Unmuted, Unmastered

"Maybe I'm just not intellectual enough to get it but it really confused me!"On the show this week:00:01:09 NewsAnthropic accused of torrenting copyright lyrics to train their AI chatbot00:08:58 Bugland by No Joy album review discussion00:37:15 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

On the show this week:00:01:40 Elle's top 500:20:46 James' top 500:33:53 Will's top 5Visit the website here: unmutedunmastered.github.io

"That's brought up some of the best memes on the internet"In our Winter Series, we're reviewing the best uses of music across different media, and in episode 2, we're making our case for the greatest TV soundtracks of all time.On the show this week:00:01:01 James' Best TV Soundtrack00:08:56 Elle's Best TV Soundtrack00:21:16 Will's Best TV Soundtrack

"251 - new rules!"On the show this week:00:01:28 Elle's Favourite Unreviewed Album00:12:49 Will's Favourite Unreviewed Album00:20:52 James' Favourite Unreviewed Album

We discuss what the best album we've reviewed on the show is.Thanks for listening!

"They should've got Jeff Bridges in to do the low parts"On the show this week:00:00:46 NewsMost people can't detect fully AI generated music00:11:32 Small Talk by Whitney album review discussion00:37:56 Live Review00:43:22 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideDaniel Avery - TremorKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiJay Som - Belongshame - CutthroatJust Mustard - WE WERE JUST HEREBarker - Stochastic DriftMilitarie Gun - God Save The GunJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"Who knows?"On the show this week:00:00:40 NewsLeo Fender's guitar company is shutting down00:07:07 Tremor by Daniel Avery album review discussion00:35:38 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiJay Som - Belongshame - CutthroatJust Mustard - WE WERE JUST HEREBarker - Stochastic DriftMilitarie Gun - God Save The GunJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"I don't know how I've never read that properly before"On the show this week:00:00:44 NewsYoutube contributed 8 billion to the industry in the past year00:06:43 God Save The Gun by Militarie Gun review discussion00:27:51 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiJay Som - Belongshame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"take everything I say with a grain of salt"On the show this week:00:00:40 NewsMTV closing all music video TV stations in the UK00:07:27 Belong by Jay Som album review discussion00:30:04 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingJeff Tweedy - Twilight OverrideKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"look out...eguhh!"On the show this week:00:00:49 NewsThe Beths have their gear stolen on tour00:07:07 Twilight Override by Jeff Tweedy review discussion00:46:51 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieWednesday - BleedsAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonGeese - Getting KilledNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"We're going to stop that soon, don't worry"On the show this week:00:00:46 NewsSpotify taking steps to target fraud and AI00:13:48 Bleeds by Wednesday album review discussion00:47:41 Upcoming releasesAlbum rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieAlgernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A ThoughtGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"...as though it was a really long time ago. I'm not that old!"On the show this week:00:00:50 NewsEpidemic sounds release 'Adapt' AI toolDeezer admit that 28% of music on their platform is AI00:13:40 Trying Not To Have A Thought by Algernon Cadwallader review discussion00:47:55 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:The Beths - Straight Line Was A LieGreat Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - Bambishame - CutthroatBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"Why would you speak that into existence? That's horrific."On the show this week:00:01:30 NewsJYP is making an AI K-pop artist00:09:47 Straight Line Was A Lie by The Beths album review discussion00:52:16 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonNinajirachi - I Love My ComputerBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityThe World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dreams of Being DustOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"the act of loving your computer, possibly too much"On the show this week:00:00:41 NewsSpotify adds new track transitions toolGCSE Music entries up this year00:07:44 Will moves to a new streaming service00:20:03 I Love My Computer by Ninajirachi album review discussion00:48:49 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayNo Joy - BuglandCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryKloke - LucidityOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourFar Caspian - AutofictionZement - PassagenForth Wanderers - The Longer This Goes OnFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"I'm the regulatory body for Bandcamp pages"On the show this week:00:00:42 NewsOzzy Osbourne dies aged 7600:10:23 The Longer This Goes On by Forth Wanderers album review discussion00:40:01 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingKokoroko - Tuff Times Never LastAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Rival Consoles - Landscape from MemoryOm Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"We forget how to do this podcast 230 episodes in"On the show this week:00:00:55 NewsROKK reveals policy of ‘no fully AI-generated music’ on its service00:15:09 Landscape from Memory by Rival Consoles review discussion00:42:02 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingAkira Kosemura - MIRAIAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"she has no confidence in people wanting to keep it"On the show this week:00:00:40 NewsLorde's new transparent CD doesn't work00:09:37 MIRAI by Akira Kosemura album review discussion00:41:11 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsHotline TNT - Raspberry MoonBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Subsonic Eye - Singapore DreamingAnxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Soft New Magic DreamZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

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"Stay rooted in what matters most"On the show this week:00:00:42 NewsCoca-Cola launches Real Thing Records with UMG00:06:50 Soft New Magic Dream by Black Moth Super Rainbow album review discussion00:32:35 Upcoming releases this weekAlbum rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Obongjayar - Paradise NowSoot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Anxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIICharmer - DownpourZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts

"Why did I sound like Harry Styles"On the show this week:00:00:47 NewsSpotify continues to dominate in Europe00:12:37 Downpour by Charmer review discussion00:43:09 Upcoming releasesAlbum Rankings:Great Grandpa - Patience, MoonbeamThe Weather Station - HumanhoodSquid - CowardsBlack Country New Road - Forever HowlongJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Soot Sprite - Wield Your Hope Like a WeaponNazar - DemilitarizeAlien Boy - You Wanna Fade?Anxious - BambiBarker - Stochastic DriftJulien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My WayCourting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies IIIZement - PassagenFlipturn - Burnout DaysCar Seat Headrest - The ScholarsSASAMI - Blood On the Silver ScreenFreckle - FreckleZach Phillips - True MusicEthel Cain - Perverts