About this episode

Max discusses new music and the end of physical media in gaming while highlighting vinyl's resurgence and underrated bands.

Max is on an all-BIGSOUND new music mix, up against plenty of heft from Sam, followed by news about Sam's big upcoming footy game, and festivals starting while others are fallowing. Then it's a long discussion on the end of physical media in gaming while vinyl cracks the billion-dollar mark for the first time in over forty years. Finally, shouting out some bands that people are sleeping on way too hard. Follow along with the songs we discuss (and score some bonus tracks) with this week's Spot...

People in this episode

Host: Max

Topics covered

• new music
• gaming
• physical media
• vinyl sales
• music festivals
• sports

Keywords

• BIGSOUND
• gaming
• physical media
• vinyl
• music festivals
• underrated bands

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BIGSOUND, vinyl

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