This week: new stuff from Bad Dreems and the Hard-Ons, Oscar buzz, letting it go, go hard early, Frozen 2: It’s The Thawed That Counts, representation matters, industrial deafness, Beasts of Suburban, old dudes making noises, Adelaide alive, short-range throwbacks, do more of that, et tu Caesar, Detroit Brock City, the first Sabrina reference in any kind of media since late 1989, we solve Taylor Swift’s career crisis, culture vs sales, Beyonce album power rankings, Unkle Shadow, fake bands with real merch (and yes kids In The Worst Possible Taste is somehow still allowed online), refusing to accept the world has moved on, original parts and the last great protest album. Next week: new Fat Freddy’s Drop and L7. Current & recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify (earlier albums from 2019 are archived here), along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. Our full list of review albums and Beeso's kids playlist are also available. Get more BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (please subscribe, rate and review), and feel free to hurl your reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.