tripping balls (a music podcast?)

This week on the After Dark it's a classic album special featuring 1982 NWOBHM epic The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden, and amateur 80s metallurgists Adamhfoto and the Doc. Also: Faith in time signatures, you're the voice, talking about Pink Floyd, what exactly IS a classic album, mutual metal interests, garage days revisited, brand new heavies, lineup mythologies, missing links, Metallica starter kits, crazy prog, horizontal tastings, the Beeso is strong in you, playing to your strengths, INFORMATION, the old wave of British heavy metal, anti-Hysteria, why guitar synthesizers are to blame for destroying Great Britain's metal industry of the 1980s, refined palates, angry cartoon robots, screaming for relevance, Ed Force One, some kind of bell end, #humblebrag, tone policing, trust in British Steel and melodic histrionics. Then in an almost inevitable After After Dark: getting lied to, missing the point, Black Hillsong, heavy spoilers for this week's episode of the Dollop, Christian saviours, Conn jobs, All Star reactions, Bogut loves podcasts, old GOATs and Beefy biltong. Next week, Beeso and the Doc get tragic with Blood Red Shoes and are lost in space with the Gentleman's Dub Club. Review albums from current, recent and future eps are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year and our work-in-progress 2019 Mixtape. Our full list of review albums is available here. 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.

Doc and Adamhfoto on the NBA playoff picture at the All-Star break and how to fix both the BBL and the A-League finals (by cancelling them). Also: failures of umedgenation, betting irresponsibly, the Lakers' run in might get them run over, Collins class, for whom the Dell tolls, IT's long shadow, the new Sixers, the Heat's ceiling, Masai making friends, Giannis goes solo, value judgements, LeBron vs the Dubs, Boogie's next bag, NBA TV series, Thunder brewing, Dame time, should the Lakers tank, our NBA draft comp, Jingles wants a week off, Christian missionaries, Sydney geographical branding, 1983 in Brookvale, party political speedos, the Markelle Fultz injury diagnosis of summer television, why even finals, the W-League finals MVP, why we care about sport, roasted Finch, The Return Of Escape Goat and more evidence that golf is intergenerational theft. Hear 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 we crack one open with the boys by ourselves accompanied by new albums by FIDLAR and Spidergawd. Also this week: Retox, getting in the sea, Brexit album titles, slacks in the mosh pit, sax offending, '00s Foos, limited tricks, DAAS before class, homage vs ripoff, never listening to lyrics, being older than you sound, Latin rock tropes, sticking to your knitting, Serena shouts out Dookie, cancelling Oz hiphop, the unlimited power of the internet, half of last year's best, rail replacement Vengabus services, party playlist do's and don'ts, DJ Pak N'Save, not my jam, no comebacks and preventing river pollution. STOP PRESS: Beeso's off next week so we're joined by friend of the show Adamhfoto to consider the classic album candidacy of Iron Maiden's The Number Of The Beast (1982). Next review ep: getting tragic with Blood Red Shoes and getting lost in space with the Gentleman's Dub Club. Review albums from current, recent and future eps are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year and our work-in-progress 2019 Mixtape. Our full list of review albums is available here. 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.

Remodelling your bathroom with hammers, top fives, buyout vultures, Team All-Length vs Team All-Tampering, New Trolleans, Boston Beeso, Big Baller bounceback, KD v NY, fearing the deer, solving problems with money, Pacers not punting, your Jaysons and your Jaylens, Fultz needs Magic, lowballing the Pelicans, cryin' for Zion, *very Ringer voice* is AD actually good?, selling to Seattle, capitalism is BS, full book(er) value, the anti-Harden (soften?), successful basher-upperers, Nets revenge series, Denver does nothing, Rubio goes nowhere, trade deadline psy-ops, catching strays from Stern, 12 hours in 12 seconds, Liverpool let this slip, Greg's stop sign, not as dumb as he looks and why transactions > basketball. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your earbuds via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter,Facebook and email.

This week: Beeso goes Full Munter on a Monday at the Prodigy, while the Doc relentlessly clowns two generations of Hottest 100 voters on the line and on the mic. Also: stretch goals, the new Nissan XXX-Trail, the punk rock of dance, drummer rest breaks, Prodigious clipping, everything is Ric's, coming down the river, annual relitigation, the perils of popularity, the moratorium on tastemaking, if it's too loud you're not old enough, 80s thrash metal in a foreign language, expecting unlistenability, the Ernie Grunfeld of music, the three executive branches of music, the Big Bang Theory theory of music, Brisbane's beers, beats and the biz, Single J, dunking on your generation and mixtapeology. 

Next week's new album picks are Almost Free by FIDLAR (Beeso) and Spidergawd V (Doc). Review albums from current, future and recent past After Darks are in our After Dark review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year. As mentioned in the show, Doc and Beeso's individual mixtapes of their 2018 faves and our to-be-continued 2019 After Dark Mixtape playlist are up on Spotify. Our full list of review albums is available here. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your earbuds via Omny Studio,Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter,Facebook and email.

BREAKING: Knicks fandom, fridge magnet motivational quotes, people on drugs, parking fines, filling in forms, Sreeky's 'shop, AD2LA, let he who is without drama cast the first subtweet, NFL castoffs do not a NBA organisation make, betting on the Brow, peak absorbancy, consistent inconsistency, RIP the Beard's unassisted points streak, in praise of the Pelicans (?), firing Jason Kidd immediately, NOLA saves Seattle, Adelaide saves OKC, Thon the way out, AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE, editorial meetings, the essential pointlessness of bowling all-rounders, The Doc Rivers Decision Tree, The Man With The Golden Arm, chasin' Holder, BBLXXL, cricket for Christmas, owning October, the A-Team and bundying off when the boss is on leave. Listen on Omny Studio, Spotify Podcasts and Apple Podcasts, and talk back via Twitter, Facebook and email.

