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  • Chronicles of a Diamond by Black Pumas

    "It has this medieval rawness to it"


    On the show this week:


    00:01:19 News:

    • Spotify demonetising tracks with few than 1000 annual streams


      • 00:13:58 Chronicles of a Diamond by Blank Pumas Album Review discussion


      00:41:42 Upcoming releases


      Album rankings:

      1. Sampha - Lahai
      2. Squid - O Monolith
      3. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
      4. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
      5. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
      6. Strange Ranger - Pure Music
      7. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
      8. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
      9. Ratboys - The Window
      10. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
      11. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love
      12. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us
      13. Kelela - Raven
      14. Pile - All Fiction
      15. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
      16. Everything But The Girl - Fuse
      17. Feist - Multitudes
      18. Overmono - Good Lies
      19. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
      20. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
      21. Slowdive - everything is alive
      22. Wilco - Cousin
      23. Babymetal - The other one
      24. bdrmm - I Don’t Know
      25. boygenius - the record
      26. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac
      27. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres
      28. Killer Mike - MICHAEL
      29. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers
      30. Cherry Glazerr - I Don’t Want You Anymore
      31. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way
      32. Kate NV - WOW
      33. Cut Worms - Cut Worms
      34. Slow Pulp - Yard
      35. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes
      36. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away
      37. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple
      38. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato
      39. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
      40. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
      41. Yaeji - With A Hammer
        42. 45 min
      42. Madres by Sofia Kourtesis

        "You hate drums"


        On the show this week:

        00:01:12 News

        • Music Venue Trust launches Christmas gifting campaign to help at-risk grassroots venues

          • 00:09:22 Madres by Sofia Kourtesis album review discussion

          00:37:02 Slowdive gig review

          00:39:15 Upcoming releases


          Album rankings


          1. Sampha - Lahai

          2. Squid - O Monolith

          3. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride

          4. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

          5. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

          6. Strange Ranger - Pure Music

          7. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE

          8. Wednesday - Rat Saw God

          9. Ratboys - The Window

          10. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music

          11. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love

          12. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us

          13. Kelela - Raven

          14. Pile - All Fiction

          15. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination

          16. Everything But The Girl - Fuse

          17. Feist - Multitudes

          18. Overmono - Good Lies

          19. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun

          20. Gorillaz - Cracker Island

          21. Slowdive - everything is alive

          22. Wilco - Cousin

          23. Babymetal - The other one

          24. bdrmm - I Don’t Know

          25. boygenius - the record

          26. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac

          27. Killer Mike - MICHAEL

          28. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers

          29. Cherry Glazerr - I Don’t Want You Anymore

          30. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way

          31. Kate NV - WOW

          32. Cut Worms - Cut Worms

          33. Slow Pulp - Yard

          34. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes

          35. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away

          36. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple

          37. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato

          38. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power

          39. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

          40. Yaeji - With A Hammer

          41. Current Joys - LOVE + POP

            42. 47 min
          42. Lahai by Sampha

            "I can say that now Will's gone, I'm sure he would have disapproved"


            On the show this week:


            00:01:03 News

            • Spotify reportedly change royalties structure


              • 00:11:50 Lahai by Sampha album review discussion


              00:53:42 Upcoming releases


              Album rankings:

              1. Squid - O Monolith
              2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
              3. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
              4. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
              5. Strange Ranger - Pure Music
              6. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
              7. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
              8. Ratboys - The Window
              9. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
              10. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love
              11. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us
              12. Kelela - Raven
              13. Pile - All Fiction
              14. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
              15. Everything But The Girl - Fuse
              16. Feist - Multitudes
              17. Overmono - Good Lies
              18. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
              19. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
              20. Slowdive - everything is alive
              21. Wilco - Cousin
              22. Babymetal - The other one
              23. bdrmm - I Don’t Know
              24. boygenius - the record
              25. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac
              26. Killer Mike - MICHAEL
              27. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers
              28. Cherry Glazerr - I Don’t Want You Anymore
              29. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way
              30. Kate NV - WOW
              31. Cut Worms - Cut Worms
              32. Slow Pulp - Yard
              33. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes
              34. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away
              35. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple
              36. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato
              37. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
              38. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
              39. Yaeji - With A Hammer
              40. Current Joys - LOVE + POP
                41. 57 min
              41. I Don’t Want You Anymore by Cherry Glazerr

                "I just want a deeper meaning...I want to add something that's not there"


                On the show this week:


                00:00:56 News

                • Songtradr lays off 50% of its Bandcamp staff


                  • 00:12:42 I Don’t Want You Anymore by Cherry Glazerr album review discussion


                  00:44:58 Squid live review


                  00:47:17 Upcoming releases


                  Album rankings:

