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

We’re nearly there.

As the festive season approaches its climax Bradford Beat moved into the Top 10 of its annual Christmas Countdown (our choice of the best 20 tracks of the year).

Here’s the third part of the 2015 chart:

10 – Bloc Party – The Love Within
9 – Euros Childs – Fruit and Veg
8 – The Maccabees – Marks To Prove It
7 – Frank Turner – The Next Storm
6 – Public Service Broadcasting – Go!

Other tracks we played this week were:

Portico featuring Joe Newman – 101
Zed – White Knuckle Ride
Ghostpoet – Be Right Back, Moving House
Venusian Plow – Ed Canaveral
Sentimentalists – My Mad Mind
Mini Mansions – Double Visions
Eaves – Pylons
Seasick – Summertime Boy

You can listen to this show again and the Top 5 will be in our Christmas Eve show from 8pm to 9pm on BCB 106.6FM

We’re tiptoing ever closer to festive season proper – with numbers 15 to 11 of our annual Christmas Countdown being revealed on this week’s show.

Here’s the full list of tracks we played.

Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline
Fire Engines – Candyskin
Laika Dog – Getaway
BB King – Christmas Celebration
The Prettiots – Stabler
Malombo – Motshile

Christmas Countdown:
15 – Savages – The Answer
14 – Too Many Chiefs – Psilocybin
13 – Laura Marling – Short Movie
12 – The Delvaux – Deco Doll
11 – Drenge – Running Wild

Delta 5 – Anticipation
Public Service Broadcasting – Korolev
Mystery Jets – Telomere

You can listen again here.

We’ll be moving into the Top 10 on Thursday 17 December (8pm to 9pm) and playing the Top 5 on Christmas Eve at the same time.

In case you missed it, here’s this year’s Christmas Countdown in full:

1 Alt-J – Every Other Freckle
2 Seafood – Beaty Heart
3 Against Me! – Unconditional Love
4 St Vincent – Birth in Reverse
5 Warpaint – Love is to Die
6 Archie Bronson Outfit – Two Doves On A Lake
7 Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver
8 The Bohicas – Swarm
9 New Pornographers – Dancehall Domine
10 Parquet Courts – Black and White
11 Tune-Yards- Water Fountain
12 Brody Dalle – Meet the Foetus/Oh The Joy
13 Blank Realm – Bulldozer Love
14 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Coming Down
15 Superfood – Right On Satellite
16 The Delvaux – At The Jeunesse Doree
17 Stand Alone – Easier Said Than Done
18 Phox – Kingfisher
19 Prince – Pretzel Body Logic
20 Slow Club – Everything is New

Speak to you all in 2015!

Here’s our festive selection of music to help your Christmas and New Year go with a bang.
The full list of the tracks we played on our seasonal special edition is:

Eugene McGuinness – White christmas
Vessels – On Monos
Blank Realm – Falling Down The Stairs

Christmas Countdown
5 Warpaint – Love is to Die
4 St Vincent – Birth in Reverse
3 Against Me! – Unconditional Love
2 Seafood – Beaty Heart
1 Alt-J – Every Other Freckle

Louis Armstrong – Zat You Santa Claus?
Rattlesnake Shake – Some Like it Hot
Cate Le Bon – I Can’t help You
Embrace – In The End
Maximo Park – Give Get Take
Eugene McGuinness – In The Bleak Midwinter

You can listen again by clicking here and the show is being repeated from 8pm – 9pm on New Year’s Day

The festive season is in full swing – and here’s part three of our annual Christmas Countdown of the Top 20 tracks of the year.
The full tracklisting for our most recent show was as follows:

Biscuithead and the Badgers – Snow
Thurston Moore – The Best Day
The Delvaux – Spider’s Bride

Christmas Countdown:
10 – Parquet Courts – Black and White
9 – New Pornographers – Dancehall Domine
8 – The Bohicas – Swarm
7 – Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver
6 – Archie Bronson Outfit – Two Doves On A Lake

Zed – White Knuckle Ride
Mini Mansions – Death is A Girl
Eugene McGuinness – Christmas in Killarney
Mark Heslop – Song for the City Gent
Jed’s Blues Band – Dirty Water
Lone Lady – Groove It Out

You can listen again by clicking here – and don’t forget the Top 5 will be part of Bradford Beat from 8pm to 9pm on Christmas Day.

We’re now halfway through this year’s rundown of the best 20 tracks of the past 12 months.

Here’s a full list of the tracks we played on this week’s Bradford Beat:

Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Christmas Eve
Embrace – Quarters
Gorgeous – The Chill
Marika Hackman – Drown

Christmas Countdown
15 Superfood – Right On Satellite
14 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Coming Down
13 Blank Realm – Bulldozer Love
12 Brody Dalle – Meet the Foetus/Oh The Joy
11 Tune-Yards- Water Fountain

The Delvaux – At The Jeunesse Doree
Thurston Moore – The Best Day
Vessels – On Monos

You can listen again by clicking here.

The latest edition of Bradford Beat saw us kick off a rundown of our favourite tracks of the last 12 months.

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

Nadine Shah – Stealing Cars
Manchester Orchestra – Girl Harbor
Champion Jack Dupree – Third Degree

Christmas Countdown:
20 Slow Club – Everything is New
19 Prince – Pretzel Body Logic
18 Phox – Kingfisher
17 Stand Alone – Easier Said Than Done
16 The Delvaux – At The Jeunesse Doree

Girlpool – Blah Blah Blah
Lisa Marie Glover – Mad Mary
Cheap Girls – Style
Wind up Birds – Working Christmas Day
Thumpers – Devotee
Jude Brown Band – Green Light

The Top 20 continues throughout December with the top 5 being revealed on Christmas Day.

You can listen again here.