Marvel superhero vision, localised Fyres, explaining the internet, enough Jofra, drop-in hold-outs, Lions roaring, Fev-en years bad luck, our not-at-all-outdated-and-prisoner-of-the-moment third test coverage, Australians have no class, insufficient highlights, offending your Pop, shadow puppets, the Burnley of world basketball, rank rugby, triple-out-of-quadruple crowns, win it or bin it, the inherent problem with motorsport, the Sterling Affairs, everything is David Stern’s fault, Hov sells out to the NFL and forgettable Final acts. 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 Ty Segall and the Teskey Brothers, rugby songs, shirts from 1971, Bibendum goes gardening, hey hey we’re the Drunkees, making a small fortune from Tumblr, cultured subcultures, drinking from firehoses, stop thinking too hard, plug your guitar in m8, Motown for white people, heavy beats, discovering Discover Weekly, songs about gambling, gym muzak, Six N Out, Tommy Lee has views, outsourcing your choices, examining your preconceptions, fifteen year breakups, bad protest music, the good spoons, four letter words and living in the now. Next week: living in the 90s via Sleater-Kinney's unheld centre and Ride’s unsafe place. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. 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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Real-time reactions to day-old events, never let the internet choose your beer, stop breaking down, whither WSC Supertests, wrong numbers, shirt sales, making friends, bowling first, Joe Felch, the irrelevant Dunning-Kruger racists of the Australian media, the Confederations Cup of basketball, putting the Boomers in camps, some sort of Venn diagram of Hinch, Rossi, Andretti, Walkinshaw, United and McLaren do Bathurst, the decline of red versus blue, off track with Hinch and Rossi, special guest stars, get well soon Liz, Boogie down, Dray is taking names, the Patriot Way, classic catches, Salford City limits, Man U aren't that good, Chelsea aren't that bad, taking penalties, wildcard tactics, ex-AFLX, the W-League and belated Bledisloe previews. Hear more BALLS and After Dark via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and talk back to us via Twitter,Facebook and email.

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New Slowthai and Titus Andronicus, egg hunts, Beesoing is back, Brexit banditry, home electrical PSAs, no reply guys, S&M II: Orchestral Boogaloo, Doc reads bios, key metrics, queue jumping, one for the record books, when I get that feeling, I love rock and roll, Joan Kirner and the Blackhearts and the grime exclusion zone. Next week: Ty Segall and the Teskey Brothers. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. 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. It's a pleasure to be listened to. 

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Parental guidance, weird smudges, being really good turns out to be hard, good old England, don't talk just go, you're getting sacked in the Moeen-ing, sandpaper sanctimony, Head cases, font fails, horses for courses, the point of Mitch Marsh (other than keeping Dan Liebke in jokes), selfrickrolling, the Edgbatoir, playing across the Lyon, the NBA all-2010s teams, nuclear war with Kobestan, Duncan scores donuts, Beeso still hates Melo with the fire of a thousand suns, centre-shaped objects, discount Dray, expensive phone calls, buyout clauses, Beeso also hates Perk for some reason, overused cricket jokes of the week, four decades of Vinsanity, winning without winning, rusty mandarins, our Premier League fantasy comp, Coach Gruffalo and our twitter beef of the week. 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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New stuff from Summer Cannibals and Rich Brian, long cons in the edit shed, Bootsy ’n’ all, show your references, St Vincent D’Appalled, Brut force and ignorance, partings of the ways, lost albums, albums that should have been lost, Americans suck at pop culture, the life of Brian, fake internet radio shows, too gross too quick, the six million follower man, willing to be disappointed, Frampton Comes Alive, playlist copouts, high concept versus loud noises, chasing status and welcome back to the jungle. Next week: new Slowthai and Titus Andronicus. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. 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: pantomime villains, show don't tell, J-Rod on Ashes day one, doctored Ramsey, masthead loyalty, final words, in the Weids, stopping leaks, neither the journey nor the destination, shield cricket: it's not the NBA, gamble irresponsibly, picking your battles, our exceedingly up-to-date first test coverage, getting healthy, competitive doping, suing the NFL out of existence, sixteen out of eighteen, spouting rubbish, Skipper Smudge, I don't look so sharp now I got a heavy head, buying low on big clubs, American failsons, the Arsenal way, vodka and red bull albums, our forthcoming Fantasy Premier League minileague and vale Damo. 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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New albums from misery-borne Melburnian Gena Rose Bruce and Perthonalities Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, kicking on, the MDA School, different tricks, alleys in the Valley, New Years revolutions, memories puttering out, beer recommendations, it’s my fault you left me, hoping for a mazz, the magic shownoting fairy, avoiding doom, liking wow and wiping out. Next week’s new reviews will be Rich Brian and Summer Cannibals. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. 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 in celebrity cryostorage, the novelty of an actual offseason, World Cup disinterest, one week away from being one week away, the JVG-League, Dray without drive, following the stars, turning it creepy, owning LA, Lakers chain guy dot gif, the Cliparts, rockin' to the beat of the fabulous Forum, teams to avoid, why is Charlotte, the Irish Adam Dale, this bit about laughing at England collapsing didn't age well, picking Shield over ODI bowlers, juiced Dukes, riveting calendar chat, the appalling international travesty of numbers on test shirts, Big Bash bracketology, leaning into saltiness, international selection, stop running alongside cyclists you absolute flogs and this Alaphilippe bit didn't age well either. 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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New albums from Stonefield and the Black Keys, This Week In My Internet, shut your trap music, the real victims of invisible likes, contractual obligations, can you be back on your BS if you never left, schtick to what you know, lame impala, quote unquote, bell fractures, relearning naivete, headcount as a distinguishing characteristic, songs from car ads, different dudes, not the hilltop to die on, get back in the car Gary, hero cosplay, inapproriate content, Full Science, Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits, G'day Bruce, High Visibility, I don't know much about art but I know what I like, giving credence to cletus rock, the death of background music and unsustainable business models. Next week: new stuff from Gena Rose Bruce and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (older stuff from 2019 archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. Our 2018 AD Mixtape and full list of review albums are available elsewhere on the internet, as is Beeso's kids playlist. 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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