This week: new albums from grunge grrls Momma, Glaswegian kiss-and-tellers Baby Strange and Britpop afterthoughts Kula Shaker. Also: mindworms, Nigerian patois, massive generalised statements about this year’s music, the ceiling is the roof, as cool as Kim Deal, sell out with me tonight, you had a good go at it thanks for your input, shouts to Subaru wagons, concepts nobody asked for, the downside of the democratisation of music resourcing, songs about A-roads, roast lamb battles, indulgent dross, helping the aged, two hours of Russ trade talk, the choice of SLSCs statewide, user-submitted Spotify bios, economically problematic, kids don’t say the darnedest things, bumper sticker editorial positions, colonial powers, Dave Warner: Union Strong, throwing shade, toilet paper avoidance and workshopping our next sure-fire business opportunity.

Next week: Nebula, Black Midi and Beyoncé. All our recent review albums can be found on our album review playlist on Spotify - our full 2022 review archive is also up there, along with our 2022 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 (including our top 5s from previous years) is 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.