Unmuted, Unmastered

"Maybe he was watching a lot of Bake Off or something"On the show this week:00:00:45 NewsDeezer launches AI music detector for your music00:13:56 An Eraser And A Maze by Modest Mouse review discussion00:56:07 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairFriko - Something Worth Waiting ForMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesJasmine Myra - Where Light SettlesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethAmerican Football - American Football (LP4)Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky NowLowertown - Ugly Duckling Unionrat - homeBoards of Canada - InfernoOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand HeartBasement - WIRED

"I guess we are quite into the craft"On the show this week:00:00:57 NewsWorld Cup album announced00:06:53 Inferno by Boards of Canada album review discussion00:49:56 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairFriko - Something Worth Waiting ForMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesJasmine Myra - Where Light SettlesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethAmerican Football - American Football (LP4)Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky NowLowertown - Ugly Duckling Unionrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand HeartBasement - WIRED

“Shoutout to unions… join your union”On the show this week:00:01:04 NewsSpotify launches Reserved, a feature that will hold two concert tickets for an artist’s most dedicated fans00:11:23 Ugly Duckling Union by Lowertown album review discussion00:50:32 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairFriko - Something Worth Waiting ForMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesJasmine Myra - Where Light SettlesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethAmerican Football - American Football (LP4)Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand HeartBasement - WIRED

"We're very cheap producers. It doesn't take much to get us on board"On the show this week:00:00:46 NewsGovernment face criticism over taking VAT from grassroots levy00:09:14 Where Light Settles by Jasmine Myra review discussion00:48:10 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairFriko - Something Worth Waiting ForMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethAmerican Football - American Football (LP4)Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand HeartBasement - WIRED

"Kinda like watching The Last Jedi"On the show this week:00:00:36 NewsBPI reports that UK is 'on cusp of AI licensing boom'WIRED by Basement album review discussionUpcoming releases

“That sounds like the Lloyds TSB advert from like 2008”On the show this week:00:00:54 NewsLiverpool hosts first 'Music Month’00:06:07 American Football (LP4) by American Football album review discussion00:54:07 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairFriko - Something Worth Waiting ForMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"choo choo"On the show this week:00:01:03 NewsJimi Hendrix's former bandmates lose case against Sony Music00:09:07 Something Worth Waiting For by Friko review discussion00:56:51 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"this year's For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)"On the show this week:00:00:39 NewsRecord Store Day reports its largest ever event, with 25% boost in sales00:06:46 Hotwire Trip Switch by Prince Daddy & The Hyena album review discussion00:51:47 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

“I think there’s a Weezer colouring book coming out if you’re interested in that”On the show this week:00:00:51 NewsJury Finds Live Nation acts as a monopoly00:07:25 Softest Attack by Prism Shores album review discussion00:43:43 Upcoming releases (and colouring books)Album rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesThundercat - DistractedThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"At certain points he just starts meowing"On the show this week:00:00:45 NewsKanye West banned from entering the UK00:13:59 Distracted by Thundercat review discussion00:43:35 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"so many big words"On the show this week:00:00:39 NewsGlobal Local launches UnMute, the UK's first music roster showcasing disabled artists00:05:29 Extra Stars by Gregory Ulhmann album review discussion00:30:31 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesThe Orielles - Only You LeftIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"It all starts with Bono"On the show this week:00:00:46 NewsNew Apple Music features00:09:02 Written into Changes by Avalon Emerson & the Charm review discussion00:49:21 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHThe Orielles - Only You LeftIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"I could dip my toes in it"On the show this week:00:01:19 NewsIFPI release their annual report on the music industry00:08:34 Only You Left by The Orielles review discussion00:41:21 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"I suppose I did find it stimulating"On the show this week:00:00:52 NewsSpotify release their annual economic report00:13:25 Signals by Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble album review discussion00:47:00 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

“I’m not generally a person who subscribes to the idea of the ick”On the show this week:00:00:48 NewsApple Music adds AI ‘transparency tags’00:07:47 Hen’s Teeth by Iron & Wine album review discussion00:40:07 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

“I’ve broken into Alex Turner’s house and I've said 'you write a good song this time Alex'"*On the show this week:00:00:48 NewsLive Nation have released a statement saying the threat of their company being broken up is over00:17:56 Instant Comfort by Lucid Express album review discussion00:41:06 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairMandy, Indiana - URGHDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

