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“a lot to do with that technology that shall not be named” On the show this week: 00:00:57 News DistroKid has removed a collection of recordings from streaming services in response to claims made by Universal Music Group 00:07:59 DIGITiSE by HAAi album review discussion 00:54:07 Upcoming releases Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Overmono - Pure Devotion Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist Johnny Foreigner - Forwards! Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend Mandy, Indiana - URGH Floating Points and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Mere Mortals Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Jon McKiel - Gold Horatio Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Murex - Inventio Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left atmos bloom - Everythingness Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars beabadoobee - Pylon Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze James Ellis Ford - Lost In Another World Vacations - Pursuit of Anything American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

"They're always teetering on the verge of being annoying and being good" On the show this week: 00:00:52 News Competition for unsigned artists returns00:04:32 Pursuit of Anything by Vacations review discussion 00:40:03 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairFriko - Something Worth Waiting ForHelado Tropical - Helado TropicalOvermono - Pure DevotionNia Archives - Emotional JunglistJohnny Foreigner - Forwards!Phoebe Bridgers - Lost WeekendMandy, Indiana - URGHFloating Points and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Mere MortalsAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesJasmine Myra - Where Light SettlesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackJon McKiel - Gold HoratioOffice Dog - Prime CornerTrooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga ImashitaMurex - InventioCompandas - Tropical FinasterideThe Orielles - Only You Leftatmos bloom - EverythingnessGregory Uhlmann - Extra Starsbeabadoobee - PylonIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethModest Mouse - An Eraser And A MazeJames Ellis Ford - Lost In Another WorldAmerican Football - American Football (LP4)Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveSincere Engineer - Probable ClawsLande Hekt - Lucky NowLowertown - Ugly Duckling UnionYHWH Nailgun - Magazinerat - homeBoards of Canada - InfernoOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand HeartBasement - WIRED

“It’s not swans… it’s not swallows… it’s starlings” On the show this week: 00:00:51 News Several artists are “boycotting” the 2027 Grammys 00:11:31 Inventio by Murex album review discussion 00:54:10 Upcoming releases Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Overmono - Pure Devotion Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist Johnny Foreigner - Forwards! Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend Mandy, Indiana - URGH Floating Points and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Mere Mortals Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Jon McKiel - Gold Horatio Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left atmos bloom - Everythingness Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars beabadoobee - Pylon Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze James Ellis Ford - Lost In Another World American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

"they've said they're not, but they are, they're definitely not doing that" On the show this week: 00:00:46 News Apple Music to open new live venue in London00:22:13 Pylon by beabadoobee album review discussion 00:54:36 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Overmono - Pure Devotion Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist Johnny Foreigner - Forwards! Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend Mandy, Indiana - URGH Floating Points and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Mere Mortals Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Jon McKiel - Gold Horatio Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left atmos bloom - Everythingness Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze James Ellis Ford - Lost In Another World American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

"I'm going to stop saying nice" On the show this week: 00:00:38 News Ed Sheeran removes Macklemore from his tour line-up00:13:53 Gold Horatio by Jon McKiel album review discussion 00:39:14 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Overmono - Pure Devotion Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist Johnny Foreigner - Forwards! Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend Mandy, Indiana - URGH Floating Points and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Mere Mortals Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left atmos bloom - Everythingness Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze James Ellis Ford - Lost In Another World American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

“If anyone listening knows a good shortish book recounting the recent history of Birmingham...” On the show this week: 00:00:51 News Raye’s new single is playing on (some) Lime bikes in London 00:06:01 Forwards! by Johnny Foreigner album review discussion 00:52:02 Upcoming releases Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Overmono - Pure Devotion Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend Mandy, Indiana - URGH Floating Points and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Mere Mortals Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left atmos bloom - Everythingness Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze James Ellis Ford - Lost In Another World American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

"Shout out to Prometheus - I love fire!" On the show this week: 00:00:52 News New music-themed hotel coming to Denmark Street in London00:07:43 Mere Mortals by Floating Points and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra review discussion 01:01:27 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairFriko - Something Worth Waiting ForHelado Tropical - Helado TropicalOvermono - Pure DevotionNia Archives - Emotional JunglistPhoebe Bridgers - Lost WeekendMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesJasmine Myra - Where Light SettlesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackOffice Dog - Prime CornerTrooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga ImashitaCompandas - Tropical FinasterideThe Orielles - Only You Leftatmos bloom - EverythingnessGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethModest Mouse - An Eraser And A MazeJames Ellis Ford - Lost In Another WorldAmerican Football - American Football (LP4)Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveSincere Engineer - Probable ClawsLande Hekt - Lucky NowLowertown - Ugly Duckling UnionYHWH Nailgun - Magazinerat - homeBoards of Canada - InfernoOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand HeartBasement - WIRED

