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About Simon

Simon Ashberry has been playing the best of local music on Bradford Beat for almost a quarter of a century . He was music columnist for the Telegraph & Argus for several years, covering local acts such as Embrace, Terrorvision, Tasmin Archer and New Model Army, and has played bass in several bands himself. He was previously part of Bradford-based Loom with John Rigby from Trip and Stumble and currently plays with innovative blues trio West Yorkshire Noblemen's Society.

Christmas Countdown – the top 5

We’ve unveiled the final part of this year’s Christmas Countdown – and here’s the full list of what we played on our festive special show, which will be repeated on Thursday 29 December from 8pm – 9pm.

Western Dance – What Does It Take?
handmadehands – Over The Edge
Neil Young – Big Box

Christmas Countdown
5. Parquet Courts – Dust
4. Animal Collective – Floridada
3. Sleaford Mods – TCR
2. Field Music – The Noisy Days Are Over
1. Glass Mountain – Glacial

Frank Turner – Get Better
Half Man Half Biscuit – Irk The Purists
Broken Bells – The High Road
Deadwall – The Talk

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Christmas Countdown 2016 – part three

Three-quarters of the way through our Christmas Countdown 2016 – and a cracking chart it’s proving to be.

Here’s the full list of what we played on our latest show:

Goat Girl – Country Sleaze
Glass Mountain – Home in The Weather
Warpaint – So Good
Her Name Is Calla – Kaleidoscoping

Christmas Countdown part 3:
10. The Prettiots – Move to LA
9. Steve Mason – Planet Sizes
8. Radiohead – Burn The Witch
7.  John Grant – Voodoo Doll
6. Too Many Chiefs – Road Trip

Rettward von Duernberg – Be Water
Western Dance – Give Me the Moonlight
Spring King – City

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Christmas Countdown – part 2

We’re into the second part of the Christmas Countdown – our top 20 tracks of the year:

Western Dance – Here From Nowhere
Chutzpah – Eyes
Savages – Evil
MC5 – I Can Only Give You Everything
Mick Mathers – Looking For Love
Nikka Costa – Everybody Got Their Something

Christmas Countdown part 2 –

15 Blackalicious – The Blow Up
14 Cate Le Bon – Wonderful
13 Fat White Family – The Whitest Boy on the Beach
12 Iggy Pop – Gardenia
11 Kate Tempest – Don’t Fall In

Wilful Missing – Waiting For The snow
Kascarade – Stomp
Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales

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Christmas Countdown 2016 – part 1

Our annual Christmas Countdown is underway – that’s our choice of the best 20 tracks of the year.
Here’s what we played in full on our latest show:
Deadwall – The Talk
Cassels – Flux Analogy
Western Dance – Get Me Some
Terrorvision – Tequila
Christmas Countdown:
20 – Courtney Barnett – New Speedway Boogie
19 – The Delvaux – Further Back
18 – Sinderins – Fayre
17 – Mystery Jets – The World Is Overtaking Me
16 – Daughter – No Care
Frank Turner – Get Better
Primate – Overwound
Wilful Missing – I Am Clay (BCB session)
Glass Mountain – Medicate

It’s that time of year again

The Christmas Countdown is almost upon us!

Starting this week (Thurs 1 Dec) we’ll be running down our festive chart of the top 20 tracks of the year.

In the meantime here’s what we played last week:

Western Dance – Baby Boomers
Spring King – City
Glass Mountain – Over Thinking
Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip – Thou Shalt Always kill
Primal Scream – Feeling Like A Demon
Mystery Jets – The World is Overtaking Me
Fabric of Fear – Blame
Her Name Is Calla – Kaleidoscoping
Primate – Liquid
Warpaint – New Song (Jono Jagwar Ma remix)
Daughter – The End

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Western Dance are back

Belatedly, here’s what we played on our 10 November show:

Western Dance – Western Dance
Cassels – Flock Analogy
Wind-Up Birds – Popman
Kate Tempest – Breakfast
Deadwall – The Talk
Spring King – city
Terrorvision – Perseverance
Warpaint – So Good
Embrace – Follow You Home
Sleaford Mods – TCR
Glass Mountain – Birds in Heart
Stand Alone – Demons
Kwai Chang Caine – Kwai Chang Caine
Neil Young – People Want To Hear About Love

Tributes to Pete and Phil

We paid tribute to Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns and blues pioneer Phil Chess on this week’s show.

Here’s a full list of what we played:

Dead or Alive – Your Spin Me Round
Western Dance – Scream Out
Warpaint – So Good
The Delvaux – Evering
Muddy Waters – Manish Boy
Her Name is Calla – Kaleidoscoping
Buzzcocks – Whatever Happened To?
Neil Young – A New Day for Love
Primate – Break My Fall
Daughter – The End
Glass Mountain – Glacial

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Put your Warpaint on

Here’s the full list of what we played on our latest show:

Neil Young – Wolf Moon
Forever Cult – Graves
Mystery Jets – The World is Overtaking Me
Wilful Missing – Hunger
Glass Mountain – Home in The Weather
Kate Tempest – Don’t Fall in
Maggie8 – Connected
DD Dumbo – Walrus
Terrorvision – Celebrity Hit List
Warpaint – New Song
The Delvaux – Further Back
Jack White – City Lights
Graham Coxon – In The Morning

Total Control Racing

A bunch of brilliant new tracks featured on the latest edition of Bradford Beat. Here’s the full list of what we played:

Sleaford Mods – TCR
The XX – VCR
The Delvaux – He Wants Her World
Sinderins – Fayre
Too Many Chiefs – Blind Man
Prince Buster – Al Capone
Glass Mountain – Medicate
DD Dumbo – Walrus
Ceiling Demons – Lost My Way
Kate Tempest – Don’t Fall In
Terrorvision – If I Was You
Warpaint – New Song
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Kicking Roses
Belle and Sebastian – Olympic Village 6am
OMD – Enola Gay

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Prince for our times

For the second time this year we’ve been mourning the loss of a prince – this time Prince Buster. Our latest show paid tribute to the ska legend.

Madness – The Prince
Glass Animals – Overthinking
Radiohead – Burn The Witch
Too Many Chiefs – Glide
Super Furry Animals – Bing Bong
Maggie8 – Connected
Car Seat Headrest – Destroyed By Hippie Powers
The Delvaux – Evering
Natural Rhythm – This is Ska
Mystery Jets – The World Is Overtaking Me
Glass Animals – Youth
Terrorvision – Didn’t Bleed Red
Lord Kitchener – Girl Town Ska

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