“What are your thoughts on the Ewan McGregor movie Christopher Robin?”On the show this week:00:00:55 NewsGreen councillor takes issue with local music venue over controversial singer00:11:47 Singin’ to an Empty Chair by Ratboys album review discussion00:57:13 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Mandy, Indiana - URGHDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"A bit of a Craig David vibe"On the show this week:00:01:16 NewsWednesday (and others) announce they are leaving Wasserman talent agency over CEO's Epstein links00:09:05 URGH by Mandy, Indiana album review discussion00:47:52 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankingsDry Cleaning - Secret LoveLande Hekt - Lucky Nowrat - homeJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"Bassy guitar bass"On the show this week:00:00:45 NewsNapster announce plans for new AI app00:11:54 Lucky Now by Lande Hekt review discussion00:37:29 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Dry Cleaning - Secret Loverat - homeJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

"This is too much of a stupid argument I'm having with myself and a straw man in my head"On the show this week:00:00:38 NewsUK government announces business rate relief for live music venues00:07:34 home by rat album review discussion00:42:01 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveJenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart

“I don’t know if I have a good segue from organs”On the show this week:00:00:57 NewsBandcamp bans AI music00:08:54 Quicksand Heart by Jenny on Holiday album review discussion00:34:39 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:Dry Cleaning - Secret Love

"I wanted to be a mermaid...who am I to judge?"On the show this week:00:00:47 NewsMatt Kwasniewski-Kelvin has diedFender releases Fender Studio Pro00:08:36 Secret Love by Dry Cleaning review discussion00:39:59 Upcoming releases

On the show this week:00:01:40 Elle's top 500:20:46 James' top 500:33:53 Will's top 5Visit the website here: unmutedunmastered.github.io

“You can fight a scalding coffee cup”In our Winter Series we're reviewing the best uses of music across different media, and in Episode 4 we're making our case for the greatest video game soundtracks of all time.On the show this week:00:01:10 James' Best Video Game Soundtrack00:13:20 Elle's Best Video Game Soundtrack00:22:49 Will's Best Video Game Soundtrack

“Atonal nightmares”In our Winter Series we're reviewing the best uses of music across different media, and in this episode, we're making our case for the greatest movie score of all time.On the show this week:00:00:48 Elle's Best Movie Score00:10:18 Will's Best Movie Score00:16:56 James' Best Movie Score

"That's brought up some of the best memes on the internet"In our Winter Series, we're reviewing the best uses of music across different media, and in episode 2, we're making our case for the greatest TV soundtracks of all time.On the show this week:00:01:01 James' Best TV Soundtrack00:08:56 Elle's Best TV Soundtrack00:21:16 Will's Best TV Soundtrack

“They are kind of ripping off Scared Shrekless, aren’t they”In our Winter Series we're reviewing the best uses of music across different media, and in Episode 1 we're making our case for the greatest movie soundtracks of all time.On the show this week:00:02:11 Will's Best Movie Soundtrack00:10:51 Elle's Best Movie Soundtrack00:22:54 James' Best Movie Soundtrack

"251 - new rules!"On the show this week:00:01:28 Elle's Favourite Unreviewed Album00:12:49 Will's Favourite Unreviewed Album00:20:52 James' Favourite Unreviewed Album

We discuss what the best album we've reviewed on the show is.Thanks for listening!

“It’s a really cool album. It might just be dad cool.”On the show this week:00:00:56 NewsUK moves to ban resale of tickets above original price00:06:30 Watch It Die by Home Front album review discussion00:39:48 Bonus segment: Will’s thoughtsReview of a Pitchfork reviewWill’s personal streaming serviceAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Whitney - Small TalkObongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideDaniel Avery - TremorKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiJay Som - Belongshame - CutthroatJust Mustard - WE WERE JUST HEREBarker - Stochastic DriftMilitarie Gun - God Save The GunJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"They should've got Jeff Bridges in to do the low parts"On the show this week:00:00:46 NewsMost people can't detect fully AI generated music00:11:32 Small Talk by Whitney album review discussion00:37:56 Live Review00:43:22 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideDaniel Avery - TremorKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiJay Som - Belongshame - CutthroatJust Mustard - WE WERE JUST HEREBarker - Stochastic DriftMilitarie Gun - God Save The GunJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"Who knows?"On the show this week:00:00:40 NewsLeo Fender's guitar company is shutting down00:07:07 Tremor by Daniel Avery album review discussion00:35:38 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiJay Som - Belongshame - CutthroatJust Mustard - WE WERE JUST HEREBarker - Stochastic DriftMilitarie Gun - God Save The GunJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

