This week in music: new albums from Jack White, Grinspoon and Empire of the Sun. Also: quitting Spotify, minor leagues, bashin’ riffs, nitpicking, Dead Weather origins, concepts of various descriptions, Patton’s Disease, local legends, unlikely elder statesmen, tradie vibes, corporate gigs, Powderballads, dead cats, this is where I take my leave, 40 years too late or three months too early, GenX H100 fury, answers on a postcard, taking the temperature of the space, exit pursued by a Beetle, editing jobs, this hasn’t aged well, 960 photos of Beeso's backside, you can’t Bake without a Spoon and getting Mr and Mrs N. Z. Taxpaper to fund your holiday.

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