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Get thready

With Threadfest just around the corner, Bradford Beat has started taking a sneaky look ahead to the summer’s festival season.

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

Prince – Pretzel Body Logik
Terrorvision – Hide The Dead Girl
Courtney Barnett – New Speedway Boogie
Too Many Chiefs – Road Trip
Esper Scout – Gaps In The Border Fence
Sinderins – Fayre
The Delvaux – Further Back
Wonder Stuff – Thirty Goes Around The Sun
Car Seat Headrest – Fill In The Blanks
Cowtown – Curtis Tigers
Wilful Missing – Bright Moon Rising
Iggy Pop – Gardenia

You can listen again here >

Bank holiday is nearly here

Bradford Beat cast a glance towards the bank holiday weekend in its latest edition.

Bands playing at this weekend’s Threadfest were on the playlist, including The Touch and a welcome return for Monty Casino.

Here’s the full list:

Embrace – Self-Attack Mechanism
DZ Deathrays – Reflective Skull
Negative Panda – Why Am I So Negative?
Against Me! – Unconditional Love
Superfood – Houses on the Plain
The Delvaux – O Wronged World
Chris T-T – Beaten Drum
The Touch – Doing God’s Dirty Work
Monty Casino – Put Me Back On My Bike
Glass Animals – Pools
Koala – Lead Me From This Town
The 1975 – Robbers
Embrace – Protection

You can listen again by clicking here

Threadfest preview

The next edition of Bradford Beat on Thursday 22 May will be taking a look ahead to Threadfest 2014.

The festival takes place from 23 –  25 May.

Meanwhile, you can listen again to last week’s show by clicking here.

Here’s what we played:

Embrace – Quarters
Real Estate – Talking Backwards
Elizabeth – New Year
Brody Dalle – Don’t Mess With Me
The Negatives – We Are England
Glass Animals – Gooey
Gerrard Bell-Fife – The One Place
Superfood – Melting
Billy Delines – Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?
The Clash – Tommy Gun
Pixies – Blues and Greens
Terrorvision – Celebrity Hit List
Embrace – I Run

Thread bares all

The spotlight this week is on Threadfest 2013.

Festival curator Andy Abbott was a studio guest of Bradford Beat to chat about the event.

The free festival takes place across several venues across the city over the Bank Holiday weekend of May 24 to 26.

The show features music by some of the bands taking part, including Ruby Tombs, Mother Earth and Hobbes Fan Club.

Here’s the full tracklisting:

Arrows of Love – The Knife
Ruby Tombs – Humdrum
Mother Earth – A Number of Wolves
Koala – Lead Me From This Town
Dean McPhee – Water Burial
Hobbes Fan Club – Your Doubting Heart
Negative Panda – Suicide On The Moon
Steve Mason – Oh My Lord

You can listen again by clicking here and the show will be repeated on Thursday May 23.