Unmuted, Unmastered

“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: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Hotline TNT - Raspberry...

"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: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon Black Countr...

"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: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon Black Country New Road - Forev...

“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: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong...

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"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: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong Japanese Bre...

“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: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards B...

"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: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)...

"They really pull out the cautious" On the show this week: 00:00:53 News Spotify will show listen counts for podcasts 00:12:29 Wield Your Hope Like A Weapon by Soot Sprite review discussion 00:42:09 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunett...

"I’m thinking like 90s electronica, the ones that have a snowy picture on the front cover" On the show this week: 00:01:13 News Lord Buffalo cancel European tour after drummer Yamal Said is detained by US border control 00:07:33 You Wanna Fade? by Alien Boy album review discussion 00:45:47 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhoo...

"I'm now way more confused than I was going in!" On the show this week: 00:00:46 News Tennis attack Pitchfork reviews 00:12:10 The Scholars by Car Seat Headrest 00:51:48 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad w...

"I have a feeling we're going to diverge quite significantly" On the show this week: 00:00:45 News Australian radio station hosted by AI for 20 hours a week 00:06:10 Demilitarize by Nazar album review discussion 00:24:15 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Black Country New Road - Forever Howlo...

"I want it noted for posterity that I've disagreed." "Noted." On the show this week: 00:00:52 News Call to fine 'headphone dodgers' who play music on buses 00:08:33 Send a Prayer My Way by Julien Baker & TORRES album review discussion 00:49:04 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Bla...

"It feels very English and I don't know how to elaborate on that but it does" On the show this week: 00:00:52 News Buskers banned from Leicester Square 00:08:05 Forever Howlong by Black Country New Road 00:41:43 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad...

"Stave off the boygenius tiredness" On the show this week: 00:00:39 News Trump's tariffs cause fallout in the music industry 00:09:27 Stochastic Drift by Barker album review discussion 00:29:38 James' thoughts on Patience, Moonbeam by Great Grandpa 00:32:26 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowar...

"We love and respect Imogen Heap in this household" On the show this week: 00:01:11 Patience, Moonbeam by Great Grandpa review discussion 00:31:45 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) Anxious - Bambi Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Si...

"This is cosmic payback for me using the word lugubrious" On the show this week: 00:00:48 News Soundcloud trends released 00:06:47 For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) by Japanese Breakfast review discussion 00:45:54 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Anxious - Bambi Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out...

"Is this required reading for the album listening experience?" On the show this week: 00:01:04 News PRS and the BBPA launch the Pubs Go Live initiative 00:06:15 Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’ by Courting album review discussion 00:35:56 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards...

"sounds like the really short synopsis you see under Netflix movies" On the show this week: 00:00:51 News Global music growth slows in 2024 with streaming's share of revenue actually dipping 00:08:22 Blood On the Silver Screen by SASAMI review discussion 00:35:36 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Anxious - Bambi Om Unit - Acid Dub Studi...

"I only measure in Bruce Springsteens" On the show this week: 00:01:05 News Create Music Group acquires deadmau5 and mau5trap records 00:09:45 Acid Dub Studies III by Om Unit review discussion 00:37:23 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Anxious - Bambi Zement - Passagen Flipturn - Burnout Days Freckle - Freckle Zach Phillips - True Music Eth...

"Bambi by Bambi" On the show this week: 00:01:09 News Musicians in the UK protest new AI law 00:09:26 Bambi by Anxious album review discussion 00:57:15 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Zement - Passagen Flipturn - Burnout Days Freckle - Freckle Zach Phillips - True Music Ethel Cain - Perverts

"as someone who grew up in a Radio 2 household, it is 100% the Radio 2 audience" On the show this week: 00:00:51 News Red Hot Chili Peppers seeking $350M in masters catalog sale 00:05:00 Passagen by Zement review discussion 00:40:27 Quantum Sound: Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini gig review 00:47:44 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Squid - Cowards Fl...

"if you want a lyric from this album tattooed on you...you might get some questions" On the show this week: 00:00:45 News Universal Music Group and Music Health Alliance Launch Music Industry Mental Health Fund 00:06:34 Cowards by Squid review discussion 00:37:07 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Flipturn - Burnout Days Freckle - Freckle Zach Phillips - True Music E...

"Thinking about horses and girls" On the show this week: 00:00:50 News Hangouts brings social listening to Discord 00:08:40 Freckle by Freckle album review discussion 00:28:45 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Flipturn - Burnout Days Freckle - Freckle Zach Phillips - True Music Ethel Cain - Perverts

"This really kind of squidgy wet guitar sound" On the show this week: 00:00:51 News Marshall Amps under new ownership (again) 00:05:27 Burnout Days by flipturn review discussion 00:36:21 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: The Weather Station - Humanhood Zach Phillips - True Music Ethel Cain - Perverts