The Official 2019 Festive Fifty - January 2020
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! An assortment of our DJs count down through the best 50 tracks from 2019 based on your votes - continuing the John Peel tradition.
You can hear the full results of this classic poll repeating from Christmas Day and into January, finishing off with Leo Gilbert revealing this year's winner!
We repeat it to give everyone a chance to listen in - therefore many people will be listening long after others so please keep the results to yourself for a while.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Wooden AmbulanceHumble KidCD 'RedvillePop Depression
Jarvis Cocker & The Kaiser QuartettRunning The WorldPromoPIAS Germany
Jetstream PonyI Close My Eyes7"Kleine Untergrund SchallplattenKUS023
Lingua NadaDweeb WeedDigital single 'Dweeb Weed'Lingua Nada 
Lady LykezMuhammad Ali (Feat. Lioness) [Remix]Digital EP 'Muhammed Ali (Feat. Scratcha DVA)'Hyperdub 
USA/MexicoMatamorosLP/DL 'Matamoros'Riot Season
Derya Yildirim & Grup ŞimşekKar YağarLP 'Kar Yağar'Les Disques Bongo JoeBJR028LP
MythologenBobbyAlbum: Antisocial Background Music 2017-19Höga Nord Rekords
Fontaines D.C.Too RealCD 'Dogrel'Partisan
Girl BandGoing NorwayCD 'The Talkies'Rough Trade
Black Midi953CD 'Shlagenheim'Rough Trade
Dragon WeldingThe BuildersDownload Album 'Dragon Welding' 
Little SimzBossCD 'Grey Area'Age 101
Fontaines D.C.BigCD 'Dogrel'Partisan
Working Men's ClubTeeth12" SingleHeavenly
Big ThiefNotCD 'Two Hands'4AD
Polarized EyesStormDownload EP - 'Prescription Lens'
The Wedding PresentJump In, The Water's Fine7"Come Play With MeCPWM7V02
The MembranesBlack Is The Colour2LP - 'What Nature Gives... Nature Takes Away'Cherry RedBREDD754
The Jungles!!!Roller CoasterCompilation CD - 'Tokyo Chikatetsu Vol. 2'Thomas Imposter Records
Bon IverHey MaLP - 'I, I'Jagjaguwar RecordsJAG350
Jeffrey Lewis & The VoltageLPsLP - 'Bad Wiring'Don Giovanni RecordsDG-189
Captain SKAFuck Boris (Feat. Rubi Dan)Download Single
Belle And SebastianSafety ValveLP - 'Days Of The Bagnold Summer'Matador RecordsOLE-1455-1
The FlatmatesShut Up And Kiss MeSingle 'Shut Up And Kiss Me / Rescue Me'Old Bad Habits LabelOBH003
Belle And SebastianDid The Day Go Just Like You Wanted?Digital LP 'Days Of The Bagnold Summer'Matador 
Holy FuckLuxe (Feat. Alexis Taylor)Digital single 'Luxe (Feat. Alexis Taylor)'Holy EF Music 
Weyes BloodEverydayDigital LP 'Titanic Rising'Sub Pop Records 
The Total RejectionSlip It To MeDigital LP 'Everybody Knows What You Don't Know'  
Sharon Van EttenSeventeenDigital LP 'Remind Me Tomorrow'Jagjaguwar 
Pip BlomDaddy IssuesDigital LP 'Boat'Heavenly Records 
BattlesTitanium 2 Step (Feat. Sal Principato)Digital LP 'Jiuce B Crypts'Warp Records 
Peter PerrettI Want Your DreamsLP/CD/DL 'Humanoid'Domino
BambooWeeping IdolsDownload singleUpset The Rhythm
The Specials10 commandmentsLP/CD/DL 'Encore'UMC
Mammoth PenguinsI WannaLP/CD/DL 'There's No Fight We Can't Both Win'Fika Recordings
Girl BandShoulderbladesLP/CD/DL 'The Talkies'Rough Trade
The Wedding PresentPanama7-inch/10-inch/DL B-side of 'Jump In, The Water's Fine'Come Play With Me
MarthaMini Was A Preteen ArsonistLP/CD/DL 'Love Keeps Kicking'Big Scary Monsters
Skreen B's Orchestra Of FictionIn The CityDownload V/A 'Joy of 6 Volume One'Thomas Imposter Records
Fontaines D.C.Boys In The Better LandLP/CD/DL 'Dogrel'Partisan Records
