Unmuted, Unmastered

"investors are maybe a bit silly"

On the show this week:

00:00:45 News

• More artists are pulling their content from Spotify

00:10:22 Autofiction by Far Caspian review discussion

00:33:11 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam
2. The Weather Station - Humanhood
3. Squid - Cowards
4. Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon
5. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong
6. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
7. Obongjayar - Paradise Now
8. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon
9. Nazar - Demilitarize
10. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?
11. Subsonic Eye - Singapore Dreaming
12. Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last
13. Akira Kosemura - MIRAI
14. Anxious - Bambi
15. Barker - Stochastic Drift
16. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way
17. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
18. Rival Consoles - Landscape from Memory
19. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
20. Charmer - Downpour
21. Far Caspian - Autofiction
22. Zement - Passagen
23. Flipturn - Burnout Days
24. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
25. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
26. Freckle - Freckle
27. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic Dream
28. Zach Phillips - True Music
29. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"I'm the regulatory body for Bandcamp pages"

On the show this week:

00:00:42 News

• Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76

00:10:23 The Longer This Goes On by Forth Wanderers album review discussion

00:40:01 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

2. The Weather Station - Humanhood

3. Squid - Cowards

4. Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon

5. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong

6. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

7. Obongjayar - Paradise Now

8. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon

9. Nazar - Demilitarize

10. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?

11. Subsonic Eye - Singapore Dreaming

12. Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last

13. Akira Kosemura - MIRAI

14. Anxious - Bambi

15. Barker - Stochastic Drift

16. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way

17. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’

18. Rival Consoles - Landscape from Memory

19. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III

20. Charmer - Downpour

21. Zement - Passagen

22. Flipturn - Burnout Days

23. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars

24. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen

25. Freckle - Freckle

26. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic Dream

27. Zach Phillips - True Music

28. Ethel Cain - Perverts

“They kind of impart that feeling of very laidback… edness… laidbackedness?”

On the show this week:

00:00:51 News

• Premium Spotify users are seeing sponsored recommendations

00:13:01 Tuff Times Never Last by Kokoroko album review discussion

00:44:02 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

2. The Weather Station - Humanhood

3. Squid - Cowards

4. Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon

5. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong

6. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

7. Obongjayar - Paradise Now

8. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon

9. Nazar - Demilitarize

10. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?

11. Subsonic Eye - Singapore Dreaming

12. Akira Kosemura - MIRAI

13. Anxious - Bambi

14. Barker - Stochastic Drift

15. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way

16. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’

17. Rival Consoles - Landscape from Memory

18. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III

19. Charmer - Downpour

20. Zement - Passagen

21. Flipturn - Burnout Days

22. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars

23. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen

24. Freckle - Freckle

25. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic Dream

26. Zach Phillips - True Music

27. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"We forget how to do this podcast 230 episodes in"

On the show this week:

00:00:55 News

• ROKK reveals policy of ‘no fully AI-generated music’ on its service

00:15:09 Landscape from Memory by Rival Consoles review discussion

00:42:02 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam
2. The Weather Station - Humanhood
3. Squid - Cowards
4. Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon
5. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong
6. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
7. Obongjayar - Paradise Now
8. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon
9. Nazar - Demilitarize
10. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?
11. Subsonic Eye - Singapore Dreaming
12. Akira Kosemura - MIRAI
13. Anxious - Bambi
14. Barker - Stochastic Drift
15. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way
16. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
17. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
18. Charmer - Downpour
19. Zement - Passagen
20. Flipturn - Burnout Days
21. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
22. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
23. Freckle - Freckle
24. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic Dream
25. Zach Phillips - True Music
26. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"she has no confidence in people wanting to keep it"

On the show this week:

00:00:40 News

• Lorde's new transparent CD doesn't work

00:09:37 MIRAI by Akira Kosemura album review discussion

00:41:11 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

2. The Weather Station - Humanhood

3. Squid - Cowards

4. Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon

5. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong

6. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

7. Obongjayar - Paradise Now

8. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon

9. Nazar - Demilitarize

10. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?

11. Subsonic Eye - Singapore Dreaming

12. Anxious - Bambi

13. Barker - Stochastic Drift

14. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way

15. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’

16. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III

17. Charmer - Downpour

18. Zement - Passagen

19. Flipturn - Burnout Days

20. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars

21. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen

22. Freckle - Freckle

23. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic Dream

24. Zach Phillips - True Music

25. Ethel Cain - Perverts

“The colour of Apollo Creed’s shorts in Rocky II”

On the show this week:

00:00:53 News

• Sheffield’s Leadmill is closing but other grassroots venues are thriving

00:10:21 Raspberry Moon by Hotline TNT album review discussion

00:43:35 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

2. The Weather Station - Humanhood

3. Squid - Cowards

4. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong

5. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

6. Obongjayar - Paradise Now

7. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon

8. Nazar - Demilitarize

9. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?

10. Subsonic Eye - Singapore Dreaming

11. Anxious - Bambi

12. Barker - Stochastic Drift

13. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way

14. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’

15. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III

16. Charmer - Downpour

17. Zement - Passagen

18. Flipturn - Burnout Days

19. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars

20. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen

21. Freckle - Freckle

22. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic Dream

23. Zach Phillips - True Music

24. Ethel Cain - Perverts

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Shhh, don't tell anyone!

"Stay rooted in what matters most"

On the show this week:

00:00:42 News

• Coca-Cola launches Real Thing Records with UMG

00:06:50 Soft New Magic Dream by Black Moth Super Rainbow album review discussion

00:32:35 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

2. The Weather Station - Humanhood

3. Squid - Cowards

4. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong

5. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

6. Obongjayar - Paradise Now

7. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon

8. Nazar - Demilitarize

9. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?

10. Anxious - Bambi

11. Barker - Stochastic Drift

12. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way

13. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’

14. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III

15. Charmer - Downpour

16. Zement - Passagen

17. Flipturn - Burnout Days

18. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars

19. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen

20. Freckle - Freckle

21. Zach Phillips - True Music

22. Ethel Cain - Perverts

“I knew you were going to say Carly Rae Jepsen!” “Why would I talk about anyone else?”

On the show this week:

00:00:49 News

• NDAs should be banned to curb music industry ‘culture of misogyny’, says new parliament report

00:13:30 Paradise Now by Obongjayar review discussion

00:44:18 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam
2. The Weather Station - Humanhood
3. Squid - Cowards
4. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong
5. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
6. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon
7. Nazar - Demilitarize
8. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?
9. Anxious - Bambi
10. Barker - Stochastic Drift
11. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way
12. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
13. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
14. Zement - Passagen
15. Flipturn - Burnout Days
16. Charmer - Downpour
17. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
18. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
19. Freckle - Freckle
20. Zach Phillips - True Music
21. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"Why did I sound like Harry Styles"

On the show this week:

00:00:47 News

• Spotify continues to dominate in Europe

00:12:37 Downpour by Charmer review discussion

00:43:09 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam
2. The Weather Station - Humanhood
3. Squid - Cowards
4. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong
5. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
6. Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a Weapon
7. Nazar - Demilitarize
8. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?
9. Anxious - Bambi
10. Barker - Stochastic Drift
11. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way
12. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
13. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
14. Zement - Passagen
15. Flipturn - Burnout Days
16. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
17. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
18. Freckle - Freckle
19. Zach Phillips - True Music
20. Ethel Cain - Perverts