"If you don't know who Dolly Parton was you're either really young or you've been living under a rock." On the show this week: 00:00:41 News Dolly Parton dies aged 8000:05:48 Lost In Another World by James Ellis Ford album review discussion 00:31:11 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Overmono - Pure Devotion Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend Mandy, Indiana - URGH Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left atmos bloom - Everythingness Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

"They put a comma here because the character is sad" On the show this week: 00:00:44 News New high-end karaoke device releasing00:08:27 Lost Weekend by Phoebe Bridgers album review discussion 01:01:48 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Overmono - Pure Devotion Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist Mandy, Indiana - URGH Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left atmos bloom - Everythingness Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

"This is good but I have work in 2 hours" On the show this week: 00:00:42 News DJ platform beatport bans AI musicSpotify announce they will be introducing new AI persona labellingTaylor Swift has her music pulled from White House social media posts00:04:47 Pure Devotion by Overmono album review discussion 00:50:30 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip SwitchRatboys - Singin’ to an Empty ChairFriko - Something Worth Waiting ForHelado Tropical - Helado TropicalNia Archives - Emotional JunglistMandy, Indiana - URGHAvalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into ChangesJasmine Myra - Where Light SettlesThundercat - DistractedPrism Shores - Softest AttackOffice Dog - Prime CornerTrooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga ImashitaCompandas - Tropical FinasterideThe Orielles - Only You Leftatmos bloom - EverythingnessGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethModest Mouse - An Eraser And A MazeAmerican Football - American Football (LP4)Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveSincere Engineer - Probable ClawsLande Hekt - Lucky NowLowertown - Ugly Duckling UnionYHWH Nailgun - Magazinerat - homeBoards of Canada - InfernoOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand HeartBasement - WIRED

“It feels summery… it feels like August 22nd, maybe?” “23rd, probably.” On the show this week: 00:00:59 News Brian Eno’s ‘Music For Airports’ to be performed at Manchester Airport 00:07:43 Everythingness by atmos bloom album review discussion 00:50:19 Upcoming releases Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist Mandy, Indiana - URGH Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

“It is Imogen Heap-y but it’s got her own thing to it” On the show this week: 00:00:57 News Katy Perry ‘deeply appalled’ by White House use of her song ‘Fireworks’ 00:10:27 Emotional Junglist by Nia Archives album review discussion 01:01:01 Upcoming releases Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Helado Tropical - Helado Tropical Mandy, Indiana - URGH Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita Compandas - Tropical Finasteride The Orielles - Only You Left Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

"maybe if that was in English I would be like `that's so cringe` but here I think it's cool" On the show this week: 00:01:51 News 50% of uploaded Deezer trackers are AI00:12:59 Helado Tropical by Helado Tropical review discussion 00:49:42 Upcoming releases Album 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 AttackOffice Dog - Prime CornerTrooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga ImashitaCompandas - Tropical FinasterideThe Orielles - Only You LeftGregory Uhlmann - Extra StarsIron & Wine - Hen’s TeethModest Mouse - An Eraser And A MazeAmerican Football - American Football (LP4)Dry Cleaning - Secret LoveSincere Engineer - Probable ClawsLande Hekt - Lucky NowLowertown - Ugly Duckling UnionYHWH Nailgun - Magazinerat - homeBoards of Canada - InfernoOkkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - SignalsLucid Express - Instant ComfortJenny on Holiday - Quicksand HeartBasement - WIRED

"Can you Renaissance something?" On the show this week: 00:00:46 News Pale Waves launches competition for Manchester artists00:06:31 Tropical Finasteride by Compandas album review discussion 00:32:03 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Mandy, Indiana - URGH Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Office Dog - Prime Corner Trooper Salute - Tomodachi Ga Imashita The Orielles - Only You Left Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED

“Like a butter knife in terms of edge” On the show this week: 00:00:55 News Sony Music have closed a warehouse for punk artist merch after workers unionised Physical versions of Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ contain different versions of the album 00:17:05 Tomodachi Ga Imashita by Trooper Salute album review discussion 00:56:01 Upcoming releases Album rankings: Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Hotwire Trip Switch Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair Friko - Something Worth Waiting For Mandy, Indiana - URGH Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes Jasmine Myra - Where Light Settles Thundercat - Distracted Prism Shores - Softest Attack Office Dog - Prime Corner The Orielles - Only You Left Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars Iron & Wine - Hen’s Teeth Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze American Football - American Football (LP4) Dry Cleaning - Secret Love Sincere Engineer - Probable Claws Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union YHWH Nailgun - Magazine rat - home Boards of Canada - Inferno Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble - Signals Lucid Express - Instant Comfort Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart Basement - WIRED