tripping balls (a music podcast?)

New albums from Hunt The Witch and the Skints, bofadeez, Pokemon phylogeny, diabetes redux, strong opinions, roster teardowns, vocal mismatches, ADR cringe, the problem with seeing U2 live, casual shade, motofos, UB39, Kid CookerCudi, difficult choices, the same but worse, ouroborass, destroyerers, musicals for Africa and dried fruits for kids, plus in the After After Dark: healthy Skeptacism, Beeso’s contractually-obligated weekly Little Simz reference and our 2019 Mixtape picks. Next week: new stuff from previous-season AOTY contenders Black Mountain and Satan Takes A Holiday. 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. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

This week: Breakering news, college is expensive, building the NBL, knocking down the A-League, midweek champions, Dysfunction Junction, get your Hinkie on, Heath hazards, swerving Earvin, be here now, performative blowhards, the Nuremberg defence, collecting the full set, game one overreactions, very eastern Europe, the morals of fandom, Doc solves the Middle East, Sarri for leaving, some sort of Champions League final preview, trading MDA, saving dumb owners from themselves, brown bag journalism, all-finals teams, can someone please come and get Drake, active suck, defying the supernatural, Bud’s plan B and the return of the Boogieman.Hear more BALLS and After Dark via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and talk back to us via Twitter,Facebook and email.

This week: CRJ, Zig Zags, the Heavy, Gen X are banned from doing protest music, diabetes, high fructose corn syrup, Spack Aimless & Waterbrain, making people happy, tough hangs, a star is bored, This Is The Chorus, won't somebody think of the algorithms, this joke is ded, shout out to my eggs, thinking too much, a star is still bored, stuck in the mud, the right kind of 80s nostalgia, not safe for work, 'phoning it in, background briefing, stop having fun, extended EPs, everything is a throwback, big riffage, NZMM commitments, heavy fusion, frente‽, slow TV and it's been a week. Next week: new albums from the Skints and Hunt The Witch. 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. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

All-NBA last-team podcasters Beeso and the Doc on Giannis vs Kawhi, Bud sticks to his script, it turns out coaching is easier when you have the best players on the court, pinball wizards, stanning for Pelinka, aggregate it!, buying the Suns. somebody has to suck, calcio calcification, institutional wisdom, watchable Warriors, re-evolving Point Dray, cheap day Klay, can't stop won't stop, Game of Staples, A New (Orleans) Hope, Kawhi go elsewhere, never give up on your take, never work hard, double overtime turning points, dorky white guys of Portland, third place playoffs, finals matchups, legacy of the KD Dubs, maths vs chemistry, Jack Nicholson with beats, *sleaziest voice imaginable* LAKERRRRSSSS, incredibly milquetoast takes and twitter drama > actual games. Hear more BALLS and After Dark via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and talk back to us via Twitter,Facebook and email.

This week: Beeso and the Doc review new albums from the Chemical Brothers (yes, finally) and Clowns, plus: previously on the After Dark, expanding EPs, gaming the work playlist, again with the Simz, World Cup anthems, Cyrus the virus, the right noises in the right order, special relativity as it relates to the Album Of The Year, pray for Beeso (and Dr Mrs Beeso), no time for 2015, the godfather of grime, clown shows, Punk Rock 101, serving suggestions, unwanted crossovers, Bliss drivebys, the Doc’s happy place, breaking everything you own, hilltop buses, it’s good to be back, everybody loves Raemond, pop for tots, buyer's remorse, contractual obligations and for the children. Next week: CRJ, Zig Zags and The Heavy. 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, and Beeso's Road To The World Cup playlist as mentioned on the show. Our 2018 AD Mixtape and full list of review albums are available elsewhere on the internet. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

A special bonus episode of the BALLS Podcast, in which Beeso goes to Malaysia as the new head coach of the 19th-world-ranked Philippines mens touch team and discovers that the real Touch World Cup was the friends he made along the way (or something like that). If you're interested in coaching, international touch tactics, team building, KL dining, drinking your way through Epcot or any of the other terribly niche rubbish we talk on this show, listen in. The intro music will make more sense after the After Dark drops later in the week, honest. Hear more BALLS and After Dark via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and talk back to us via Twitter,Facebook and email.

