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For more, check out the BCB Music Blog:
http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/musicblog/?cat=180
Here`s the 2009 Christmas Countdown - our favourite 20 tracks of the year:
1 Super Furry Animals � Inagural Trams
2 Depeche Mode � Peace
3 Rev Chunky/Jam Sponge � Wednesday Downers
4 Crystal Stilts � Shattered Shine
5 Ben and Steve (ex-The Turn) � Our Sounds (demo)
6 Tricky � Puppy Toy
7 Tiny Masters of Today � Pop Chart
8 Sky Larkin � Beeline
9 Lord Auch � Maredo
10 Secret Machines � Last Believer, Drop Dead
11 Grizzly Bear - While We Wait For The Others
12 Roger Davies - Brighouse On A Saturday Night
13 Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed
14 Blue Roses - I Am Leaving
15 Benjy Ferree - Blown Out (Gold Doubloons and PCs of 8)
16 The Very Best � Warm Heart of Africa
17 Animal Collective � Summertime Clothes
18 Prom Knight � Counter Intelligence
19 Scaramanga Six � Misadventure
20 New Model Army � Autumn
And here`s a reminder of previous Christmas Countdowns:
2008
1 Jonjo Feather - I Suppose
2 Aliens - Magic Man
3 Michael Mallinson - Pick Up The Pieces
4 Molotov Sandwich - Ruyeh Cafeh Pahaye Man
5 Euros Childs - In Her Ways
6 Howling Bells - Into The Chaos
7 The Count and Sinden - Beeper
8 State of Error - Paperweight
9 Minus Jack - Think Before You Speak
10 I Concur - Oblige
11 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - More News From Nowhere
12 Chris Patrick - Call Him A Devil
13 Clinic - The Witch
14 Duncan Lloyd - Seeing Double
15 The Turn - Ain`t Going Down
16 Envelopes - Freejazz
17 John Parkes - Pray For Recession
18 Mystery Jets - Young Love
19 Grammatics - D.I.L.E.M.M.A.
20 I Was A Cub Scout - The Hunter`s Daughter
2007
1. Sky Larkin - Summit
2. Benjy Ferree - Why Bother
3. Shy Child - Generation Y
4. Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing!
5. Electric Soft Parade - Life In The Backseat
6. Piskie Sits � No Hidden Chord
7. CSS � Patins
8. Vatican DC - Sparks
9. Jamie T � So Lonely Was The Ballad
10. Big Arm � Sunrays
11. Bonde Do Role � Office Boy
12. Kings of Leon � Fans
13. Roger Davies � Beerbelly Blues
14. Malcolm Middleton � We�re All Going To Die
15. Whole Sky Monitor � Just Let Me Talk To Her
16. Tiny Masters of Today - Radio Riot
17. Siouxsie Sioux - Into a Swan
18. Best Fwends - Bedroom Music
19. Futureheads - Broke up The Time
20. Scaramanga Six - Baggage
2006
1 iLiKETRAiNS - The Beeching Report
2 Harmacy - Carla`s Song
3 Sunshine Underground - My Army
4 Education - Charles
5 Grandaddy - Elevate Myself
6 The Lodger � You Got Me Wrong
7 Archie Bronson Outfit - Cherry Lips
8 Pigeon Detectives � I�m Always Right
9 Camera Obscura - Lloyd I`m Ready To Be Heartbroken
10 Embrace - Sainted
11 Viva Voce � From The Devil Himself
12 Being 747 - Ghosts of Victorian Seances
13 Television Personalities - All The Children Are On Smack
14 Futureheads - Skip To The End
15 Yes Boss - Get Dropped Quick
16 X Press 2 - Give It
17 Sarandon - Angela
18 Howling Bells - Low Happening
19 Velvet Tardis - Nothing Else Remains
20 Buzzcocks - Wish I`d Never Loved You?
2005
1 Beck - Girl
2 AFS - God Squad
3 Robocop Kraus - You Don`t Have To Shout
4 The Terminals - Diagnosis
5 The Lost Revue - Orphans and Vandals
6 ABC Teens - Pretty In Punk
7 The Transplants - Gangsters and Thugs
8 Piskie Sits - Props
9 Clearlake - Finally Free
10 The Lodger - Unsatisfied
11 The Old House - Relationships Hooray
12 The Kills - The Good Ones
13 Sunshine Underground - Commercial Breakdown
14 Celt Islam Sound System - Sinking Sand
15 Futureheads - Area
16 Coldplay - Speed of Sound
17 Buen Chico - I Don`t Care
18 This Et Al - Wardens
19 The Delgados - Girls of Valour
20 Bianca G - Hazy
If you`re in a band and are interested in being featured on the show, send me a CD or contact me by email at simon.ashberry@bcbradio.co.uk. Remember, you can listen online through this website anywhere in the world.
