Unmuted, Unmastered

"It almost felt like when you make a hot chocolate and some of the powder doesn’t mix in properly" On the show this week: 00:00:59 News A.I. music startup Suno admits training on copyrighted music 00:09:40 To the Ghosts by Cults album review discussion 00:42:48 James' mini review of All Hell by Los Campesinos! 00:44:54 Upcoming releases Album rankings: Los Campesinos! - All Hell Bonny Light Horsem...

"Sophmore-core feels... I don't know" On the show this week: 00:00:41 News Black Belt Eagle Scout launces crowdfunding campaign for medical expenses 00:05:15 All Hell by Los Campesinos! album review discussion 00:49:49 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - A...

"...a classic magnolia that's greyed over time" On the show this week: 00:00:46 News Massive Attack planning the lowest-carbon concert of its size ever 00:08:06 My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins album review discussion 00:43:17 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry...

"I can't get my words today" On the show this week: 00:00:56 News Universal are merging Island and EMI 00:09:08 Love Heart Cheat Code by Hiatus Kaiyote album review discussion 00:36:37 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma Dehd - Poetry MGMT - Loss of...

"My transcendental music library will never be the same" On the show this week: 00:00:57 News Kerrang! TV has shut down 00:07:30 Jinxed by Being by Shackleton & Six Organs of Admittance album review discussion 00:35:23 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma Dehd - Poetry M...

"'Anti-socialites' is my olives" On the show this week: 00:00:53 Live reviews Taylor Swift Alvvays 00:23:14 News Two major AI song generator platforms being sued by the 3 major record labels 00:31:05 Scattersun by Fax Gang & Parannoul album review discussion Album Rankings: Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blu...

"It's just so dismissive!" On the show this week: 00:00:41 News Universal approved AI vocal plugin released 00:09:57 BRAT by Charli xcx album review discussion 00:43:55 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma Dehd - Poetry MGMT - Loss of Life Halogenix -...

"I feel like BBC Verify" On the show this week: 00:01:07 News Rythm returns to Discord as an activity app 00:08:43 Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free by Bonny Light Horseman album review discussion 00:48:27 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma Dehd - Poetry MGMT - Loss of Life Halogenix - Passions Helado Negro - Phasor Bad Bad Hats...

"I'm a fickle person" On the show this week: 00:00:45 News Twitch announce a new DJ licencing programme 00:09:21 Did You Get Better by Babe Report album review discussion 00:34:53 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma Dehd - Poetry MGMT - Loss of Life Halogenix - Passions Helado Negro - Phasor Bad Bad Hats - Bad Bad H...

"It feels difficult to follow that description" On the show this week: 00:00:39 News Queen attempting to sell catalogue and merchandising 00:07:20 Frog In Boiling Water by DIIV album review discussion 00:34:27 Upcoming releases this week 00:36:49 James' thoughts on Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons Album rankings: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma De...

"if you're remembering what you were doing as a baby that's impressive, but also slightly scary" On the show this week: 00:00:56 News Universal Audio launch LUNA on Windows 00:15:09 Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons album review discussion 00:52:16 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma Dedh - Poetry MGMT - Loss of Life Halogenix - Passions Helado...

"...sponsored by mountain dew" On the show this week: 00:00:46 News Apple music release top 100 albums of all time 00:13:01 Poetry by Dehd album review discussion 00:39:32 Vacations live review 00:43:14 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma MGMT - Loss of Life Halogenix - Passions Helado Negro - Phasor Bad Bad Hats - Bad Bad Hats Pillow Queens - Name...

"Repetition to the point where I shouldn't like it" On the show this week: 00:00:44 News Steve Albini dies at 61 00:07:18 Pull the Rope by Ibibio Sound Machine album review discussion 00:38:39 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma MGMT - Loss of Life Halogenix - Passions Helado Negro - Phasor Bad Bad Hats - Bad Bad Hats Pillow Queens - Na...

