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This week’s new albums: Bruno Mars | Earth Tongue | The StrippAlso: Bad times on the bullet train, Wednesday night gigs, sweaty skeevy schtick, chasing the Latin zeitgeist, Anglo mild, AI art, stuff normies like, Ty one on, late night SBS movies, tell us what you really think, the bleeding edge of clip, second hand Datsuns, 80s 90s and today, Nick Cave does rockabilly, unnecessary flair, triple-barrelled mates, emoji album picks, Styles over substance, off-label mouthwash, grime will make you get down now, never make a F1 take before FP3, World Cup patsies, nine ball finishes, this is our year, Swans Casual Corner, every NBA news story, being mediocre for 20 years and cancelling the play-in.2:49  Bruno Mars10:51  Earth Tongue14:47  The Stripp20:37  Next week’s albums24:23  After Dark - more music, F1, T20, code, NBANext week’s new albums: Dub Pistols x Freestylers | THUMPER | GUMSpotify playlists: Album review playlist | 2025 review archive | Doc and Beeso’s 2025 mixtapes | All our playlistsThe list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fivesFind us on: Spotify Podcasts | Apple Podcasts | RSS feed for other appsSocials: Beeso on Bluesky | Doc on BlueSky | Pod Facebook | Pod email