Belle And SebastianSister BuddhaLP 'Days Of The Bagnold Summer'MatadorOLE-1455-1
Fontaines D.C.Hurricane LaughterLP 'Dogrel'Partisan RecordsPTFK2166-1
PJ HarveyThe Moth (Feat. Lily James)LP 'All About Eve (Original Music)'Lakeshore Records, Invada RecordsLSINV223LP
MarthaHeart Is HealingLP 'Love Keeps Kicking'Big Scary MonstersBSM249V
Mammoth PenguinsClosureLP 'There's No Fight We Can't Both Win'Fika RecordingsFIKA070LP
IdlesMercedes Marxist7" SinglePartisan RecordsPTKF1185-7
Blanck MassLove Is A ParasiteLP 'Animated Mild Violence'Sacred Bones RecordsSBR-220
Blanck MassHouse Vs HouseLP 'Animated Mild Violence'Sacred Bones RecordsSBR-220
Blanck MassDeath DropAlbum: Animated Mild ViolenceSacred Bones Records
The Comet Is ComingSummon The FireAlbum: Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep MysteryImpulse! Records
Dry CleaningMagic Of MeghanEP: Sweet PrincessIt’s OK
The Total RejectionBridget (Song For Billy Childish)Album: Everybody Knows What You Don't KnowRaving Pop Blast!
Richard DawsonJoggingAlbum: 2020Weird World
Goofy18I Wanna Be An InstagrammerSingle: Rage Against the BitchGreen Banana Records
Black Country, New RoadSunglassesSingle: SunglassesBC,NR/Speedy
Paul RooneyStolen Things (The Creeping Things Remix)Single: Stolen Things (The Creeping Things Remix)Owd Scrat Records
Astro-BHellow I Love UAlbum: Hellow I Love UThomas Imposter Records
2019 Review - January 2020
Join Dandelion Radio in January 2020 for a 3 hour review of the year 2019.
Join Mark Cunliffe, Mark Whitby, Rocker, Andrew Morrison, Gareth Jones, Pete Jackson and Leo Gilbert as they run through some of their musical high points from the past year.
Tune in, enjoy, and give us your feedback.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Throwing SnowRheged2xLP: Fabric Presents BonoboFabricFABRIC 201LP
(( M A R I A ))I Miss My DealerLepidopteraBandcamp ReleaseN/A
Sofa SoundLMNTSoundcloud Free SingleKumo CollectiveN/A
DRSClipping My Wings2xLP: From The DeepSpace CadetSPACECADET 001
Divide And DissolveProve ItDigital SingleBandcamp ReleaseN/A
Mchy I PorostyHip On The MouldCassette 'The Dead Pterodactyl'Kikimora
James YorkstonThe Irish Wars Of Independence'CD 'The Route To The Harmonium'Domino
Neville Staple BandWorking Hard EverydayDownload Single 
CrassDo They Owe Us A Living?LP 'The Feeding Of The 5000 (Second Sitting)'Crass
Bloomin' NoraNutteryDownload Single 
CTMFLast Punk StandingLP - Last Punk Standing'Damaged GoodsDAMGOOD518
Pama InternationalStop The War On The PoorLP - 'The Altruistic Soul Sound Of…'Happy People RecordsHPR 13
Arrest! Charlie TipperFreedom Of SpeechCDEP - 'Freedom Of Speech'Breaking Down RecordsBREAK034
Neil Young with Crazy HorseRainbow of ColorsLP - 'Colorado'Reprise93624898917
Secret PowerGreen DressDandelion Radio Session
SyndrometDu Står Aldrig Ensam (You Never Stand Alone)Dandelion Radio Session
Jetstream PonyMitte (Demo)Demo
Carlton Jumel Smith and Cold Diamond & MinkThis Is What Love Looks Like!7"Timmion RecordsTR 725
Studio ElectrophoniqueI Don't Think I Love You AnymoreDownload SingleVioletteVIO-052.1.1
ANNA & Miss KittinForever Ravers12" - 'Speicher 112'Kompakt RecordsKOM EX 112
Ezra FurmanTransition From Nowhere To NowhereiTunes LP 'Twelve Nudes'Bella Union 
M. RexenI'm Not WholeiTunes LP 'The United Kingdoms Part 2 - Animals Of The Frozen Cloud'We Are Suburban 
Lust For YouthInsignificantiTunes LP 'Lust For Youth'Sacred Bones Records 
