tripping balls (a music podcast?)

You look professional

This week’s new albums: Little Barrie [https://open.spotify.com/album/2kxSFK09gQC8JoZXjae30B?si=b04be692d9864833] | Elder Island [https://open.spotify.com/album/48uHlLQCi3wcJaAIU867xY?si=2af7031649ab4d86] | Elder [https://open.spotify.com/album/4mfX9k6ESpTZbahuoguR42?si=5b4d16e78a3c4f35]  Also: Vibe restorers, three-act festivals, too big for small rooms, screen assists, whither hammock time, underproduction values, late night brown spirts albums, getting dragged to Woodford, Legacy Slop Watch, ghosts of girlfriends past, bio-engineering, reclaiming our status as Australasia’s most Knicks-positive NBA-adjacent podcast, early red mist, Mike Brown Appreciation Hour, it’s all Bill Simmons’ fault, France play football now?, your first World Cup, ASO v ACO and prevailing over the profiteers.  3:26  Elder 6:19  Elder Island 9:49  Little Barrie 18:34  Next week’s albums  27:48  After Dark - NBA finals, kids’ football, World Cup  Next week’s new albums: Modern Woman [https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZJ5w2QxNb3b6hDxVo7mAE?si=434231856fd94361] | SLIFT [https://open.spotify.com/album/1BAZfqnxagI9RNfIVr8FwQ?si=cd88439ef4d84a5d] | Ben Kidson [https://open.spotify.com/album/1Ehm6gijMJ2XpCJYSE1ufZ?si=ed242241f2094b6c] Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]

The ultimate and inevitable triumph of mediocre washed-out pop

This week’s new albums: Friko [https://open.spotify.com/album/4myypnSDFC6PrjZRDYcBaC?si=2fc0000423344218] | The Lords of Altamont [https://open.spotify.com/album/2MwDcA48iusVuOuShK7EiA?si=5f84ce1faad94c08] | Harsh Riddims 5 [https://open.spotify.com/album/5x0vE5EZRRAkqK4YqM3xpz?si=d413a29236354587] Also: Failed HIAs, making a real difference, underground club nights, Substack music recs, false advertising, stale airport sandwiches, live listener counts, Celebrity Head updates, lorem ipsum lyrics, self-deleting albums, music and food, Kingsmill’s algorithm, Slim Pickens, how is Chris Brown still in the league, post-climate-change triphop, door number two, misplaced villain energy, the worst San Antonio will be for years, the 2002 Nets of 2026, defining yourself by failure, Sacramento Kangz: Talent Factory, getting spoilered by podcast playlists and a far too early TDF preview.  2:11  Harsh Riddims 5 6:36  Friko 10:35  The Lords Of Altamont 16:08  Next week’s albums  23:43  After Dark - NBA, Champions League, cycling Next week’s new albums: Little Barrie [https://open.spotify.com/album/2kxSFK09gQC8JoZXjae30B?si=b04be692d9864833] | Elder Island [https://open.spotify.com/album/48uHlLQCi3wcJaAIU867xY?si=2af7031649ab4d86] | Elder [https://open.spotify.com/album/4mfX9k6ESpTZbahuoguR42?si=5b4d16e78a3c4f35] (no relation) Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]

Drink a whole carton of Tooheys Red and run into a wall

This week’s new albums: RJD2 & Supastition [https://open.spotify.com/album/1hcuN1iRx4ZCbKXSyb8p0k?si=81587801b22e4de2] | Bloody Knees [https://open.spotify.com/album/3BXVhNyVXxlmPKBY6IPepa?si=e07bb042c04346be] | EPs from Little Simz [https://open.spotify.com/album/1CJBeo8t68wKcsvN4QRuLI?si=d9d8a4a3c76741de] and Grocery Bag [https://open.spotify.com/album/34mlEpchNTjcMtGagblmft?si=f1321271a6f54984] Also: confirmation bias in action, warm blankets, pen pal collabs, all the gear and no ideas, bucket hat dads, shooting down trial balloons, garbage bags, change-ups, who was the subject of Powderfinger’s ‘Celebrity Head’, the tripping balls of record labels, bad tattoo ideas, Arsenal won but at what cost, no relation, broke boy Blazers guy, suboptimal geopolitical analogies, who is Wemby’s Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the stench of America, the perfect way to lose, and spider-god spider-god does whatever a spider-god does.  2:20  RJD2 & Supastition 9:44  Bloody Knees 15:13  Little Simz 17:40  Grocery Bag 20:43  Next week’s albums  30:16  After Dark - Arsenal, NBA, World Cup Next week’s new albums: Friko [https://open.spotify.com/album/4myypnSDFC6PrjZRDYcBaC?si=2fc0000423344218] | The Lords of Altamont [https://open.spotify.com/album/2MwDcA48iusVuOuShK7EiA?si=5f84ce1faad94c08] | Harsh Riddims 5 [https://open.spotify.com/album/5x0vE5EZRRAkqK4YqM3xpz?si=d413a29236354587] Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]

