This week: new RÜFÜS DO SOL, Parquet Courts and the Sore Losers. Also: gin-related news, low ceilings, chunky bits, avoiding festivals, Metallica have a lot to answer for, singer-songwritery, it seems like we’ve been doing this for a very long time, well well, failing to capture the zeitgeist, grid walk shenanigans, tour to survive, yes somebody made a documentary about the Fauves, is it 1998 again, desk jockeys, and my music taste has been slandered (my groceries just gone). Next week: new albums from Hollie Smith and ’68, and Electric Six go all Garage Inc.. Recent review albums are in our current album review playlist on Spotify, with earlier stuff in our 2021 review archive, along with our 2021 tripping balls mixtape featuring our favourite tracks from new albums we’ve reviewed this year. The full list of all the albums we've ever featured on the show and Beeso's playlist for his boys are also available elsewhere on the internet. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.