MeasuredMy Heart WaitsDigital single 'My Heart Waits'Sonic CathedralSCR103
Exit KidYou Got All The WorldiTunes single 'You Got All The World'Exit Kid 
Hearts and RocketsTunnel VisionLP/DL 'Power'Psychic Hysteria
TEK TEK EnsembleUntitled Desert Tremelo ExperimentLP/CD/DL 'Shake It Like A Wolverine'Self-released/Bandcamp
SMSS PRODUCTIONSDisgregazione SuiteDownload singleSelf-released/Bandcamp
DJINNMy Bank AccountLP 'DJINN'Rocket RecordingsLAUNCH158
Moon DuoLost HeadsLP 'Stars Are The Light'Sacred Bones RecordsSBR-228
NihilioxicaDiggi DaggaMP3 EP 'Biiri'Nyege Nyege TapesNNT014
Derya Yildirim & Grup ŞimşekÜç Kiz Bir AnaLP 'Kar Yağar'Les Disques Bongo JoeBJR028LP
7038634357Angel Shaving (LASER)Album: Swallow1055844 Records
Deli GirlsOfficerAlbum: I Don't Know How to Be HappySweat Equity
ModdiLike In 1968Album: Like In 1968Propeller Recordings
Lowlygo for a walkAlbum: HifalutinBella Union
Andrew Morrison - January 2020
Happy New Year - and new decade! In Andy's two-hour January show he'll be playing not only some of his favourite tracks of the last year, but also of the whole last decade as he mixes up the best of 2019 with a smattering of his picks from the last ten years. Selections include These New Puritans, Le Vasco, The Raveonettes, Ghost Society, Lust For Youth, Melys and Human Don't Be Angry.

Elsewhere in this month's schedule, Andy will be contributing to January's '2019 Review', in which several Dandelion Radio DJs pick their own personal favourite tracks of the last year. Also be sure to listen to the official 2019 Festive Fifty results countdown show, planning daily at different times during January.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Paige KennedyFingaDigital single 'Finga'Open Sandwich Records 
EsyaSubsistDigital EP 'Absurdity Of Atcg, Pt. 2 - Emergent Form'  
Lingua NadaSalam CyberDigital single 'Salam Cyber'Mechanik Records 
Daniel MaunickA Vicious CircleDigital LP 'Macumba Quebrada'Far Out Recordings 
Andy BellThe CommuneDigital single 'Plastic Bag'Sonic CathedralSCR114
HatchieObsessedDigital LP 'Keepsake'Heavenly Recordings 
Linda GuilalaEstado NaturalDigital single 'Estado Natural'Sonic CathedralSCR104
Human Don't Be Angry(Why Can't I?) Dream In CartoonDigital LP 'Guitar Variations'Around7Corners Records 
Man Of MoonSkinDigital single 'Skin'Instinctive Racoon 
Cherry GlazerrOhioDigital LP 'Stuffed & Ready'Secretly Canadian 
MelysStayDigital single 'Stay'Sylem Records 
HatariHatrið Mun SigraDigital LP 'Söngvakeppnin 2019'Ríkisútvarpið 
Lust For YouthGreat ConcernsDigital LP 'Lust For Youth'Sacred Bones Records 
Ezra FurmanEvening Prayer aka JusticeDigital LP 'Twelve Nudes'Bella Union 
Ghost SocietyUnder The Sun (Dandelion Radio Session - August 2010)Exclusive session track  
Yeti LaneSparkling Sunbeam (Radio Edit)CD-R promo single 'Sparkling Sunbeam'Sonic CathedralSCR039
The RaveonettesObservationsCD LP 'Observator'Beat Dies RecordsRAV000032
Pure XSomeone ElseDigital LP 'Crawling Up The Stairs'Merok Records 
Le VascoLes IndiensDigital LP 'Passion Things'Le Vasco 
Team GhostRevelationsiTunes LP 'Team Ghost'Team Ghost - Grand Musique Management 
Broken Social ScenePlease Take Me With YouDigital LP 'Hug Of Thunder'Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. / City Slang 
Lust For YouthNew Balance PointDigital LP 'Lust For Youth'Sacred Bones Records 
These New PuritansInfinity VibraphonesDigital LP 'Inside The Rose'Infectious Music Ltd. 
