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  • 24: China STRIKES FIRST against big music (+ Rodrigo Amarante review)

    "What do you mean you haven't seen all 2000 episodes of CSI!?"


    On the show this week:

    What we have been listening to:

    • 00:02:40 glue70 - Points of Interest
    • 00:06:10 Tame Impala - InnerSpeaker 10th Anniversary Edition
    • 00:11:45 Overmono - fabric presents Overmono

      • 00:18:45 Apple Music add Lossless and Spacial Audio on Android (but there's a catch)

      00:29:04 Chinese government cracks down on Tencent dominance of music streaming rights

      00:37:37 Music on TV

      01:02:56 Review of Drama by Rodrigo Amarante

      01:10:03 Upcoming releases this week


      Personnel

      James - Coding

      Josh - Computation

      Will - Analysis

      1 hr 20 min
    • 23: The Economics of Streaming (+ Koreless & John Mayer reviews)

      "Streaming should pay musicians far more than it currently does"


      On the show this week:

      What we have been listening to:

      • 00:02:10 Fightmilk - Contender
      • 00:05:28 Multiples and Memphis LK
      • 00:08:48 Matt Bellamy - Cryosleep

        • 00:16:29 DCMS Report on the Economics of Streaming

        00:38:32 boygenius x The Sims

        00:42:00 The most polarising albums of all time

        01:03:24 Review of Agor by Koreless

        01:08:24 Review of Sob Rock by John Mayer

        01:19:05 Upcoming releases this week


        Personnel

        Tom - World's #1 John Mayer fan

        James - World's #2 John Mayer fan

        Will - World's #3 John Mayer fan

        1 hr 25 min
      • 22: Olympic Dreams

        "A goth doesn't really understand fear"

        On the show this week:

        What we have been listening to:

        • 00:01:20 Sting - The Soul Cages
        • 00:03:29 Holly Herndon - Proto
        • 00:10:35 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000

          • 00:14:24 Olivia Rodrigo visits the White House

          00:17:24 Olympics music

          00:35:09 Upcoming releases this week


          Personnel

          James - Long Jump

          Jess - 400m Hurdles

          Will - Archery

          42 min
        • 21: Unmuted Fest (+ John Grant review)

          "like Diddy Kong taking damage"


          On the show this week:

          What we have been listening to

          • 00:04:08 Sweet Trip - A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals
          • 00:11:05 Time Binding Ensemble - Nothing New Under The Sun
          • 00:18:00 The Avalanches - Since I Left You
          • 00:22:10 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

            • 00:29:00 We plan our own music festival

            01:30:00 Review of Boy From Michigan by John Grant

            01:38:53 Upcoming releases this week


            Personnel

            Tom - Centre mid

            Jess - Left wing

            James - Goalkeeper

            Will - Right back

            1 hr 47 min
          • 20: Year half full

            "Will's right"


            On the show this week:

            What we have been listening to:

            • 00:05:40 Young Buffalo - House
            • 00:10:47 Muse - Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
            • 00:23:07 Kurl - Fickle
            • 00:25:08 Jon Gomm - The Faintest Idea

              • 00:28:19 Music venues will not be required to test attendees

              00:43:28 Mid-way through, year in review

              01:16:10 Upcoming releases this week


              Personnel

              James - Acoustic guitar (body)

              Jess - Acoustic guitar (upper neck)

              Tom - Acoustic guitar (lower neck)

              Will - Acoustic guitar (tuning pegs)

              1 hr 21 min
            • 19: Our Summer Playlists (+ Daniel Avery review)

              "I have, in fact, listened to the podcast"


              On the show this week:

              What we have been listening to

              • 00:01:46 Will: Papiro - La finestra dentata
              • 00:07:12 James: Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
              • 00:09:38 Tom: Pixey - Free To Live In Colour
              • 00:17:25 Jess: Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid


                • Our Summer Playlists:

                Apple Music/Spotify

                00:26:38 Tom's Playlist

                1. HAIM - You Never Knew
                2. Fatboy Slim - Praise You
                3. Gerry Cinnamon - Sometimes
                4. John Mayer - Clarity
                5. George Ezra - Get Away
                6. Ben and Jason - Emoticons
                7. I Am Kloot - These Days Are Mine
                8. The Coral - In The Morning
                9. Wildwood Kin - Wake Up Sleeper (Acoustic)
                10. Pixey - Supersonic Love


                  11. 00:38:21 James' Playlist

                  1. Twenty One Pilots - Good Day
                  2. Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime
                  3. Muse - Pressure
                  4. Toto - Waiting for Your Love
                  5. Hootie & the Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
                  6. Everything Everything - Violent Sun
                  7. These Reigning Days - Living it Up
                  8. Avicii - Waiting for Love
                  9. Porter Robinson - Natural Light
                  10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Now That I Found You


