So that’s just about it for 2012.
We’ve rounded off the year on Bradford Beat by revealing our favourite tracks of the last 12 months.
Here’s the Christmas Countdown in full.
1 Whiter Than – Note To Self
2 Django Django – Default
3 Field Music – A New Town
4 Sentimentalists _ I’m Lonely For Every Woman I’ve Ever Known
5 The Maccabees – Pelican
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

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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.

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.

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

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