MOLLYWeep, Gently Weep (Maps Remix)Digital single 'Weep, Gently Weep (Maps Remix)'Sonic Cathedral / Dalliance 
The Beatbox Saboteurs Show - January 2020
We start 2020 fully focused on bringing you the best in new music with stunningly good tracks from Salty Greyhound, Coda Chroma, El Lago, In/Animate and Made In Minsk.
Elizabeth Joan Kelly is back with an excellent cut from her "Farewell, Doomed Planet" album and we have a spiffing remix of a Diane Marie Kloba tune. From just up the road in Brighton, we have Ditz and Brighton Strangler, then further afield we have Rational Youth and The 1865 adding the cherry on top.
That's one hour of music and sherry-infused presentation, featuring the cream of underground sounds, like a trifle ready to be spooned into your ears!
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
In/AnimateThe DreamAlbum: The Dream  
Brighton StranglerLet's PartyAlbum: Dancing Outrageous  
DitzTotal 90SingleAlcopop! Records 
El LagoCitadelEP: Pyramid  
Elizabeth Joan KellyHarmAlbum: Farewell, Doomed Planet!  
Made In MinskWhere The Truth LiesAlbum: Joy of 6 - Volume 4Thomas Imposter 
Coda ChromaStart AgainAlbum: Inside The Still Life  
Rational YouthClose To NatureAlbum: Cold War Night LifeUniversal Music Canada 
Diane Marie KlobaDeep Heart (Macerator Remix)EP: DMK vs SK123  
The 1865_x000D_John Brown's Gat SingleMass Appeal _x000D_ Mass Appeal _x000D_ 
Life As Surface NoisePortrait Of An Artist (Electro Remix)Single  
Jack Hylton's OrchestraYou're The Cream In My CoffeeDownload  
Salty GreyhoundDog's MouthSingle  
Leo Gilbert - January 2020
Two shows from Leo this month. This is because, despite planning to use his first show of 2020 to look back at the delights that came his way throughout 2019 – replaying some of his favourites and airing some of the tracks that were squeezed out as he made painful editing decisions – Leo found himself unable to resist the slew of new music that landed in his virtual inbox in the last month or two of the year.
In the first show - a major late-year discovery for Leo (probably years after everybody else) was Danish group Efterklang, and he just had to start his show with a track from their new EP "Lyset", a companion piece to the recent album, "Altid Sammen".
Syrian artist Omar Souleyman also features, with a track from his new album "Shlon", and broody new tunes from Daniel Knox and Sarah Mary Chadwick are particular highlights.
There are also two versions of a new song by Seb Rochford's Pulled By Magnets and Max Richter appears twice with a pair from his soundtrack to the film Ad Astra.
There is also a slew of fabulous music from around the world: Corridor from Montreal, Yamaneko from Japan and Makoto Holmberg from Italy. Closer to UK home, Leo has Zonae, Low End Activist, slowthai and dgoHn.
And there is so much more besides, crammed into 120 minutes.
The second of Leo's two two-hour shows for January continues the Chinese theme of his December show, with two tunes from China, one by Beijing-based Gong Gong and the other by the hard-to-trace Yao Shisan from the Guizhou Province.
He also has his first tune from Northern Uganda in the form of Rwot Moo, another from Danish new-favourites Efterklang and a couple from New Zealand in the form of Sarah Mary Chadwick and Nadia Reid.
Intriguing collaborations come courtesy of Elizabeth Fraser, ex of the Cocteau Twins, guesting on a new Sam Lee single, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood working with cellist Oliver Coates on a fascinating eleven-minute track and Flaming Lips combining with Deap Valley to make Hope Hell High.
Also up is a debut tune from techno stalwart Benjamin Damage recording as BDB, Tygapaw's contribution to a Brooklyn compilation, Holy Fuck's continuing return to form, Samo DJ, Karel and a fourth track from Daniel Knox's wonderful recent EP.
All that and more await you...
