Unmuted, Unmastered

Unmuted, Unmastered

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  • Asking For A Ride by White Reaper

    "Tony would love these guys"


    On the show this week:

    00:00:46 Asking For A Ride by White Reaper review discussion

    00:36:28 Upcoming releases


    Album rankings

    1. Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
    2. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12
      3. 41 min
    3. 12 by Ryuichi Sakamoto

      "give me some nice melodies...some nice bit of texture, delicious, I'll eat that up!"


      On the show this week:

      00:01:24 News

      • Justin Bieber sells rights to songs for $200m

        • 00:05:17 12 by Ryuichi Sakamoto review discussion

        00:44:38 Upcoming releases

        49 min
      • Higher Lonely Power by Fireworks

        "I'm literally going to be thinking about the lack of 'd'... for the rest of the month"


        On the show this week:

        00:01:14 News

        • BBC scaling back BBC Introducing

          • 00:11:05 Higher Lonely Power by Fireworks review discussion

          00:57:01 Upcoming releases

          1 hr
        • Episode 100!

          All four original hosts of Unmuted, Unmastered are back to discuss their favourite albums of all time. Thanks for listening to the podcast over our first 100 episodes, however much you have listened to.


          Cast:

          James

          Jess

          Tom

          Will

          1 hr 12 min
        • Our Random Top 5s for 2022

          This week features a list of honourable mentions. Each host offers some albums and artists that were not featured on the podcast but caught their attention.


          On the show this week:

          00:01:33 James' picks.

          00:11:02 Tom's picks.

          00:20:25 Will's picks.



          29 min
        • Re-ranking the Top 5 Albums of 2022

          "It makes me want to burst my eardrums!"


          This week we look back at our album rankings of the year and discuss what needs to change!

          Album rankings as they stand:

          1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
          2. Let’s Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons
          3. Obongjayar - Some Nights I Dream Of Doors
          4. Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth
          5. oso oso - sore thumb
          6. Alvvays - Blue Rev
          7. Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard
          8. MGMT - 11.11.11
          9. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs
          10. Kokoroko - Could We Be More
          11. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
          12. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Let’s Turn It Into Sound
          13. Bonobo - Fragments
          14. Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights
          15. Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever
          16. Whatever The Weather - Whatever The Weather
          17. The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
          18. Bonny Light Horseman - Rolling Golden Holy
          19. TSHA - Capricorn Sun
          20. Moor Mother - Jazz Codes
          21. Yard Act - The Overload
          22. Bodega - Broken Equipment
          23. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
          24. Everything Everything Everything All The Time All At Once Everywhere - Raw Data Feel
          25. Pillow Queens - Leave The Light On
          26. Maggie Rogers - Surrender
          27. Whitney - SPARK
          28. Dear nora - human futures
          29. DC Gore - All These Things
          30. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
          31. Charli XCX - CRASH
          32. Jack Francis - Jack Francis
          33. Hot Chip - Freakout/Release
          34. Fred again.. - actual life 3 (january 1 - september 9 2022)
          35. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time
          36. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - When the Lights Go
          37. Naomi Alligator - Double Knot
          38. Fresh - Raise Hell
          39. Grocer - Numbers Game
          40. Erin Anne - Do Your Worst
          41. String Machine - Hallelujah Hell Yeah
          42. The Lounge Society - Tired of Liberty
          43. Burial - ANTIDAWN
          44. Sweet Pill - Where the Heart Is
          45. Earl Sweatshirt - SICK
          46. Of House - Ripoffs
            47. 40 min
          47. Mystery Playlist (3/3)

            "Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?"

            This week, we conclude our three part mini-series where we guess the themes of each other's playlists.

            James and Will are up to bat, attempting to deduce Tom's theme.

            Tom's playlist:

            1. Taste - What’s Going On?
            2. Queen - Brighton Rock
            3. Steve Vai - Liberty
            4. The Byrds - Eight Miles High
            5. The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
            6. Coldplay - Shiver


              7. 22 min
            7. Mystery Playlist (2/3)

              "We're definitely getting further away from the answer."

              The continuation of a three-part mini-series where we guess the theme of a playlist created by one of the hosts.

              This week, Will has created the playlist. James and Tom are asking the questions to identify the theme.

              Will's Playlist:

              1. Etran Finatawa - Heeme
              2. Tiris - Ma Zein Wadna (Our Beautiful River Valley)
              3. Emeka Ogboh - Verbal Drift
              4. Low Altitude - South Stack
              5. Floating Points - Sea-Watch
              6. James Varghese - Juno Fades
                7. 38 min
              7. Mystery Playlist (1/3)

                "We can talk like normal people still!"

                This week, it's the first of our three part mini-series where we guess the themes of each other's playlists.

                This time round, James has created a playlist which Tom and Will will question their way through to find the theme.


                James' Mystery Playlist

                1. Lord Commander - No Crime, No Law
                2. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
                3. Edwin Starr - War
                4. Lou reed - Halloween Parade
                5. Rush - Virtuality
                6. Coldplay - Politik
                7. Paul McCartney - Despite Repeated Warnings
                  8. 38 min
                8. Ultra Truth by Daniel Avery

                  "wibbly wobbly, but I still liked it"


                  On the show this week:

                  00:01:42 News

                  • Spotify releases most streamed artists of the year

                    • 00:09:43 Ultra Truth by Daniel Avery album review discussion


                    Album rankings

                    1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
                    2. Let’s Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons
                    3. Obongjayar - Some Nights I Dream Of Doors
                    4. oso oso - sore thumb
                    5. Alvvays - Blue Rev
                    6. Oliver Sim - Hideous Bastard
                    7. MGMT - 11.11.11
                    8. Animal Collective - Time Skiffs
                    9. Kokoroko - Could We Be More
                    10. Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity
                    11. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Let’s Turn It Into Sound
                    12. Bonobo - Fragments
                    13. Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights
                    14. Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever
                    15. Whatever The Weather - Whatever The Weather
                    16. The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
                    17. Bonny Light Horseman - Rolling Golden Holy
                    18. TSHA - Capricorn Sun
                    19. Moor Mother - Jazz Codes
                    20. Yard Act - The Overload
                    21. Bodega - Broken Equipment
                    22. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
                    23. Everything Everything Everything All The Time All At Once Everywhere - Raw Data Feel
                    24. Pillow Queens - Leave The Light On
                    25. Maggie Rogers - Surrender
                    26. Whitney - SPARK
                    27. Dear nora - human futures
                    28. DC Gore - All These Things
                    29. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
                    30. Charli XCX - CRASH
                    31. Jack Francis - Jack Francis
                    32. Hot Chip - Freakout/Release
                    33. Fred again.. - actual life 3 (january 1 - september 9 2022)
                    34. Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time
                    35. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - When the Lights Go
                    36. Naomi Alligator - Double Knot
                    37. Fresh - Raise Hell
                    38. Grocer - Numbers Game
                    39. Erin Anne - Do Your Worst
                    40. String Machine - Hallelujah Hell Yeah
                    41. The Lounge Society - Tired of Liberty
                    42. Burial - ANTIDAWN
                    43. Sweet Pill - Where the Heart Is
                    44. Earl Sweatshirt - SICK
                    45. Of House - Ripoffs
                      46. 1 hr 5 min

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