This week: new albums from Jack White and Wet Leg, the Janet English Retrospective Collection from Spiderbait, and what turns out to be a Zero 7 album from 13 years ago. Also: JK Rowling’s less objectionable traits, maximal shredding, New Crow, upholstery, inverted palettes, last relevant in 2009, elevated elevator music, Kevin07, After Happyland, tonight: alright, Thrash Frente, anticipating the launch, Dragon slander, relentless weirdness, it’s got guitars in it?, Adelaide strays, cancelled Edgar Wright projects, avoiding typecasting, deep cuts, people say we monkey around, round trips, legally actionable, familial resemblance, crack for gen X music podcasters, doubling down on dumb and European vacations.

Next week: new albums from the Crystal Method and Warmduscher, and a potential undiscovered masterpiece from Brassy. Those and previous weeks’ review albums can be found on our album review playlist on Spotify - along with our 2022 tripping balls mixtape, featuring our favourite tracks from new albums we’ve reviewed this year, and our 2021 review archive and mixtape. The full list of all the albums we've ever featured on the show (including our top 5s from previous years) and Beeso's playlist for his boys are also available elsewhere on the internet. 

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