                    11. 00:47:34 Will's Playlist

                    1. illuminati hotties - Pool Hopping
                    2. The Beths - Acrid
                    3. reider.wav - Hold Tight
                    4. Bearcubs - Everyplace Is Life
                    5. Silly Boy Blue - The Riddle (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
                    6. Small Black - Driftwood Fire
                    7. Pleasure Systems - Blur
                    8. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Understanding Body Messages
                    9. TSHA - Sister
                    10. Bamily - Katata


                      11. 00:54:16 Jess' Playlist

                      1. Kool and the Gang - Summer Madness
                      2. Gorillaz - Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon)
                      3. Masayoshi Takanaka - Samba Pati
                      4. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
                      5. Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle
                      6. Gorillaz - Humility
                      7. Remi Wolf - Hello Hello Hello
                      8. Sunny Day Service - In the Sun Again
                      9. Jungle - Lemonade Lake
                      10. Boney M - Gotta Go Home


                        11. 01:17:36 Review of Together in Static by Daniel Avery

                        01:30:48 Upcoming releases this week


                        Personnel

                        James - Tidal playlister

                        Jess - Deezer playlister

                        Tom - Spotify playlister

                        Will - Qobuz playlister

                        1 hr 39 min
                      11. 18: Live!
                        "One crown to rule them all"
                        On the show this week:
                        What we have been listening to:
                        00:01:34 Radiohead - Kid A
                        00:07:22 Rita Indiana - Mandinga Times
                        00:14:22 Crumb - Jinx
                        00:19:36 LSDXOXO - Dedicated 2 Disrespect
                        00:23:57 Upcoming releases this week
                        00:34:21 Quiz
                        Personnel
                        Will - Sound engineer
                        James - Costume director
                        Jess - Lighting technician
                        Tom - Stage manager
                        2 hr 9 min
                      12. 17: Music News Gauntlet (+ Loraine James review)

                        "3000 slime green Shrek vinyl records spilled out over the M5"


                        On the show this week:

                        What we have been listening to:

                        • 00:02:42 Ishi Vu - La Luz
                        • 00:08:16 Summer Salt - Happy Camper
                        • 00:11:44 Pronoun - I'll Show You Stronger

                          • The news:

                          • 00:19:00 Taylor Swift beats Jack White’s vinyl sales record
                          • 00:23:34 UK independent labels and artists doing well
                          • 00:31:05 Nightlife venues ready to challenge government over changes to 21st June reopening
                          • 00:39:27 US Congress investigating Spotify's Discovery Mode

                            • 00:46:14 We pick out the best Record Store Day UK drop 1 releases

                                       Matt's Al Green playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jhCdIoMk8rDsVtz2Cij3G?si=b249016d70994852

                            01:02:02 Review of Reflection by Loraine James

                            01:13:17 Upcoming releases this week


                            Personnel

                            Matt - Timpani

                            Tom - Bassoon

                            Will - Tuba

                            1 hr 25 min
                          • 16: Red Dead Zeppelin (+ Japanese Breakfast & John Mayer reviews)
                            "Everything gets out of hand"
                            On the show this week:
                            What we have been listening to - 
                            00:07:26 Haim - Something To Tell You
                            00:11:00 Claud - Super Monster
                            00:15:28 Alien Boy - Sleeping Lessons
                            00:18:46 Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
                            00:25:09 Best fictional bands
                            00:51:22 Review of Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast
                            01:03:40 Review of Last Train Home by John Mayer
                            01:08:52 Upcoming releases this week
                            Personnel
                            Tom - Bagpipes
                            James - Triangle
                            Jess - Slide whistle
                            Will - Harmonica
                            1 hr 17 min
                          • 15: Wedding music that doesn't suck (+ black midi review)

                            "The first dance is just our main theme of this podcast"


                            On the show this week:

                            What we have been listening to - 

                            • 00:02:08 Pop Evil - Pop Evil
                            • 00:06:32 Bachelor - Doomin' Sun
                            • 00:08:30 SYML - SYML
                            • 00:11:00 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

                              • 00:18:09 No COVID cases linked to Brit Awards

                              00:25:20 First dance/wedding songs

                              00:54:35 Review of Cavalcade by black midi

                              01:03:48 Upcoming releases this week


                              Personnel

                              Will - Violin

                              Jess - Violin

                              James - Viola

                              Tom - Cello

                              1 hr 14 min

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