This week: new albums from The Jesus and Mary Chain, Drunk Mums and Gesaffelstein.
Also: valiant pushes, random edit points, canefield circlework, the end of Splendour, does Kylie talk to kids, the Graun on festivals, the minimal viable product model of setlists, mind the gap, still chasin’ status, why FOMO can FO, reaction dependency, mic-clipping levels of disgust, both types of music, the irony of complaining about production on a podcast with bad production, I’m aware of tripping balls, being confidently wrong about the release date of an album, eating all your Easter eggs at once, entrenched in disco, navigating by McWhirters, settling your bets, zero alcohol beers, the Libertines moment and resetting your Release Radar.

Next week: Bob Vylan | The Black Keys | Nothing But Thieves
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