The festive season is officially underway – Bradford Beat has unveiled the first part of its annual Christmas Countdown.

Each December we compile a chart of our favourite ntracks of the year – and here’s the first part of our Top 20:

16 Vessels – Echo In
17 Blur – I Broadcast
18 Ghostpoet – Off Peak Dreams
19 Stand Alone – This Is Ours
20 Wolf Alice – Giant Peach

Here’s the full list of other tracks we played on tonight’s show –

Too Many Chiefs – Psilocybin
Bloc Party – the Love Within
Le Tournoi – Christmas Eve
Savages – TIWYG
Ezra Furman – Body Was Made
Laika Dog – Fondo El Mondo
Euros Childs – Fresh Water
Daughter – Numbers
Chuck Berry – Run Run Rudolph

Among them was a new track by Bradford’s Too Many Chiefs.

You can catch the band live at the following gigs:

Friday 4 December – Brewery Tap Idle (also on the bill Lizard Tongue)
Sat 5 December – Lizardfest 6 at the Northern, Odsal (also on the bill Lizard Tongue, Pulverise, Hollow Earth and TCCL)

You can listen again the full show here.