This week: new albums from Brittany Howard, Master Peace and Mdou Moctar. Also: government handouts, closed Zoos, Rev limiters, ranked Arenas, broken records, Music Hall passes, live performance headwinds, tiny desks, managing to both misspell and mislocate Seattle’s KEXP, the Black Keys playing your high school hall, not in those shoes mate, an inverse Bonnie Tyler, security risks, Sunday night blues, Jungle at the BRIT Awards, African cooking, a lack of imajighenation, sub-Saharan geography, Beeso hates joy, Beeso hates the 2023/24 Suns, Prince cosplay, lead white dudes, Pop music, unpicked options, teach your children well, the Demon Knight soundtrack, pocket-dialling the internet and underage outrage. 

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