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
EfterklangVi er uendelig (ft. South Denmark Girls Choir)EP: Lyset4AD
CorridorTopographeAlbum: JuniorSub Pop
Omar SouleymanLayleAlbum: ShlonMad Decent
Dylan HennerThe Dog Fell Asleep In My LapEP: Stormbird Brother in the DuskPhantom Limb
YamanekoFall ControlAlbum: Spirals Heaven WideLocal Action Records
ZonaeDiamondsAlbum: SZN001 (compilation)SZNS7N
Craven FaultsDeipkierSingle: DeipkierThe Leaf
Sarah Mary ChadwickPlease DaddyAlbum: Please DaddySinderlyn
Daniel KnoxVanishing SiteEP: I Had A Wonderful TimeH P Johnson Presents
Ivy Lab x Two FingersHotlineSingle: HotlineLDN Recordings
Low End ActivistLow End Activism (Original Mix)Single: Low End Activism (Original Mix)Sneaker Social Club
Grimm GrimmThe Ghost Of Madame Legros (feat. Lætitia Sadier)Album: GinormousTipTop Recording / Magniph
Max RichterTo The StarsAlbum: Ad Astra (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Deutsche Grammophon.
Max RichterForced EntryAlbum: Ad Astra (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Deutsche Grammophon.
slowthai x Denzel CurryPsychoSingle: PsychoThis is Forever
DeliluhIncantessaAlbum: Beneath the FloorsTelephone Explosion
Steven WarwickKind Of BlueAlbum: MOIPAN Records
dgoHnDolorous Dick'eadEP: dgoHnAstrophonica
JudgitzuUmemeSingle: Umeme / KeleleNyege Nyege Tapes
Pulled By MagnetsInvite Them In (Kit Downe's Performance)Album: Rose Golden Doorwaystak:til
Pulled By MagnetsInvite Them InAlbum: Rose Golden Doorwaystak:til
Makoto HolmbergRapid BlueAlbum: DisgeloSyntheke Records
Forest SwordsSwarmAlbum: The Machine Air (Original Film Soundtrack)Dense Truth
amelia courthousebeckerAlbum: ruby glassSpinster
Itoa & Lean LowThank U (feat. Warrior Queen) (Official Audio)EP: IcyBad Taste
Leo Gilbert Again - January 2020
The second of Leo's shows this month has two tunes from China, one by Beijing-based Gong Gong and the other by Yao Shisan from the Guizhou Province.
He also has a tune from Northern Uganda's Rwot Moo, another from Danish new-favourites Efterklang and a couple from New Zealand's Sarah Mary Chadwick and Nadia Reid.
Intriguing collaborations come courtesy of Elizabeth Fraser, ex of the Cocteau Twins, guesting on a new Sam Lee single, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood working with cellist Oliver Coates and Flaming Lips combining with Deap Valley.
Also up is Tygapaw, Holy Fuck, Samo DJ, Karel a fourth track from Daniel Knox's wonderful recent EP and a debut tune from BDB. All that and more await you...
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
KarelWorkEP: The WorkMagnetron Records
Gong Gong GongNotes Underground 地下日記Album: Phantom RhythmWharf Cat Records
Pro LagweeRwot MooAlbum: Electro Acholi Kaboom From Northern Uganda (compilation)Nyege Nyege Tapes
BDBNiio RhythmSingle: Boss Rhythm / Niio RhythmFeel My Bicep
Jonny Greenwood & Oliver CoatesIndustryAlbum: Octatonic Volume 2Octatonic
Colin StetsonMorning OfAlbum: The First (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Vol. 1)Record Collection
TygapawBlack Womxn ExperienceAlbum: Physically Sick 2 (compilation)Discwoman
Odd Nosdamp9 24Album: Plan 9 ...Meat Your HypnotisDome of Doom
SquidMatch BetAlbum: Town CentreSpeedy Wunderground / [PIAS]
Lunch Money LifeUnlimited Ice Cream PalaceAlbum: Unlimited Ice Cream PalaceKaya Kaya Records
Deap LipsHope Hell HighAlbum: Deap LipsCooking Vinyl Limited
Sam LeeThe Moon Shines BrightAlbum: Old WowCooking Vinyl Limited
Holy FuckFree GlossAlbum: DeleterHoly EF Music
St. VincentDancing with a Ghost (Pearson Sound Remix)Album: Nina Kraviz Presents MASSEDUCTION RewiredLoma Vista
JudgitzuKeleleSingle: Umeme / KeleleNyege Nyege Tapes
Daniel KnoxGood With FacesEP: I Had A Wonderful TimeH P Johnson Presents
Nadia ReidBest ThingSingle: Best ThingSlow Time Records / Spacebomb Records
Sarah Mary ChadwickWhen Will Death ComeAlbum: Please DaddySinderlyn
Louis Moholo OctetYou ain't gonna know me 'cos you think you know meAlbum: Spirits Rejoice!Otoroku
Samo DJFolieEP: To AperionBizzaro
EfterklangHænder der åbner sig (ft. South Denmark Girls Choir)EP: Lyset4AD
尧十三 Yao Shisan瞎子 Blind Man
Mark Cunliffe - January 2020
New year and yet more to look forward to. When you look beyond the commonplace there is a wealth of talent bubbling away. What of January then?