“sorry, it was a bit beyond my intelligence level”On the show this week:00:01:12 NewsK-pop group NewJeans loses legal battle against agency00:08:35 WE WERE JUST HERE by Just Mustard album review discussion00:37:54 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiJay Som - Belongshame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftMilitarie Gun - God Save The GunJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"I don't know how I've never read that properly before"On the show this week:00:00:44 NewsYoutube contributed 8 billion to the industry in the past year00:06:43 God Save The Gun by Militarie Gun review discussion00:27:51 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiJay Som - Belongshame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"take everything I say with a grain of salt"On the show this week:00:00:40 NewsMTV closing all music video TV stations in the UK00:07:27 Belong by Jay Som album review discussion00:30:04 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"look out...eguhh!"On the show this week:00:00:49 NewsThe Beths have their gear stolen on tour00:07:07 Twilight Override by Jeff Tweedy review discussion00:46:51 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"someone should make an album called 'getting killed by geese' as well"On the show this week:00:00:51 NewsDaniel Ek steps down as Spotify CEO00:08:19 Getting Killed by Geese album review discussion00:46:59 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"We're going to stop that soon, don't worry"On the show this week:00:00:46 NewsSpotify taking steps to target fraud and AI00:13:48 Bleeds by Wednesday album review discussion00:47:41 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"...as though it was a really long time ago. I'm not that old!"On the show this week:00:00:50 NewsEpidemic sounds release 'Adapt' AI toolDeezer admit that 28% of music on their platform is AI00:13:40 Trying Not To Have A Thought by Algernon Cadwallader review discussion00:47:55 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

“I have such a love/hate relationship with those Bandcamp descriptions”On the show this week:00:00:52 NewsSpotify introduces lossless listening for its premium users00:12:20 Cutthroat by shame album review discussion00:34:58 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"Why would you speak that into existence? That's horrific."On the show this week:00:01:30 NewsJYP is making an AI K-pop artist00:09:47 Straight Line Was A Lie by The Beths album review discussion00:52:16 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

“I really thought I was so misunderstood, and only Paramore understood me”On the show this week:00:01:06 NewsSpotify introduces direct messagesHotline TNT leaves Spotify00:14:06 Dreams of Being Dust by The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die album review discussion00:46:46 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"the act of loving your computer, possibly too much"On the show this week:00:00:41 NewsSpotify adds new track transitions toolGCSE Music entries up this year00:07:44 Will moves to a new streaming service00:20:03 I Love My Computer by Ninajirachi album review discussion00:48:49 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"Maybe I'm just not intellectual enough to get it but it really confused me!"On the show this week:00:01:09 NewsAnthropic accused of torrenting copyright lyrics to train their AI chatbot00:08:58 Bugland by No Joy album review discussion00:37:15 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

“the snare really does sound like a goose honking”On the show this week:00:00:52 NewsPRS for Music announces monthly royalty payments for online streaming00:07:11 Lucidity by Kloke album review discussion00:42:26 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"investors are maybe a bit silly"On the show this week:00:00:45 NewsMore artists are pulling their content from Spotify00:10:22 Autofiction by Far Caspian review discussion00:33:11 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"I'm the regulatory body for Bandcamp pages"On the show this week:00:00:42 NewsOzzy Osbourne dies aged 7600:10:23 The Longer This Goes On by Forth Wanderers album review discussion00:40:01 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

“They kind of impart that feeling of very laidback… edness… laidbackedness?”On the show this week:00:00:51 NewsPremium Spotify users are seeing sponsored recommendations00:13:01 Tuff Times Never Last by Kokoroko album review discussion00:44:02 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"We forget how to do this podcast 230 episodes in"On the show this week:00:00:55 NewsROKK reveals policy of ‘no fully AI-generated music’ on its service00:15:09 Landscape from Memory by Rival Consoles review discussion00:42:02 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"she has no confidence in people wanting to keep it"On the show this week:00:00:40 NewsLorde's new transparent CD doesn't work00:09:37 MIRAI by Akira Kosemura album review discussion00:41:11 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts