Fighting the good fight and almost immediately losing the good fight

This week’s albums: new Hotline TNT and Skinner Brothers | old (and new) Hilltop HoodsAlso: Minimal viable product, meaningless terminology, doing too much, like and subscribe, front-loaded nostalgia, Em bits, Uncle Beeso’s Story Time, growing old together, SIX60 drivebys, 25 years in, say no to (some) drugs, shouts to Koolism, being objective vs being objectionable, on the cusp of a nosebleed, why try, protect the algorithm, we have Max Martin at home, dust cover blurbs, MKG > MGK, preloading in Nottingham, emo is not a dirty word, Lantanaland Clasicos, and the lowest-imaginable rent version of World Series Cricket.Next week: The Black Keys | NO CIGAR | As December FallsSpotify playlists: 2025 review albums | Playlist archive | Doc and Beeso’s 2025 mixtapesThe database: All our review albums and year-end top 5 listsFind us on: Spotify Podcasts | Apple Podcasts | RSS feed for other appsSocials: Beeso on Bluesky | Doc on BlueSky | Pod Facebook | Pod email