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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.

A prince no longer among us

Bradford Beat has joined the rest of the music world in paying tribute to Prince. Three of our favourite tracks by the late star were featured in our latest show. Here’s the full list:

Prince – Raspberry Beret
Terrorvision – If I Was You
Motorhead – Ace of Spades
Wilful Missing – Back To The Start
Fat White Family – Whitest Boy On The Beach
Prince – Let’s Go Crazy
Too Many Chiefs – Glide
John Grant – Voodoo Doll
Tinfoil Sojourns – Cohort of a Martinet
Primal Scream – Trippin’ On Your Love
The Delvaux – The Rosy Hours
Prince – When Doves Cry
Officers – Attack

Here’s where you can listen again to the show

Unsinkable – and ready to set sail

This week’s show featured a preview of the new Wilful Missing album Unsinkable Sailor, which is being launched at the Delius in Bradford on Saturday 23 April.
Here’s the full list of what we played:

Blackalicious – The Blow Up
Fizzy Blood – Sweat and Sulphur
Wilful Missing – Bright Moon Rising
Cate Le Bon – Wonderful
Squeeze – Take Me, I’m Yours
Wilful Missing – Frozen Thumbs
Bloc Party – Virtue
John Grant – Voodoo Doll
Rich Kids – Rich Kids
Wilful Missing – Friday’s Child
Lianne Hall – Abandon Ship
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop – Every Songbird Says
Too Many Chiefs – The Yak

You can listen again here – and the show is repeated from 8pm to 9pm on Thursday 14 April.

Wilful Missing are back

The latest edition of Bradford Beat looked ahead to the new Wilful Missing album.

We’ll be playing tracks from Unsinkable Sailor  on Thursday 7 April from 9pm to 9pm.

Mystery Jets – Bubblegum
Wilful missing – I Am Clay
Iggy Pop – Break Into Your Heart
Too Many Chiefs – Road Trip
Lush – Out of Control
Uncle Wally and Uncle Steve – Doing Nothing
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop – Every Songbird Says
Animal Collective – Floridada
Spring King – Rectifier
Forever Cult – Graves
Steve Mason – Planet Sizes
The Delvaux – Strange Anatomies
Officers – Attack

You can listen again here

Easter break

We won’t be broadcasting this Thursday (24 March) because of live rugby league commentary.

But here’s what we played on last week’s show – including a couple of St Partick’s Day treats:

Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind – Aldecide
Stand Alone – Demons
Ian Brown – Keep What Ya Got
Officers – Attack
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Sex Unter Wasser
Too Many Chiefs – Blind Man
Morrissey – Irish Blood, English Heart
The Delvaux – The Rosy Hours
Cate Le Bon – Wonderful
Fizzy Blood – Sweat and Sulphur
Parquet Courts – Dust
Steve Mason – Planet Sizes
Kurt Vile – Lost My Head There
The Pogues and The Dubliners – The Irish Rover

You can listen again here

Run with the Bulls

A piece of Bradford Bulls nostalgia was part of the latest edition of Bradford Beat. Here’s the full is of what we played:

Anita Madigan – Run With The Bulls
Mystery Jets – Blood Red Balloon
Too Many Chiefs – The Yak
Animal Collective – Floridada
The Delvaux – Wycliffe Rooks
Blackalicious – The Blow-Up
Officers – Attack
Steve Mason – Planet Size
This Et Al -The Mother Position
Field Music – The Noisy Days Are Over
Foreve Cult – Graves
Fun Lovin’ Criminals – The Fun Lovin’ Criminal
Fat White Family – The Whitest Boy on The Beach

You can listen again here

Beer and bubblegum

On oldie but goodie from pub-crawling Roger Davies was mong the highlights of the latest edition of Bradford Beat.

Here’s the full list of what we played:

Beirut – Perth
Roger Davies – The Beerbelly Blues
Phil Cooper – All I’ll Ever Know
Mystery Jets – Bubblegum
Too Many Chiefs – Road Trip
Parquet Courts – Dust
Fizzy Blood – Sweat and Sulphur
The Prettiots – Move To LA
Nervous ‘Orse – Chasing Rainbows
Kurt Vile – Lost My Head There
Lisa Marie Glover – Mad Mary
Bloc Party – Only He Can Heal Me
Forever Cult – Sinking

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Deep water

Courtney Barnett’s swimming pool encounter made a splash in the latest edition of Bradford Beat.

Here’s the full list of what we played:

Frank Turner – Mittens
Bloc Party – The Good News
Too Many Chiefs – Glide
Wolf Alice – Moaning Lisa Smile
Officers – Attack
Maccabees – Kamakura
Forever Cult – Graves
Field Music – The Noisy Days Are Over
Terrorvision – Tequila
Fat White Family – The Whitest Boy On the Beach
Fizzy Blood – Sweat and Sulphur
Roger Davies – Brighouse on a Saturday Night
Courtney Barnett – Aqua Profunda

You can listen again here.

One really funky sequined space suit

An affectionate parody of David Bowie was part of the latest edition of Bradford Beat. Here’s the full list of what we played:

Flight of the Conchords – Bowie
Too Many Chiefs – Burning Cave
Euros Childs – Fresh Water
Imani Hekima –  Robots’ Rebellion
Wolf Alice – Bros
Courtney Bartnett – Pedestrian At Best
Bonde do Role – Gasolina
Forever Cult – Is This A Bad Time?
The Family Cat – Springing The Atom
Lisa Marie Glover  Mad Mary
Bloc Party – The Good News
Rodina – Mr Lee
Nervous Orse – Speak Your Mind
David Bowie – The Jean Genie

You can listen again here.

A sad start to 2016

Bradford Beat paid tribute to Lemmy and Specials drummer John Bradbury in our first show of the year – and that was before we’d even heard about David Bowie.

Here are the tracks we played:

Motorhead – Ace of Spades
The Selecter – The Selecter
Too Many Chiefs – Blind Man
Mystery Jets – Telomere
Delta 5 – Mind Your Own Business
Field Music – The Noisy Days Are Over
Forever Cult – The Sinking
Fat White Family – The Whitest Boy on The Beach
Embrace – Follow You Home
Bloc Party – The Good News
Zed – White Knuckle Ride
Specials – Gangsters
Courtney Barnett – Depreston

You can listen again here

Farewell 2015

There’s another chance to hear the climax of the 2015 Christmas Countdown on New Year’s Eve from 8pm to 9pm.
The top five of this year’s chart was:

5 Low – What Part Of Me
4 Jeffrey Lewis – Outta Town
3 The Prettiots – Boys (I Dated in High School)
2 Warpaint – No Way Out
1 SOAK – Blud

Our festive special show also featured these tracks:

Euros Childs – Christmas in Love
The Spills – A Film and a Frame
The Decemberists – Cavalry Captain
Nick Toczek – Head Came Off
Drenge – The Woods
Stand Alone – False Beginnings (BCB session)
Holly Herndon – Morning Sun
fourteencorners – Small Northern Town
Jackson 5 – Rockin’ Robin
Wedding Present – Stepping Into Christmas

You can listen again here