This week’s new albums: Boards of Canada | Mulga Bore Hard Rock | Dead Pioneers 

Also: Let it go, keeping score, Death Stranding 3 England 0, why do/are people like this, ancient culture, lived experience, multi-directional palate cleansers, uneven flow, old mate Sleafords, murder logs, the Jesus and the Mary and the Chain, guest recommendations, listen harder, multi-hyphenate artists, kia kaha SBS servers, galaxy brain coaching decisions, run it until they stop it, Argentina’s Messi problem, medieval trebuchets, vibes everywhere, performative heroism, trickless ponies, trying to understand Boston, unserious basketballers, the Doc Rivers decision tree, doing nothing, Ange’s next job, the Ancelotti scale, movement off the ball and singular malt.

1:21  Boards of Canada    

5:15  Mulga Bore Hard Rock

8:57  Dead Pioneers

12:41  Next week’s albums 

21:04  After Dark - World Cup, cricket, NBA, more World Cup

Next week’s new albums: Alewya | Julez and the Rollerz | Crocodiles

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This week’s new albums: The Heavy Eyes | Jon Spencer | The Scratch

Also: Large medium effects, delayed drops, controlled explosions, bringing that high heat late in the game, let’s play two, hair and thrash, delusions of credibility, you got any more of that Bob Vylan, brown sets and brown suits, good job by us, oppressed minorities, live reacting to WC games, picking fun RO32 games, and a surprising volume of basketball takes for which we apologise in advance. 

1:37  The Heavy Eyes    

4:10  Jon Spencer

10:12  The Scratch

16:03  Next week’s albums 

22:22  After Dark - World Cup, NBA

Next week’s new albums: Boards of Canada | Dead Pioneers | Mulga Bore Hard Rock

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This week’s new albums: The Bobby Lees | Lee ‘Scratch' Perry x Mouse on Mars | The Thinking of the World Began Pounding in Our Ears the Moment We Hit Shore

Also: Half melted heroes, thinking vs pounding, the Bob Marley Effect, still in the league, the RATM-Primus nexus, retiring from public life, horny on main, you can’t make it up, fans of the weirdness, podcast mixtapes, you gotta keep ‘em separated, getting past the bit, hits and missus, a very long and heavily selective memory, AB no longer original, there’s a lot of it about, in no position to boycott, no bad teams, no bus parking, badly aged Turkiye technique takes and the Fanatics level up.

1:37  That really long name ambient thing    

5:51  The late Mr Scratch-Perry and Mouse on Mars

8:08  The Bobby Lees

22:20  Next week’s albums 

26:59  Legacy Slop Watch

32:25  After Dark - World Cup

Next week’s new albums: Jon Spencer | The Scratch | The Heavy Eyes

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This week’s new albums: SLIFT | Modern Woman | Ben Kidson

Also: The most important of the least important things, Highlander soundtrack fantasy booking episode 27, nobody wants that, stop hammertime, performative tantrum throwing, welcome to Gympie, jokeless musical comedy, leftover legacy slop, corporate sucks rock, the longest band and/or album title in the history of this music podcast, Doc reads LinkedIn profiles, unique triangulations, hassling amateurs to make triphop for you, too much blues explosion, Riyad Mahrez erasure, going full Arsenal, Beach football, old school Brazil, who asked for this much Ed Kavalee, pro-am world cups, club vs international management, 20 years of A-League player development, Seppo exceptionalism and all Gas no brakes. 

1:23  SLIFT    

4:03  Modern Woman  

7:00  Ben Kidson

10:00  Next week’s albums 

20:06 After Dark - a lot of World Cup and a bit of F1 

Next week’s new albums: The Bobby Lees | Lee ‘Scratch Perry x Mouse on Mars | The Thinking of the World Began Pounding in Our Ears the Moment We Hit Shore

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This week’s new albums: Little Barrie | Elder Island | Elder 

Also: Vibe restorers, three-act festivals, too big for small rooms, screen assists, whither hammock time, underproduction values, late night brown spirts albums, getting dragged to Woodford, Legacy Slop Watch, ghosts of girlfriends past, bio-engineering, reclaiming our status as Australasia’s most Knicks-positive NBA-adjacent podcast, early red mist, Mike Brown Appreciation Hour, it’s all Bill Simmons’ fault, France play football now?, your first World Cup, ASO v ACO and prevailing over the profiteers. 

