, bonsai Rockets, repetitive strain injuries, Morey and MDA go all-in, slumping Mavs, maintaining continuity, bring back the flying wedge, no lead is safe against the Raps, boomer theories about bad ratings, Brett Brown is brown bread, locker room pathology, our All Star Draft ~ the actual All Star Draft, let me thank you for just being you, Knicks respecting LA’s agency, failsons and daughters, Lowe’s new post, the Iggy hostage video, the irrational confidence Grizz, 12 into 8 don’t go, flipping KD into value, naming BBL finals after 1980s ZZ Top albums, CA’s perfect ending, Green Melbourne choke insurance, whither IT bobblehead night, only 32 games back and holding these Z’s. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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