tripping balls (a music podcast?)

Pouring one out for CRTs, sick mixtapes, The Big OE, rubbing off, gritpop, not being in your 20s but still understanding words, time and place, black sheep, Brothers Nielson, art first questions later, understanding punk, lounge muzak, turning on Daft Punk, DJ Curtis, meta descriptions, sticking to what works, percussive maintenance, cheap misdirection tricks, Smash Hits Redux, depressingly positive, karaoke podcasting, fluent in Englanavian, wash it into the sea, Gurus Live At The Wireless, the state of the art in early 1990s pop and sure fire party stoppers - then in a Not Very Special All New After After Dark, more of the same rubbish about deep dives into ancient chart compilations, lazy pastiches and discovering yourself on Discover Weekly. This week's new albums were from Auckland gritpop (yes, we're persisting with this) act October and Wellingtonian alt-country types Eb & Sparrow, with the Mint Chicks' Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! up for classic consideration. Next week: #NZMM continues with I Am Giant's farewell and Skinny Hobos' debut, plus Roxette's 1988 breakthrough has the look (nana nana na, nanana nana na) of a potential classic album. Past, present and future review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist while our favourite tracks of the year are on our 2018 AD Mixtape.

Nanoscale violins, victory laps, Bud in Miller country, Word Of The Day, officially the worst, Children Of The Valley Of The Suns, the centre cannot hold, buying for other people, Ringer self-harming, Celtics Guy vs Lakers Guy, the C's D without Kyrie, countdown to Comic Sans, Game of Zones is bad, iso iso all day, who's the worst coach who could win with the Warriors, Full Klaymunism, no experience necessary, galaxy brain conspiracy theories, basketball nihilism, extended ATO sets, not-in-any-way-secret secret weapons, screaming and hurling poo, if the cap fits, get some action, Kimber on Ireland's test debut, losing the toss, Nissan quit before they're ahead (even further ahead today, shouts to Docstradamus), R&D vs marketing, Group A Jaguar XJS homologation minutiae, extra time, Pep's coaching tree and Australia's World Cup Legacy™️ (brought to you by Caltex.)

Interpretive dance, #CAHILLTEX, can you just not, cartoon robot alien monsters, Po Face, grungecops, is this a meme I am attempting to describe without fully understand the origins thereof, big nights in Sheffield, ULTRACHEESE and quite a lot of language warnings. This week the Doc made snap judgements on the short-term legacy damage or otherwise incurred by Judas Priest, Monster Magnet, Arctic Monkeys and Cosmic Psychos by releasing new albums. Beeso's back for next week's NZ Music Month special with new albums from October and Eb & Sparrow, plus the Mint Chicks' Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! as our Classic Album Of The Brief Cultural Zeitgeist That Was The Late Noughts In Nw Zlnd. Past, present and future review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist while our favourite tracks of the year are on our 2018 AD Mixtape.

HHACMTLLMDTW, AFL is a sport, Boof bounces back, Squires' sendoff, sucky second rounds, what next for the losers, show your working, the 2009 Mick Crocker of the NBA, coaches' coaches, Brad Steph'n, Moving Van Gundy, pretty much predicting Dwane Casey's firing from the Raptors several hours prior to it happening, lone genius narratives, alternative universe Celts-Sixers, Very Eastern Conference Playoff Basketball, institutional memories, Docstradamus strikes, positive Pels, the dark side of the farce, changing of the guards in Utah, Jingles actually got 4 years/$52M which is even better than we thought, free agents in SLC, selling high on Scary Terry, the Warriors are... underrated?, BALLS Bracketology-ology, all the Spurs assistants are interviewing for better jobs (including Becky Hammon), Suns media people who aren't Suns media people, Arsene's next gig, it's the weekend all week, no room and no time, and failing versus being failed.

An apology, Protracker amateurs, ploughing shapes, is this good?, songs for sock puppets, tiny corners of tiny corners, troublegum pop, it's eclectic yeah, poly in Portland, stop being Childish, racist as, Beeso does research, chords and screaming, and the next one. This week Beeso and the Doc reviewed new albums from Kiwi expats Unknown Mortal Orchestra and the Cavemen, while Daft Punk's Homework (1997) was run through the patented BALLS After Dark Classic-Album-O-Meter. Next week: an all-NZ Music Month special with new albums from October and Eb & Sparrow, plus defunct Kiwi mag Real Groove's NZ album of the '00s, the Mint Chicks' Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! from 2006. Past, present and future review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist while our favourite tracks of the year are on our 2018 AD Mixtape.

