This week in music: new albums from Alfie Templeman, Earth Tongue and Hockey Dad. Also: fame chasers, defining indie, pro-vaccine takes, oooo spoooky, taxation multiplication, rat sweat, colour charts, we’ve just run out of indie cliches, nothing ventured or gained, ice ice ice, Swingers vs Singles, ripping off the ripoff, dot dot dot, the Ugly Duckling school of song titling, out of context music cues and yet more hockey content.

Next week: Fu Manchu | The Tibbs | Joywave
Spotify playlists: Current albums | 2024 mixtape | All our playlists
The database: Review albums since 2015 and year-end top 5 lists
Find us on: Spotify Podcasts | Apple Podcasts | Omny Studio
RSS feeds: Just sports | Just music | Everything
Contact: Twitter | Facebook | Email