This week: The Doc welcomes back infrequent guest Beeso to talk NBA playoffs, Euro football and some touch world cup (more on that in a forthcoming bonus ep). Also: Getting shots up, Very Kroenke, Agent Zion, Pelican-do attitudes, you can't spell trade without AD, failsons of NBA ownership, the second best basketball team in history, the Blazers are cooked, Klay to Portland, Spare Curry, terrible Sixers takes, one bounce away, frank(vogel)ing credits, there's a fraction too much factions, rich people get bad advice, laughing at Boston, Kaw-bye, you can't spell brand without AD, the Rockets playing offensively, a touch of Moreyball, major Sarver vibes, Leeds losing leads, Leicester's title is not a template, MUFC cross the Pennines, Splash Mountain, real-time evolution, weird coach fetishes and never reading anything Beeso tags you into on Facebook. Get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

With Beeso out this week (DNP-CD) here's a short episode about short albums, in which the Doc shares some of the new non-album-length music he's been listening to that he thinks you might like, including new short-players from The Shrine, Skinny Hobos, WOOZE, Charger, The Heavy, Warish and Munky. Here's a playlist with all those EPs on it in sequence so you can listen along at home. Helpful aren't we. Sorry about the mic sound, Doc's laptop decided to ignore the actual mic, in what can only be a tribute to Adam's computer. Big mood. Next week: Beeso returns to talk new Chemical Brothers and Clowns. All our 2019 review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, 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. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

Straight after the end of Dubs-Rox game 6, Doc cracks a solo pod on the Rockets blowing up (and blowing up the Rockets), the Dubs being so light years ahead they time-travelled to 2015, awkward family reunions, Steph's game of two halves, KD's injury, Klay's bag, #NARRATIVE, Stay-Puft Cosplay Guy, Balkan bantz, big name Dame, all good with the Hood, 2-3 syncronicity, JoJo's guts, Ben and Jimmy, Ballmer and Kawhi, Masai's moves, Revenge Of The 60-Win Hawks, The Truth hurts, let them eat cake, Vegas knows best, Basic Brad's ceiling, #MORENARRATIVE, Rambises be Rambising, two-percenters win trophies, Kompany men, #TOOMUCHNARRATIVE, domestic international finals, the Super Champions League of Super Champions, EPL fantasy, Juventus are [redacted] and Leeds vs #ALLOFTHENARRATIVE. Hear more BALLS and After Dark via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and talk back to us via Twitter,Facebook and email.

This week on the After Dark, Dan aka Ace McWicked from At The Drive Thru joins the Doc to review new stuff from the Drums and Dandy Warhols, offer some pre-review reckons on the Chemical Brothers' new album and nominate his favourite albums of the last year and a bit. Also: Production power moves, waveform jealousy, NZ's next top podcast, AOTYTD, previously on After Dark With Ace, grimy sharehouses, the Beeso School of Picking Albums, drums solo, forgotten years, lost Britpop, BIO101, white men finally get a break, judging by covers, Ye nah, Wellington Beds, Westside for life, Doc hates television, 70s sitcom catchphrases, classic Tales, leaning into Cletusry, playing that one song from that one ad, live bands with terrible albums, everyone has their knockers, explaining TISM, two Melbournes, Press Club slander, everyone's a bogan, definitive opinions, this collaboration demeans us both, Peep Show tributes, Guardian angles, the right noises in the right order and counting blackbirds. Next week: Beeso returns to argue more about the new Chemical Brothers album, plus a new recording from Clowns. The Melbourne punk band, not us. Well OK us too. All our 2019 review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, 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. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.