Getting banned from the Lilliput Library

This week’s new albums: The Black Keys [https://open.spotify.com/album/4wl0lStE236Kc7pJ7eTpgq?si=16821efd855e4159] | Melanie Baker [https://open.spotify.com/album/4HpW8zDIK4ASIvMKEBlYoo?si=7e556a05e9ba4e06] | ISTA [https://open.spotify.com/album/7GgVRL2zETcwjtajhCS1yH?si=33fa0b4307874fc1] Also: Headbanging, getting dog’s abuse in book dedications, dingy downstairs sessions, that one tool that does that one job, that’s fairly interesting [https://www.nzonscreen.com/all-series/thats-fairly-interesting/], possibly the longest unbroken monologue Beeso has ever delivered on the podcast, point/counterpoint, get a diagnosis, 30 year mysteries solved, moving the sliders, different conclusions, pink butterflies, very superstitious, rabbit hole EPs, #BeesoReadsDatesWrongly, Titanic spoilers, tiny houses, the end of losing on purpose, when your first mover advantage has been moved past, falling in love with one good idea and important clarifications. 1:55  The Black Keys 5:06  Melanie Baker 13:00  ISTA 19:20  Next week’s albums  27:00  After Dark - NBA, futbol Next week’s new albums: RJD2 & Supastition [https://open.spotify.com/album/1hcuN1iRx4ZCbKXSyb8p0k?si=81587801b22e4de2] | Bloody Knees [https://open.spotify.com/album/3BXVhNyVXxlmPKBY6IPepa?si=e07bb042c04346be] | EPs from Little Simz [https://open.spotify.com/album/1CJBeo8t68wKcsvN4QRuLI?si=d9d8a4a3c76741de] and Grocery Bag [https://open.spotify.com/album/34mlEpchNTjcMtGagblmft?si=f1321271a6f54984] Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]

Incredibly clever and incredibly stupid

This week’s new albums: Trials [https://open.spotify.com/album/1sJcp8yxZMR6YXCcMRy2ms?si=24fdc331adcd4d78] | KNEECAP [https://open.spotify.com/album/0z5uyAUrflFAnjBR2EhW9J?si=b0364105a0bd44b0] | Iguana Death Cult [https://open.spotify.com/album/7BP6NegRO15kYR48tlfaX6?si=0e355354413949fd] Also: Out of touch royalty, when catching up with high school mates goes wrong, Bad Boy Bubby vs Let’s Get Skase, your own private Wild Colonial, love something like Labour governments love criminalising protest, shouts to Genius.com, unexpected Dutchmen, Dave Callan joins Viagra Boys, hurting your own brand, celebrating valiant failure, art project or psy-op?, fake Canadians, cartoon realism, Beetle avoidance, bicoastal clashes of energies, popcorn and beer, podcasting no-sells, old British people stop hating trans people challenge (impossible), sim to end, turning your club off and back on again, it’s nice to win stuff, Wrex on deck, Koaching Korner, 1989 Easts vs Broncos and a tribute to Three Knees Hancock.  1:50  Trials 6:42   Kneecap 12:08  Iguana Death Cult 16:15   Next week’s albums  27:00  After Dark - NBA playoffs, EPL relegation, 80s rugby league  Next week’s new albums: Melanie Baker [https://open.spotify.com/album/4HpW8zDIK4ASIvMKEBlYoo?si=7e556a05e9ba4e06] | ISTA [https://open.spotify.com/album/7GgVRL2zETcwjtajhCS1yH?si=33fa0b4307874fc1] | The Black Keys [https://open.spotify.com/album/4wl0lStE236Kc7pJ7eTpgq?si=16821efd855e4159] Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's 2026 mixtape [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]