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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.

The Deez knees

A track from the new Darwin Deez album featured on our latest show, coinciding with his tour arriving in West Yorkshire – here’s the full list of what we played:

Angelo Palladino featuring Chris Taylor – Charlie’s Lament
Darwin Deez – The World’s Best Kisser
The DMAs – For Now
Maria Helena – Spring
JP Bimeni and the Black Belts – I Miss You
Bella Gaffney – I Will Remember
Courtney Barnett – Charity
Team Picture – Weird Movements
Idles – Danny Nedelko
The Declining Winter – My World Divided
Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood – Upon Doing Something Wrong
Glen Matlock – Sexy Beast
David Bowie – Jean Genie
Everything Is Recorded – Carry Me

Listen to the show on Mixcloud >

A musical feast

A new track from Mark Lanegan was part of the musical feast on our latest show:

Angelo Palladino featuring Chris Taylor – Oh Yeah
Parquet Courts – Freebird II
The Declining Winter – Break The Elder
Wolf Alice – Beautifully Unconventional
Team Picture – Break My Heart
Black Mountain – The Hair Song
Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood – Feast To Famine
Bella Gaffney – Lucy’s Song
Cypress Hill – Crazy
New Model Army – Peace Is Only
Thom Yorke – Suspirium
The DMAs – Health
XTC – I’ll Set Myself On Fire
Memory Drawings – The Island of the Day Before

Listen again to the show on Mixcloud >

Mercury Prize preview

Our Mercury Prize preview show featured tracks by Nadine Shah, Noel Gallagher, The Declining Winter, Eek-a-Mouse, and many more:

Andy Partridge – Apples and Oranges
Angelo Palladino – Lime House
Sleaford Mods – Stick In a Five And Go
Maria Helena – Balkan Night
Nadine Shah – Holiday Destination
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Holy Mountain
The Declining Winter – Later and Later Indeed
Steve Mason – Stars Around My Heart
Team Picture – Strange Year
Eek-A-mouse – Wah Do Dem
Wilson – Let It Rain
Darwin Deez – DNA

Listen to the show on Mixcloud >

“You’ve got to sign for it, mate”

Our latest show featured Brand new music from Sleaford Mods, Interpol, Jon Trawlerman, Kurt Vile and more plus a quick look back at Bingley Music Live with The Marmozets.

Team Picture – Break Your Heart
Kurt Vile – Loading Zones
Angelo Palladino – So Long Greasy Spoon
Mcalmont and Butler – Yes
The Marmozets – Major System Error
Sleaford Mods – Stick In A Five And Go
Engine – And I Say
Interpol – If You Really Love Nothing
Jon Trawlerman – Delight In Life
Slow Readers Club – Supernatural
Declining Winter – My World Divided
Lankum – What Will We Do When We Have No Money?
Bella Gaffney – Many Places

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Bingley Music Live 2018 preview

This week’s show was a preview of Bingley Music Live 2018 .

Here’s the full list of what we played:

Dexys – The Curragh of Kildare
Gomez – Here Comes the Breeze
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake (Danny Krivit re-edit)
Wilson – Coming Home (BCB session)
Raging Slab – So Help Me
Shed Seven – Disco Down
The Cribs – I’m a Realist
Angelo Palladino – Gone
Team Picture – (I Want Your) Life Hack
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
REM – Crush With Eyeliner
Lightning Seeds – Lucky You
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – It’s a Beautiful World

You can listen again to the show on Mixcloud >

 

RIP Aretha

We joined the many tributes to Aretha Franklin in our latest show.

Here’s what we played in full:

Aretha Franklin – Respect
The DMAs – Emily Whyte
Engine – And I Say
Beta Band – I Know
Terrorvision – D’ya Wanna Go Faster?
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Red Eyes and Tears
Bella Gaffney – The Devil in Me
Kings of Leon – On Call
Gomez – Get Myself Arrested
Slow Readers Club – Supernatural
Parquet Courts – Total Football
Aretha Franklin – Chain of Fools
Team Picture – Theme From Flint

Listen again here on Mixcloud >

Summertime special

Our latest show was a look back at some of the highlights of 2018 so far.

Here’s a full list of what we played:

The DMAs – For Now
Maria Helena – Spring
Albert Hammond Jr – Set To Attack
Mansion of Snakes – Mating Season
Gaz Coombes – Deep Pockets
Team Picture – Strange Year
Yo La Tengo – Shades of Blue
Rusty Pops – Tequila
HC McEntire – Baby’s Got The Blues
Gomez – Make No Sound
Beta Band Push It Out
Angelo Palladino – Let Us Go Down
We Are Scientists – Your Light Has Changed
Memory Drawings – The Island of the Day Before

Listen again here on Mixcloud >

It was 20 years ago…

The re-issued Beta Band album Three EPs featured on our latest show.

The full list of what we played was:

Beta Band – Dry The Rain
Team Picture – Weird Movements
Slow Readers Club – Supernatural
Bella Gaffney – A Stamp From New York
Iron and Wine – What Hurts Worse
The Golden Age of TV – Television
Duckworth Lewis Method – The Age of Revolution
Parquet Courts – Total Football
Jon Trawlerman – This Is LA
Interpol – The Rover
Uncle Wally and Uncle Steve – Doing Nothing
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
School of Fish – Fuzzed and Fading

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Listen to this Recital

Leeds band Team Picture’s new mini-album Recital was the focal point of our latest show.

Here’s the full list of what we played:

Team Picture – (I Want Your) Life Hack
Alice Boman – Heartbeat
Hobbes Fan Club – Your Doubting Heart
Tim Finn – Hit The Ground Running
Angelo Palladino – Let Us Go Down
The DMAs – Tape Deck Sick
Goat Girl – Viper Fish
Engine – And I Say
Bella Gaffney – English Summer Rain
St Vincent – Fast Slow Disco
Boubacar Traore – Ben De Kadi
Team Picture – Break Your Heart
Coldplay – Shiver

You can listen again here on Mixcloud >