3:26  Elder

6:19  Elder Island

9:49  Little Barrie

18:34  Next week’s albums 

27:48  After Dark - NBA finals, kids’ football, World Cup 

Next week’s new albums: Modern Woman | SLIFT | Ben Kidson

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This week’s new albums: Friko | The Lords of Altamont | Harsh Riddims 5

Also: Failed HIAs, making a real difference, underground club nights, Substack music recs, false advertising, stale airport sandwiches, live listener counts, Celebrity Head updates, lorem ipsum lyrics, self-deleting albums, music and food, Kingsmill’s algorithm, Slim Pickens, how is Chris Brown still in the league, post-climate-change triphop, door number two, misplaced villain energy, the worst San Antonio will be for years, the 2002 Nets of 2026, defining yourself by failure, Sacramento Kangz: Talent Factory, getting spoilered by podcast playlists and a far too early TDF preview. 

2:11  Harsh Riddims 5

6:36  Friko

10:35  The Lords Of Altamont

16:08  Next week’s albums 

23:43  After Dark - NBA, Champions League, cycling

Next week’s new albums: Little Barrie | Elder Island | Elder (no relation)

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This week’s new albums: RJD2 & Supastition | Bloody Knees | EPs from Little Simz and Grocery Bag

Also: confirmation bias in action, warm blankets, pen pal collabs, all the gear and no ideas, bucket hat dads, shooting down trial balloons, garbage bags, change-ups, who was the subject of Powderfinger’s ‘Celebrity Head’, the tripping balls of record labels, bad tattoo ideas, Arsenal won but at what cost, no relation, broke boy Blazers guy, suboptimal geopolitical analogies, who is Wemby’s Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the stench of America, the perfect way to lose, and spider-god spider-god does whatever a spider-god does. 

2:20  RJD2 & Supastition

9:44  Bloody Knees

15:13  Little Simz

17:40  Grocery Bag

20:43  Next week’s albums 

30:16  After Dark - Arsenal, NBA, World Cup

Next week’s new albums: Friko | The Lords of Altamont | Harsh Riddims 5

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This week’s new albums: The Black Keys | Melanie Baker | ISTA

Also: Headbanging, getting dog’s abuse in book dedications, dingy downstairs sessions, that one tool that does that one job, that’s fairly interesting, possibly the longest unbroken monologue Beeso has ever delivered on the podcast, point/counterpoint, get a diagnosis, 30 year mysteries solved, moving the sliders, different conclusions, pink butterflies, very superstitious, rabbit hole EPs, #BeesoReadsDatesWrongly, Titanic spoilers, tiny houses, the end of losing on purpose, when your first mover advantage has been moved past, falling in love with one good idea and important clarifications.

1:55  The Black Keys

5:06  Melanie Baker

13:00  ISTA

19:20  Next week’s albums 

27:00  After Dark - NBA, futbol

Next week’s new albums: RJD2 & Supastition | Bloody Knees | EPs from Little Simz and Grocery Bag

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This week’s new albums: Trials | KNEECAP | Iguana Death Cult

Also: Out of touch royalty, when catching up with high school mates goes wrong, Bad Boy Bubby vs Let’s Get Skase, your own private Wild Colonial, love something like Labour governments love criminalising protest, shouts to Genius.com, unexpected Dutchmen, Dave Callan joins Viagra Boys, hurting your own brand, celebrating valiant failure, art project or psy-op?, fake Canadians, cartoon realism, Beetle avoidance, bicoastal clashes of energies, popcorn and beer, podcasting no-sells, old British people stop hating trans people challenge (impossible), sim to end, turning your club off and back on again, it’s nice to win stuff, Wrex on deck, Koaching Korner, 1989 Easts vs Broncos and a tribute to Three Knees Hancock. 

1:50  Trials

6:42   Kneecap

12:08  Iguana Death Cult

16:15   Next week’s albums 

27:00  After Dark - NBA playoffs, EPL relegation, 80s rugby league 

Next week’s new albums: Melanie Baker | ISTA | The Black Keys

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This week’s new albums: Hermitude | Angine de Poitrine | Abronia

Also: earning a crust, Liam Ro-see-ya, last week Raye-visited, pre-emptive disappointment, made for TikTok, diluted chemicals, podcasting therapy, weird TV soundtracks, how did you get here, this year’s stalking-beetle, anti-buzz cynicism, world music defined, the Gaelic calendar, secretly Canadian, profiting from complacency, Nugs-Wolves post mortem,  Swans-Weagles areas, everybody needs somebody, the real final, Mudgee travel notes, mo’ Mou’, unpaid plugs, knockoff jerseys and rain stopped play.

4:18  Hermitude

8:41  Abronia

13:27  Angine de Poitrine

16:56  Next week’s albums 

22:45  After Dark - touch footy, NBA playoffs, more touch footy

Next week’s new albums: KNEECAP | Trials | Iguana Death Cult

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The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives

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