This week’s new albums: Public Enemy | Kokoroko | NODEGA

Also: wintering in Beenleigh, that JJJ Australian all-time H100: it could have been worse?, Oz hiphop’s diversity hire, failed segues, the disease of more, never go full Duckett, the rise and fall of activist hip-hop, offline translation, only getting what you give, conversation stoppers, prioritising the bit, self-explanatory vibes, the first Foos approach, not enjoying not enjoying things, MS Paint covers, before they were famous, stuff you could do with CDs, the Patton-Hutchence nexus, Kaden Groves: destined to be more than just a dude who looks like a ripped Young Mendo, Montmartre forever, the art of racing in the rain, unpaid Defector promotions and failed second endings.

Next week: new Skinner Brothers and Hotline TNT | old Hilltop Hoods (so old it’s out of print and not on streaming)

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This week’s new albums are from Panic Shack | Benjamin Booker | His Lordship.

Also: who he play for, VPLs, neurodiverse ranting, it’s over for Beeso, overpromising and underdelivering, Brett Suede, dead climbers and deranged bikers, salt and vinegar chips, two wrongs make a wronger wrong, distrusting Substack, revenge of the colonised, Brooklyn Vegan recs, American country slush, Triple J’s engagement bait hundred, DDOS’d by normies, go listen to early Sabbath, deleting unnecessary sequels from your head canon, Trey Parker: welcome to the resistance, the Simpsons renaissance noone saw, Tour jerseys, that’s in Queensland, Athletic v Defector, going full Merckx, ice cream for dinner, good writing gets you into sports, three weeks of pointlessness and Dame Home Time.

Next week we are joined by: NODEGA | Kokoroko | Public Enemy 

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This week: new music from Loaded Honey and Wet Leg | an underground classic from Danger Mouse and MF DOOM | remembering Mu from Fat Freddy’s Drop

Also: overcommitting in relationships, coaching trees, third wheels, old mate bangers, heavy ‘Flo, it’s 2025 and tedious indie music purity tests are somehow still a thing, horny on main, unexpected theme weeks, the Janet English Finishing School, random genre generators, ignoring all recommendations, cultural zeitgeist dodgers, missing the references, young DOOM was a PROBLEM, a tall tree falls, force amplifiers, long-awaited albums, avoiding the neighbours, riding up hills on inappropriate equipment, the Mongoose flies, time for an opener-off and the undefeated, unmitigated loser energy that radiates off New Zealand cricket fandom .

Next week’s new-new: Panic Shack | Benjamin Booker | His Lordship

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This week’s new music: LPs from Zig Zags + Teen Mortgage | EPs from Roxferry + Polish Club

Also: time dilation, enjoying Rockhampton, a degree of riffage, how do you do fellow kids, you can take the girl out of Lismore, albums of the century, getting off the gear, upsetting metaphors, Warish-ish, schlock horror, dudes rock, through the fame vortex, we want to get loaded, on the job with Mike Patton, Danger Mouse’s ruining other people’s stuff era, everything should be 80s thrash and burning sports reckons.

Next week: Wet Leg | Loaded Honey | an underground classic from DANGERDOOM

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This week: a SOLO MAN mini-ep from the Doc in which he conspiciously fails to do any better than a certain 60-something inner-west MP at making Australian song lists. REJECT THE REMINISCENCE BUMP.

Background reading: Staffo's Graun piece on Albo's list

Next week: we're back with new LPs from Zig Zags & Teen Mortgage and EPs from Roxferry and Polish Club

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This week’s new albums: Saya Gray | Frankie and the Witch Fingers | Gardna

Also: Frente goes to Austin, hurling yourself off a cliff, wild energetic flailing, irresistable interstitials, we’ll do it live, Triple J’s latest normie-magnet countdown, Fatboy Slim Dusty,  who listens to the radio, public playlist anxiety, HRC to HRT, shouts to Joe Don Baker, Aerobics Bristol Style, vibes guys, that cafe band, garage days revisited, scoring in singles, Van Hagar, NSW selection bias, the kids are alright, slurs unheard since the 1880s, albums unheard since the 1990s, fixing Malone’s vibes, the Lakers sell big, lower-league low-hanging fruit, BONCOS exceptionalism, some kind of Game 7 preview, 

Next week: Zig Zags | Teen Mortgage | EPs from Roxferry and Polish Club (18 minutes is NOT an album lads)

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This week’s new albums: Little Simz | Private Function | Devin Shamel

Also: not quite day ones, heist movie set pieces, that one album of Lily Allen’s, no room for grey area, internal monologues, none more black, brain backdoors, Frenzal Rhomb are not a very good band (say it in Japanese), podcast sponsorship, hitting a cardboard box with a hammer, trying to be chaos agents, call me maybe, sasscore and whitebelt, parked in the joker space, celebrating the game, niches of niches of niches, cable comebacks, DAZN’s big dip, Game 4, good night to Celtics lite, Carlisle in the middle, vibes-based coaching, hope outside the big three, bonsai wicketkeepers and palindrome dudes, Beeso loves Bezos and Stephen A.I. 

Next week: Saya Gray | Gardna | Frankie and the Witch Fingers

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This week’s new albums: Erika de Casier | CIVIC | Dead Pioneers

Also: the minimum requirements for a triphop album, retrograde inspirations, making people uncomfortable, shut up and listen, production choices, alphanumeric insults, too profitable to be discontinued, is Ange just Thibs plus vibes, the Knicks’ next ex-coach, Beeso’s bad take of the week, the two kinds of game 2, the creation of cool, the secret tournament and Hali picks his moment.

Next week: Little Simz | Private Function | Devin Shamel

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This week’s new albums: Wu-Tang Clan | Viagra Boys | Zzzahara 

Also: Deepest commisserations, early retirement, Project mushroom coverage, single track thinking, it’s transphobia all the way down, old mates, pharma bros, bogs vs swamps, nothing is off limits and everything is off colour, full tilt Iggy, feeling your feelings, long national nightmares, unconvincing picks and recycled Garbage.

Then in the After Dark [28.16]: Knicks-Pacers endgame, Jokic and the Jokicettes, 1997 movie spoilers, we thought this last time, Indiantagonists, not in Kansas anymore, PSG won a thing, Kvaradona’s big year, welcome to Wrexham: Championship edition, building a wall at 17th, being seen in Wales, Yates’ seeds finally flower and Pogi’s Reverse Patreon (help him buy a watch).

Next week: CIVIC | Erika de Casier | Dead Pioneers

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This week: new albums from Black Country, New Road, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs and HotWax.

Also: requiem for a basketball podcast, musical theatre kids, Butch Vig and the art of getting out of the way, Dave Grohl’s unfinished book, diversifying your bonds, trip hop, yurt glampers, stalking Dave Graney, Balkan fight songs, wins pool perpetual trophies and a life less online.

Then, in the triumphant return of the After Dark [35.05]: Beeso watches Barça, gritted-teeth praise for Inter, defending SGA, blaming the Knicks for your bad internet hygiene, Max Daddy (make you jump jump), the F1 movie, does it matter that it doesn’t matter and Spurs manager exit interviews.

Next week’s new albums: Wu-Tang Clan | Viagra Boys | Zzzahara

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