Fifteen minutes of condensation, bombing and sledging, C Us 4 The Nxt 10 Yrs, Final Destination 6: Welcome To Lebronto, Ben Wilts, Sixers schooled, Ooh Ahh Brad Stevens, KD sucks, doing the right thing, Ty-way Lue the Dangerfield Zone, JR's new shot coach, Drake vs Kendrick, how New Idea gets its New Ideas, 33 and a third revolutions, Joe Ingles is the best of us, #blessed, paying the bills, Fiz to the Knicks, Igor to the Suns, torrents of sewage, shutting up Sarver, Kawhi vs the Spurs, Beeso's Koaching Korner, Pop is popped, immediately-out-of-date Spurs-assistants-interviewing-for-HC-jobs chat, Grizz on hold, Bud and the Bucks, #elitemateship, getting away with it (all messed up), The Thick Outside Edge Of It and the triumphant return of #HHRBFDRTW.

Last week tonight, Katch's scratches, sleepy time time, the Radiohead of soul, get that grit, AD60, sharehouse stu-vac shopping lists, things you can do with 16 kilos of potatoes, historic motoring with Adamhfoto (parts one, two and three), I reject your reality and substitute my own, sex education via '90s chart hits, kia ora #NZMM, Homework for kids, Make Kayne Great Again, Kendrick Lamural, homeopathic dub, Jason Lives, legacy misses and the latter works of Richard Kylea Cowie Jr, MBE. This week Doc and Beeso reviewed new albums from Stonefield and Space Invadas, with the Doc's classic pick being Green Day's Dookie from 1994. Next week: an all-NZMM new music special with fresh #content from Unknown Mortal Orchestra and the Cavemen, while Daft Punk's enormous 1997 debut is Beeso's classic. Past, present and future review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist while our favourite tracks of the year are on our 2018 AD Mixtape.

Everyone wants to be last year's Raptors, the All Streaky Backcourt All Stars, entertaining first round or entertainingest first round?, get ready to Wiggins, who's the Voss, playoff rooks, Thunder claps back, who stops AD, Bucks-Celts goes seven, Rock Mormon, who gets LeBron, popping the trunk, respecting the game while not wanting to actually watch it, Kawhi vs LMA, sepia-tinted profile pieces, Woj's box score, 3-2 closeout games, local heroes, Wide Wade, fixing Donk Itch, #PRUNTYSZNTWO, why Beeso hates Steve Nash, the Walker Brothers Coaching Academy, UEFA semi first-legs, stand up if you've scored one of the greatest goals in history (sit down CRonaldo... you can stay standing up Zidane, di Canio, van Basten and Bergkamp) and a #NBABracketology update.

Beyond the pale, hop country, got any salmon? (sorted), cranking it live, the Deep North, dirty phonographs, hidden troubles, triumphant declarations, good Beatles, out on the tiles, classic Katches, the Doc's favourite live gigs, the real victims of #Beychella, Pants Joy somehow remains employed, a day at the bowls club, buying a tie in 1971, Iron Producer, nailing it first time, getting out of pocket and copping out. This week Beeso and the Doc enjoyed new albums from the Bonnevilles and Demob Happy and a classic from Cream. Next week: new Stonefield and Space Invadas, while Green Day take it upon themselves to reintroduce the punk rock music to the teenagers of the early 90s. Current and recent review albums are on our After Dark album review playlist; our favourite tracks of the year are on our 2018 After Dark Mixtape.

#WengerOut, this Bud's not for you, head coping, pulling an Ollie, coaching triangles, matchup effects, DONE or NAH?, heads up, Microwave Melo, Miami Nice, riggin' for Wiggins, anyone remember power balance bands, DRose is Dross, LaMarginal Aldridge, winning at Indy, how good is science, tractor rustlin' in Arkansas, broken brackets, landed Gentry, extinct Raptors, ECB keep it 100, Captain Crisis, the convict stain and remembering the Dazza and Bazza show.