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About Simon

Simon Ashberry has been playing the best of local music on Bradford Beat for almost a quarter of a century . He was music columnist for the Telegraph & Argus for several years, covering local acts such as Embrace, Terrorvision, Tasmin Archer and New Model Army, and has played bass in several bands himself. He was previously part of Bradford-based Loom with John Rigby from Trip and Stumble and currently plays with innovative blues trio West Yorkshire Noblemen's Society.

Must we evolve?

The answer is yes – by playing the new Jarvis Cocker track,

Here’s the full list of what we played:

The Mekons – After The Rain
Jarv Is – Must I Evolve?
Jesca Hoop – Red, White and Black
Terrorvision – Oblivion
Honeyblood – She’s A Nightmare
Elvis Costello – My Science Fiction Twin
The Delvaux – Main Content
Fontaines DC – Boys in the Better Land
Siren – Tree of Knowledge
Flaming Lips – All For the Life of the City
The Mekons – Andromeda
Sinead Campbell and Postculture – Back To Basics

You can listen again on Mixcloud.

The End is here

Still playing the DMAs…

The DMAs – The End
The Delvaux – The Drunken Card School
Flaming Lips – All For The Life of the City
Siren – We Go Round
Mark Lanegan Band – Stitch it Up
Bella Gaffney – English Summer Rain
Pottery – The Craft
The Mekons – Weimar Vending Machine
Feet – Ad Blue
Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
Mini Mansions – Bad Things (That Make You Feel Good)
Terrorvision – Celebrity Hit List

RIP Roger

A belated tribute to Ranking Roger of The Beat – here’s the full list of what we played:

Siren – Checking Out
Snapped Ankles – Letter From Hampi Mountain
Psychedelic Furs – President Gas
The Delvaux – Main Content
Cate Le Bon – Daylight Matters
Hoodoogurus – I Want You Back
Bella Gaffney – Many Places
The Mekons – Mirage
Ex Re – The Dazzler
Aldous Harding – Fixture Picture
The Beat – Ranking Full Stop
The DMAs – The End

Still in the desert

On this week’s show we continued to work through the new Mekons album Deserted – here’s a full list of what we played:

The Mekons – In the Desert
The Drifters – Under The Boardwalk
Siren – Collapsing
Fontaines DC – Boys in the Better Land
A Night In November – Cynic
Feet – English Weather
Jesca Hoop – Shoulder Charge
Signia Alpha – Anyway
The Undertones – Here Comes The Summer
The Delvaux – The Drunken Card School
Kurt Vile – Check Baby
Tamlin Cook – Break The Mirror

Mekons double dose

We’re enjoying the new Mekons album so much we squeezed in two tracks from it tonight.

Here’s the full list of what we played:

Mekons – In The Sun
Ian Brown – First World Problems
Siren – Tree of Knowledge
Penetration – Come into the Open
Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More
Holly Herndon – Eternal
My Mye – On this Beach
The DMAs – The End
Fontaines DC – Big
Tamlin Cook – Takatata
Ex Re – Crushing
The Mekons – How Many Stars?

Another sad loss

On this week’s show we remembered the great dick Dale – here’s the full list of what we played:

Dick Dale and his Del-Tones
Soundgarden – Spoonman
The National – You Had Your Soul With You
Soak – Deja Vu
Siren – Checking Out
Dick Dale – Motion
Aldous Harding – The Barrel
The Mekons – Harar 1883
Fontaines DC – Big
Panic Pocket – Mr Big
Snapped Ankles – Rechargeable
Mi Mye – Hay Powerfool Leader
Tamlin Cook – Break the Mirror

RIP Keith Flint

We paid tribute to Keith Flint in our latest show – here’s the full list of what we played:

The Prodigy – Breathe
The Delvaux – Evering
Fontaines DC – Big
Honeyblood – The Third Degree
The Mekons – Lawrence of California
Bear’s Den – Fuel on the Fire
Max – Shake Your Hips
A Night in November – Cynic
Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
Team Picture – Strange Year
Stiff Little Fingers – Here We Are Nowhere
Mercury Rev – Ode To Billie Jo
The Prodigy – Stand Up

They’re gonna be big

We’re just loving Fontaines DC at the moment – here’s the full list of what we played on this week’s show:

Angelo Palladino – Let Us Go Down
JJ Cale – Chasing You
Fontaines DC – Big
Maria Helena – Balkan Night
Honeyblood – Third Degree
Memory Drawings – The Island of the Day Before
Be Bop Deluxe – Ships In The Night
Mercury Rev (featuring Susanne Sundfor) – Tobacco Road
Bella Gaffney – The Devil in Me
Deerhunter – Plains
Forever Cult – Graves
Frank Turner – Don’t Worry
Beirut – Landslide
A Night In November – You and Me
Snapped Ankles – Rechargeable

Not a Valentine’s show

Thanks to the excellent Soak, we were able to debunk 14 Feburary…

Here’s a full list of what we played:

Soak – Valentine Schmalentine
Crystal Stilts – Shattered Shine
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Cyboogie
Mercury Rev (featuring Lucinda Williams) – Ode to Billie Joe
Angelo Palladino (featuring Chris Taylor) – The Hawk Is Blue
Bodega – Williamsburg Bridge
Idles – Samaritans
Terrorvision – Oblivion
A Night in November – Cynic
Slowthai – Doorman
Fontaines DC – Too Real
Young Cub – Fragile

Lovin’ the fun

Here’s what we played on our latest show – including Fun Lovin’ Criminals new and old.

Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Smoke ‘Em
Mi Mye – The First Waltz
Dada – Dizz-Knee Land
A Night In November – You and Me
Julia Jacklin – Pressure To Party
The Declining Winter – Break The Elder
Ex Re – Crushing
Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Daylight
Angelo Palladino featuring Chris Taylor – Lime House
Fontaines DC – Chequeless Reckless
Dylan Cartlidge – Love Spoons