Habibi have a new track out ahead of their album release in February and one of my favourites, Onipa have some new material out and it's banging as always.
The enigmatic Sleeparchive released and unreleased a banger and then promptly put it back in it's box. Fortunately I grabbed it before it disappeared again.
My old mates, Seas Of Mirth are back with a new album that got physical from a kickstarter and I'm playing a track off it.
There seems to be a plethora of bassline in the show, not something I really intended but I'm happy it's happened. There is a featured EP from Mister Cheli who deals in all things moombahton and a featured album from none other than JME who sneaked in a December release that is one of the albums of 2019 in my opinion. No digital release at all either, only vinyl and CD and it never will be digital either. Big up JME, always doing it differently and after pretty much giving up on grime for a time too ...
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Durrty GoodzBar Code #5Digital Release
Mister CheliTeke TekeDigital Release
Jack AcidWah WahSoundcloud Release
HabibiCome My HabibiBandcamp Single
JME96 Of My LifeDouble LP
Mungo's Hi Fi and Eva LazarusWarrior CodeLP
PhibesGet The Fuck UpSoundcloud Release
Girls In SynthesisPressure7”
Interplanetary CriminalMake Me Feel12”
Ginger Johnson & His African MessengersNawa7”
HeftyDrone StrikeSoundcloud Release
TulenkeyYour Girlfriend Ft TitanDigital Single
Andi OttoRonde de CinqLP
Pet CrowInsomniaLP
Pinch & KahnSend Out12”
Tom Zanetti & K.O KaneLose My Head (Corrupt UK Remix)Soundcloud Release
BrothermanTry FollowDigital Release
Midas TFly BiSoundcloud Release
Stick FigureAll For YouDigital Album
LSB & DRSFadedDouble LP
Os NegrinhosPé No PivãoDigital Release
Mister CheliBOMB (Breaksoundz Remix)Digital Release
OnipaMakomaBandcamp Single
JMEDem Man Are Dead feat Big ZuuDouble LP
Mike TownKissKillSoundcloud Release
Dry CleaningViking HairLP
DJ SpinnKnock A Patch Out12”
Dick Dale & The Del-TonesMisirlou (Mista Trick Remix)Bandcamp Single
Seas Of MirthKlank KlankLP
Busy SignalUnknown Number (Deadbeat UK Bootleg)Soundcloud Release
A-WAShama'aBandcamp Album
Camelphat Ft. Jem CookeRabbit Hole (Christos Fourkis Djembe Dub Edit)Soundcloud Release
DJ Brum feat. WEIRD BAILE & Mu540Pique do ProdigySoundcloud Release
CulotteAlles Gut ft. Joey BahaBandcamp EP
DJ Manny Feat. Dj PhilPrototypeBandcamp Album
Def RobotThe Last CussBandcamp Album
SleeparchiveUnreleased Session BSoundcloud Release
Linval ThompsonJah Jah The Conqueror7”
kLapG6Soundcloud Release
Amy OGood RoutinesLP
NolaySo Brooklyn BarsDigital Album
LarinhxQuero VerSoundcloud Release
Travelling WaveThe LakeBandcamp Single
Mister CheliElla QuiereDigital Release
DJ Maars & Tom ShowtimeHungry Buster7”
JMEThis OneDouble LP
Slumb PartyShingles BellLP
Tiken Jah FakolyWe Love AfricaDigital Album
Mike Town2020Soundcloud Release
Mark Whitby - January 2020
A lot of great releases are scheduled for the early months of 2020 including new albums by Islet, Cornershop, Squarepusher and Gums among others, plus a glimpse of what Skullfuck Jackson and Dementio13 have gone planned for us in 2020.