For more, check out the BCB Music Blog:
http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/musicblog/?cat=180
Here`s the 2009 Christmas Countdown - our favourite 20 tracks of the year:
1 Super Furry Animals � Inagural Trams
2 Depeche Mode � Peace
3 Rev Chunky/Jam Sponge � Wednesday Downers
4 Crystal Stilts � Shattered Shine
5 Ben and Steve (ex-The Turn) � Our Sounds (demo)
6 Tricky � Puppy Toy
7 Tiny Masters of Today � Pop Chart
8 Sky Larkin � Beeline
9 Lord Auch � Maredo
10 Secret Machines � Last Believer, Drop Dead
11 Grizzly Bear - While We Wait For The Others
12 Roger Davies - Brighouse On A Saturday Night
13 Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed
14 Blue Roses - I Am Leaving
15 Benjy Ferree - Blown Out (Gold Doubloons and PCs of 8)
16 The Very Best � Warm Heart of Africa
17 Animal Collective � Summertime Clothes
18 Prom Knight � Counter Intelligence
19 Scaramanga Six � Misadventure
20 New Model Army � Autumn
And here`s a reminder of previous Christmas Countdowns:
2008
1 Jonjo Feather - I Suppose
2 Aliens - Magic Man
3 Michael Mallinson - Pick Up The Pieces
4 Molotov Sandwich - Ruyeh Cafeh Pahaye Man
5 Euros Childs - In Her Ways
6 Howling Bells - Into The Chaos
7 The Count and Sinden - Beeper
8 State of Error - Paperweight
9 Minus Jack - Think Before You Speak
10 I Concur - Oblige
11 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - More News From Nowhere
12 Chris Patrick - Call Him A Devil
13 Clinic - The Witch
14 Duncan Lloyd - Seeing Double
15 The Turn - Ain`t Going Down
16 Envelopes - Freejazz
17 John Parkes - Pray For Recession
18 Mystery Jets - Young Love
19 Grammatics - D.I.L.E.M.M.A.
20 I Was A Cub Scout - The Hunter`s Daughter
2007
1. Sky Larkin - Summit
2. Benjy Ferree - Why Bother
3. Shy Child - Generation Y
4. Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing!
5. Electric Soft Parade - Life In The Backseat
6. Piskie Sits � No Hidden Chord
7. CSS � Patins
8. Vatican DC - Sparks
9. Jamie T � So Lonely Was The Ballad
10. Big Arm � Sunrays
11. Bonde Do Role � Office Boy
12. Kings of Leon � Fans
13. Roger Davies � Beerbelly Blues
14. Malcolm Middleton � We�re All Going To Die
15. Whole Sky Monitor � Just Let Me Talk To Her
16. Tiny Masters of Today - Radio Riot
17. Siouxsie Sioux - Into a Swan
18. Best Fwends - Bedroom Music
19. Futureheads - Broke up The Time
20. Scaramanga Six - Baggage
2006
1 iLiKETRAiNS - The Beeching Report
2 Harmacy - Carla`s Song
3 Sunshine Underground - My Army
4 Education - Charles
5 Grandaddy - Elevate Myself
6 The Lodger � You Got Me Wrong
7 Archie Bronson Outfit - Cherry Lips
8 Pigeon Detectives � I�m Always Right
9 Camera Obscura - Lloyd I`m Ready To Be Heartbroken
10 Embrace - Sainted
11 Viva Voce � From The Devil Himself
12 Being 747 - Ghosts of Victorian Seances
13 Television Personalities - All The Children Are On Smack
14 Futureheads - Skip To The End
15 Yes Boss - Get Dropped Quick
16 X Press 2 - Give It
17 Sarandon - Angela
18 Howling Bells - Low Happening
19 Velvet Tardis - Nothing Else Remains
20 Buzzcocks - Wish I`d Never Loved You?
2005
1 Beck - Girl
2 AFS - God Squad
3 Robocop Kraus - You Don`t Have To Shout
4 The Terminals - Diagnosis
5 The Lost Revue - Orphans and Vandals
6 ABC Teens - Pretty In Punk
7 The Transplants - Gangsters and Thugs
8 Piskie Sits - Props
9 Clearlake - Finally Free
10 The Lodger - Unsatisfied
11 The Old House - Relationships Hooray
12 The Kills - The Good Ones
13 Sunshine Underground - Commercial Breakdown
14 Celt Islam Sound System - Sinking Sand
15 Futureheads - Area
16 Coldplay - Speed of Sound
17 Buen Chico - I Don`t Care
18 This Et Al - Wardens
19 The Delgados - Girls of Valour
20 Bianca G - Hazy
If you`re in a band and are interested in being featured on the show, send me a CD or contact me by email at simon.ashberry@bcbradio.co.uk. Remember, you can listen online through this website anywhere in the world.