On our first new music show of 2019: John Garcia and the Band of Gold by the eponymous former Kyuss frontman and DIVINE BIKER LOVE by angelic milk (St Petersburg goth-glam-weirdos with a very loose understanding of the correct use of capital letters). Also this week: Weezer's wheezer, disposal procedures, vocal whinges, clubhouse leaders, Novichok and roll, keeping score, Indie Temple areas, konmari your life, FROWIN' SHAAAAPES, getting off-chops with your dodgy uncle, the first Livid, Hottest 100 equity, amateur matchmaking, Beeso's booking books, bad but popular and suns out guns out. Next ep's new album picks are FIDLAR's Almost Free (Beeso) and Spidergawd's V (Doc). Review albums from current, future and recent past After Darks are in our After Dark review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year.  Doc and Beeso have also made individual mixtapes of their 2018 faves because they can't agree on anything. The green shoots of a 2019 After Dark Mixtape playlist have just begun sprouting on Spotify - we'll add to this each episode. Our full list of review albums is available here. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your earbuds via Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. and hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

This week: Beeso van Gundy hates Jimmy Butler and the Lakers (who should tank), the Dubs start trying, Steph (falls over) Better, keeping Boogie, offensive Dray, All Star-ters, will somebody please pass James Harden the ball, the Twilight of the Day of the Zombie Grizz, get well Dipo, Kawhi buys a house, being two years away from being two years away, world economic comedy, D-Wade's jersey exchange tour, upbeat Jazz, Jingles wants a week off, the Arjuna Ranatunga School of Captaincy, more of our comprehensive and award-winning rugby league coverage, stop boomers reading the internet, listening to Dire Straits, the worst of both worlds, delaying Davey Dum Dum, failed auditions, England 10/77 (or, in terms they can understand, 77/10), WORST. ASHES. EVEERRR., no longer coaching Matilda with me, Red Melbourne runout, Ole gunna keep winning and touching wood. Hear us on on Omny Studio, Spotify Podcasts and Apple Podcasts, and talk back via Twitter, Facebook and email.

It's our Sandpapergate-themed summer book club special, featuring a deep-dive into Geoff Lemon's Steve Smith's Men and Gideon Haigh's Crossing The Line as they and we dissect the absolute state of Cricket Australia - plus things you may have missed in the NBA and Beeso's Leeds play I Spy in the English Championship. This week: Legacy disappointments, Gonzo Geoff, the final word from The Final Word, forensic accounting, Kangz XI, Smudged captaincy, white line fever, pride goeth before a fall, Australia Cares (about dumb stuff), picking better skippers, commanding respect, board stupid, Enron Hubbard, Ten get deep-sixed, the positives of Sandpapergate, clear your desk, selecting selectors, conflicted and confected, CAXI and Maxi, outsourcing your picks, NZC and the ABs, the EPLisation of the IPL, Kimber and Beeso on T20, being there, contagious cultures, vale the coach-GM era, 11.5 games back, Kant can't go home, bringing Boogie back, Hardwood Nihilism, glass jaws in the 6, Kyrie's leadership cosplay, Harden '19 vs Kobe '06, stop the fans, Doncic vs Simmons, the centre cannot hold and Professor Bielsa's masterclass. You can hear more from BALLS and After Dark on Omny Studio, Spotify Podcasts and Apple Podcasts, and talk back to the show via Twitter, Facebook  and email. 

Programming note: after last week's Album Of The Year Special for 2018, BALLS After Dark is off this week, back mid-next week with our first new albums of 2019; Doc's pick is the latest (and possibly last) from former Kyuss frontman John Garcia, while Beeso's gone for the debut album from Russian rock revivalists Angelic Milk. Review albums from current, future and recent past After Darks are in our After Dark review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year. Doc and Beeso have also made individual mixtapes of their 2018 faves because they can't agree on anything. We'll start a 2019 After Dark Mixtape playlist once review season cranks up in earnest.

It's our After Dark Album Of The Year for 2018, in which we sort through the eighty-odd new release albums we reviewed on the pod last year and pick a definitive* top five, plus our favourite legacy artist, Oz/NZ and classic albums of the year. This week: previously on ADAOTY, critical skills, making work for yourself, Konmarangie, why is VB, unnecessary relistens, confound variables, rethinking the classics, party consumable concept albums, stupidity is my wheelhouse, histrio-Nicks, do you like fun, our mixtapes of the year (coming soon), 2016 > 2018, dance dance revolution, flashes from Flash, Legacy Acts 101, 2015 > 2018, bangers and mash, the difference between silly and dumb, metal perspectives, concept v reality, highly commendables, highly combustibles, the inside of Beeso's head, 2017 > 2018, the first BALLS podcast, sets by subscription, embracing debate, musing on legacies, hating everything that's fun, wanting a go and getting a go, remembering Mics Sound Nice, Street Press Gang and seeing you next Tuesday.

*in no way definitive

Our full list of review albums (including 2018) is available here, and our current and recent review albums are catalogued on our After Dark review playlist on Spotify along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks of the year from albums we've reviewed. We'll add 2019 review albums to the playlist and start on a 2019 After Dark Mixtape as soon as After Dark returns in a week or so. You can hear BALLS and After Dark on Omny Studio, Spotify Podcasts and Apple Podcasts. and talk back to us on Twitter, Facebook and email.