Christmas presents broken already? Only the Toffee Pennies and Orange Creams left in the Quality Street tin? Chitty Chitty Bloody Bastard Bang Bang on the TV? – This week Big Joan took it upon itself to enliven this most perineal of weeks with a dozen guitar blow outs from 2011 plonked right in the middle of the prgramnne without tedious DJ chat, Feel the fuzz!

Batida – “Yumbala” (EP – “Yumbala”) (Ghetto Bassquake)
James Ferraro – “Fro Yo And Cellular Bits” (LP- “Far Side Virtual”) (Hippos In Tanks)
PJ Harvey – “This Glorious Land” (LP – ‘Let England Shake”) (Island)
Badboe – “Stop, What’s That Sound?” (v/a download LP – “Funk Against Fascism”) (Cult Music)
White Ring – ‘Hey Hey, My My” (12″) (Handmade Birds)

BIG JOAN’S GUITAR FRENZY
Apache Dropout – “Radiation” (7″) (Mexican Summer)
Pygmy Shrews – “AM Breakout” (LP – “You People Can All Go Straight To Hell”) (Jack Shack)
Deadbeat Beat – “I Think You Stink” (Cassette – “When I Talk To You”) (Self Released)
Blasted Canyons – “Fries Yr Eyes” (LP – ‘Blasted Canyons”) (Castleface)
Cosmonauts – “Flowerbomb” (Cassette – “New Psychic Denim”) (Burger)
The Barrercudas – “Baby, Baby. Baby” (LP – ‘Noctournal Emissions”) (Douchemaster)
Kids On A Crime Spree – “Trumpets Of Death” (LP – “We Love You So Bad”) (Slumberland)
Total Abuse – “Rotting Foil” (LP – “Prison Sweat”) (Post Present Medium)
The Wax Museums – “Jackoff Rat” (LP – ‘A Zoo Full Of Ramones”) (Tic Tac Totally)
The K-Holes – “Speedy Greedy” (LP – “The K-Holes”) (Hozac)
Amateur Party – “Simpatico” (LP – “Truncheons In The Manor”) (Rorshach)
Fleshlights – “The Biggest Mistake” (LP – “Muscle Pop”) (Twistworthy)

Flex and G-Star – “What A Gwan” (7″) (DJ Frass)
DJ K-Rlos – “Night Rhythm” (EP -“Vol.2”) (Sinthetic)
The Orioles – “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” (3 CD Set – “For Collectors Only”) (Collectables)