"It sounds exactly like my dehumidifier..." On the show this week: 00:00:56 News The TikTok versus UMG saga continues 00:07:16 Passions by Halogenix album review discussion 00:33:11 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma MGMT - Loss of Life Helado Negro - Phasor Bad Bad Hats - Bad Bad Hats Pillow Queens - Name Your Sorrow Omni - Souvenir Sheer Mag - Pl...

"We're not Taylor Swift's press department; we don't have to say that!" On the show this week: 00:00:47 News Taylor Swift week! (tiktok plastered with her new album) 00:10:20 Name Your Sorrow by Pillow Queens album review discussion 00:36:14 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma MGMT - Loss of Life Helado Negro - Phasor Bad Bad Hats - Bad...

"I don't know how many things are gaudy in a good way..." On the show this week: 00:00:49 News Hipgnosis sold to Concord 00:08:11 Bad Bad Hats by Bad Bad Hats album review discussion 00:31:45 Upcoming releases Album rankings Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma MGMT - Loss of Life Helado Negro - Phasor Omni - Souvenir Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites Vacations - No Place Like Home O...

"Bring this to Dragon's Den!" On the show this week: 00:01:08 News Spotify officially demonetises tracks under 1000 streams Taylor Swift’s music mysteriously back on TikTok 00:09:44 The Sunset Violent by Mount Kimbie album review discussion 00:37:52 Upcoming releases 00:40:33 Bonus segment: Will's Musical Musings (review of Hadestown at the Lyric) Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blu...

"That's what I've said now...that's on record" On the show this week: 00:00:49 News Glastonbury raises £1.2million for people suffering from conflict worldwide 00:04:45 Live Laugh Love by Chastity Belt album review discussion 00:40:02 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Jlin - Akoma MGMT - Loss of Life Helado Negro - Phasor Omni - Souvenir Sheer Mag...

"It does kinda make me think of Batman v Superman" On the show this week: 00:00:41 News Sony has won a copyright infringement lawsuit against rapper Trefuego 00:08:18 Akoma by Jlin album review discussion 00:34:30 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry MGMT - Loss of Life Helado Negro - Phasor Omni - Souvenir Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites Vacations - No Place Like H...

"I do feel like they could have gone somewhere else with it rather than talking about a teenage horse" On the show this week: 00:00:57 News ‘Secret’ composer behind 650 fake artists on Spotify, with 15 billion streams 00:07:45 10 Songs I Hate About You by Dancer album review discussion 00:36:08 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry MGMT - Loss of Life Helado Negro - Phasor...

"It sounded like it was being sung through a tin can" On the show this week: 00:00:46 News Opulous unveils ai-driven future music royalties calculation tool 00:08:07 Playing Favorites by Sheer Mag album review discussion 00:36:58 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry MGMT - Loss of Life Helado Negro - Phasor Omni - Souvenir Vacations - No Place Like Home Office Do...

"maybe you need to take up carpentry" On the show this week: 00:00:41 News Apple fined €1.8bn for breaking EU law Number of UK independent record shops hits 10-year high 00:14:26 Third Wind by Gulfer album review discussion 00:42:30 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry MGMT - Loss of Life Helado Negro - Phasor Omni - Souvenir Vacations - No Place Like Home Office...

"It's a looper at the end of the day" On the show this week: 00:00:41 News Leading women executives and The Circle unite to combat gender-based violence and poverty worldwide 00:07:09 Loss of Life by MGMT album review discussion 00:32:10 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Helado Negro - Phasor Omni - Souvenir Vacations - No Place Like Home Office Dog - Spiel gl...

"Mr. big shot'" On the show this week: 00:00:47 News Apple face €500m fine 00:10:09 Souvenir by Omni album review discussion 00:38:16 Upcoming releases Album Rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Helado Negro - Phasor Vacations - No Place Like Home Office Dog - Spiel glass beach - plastic death SPRINTS - Letter To Self

"You quite sweepingly cut a bunch of people from their jobs" On the show this week: 00:00:46 News 31 per cent of nightclubs in the UK were forced to close last year 00:18:56 Phasor by Helado Negro album review discussion 00:45:01 Upcoming releases this week Album rankings: Katy Kirby - Blue Raspberry Vacations - No Place Like Home Office Dog - Spiel glass beach - plastic death SPRINTS -...