                  1. Squid - O Monolith
                  2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
                  3. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
                  4. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
                  5. Strange Ranger - Pure Music
                  6. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
                  7. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
                  8. Ratboys - The Window
                  9. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
                  10. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love
                  11. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us
                  12. Kelela - Raven
                  13. Pile - All Fiction
                  14. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
                  15. Everything But The Girl - Fuse
                  16. Feist - Multitudes
                  17. Overmono - Good Lies
                  18. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
                  19. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
                  20. Slowdive - everything is alive
                  21. Wilco - Cousin
                  22. Babymetal - The other one
                  23. bdrmm - I Don’t Know
                  24. boygenius - the record
                  25. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac
                  26. Killer Mike - MICHAEL
                  27. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers
                  28. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way
                  29. Kate NV - WOW
                  30. Cut Worms - Cut Worms
                  31. Slow Pulp - Yard
                  32. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes
                  33. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away
                  34. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple
                  35. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato
                  36. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
                  37. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
                  38. Yaeji - With A Hammer
                  39. Current Joys - LOVE + POP
                    40. 53 min
                  40. Cousin by Wilco

                    "Shout out to Shazam"


                    On the show this week:

                    00:00:37 News

                    • Audoo receives celebrity investment

                      • 00:11:13 Cousin by Wilco album review discussion

                      00:41:04 Upcoming releases


                      Album rankings

                      1. Squid - O Monolith

                      2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride

                      3. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

                      4. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

                      5. Strange Ranger - Pure Music

                      6. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE

                      7. Wednesday - Rat Saw God

                      8. Ratboys - The Window

                      9. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music

                      10. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love

                      11. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us

                      12. Kelela - Raven

                      13. Pile - All Fiction

                      14. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination

                      15. Everything But The Girl - Fuse

                      16. Feist - Multitudes

                      17. Overmono - Good Lies

                      18. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun

                      19. Gorillaz - Cracker Island

                      20. Slowdive - everything is alive

                      21. Babymetal - The other one

                      22. bdrmm - I Don’t Know

                      23. boygenius - the record

                      24. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac

                      25. Killer Mike - MICHAEL

                      26. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers

                      27. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way

                      28. Kate NV - WOW

                      29. Cut Worms - Cut Worms

                      30. Slow Pulp - Yard

                      31. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes

                      32. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away

                      33. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple

                      34. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato

                      35. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power

                      36. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

                      37. Yaeji - With A Hammer

                      38. Current Joys - LOVE + POP

                        39. 45 min
                      39. Yard by Slow Pulp

                        "The 'doo doos'... I kinda liked it"


                        On the show this week:

                        00:01:07 News

                        • Easy Life are being sued by EasyGroup
                        • Ft. bonus breakdown of EasyGroup's past failures for your amusement

                          • 00:08:32 Yard by Slow Pulp album review discussion

                          00:26:34 Upcoming releases


                          Album rankings:

                          1. Squid - O Monolith
                          2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
                          3. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
                          4. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
                          5. Strange Ranger - Pure Music
                          6. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
                          7. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
                          8. Ratboys - The Window
                          9. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
                          10. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love
                          11. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us
                          12. Kelela - Raven
                          13. Pile - All Fiction
                          14. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
                          15. Everything But The Girl - Fuse
                          16. Feist - Multitudes
                          17. Overmono - Good Lies
                          18. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
                          19. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
                          20. Slowdive - everything is alive
                          21. Babymetal - The other one
                          22. bdrmm - I Don’t Know
                          23. boygenius - the record
                          24. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac
                          25. Killer Mike - MICHAEL
                          26. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers
                          27. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way
                          28. Kate NV - WOW
                          29. Cut Worms - Cut Worms
                          30. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes
                          31. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away
                          32. Nation of Language - Strange Disciple
                          33. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato
                          34. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
                          35. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
                          36. Yaeji - With A Hammer
                          37. Current Joys - LOVE + POP
                            38. 32 min
                          38. Strange Disciple by Nation of Language

                            "It reminded me of the SimCity soundtrack"


                            On the show this week:

                            00:00:49 News

                            • Epic sells bandcamp to Soundtradr

                              • 00:07:08 Strange Disciple by Nation of Language album review discussion

                              00:34:04 Upcoming releases


                              Album rankings:

                              1. Squid - O Monolith
                              2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
                              3. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
                              4. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
                              5. Strange Ranger - Pure Music
                              6. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE
                              7. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
                              8. Ratboys - The Window
                              9. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
                              10. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love
                              11. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us
                              12. Kelela - Raven
                              13. Pile - All Fiction
                              14. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination
                              15. Everything But The Girl - Fuse
                              16. Feist - Multitudes
                              17. Overmono - Good Lies
                              18. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
                              19. Gorillaz - Cracker Island
                              20. Slowdive - everything is alive
                              21. Babymetal - The other one
                              22. bdrmm - I Don’t Know
                              23. boygenius - the record
                              24. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac
                              25. Killer Mike - MICHAEL
                              26. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers
                              27. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way
                              28. Kate NV - WOW
                              29. Cut Worms - Cut Worms
                              30. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes
                              31. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away
                              32. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato
                              33. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
                              34. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
                              35. Yaeji - With A Hammer
                              36. Current Joys - LOVE + POP


