This week’s albums: New Olivia Dean and Rocket | Old Skunkhour

Also: Byron piano fights, Shield chat, live from a grass hill at UQ, big label regret, festival mixtapes, non-existent albums, Stockdale discovers Grammarly, the best of the Grafton TAFE, sweet flat whites, soundtrack bait, aging rock chicks, chuck brick and two smoking barrels, your call is important to us, extended exposure to pop, Taylor avoidance, production house PTSD, mistaking the internet for people, stolen valour, ah! soul action, noisy scrollwheels, regional radio voiceover guys, and previously on tripping balls series 2. 

Then: for old time’s sake, you can have a little After Dark NBA season preview, as a treat. Or skip it entirely, as Beeso will.

Our judging rubrik/production notes

3:54 Skunkhour - The Go (2001)

12:09 Rocket - R is for Rocket

17:23 Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving

30:28 Next week’s picks

40:22 After Dark NBA East preview

58:29 NBA West preview & season predictions

Next week: St. Paul & the Broken Bones | The Superjesus | The Southern River Band

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