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Into the top 10

The season of goodwill must be well and truly upon us – we’ve moved into the top 10 of the 2012 Christmas Countdown.

It’s looking like a high quality chart – here are the 15 tracks unveiled so far:

6 The Ting Tings – Silence
7 The Seven inches – Peruvian Poncho
8 Little Comets – Worry
9 Mara Carlyle – Ping Ting
10 Nick Toczek – Noo Yawk
11 Paul Weller – That Dangerous Age
12 Benjamin Francis Leftwich – In The Open
13 City and Colour – The Grand Optimist
14 Downdime – In Space
15 handmadehands – Words That Mean Nothing
16 The Wind-Up Birds – Cross Country
17 Yo El Rey – And One For The Doctor
18 Rodina and the Wolf – What Are You Trying To Do?
19 Alt-J – Something Good
20 Jed’s Blues Band – Dirty Water

You can listen again to the 20 December show by clicking here.

Listen to Bradford Beat on BCB 106.6FM from 8pm – 9pm on Thursday, 27 December to hear the Top 5.

Halfway through the Christmas Countdown

We’re now halfway through this year’s Christmas Countdown.

So far, our chart of the top 20 tracks of the year is as follows:

11 Paul Weller – That Dangerous Age
12 Benjamin Francis Leftwich – In The Open
13 City and Colour – The Grand Optimist
14 Downdime – In Space
15 handmadehands – Words That Mean Nothing
16 The Wind-Up Birds – Cross Country
17 Yo El Rey – And One For The Doctor
18 Rodina and the Wolf – What Are You Trying To Do?
19 Alt-J – Something Good
20 Jed’s Blues Band – Dirty Water

You can listen again to the first instalment by clicking here and the second by clicking here.

The top 10 will be revealed on Thursday 20 December and Thursday 27 December from 8pm to 9pm.

Christmas Countdown 2012 is here

Don’t forget this year’s Christmas Countdown kicks off this week.

It’s our chart of the top 20 tracks of the year which we do every December – so make sure you listen in from 8pm to 9pm this Thursday (Dec 6) and every Thursday throughout the month.

Last week’s playlist featured the following tracks:

The Maccabees – Pelican
Burning Condors – Honey Trap
Architect – More Than Before
Animal Collective – Applesauce
Great White Underground – Messiah In Hiding
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – In The Open
Cud – Through The Roof
Latch Bermany – Running Out Of Legs
Dutch Uncles – Fester
John Parkes – History 2
The XX – VCR
This Many Boyfriends – Young Lovers Go Pop!
Wind Up Birds – Some Gimmicks For You
Sentimentalists – All I Need

You can listen again by clicking here

Festive special

So here it is – not Noddy Holder but the final part of the 2011 Christmas Countdown.
The full chart – listing Bradford Beat’s favourite 20 tracks of the year, was unveiled on the show’s Christmas Special.
Here it is in full:
1 The WInd Up Birds – Meet Me At The Depot
2 Half Man Half Biscuit – Descending The Stiperstones
3 Juffage – My Weakness
4 PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
5 Young Knives – Love My Name
6 Phoenix Foundation – Buffalo
7 handmadehands – Over The Edge
8 Pigeon Detectives – Lost
9 Chapel Club – Surfacing
10 Alt-J – Matilda
11 Billy DeLines – Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?
12 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Senator
13 Pete and the Pirates – Half Moon Street
14 Trespassers William – I Could Go Back
15 Colourmusic – Yes!
16 Kingheadlock – Lifeless Life
17 Threshold Shift – Hang In There
18 Terrorvision – Rock Radio
19 Gomez – The Place and the People
20 Lulu and the Lampshades – Feet To The Sky

The Christmas special, which also features festive tracks by the likes of Frank Sidebottom and the Staple Singers, is repeated at 8pm on Thursday 29 December.

Nearly there…

We’re not far from unveiling the top five in our 2011 Christmas Countdown.

The final leg of our chart featuring our favourite 20 tracks of the year will feature on the Bradford Beat Christmas Special, which will go out twice – on Thursday 22 December and Thursday 29 December, both from 8pm – 9pm

So far we’ve had:

20 Lulu and the Lampshades – Feet To The Sky
19 Gomez – The Place and the People
18 Terrorvision – Rock Radio
17 Threshold Shift – Hang In There
16 Kingheadlock – Lifeless Life
15 Colourmusic – Yes!
14 Trespassers William – I Could Go Back
13 Pete and the Pirates – Half Moon Street
12 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Senator
11 Billy DeLines – Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?
10 Alt-J – Matilda
9 Chapel Club – Surfacing
8 Pigeon Detectives – Lost
7 handmadehands – Over The Edge
6 Phoenix Foundation – Buffalo

Christmas Countdown is up and running

The 2011 Christmas Countdown is underway – that’s our favourite 20 tracks of the year.

So far we’ve had these five tracks:

20 Lulu and the Lampshades – Feet To The Sky
19 Gomez – The Place and the People
18 Terrorvision – Rock Radio
17 Threshold Shift – Hang In There
16 Kingheadlock – Lifeless Life

Will the likes of The Wind Up Birds, Juffage and Billy DeLines make the cut?
Tune in to Bradford Beat over the three weeks before Christmas to find out – we’re on from 8pm to 9pm every Thursday plus you can listen again.

Working Christmas Day?

Are you feeling festive yet?

It’s perfectly OK to say no as it’s only November – however, next week sees the release of what’s almost certain tobe this year’s best Christmas tune.

The Leeds-based band Wind-Up Birds release Working Christmas Day on Monday

It’s download only, pay what you like and proceeds go to charity.

You can preview it here http://thewind-upbirds.bandcamp.com/track/working-christmas-day and we’ll be playing it on this week’s Bradford Beat!

 

Get set for the Christmas Countdown

We’re gearing up for this year’s Christmas Countdown – our favourite 20 tracks of the year.

We’ll be playing them over four weeks starting on Thursday, 1 December.

Meanwhile our latest playlist was:

The Go! Team – Rolling Blackouts
State of Error  – The Story of our Lives
Half Man Half Biscuit – RSVP
Our Albert – Honey Dance
Wire – Heartbeat
Billy DeLines – You”re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
Wild Beasts – Reach A Bit Futher
Kingheadlock – Lifeless Life
Grandaddy – Chartsengrafs
Thershold Shift – Superclash Dub
Billy Bragg – Waiting For The Great Leap Forward
Alt-J – Hand-Made
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Box of Stones
Felice Brothers – Fire At The Pageant

Remember to listen again here:

http://www.podcast.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?id=3965