                                37. Editor's note - apologies for James sometimes turning into a robot. It does quickly go back to normal

                                38 min
                              37. Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes

                                "Drum and bass sound from a drum"


                                On the show this week:

                                00:01:12 News

                                • 10% of grassroots music venues predicted to close in 2023

                                  • 00:08:56 Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes album review discussion

                                  00:52:18 Upcoming releases


                                  Album rankings:

                                  1. Squid - O Monolith

                                  2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride

                                  3. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

                                  4. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

                                  5. Strange Ranger - Pure Music

                                  6. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE

                                  7. Wednesday - Rat Saw God

                                  8. Ratboys - The Window

                                  9. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love

                                  10. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us

                                  11. Kelela - Raven

                                  12. Pile - All Fiction

                                  13. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination

                                  14. Everything But The Girl - Fuse

                                  15. Feist - Multitudes

                                  16. Overmono - Good Lies

                                  17. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun

                                  18. Gorillaz - Cracker Island

                                  19. Slowdive - everything is alive

                                  20. Babymetal - The other one

                                  21. bdrmm - I Don’t Know

                                  22. boygenius - the record

                                  23. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac

                                  24. Killer Mike - MICHAEL

                                  25. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers

                                  26. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way

                                  27. Kate NV - WOW

                                  28. Cut Worms - Cut Worms

                                  29. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes

                                  30. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away

                                  31. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato

                                  32. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power

                                  33. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

                                  34. Yaeji - With A Hammer

                                  35. Current Joys - LOVE + POP

                                    36. 56 min
                                  36. everything is alive by Slowdive

                                    "it's comforting... like a blanket, but maybe not your blanket"


                                    On the show this week:

                                    00:00:53 News

                                    • Jeff Rosenstock calls out venues claiming merch profits

                                      • 00:08:24 everything is alive by Slowdive Album Review Discussion

                                      00:38:3 Upcoming releases


                                      Album rankings

                                      1. Squid - O Monolith

                                      2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride

                                      3. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

                                      4. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

                                      5. Strange Ranger - Pure Music

                                      6. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE

                                      7. Wednesday - Rat Saw God

                                      8. Ratboys - The Window

                                      9. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love

                                      10. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us

                                      11. Kelela - Raven

                                      12. Pile - All Fiction

                                      13. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination

                                      14. Everything But The Girl - Fuse

                                      15. Feist - Multitudes

                                      16. Overmono - Good Lies

                                      17. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun

                                      18. Gorillaz - Cracker Island

                                      19. Babymetal - The other one

                                      20. bdrmm - I Don’t Know

                                      21. boygenius - the record

                                      22. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac

                                      23. Killer Mike - MICHAEL

                                      24. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers

                                      25. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way

                                      26. Kate NV - WOW

                                      27. Cut Worms - Cut Worms

                                      28. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes

                                      29. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away

                                      30. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato

                                      31. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power

                                      32. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

                                      33. Yaeji - With A Hammer

                                      34. Current Joys - LOVE + POP

                                        35. 43 min
                                      35. HELLMODE by Jeff Rosenstock

                                        "that is the most complicated way you could've said that!"


                                        On the show this week:

                                        00:00:47 News

                                        • bdrmm don't get paid for a gig

                                          • 00:06:29 HELLMODE by Jeff Rosenstock Album Review Discussion

                                          00:34:39 Upcoming releases

                                          Album rankings

                                          1. Squid - O Monolith

                                          2. White Reaper - Asking For A Ride

                                          3. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

                                          4. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

                                          5. Strange Ranger - Pure Music

                                          6. Wednesday - Rat Saw God

                                          7. Ratboys - The Window

                                          8. Little Dragon - Slugs of Love

                                          9. Fiddlehead - Death is Nothing To Us

                                          10. Kelela - Raven

                                          11. Pile - All Fiction

                                          12. Jessy Lanza - Love Hallucination

                                          13. Everything But The Girl - Fuse

                                          14. Feist - Multitudes

                                          15. Overmono - Good Lies

                                          16. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun

                                          17. Gorillaz - Cracker Island

                                          18. Babymetal - The other one

                                          19. bdrmm - I Don’t Know

                                          20. boygenius - the record

                                          21. Complete Mountain Almanac - Complete Mountain Almanac

                                          22. Killer Mike - MICHAEL

                                          23. This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers

                                          24. Mandy, Indiana - i’ve seen a way

                                          25. Kate NV - WOW

                                          26. Cut Worms - Cut Worms

                                          27. Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes

                                          28. Foyer Red - Yarn The Hours Away

                                          29. Erik Hall - Canto Ostinato

                                          30. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power

                                          31. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

                                          32. Yaeji - With A Hammer

                                          33. Current Joys - LOVE + POP

                                            34. 38 min

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