We also find room for a few releases that came out at the back end of 2019 and simply can't be ignored: these include fine EPs from Eekum Seekum, Monster Surprise and The Scottish Enlightenment and a cracking Somalian compilation.
Our featured compilation is out this month, though, and it's yet another in the remarkable series of releases from Thomas Imposter.
Meanwhile, Peel Back... features highlights from the Festive Fifty of 1999 and we speculate, rather uselessly, on what might have been in the festive fifty had such a thing existed fifty years ago.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Skullfuck JacksonNevermind   
CocoRosieSmash My Head   
Bakaka BandGobonimada Jira (Choose Freedom)   
The Scottish EnlightenmentAtyches   
IsletGood Grief   
Dementio13Epiplex   
Digital ResistanceOut Of Sight   
CornershopNo Rock: Save In Roll   
SquarepusherVortrack   
Creeping PinkBlack Tide   
Monster SurpriseL'Oeil Du Cyclope   
Delroy Wilson & King TubbyKeep On Dubbing   
The Pistachio KidBicycle Thieves!   
John Ditty & DJ HurleySafe Music   
GumsEast Coast   
WireCactused   
Cadu TenorioThe Samurai Who Smells Of Sunflower   
Atari Teenage RiotRevolution Action   
HenferI Stole A Bride   
Sonic SubjunkiesDo You Even Know Who You Are?   
Nick DrakeRiver Man   
Eekum SeekumBrutality   
STR8WYZWhole Heep (Ft Sly & Robbie)   
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of DeadDon't Look Down   
Katie GateleyBracer   
Dur Dur BandLedenay   
Modesty BlaizeNatalie Vendredi   
AntYou've Lost Your Appeal   
DiatomNajdelaj   
iGodLimited Swan Lake Image (Mashed On 78 Mix)   
Back Of HouseWhisky & Pork   
JJM3Bossa   
Yip Man Of ScotlandTremors   
Big Joe WilliamsCrawling King Snake   
Frank & His SistersMwanangu Lala   
IdlesTelevision (Live At Le Bataclan)   
Rocker - January 2020
A two hour show from Rocker this month, packed with new music for the new decade, including an exclusive debut session from The Lovely Basement, and tracks from Jetstream Pony; Stars On Fire; The Flatmates; Beat Hotel; Subway Sect; Humphrey Milles; Nylex; The Pistachio Kid; The Science Of Words; The Bitter Springs; and Comet Gain.
This month's electronica has a Germanic feel including tracks from Oliver Huntemann remixed by Hidden Empire; Microtrauma; North Collective remixed by Dominik Marz and a couple of Spanish-based producers, Edu Imbernon and Raxon, whose record is nevertheless on a German label.
This month's Educating Elizabeth record is a classic instrumental from 1960; while this month's Rocker's Shellac Attack is a 1949 example of Western Swing.
As well as little known acts, here's a little known fact: Subway Sect's new single 'How High The Walls?' was inspired by the hopeless situations found in the books of Albert Camus, as read by a young Vic Godard.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Flamin' GrooviesTeenage HeadLP - 'Teenage Head'Kama SutraKSBS 2031
Big BlackColombian NecktieLP - 'Songs About Fucking'Touch And GoT&GLP#24
Dark ThoughtsDo You Dream7"Peterwalkee Records
Edu Imbernon & RaxonBetera12" - 'Vapor Trails EP'SystematicSYST 01266
The Lovely BasementLampeterDandelion Radio Session
CollateCommunication7"Market Square Records
The FlatmatesShe's So Bad For YouLP - 'The Flatmates'Happy Happy Birthday To Me / Subway OrganizationSUBORG18
Jetstream PonyIt'll Take More Than A Friday7" - 'I Close My Eyes'Kleine Untergrund SchallplattenKUS023
RooneyUsed To It (Peel)CDEP - 'This Job's Forever - The Peel Session'Owd Scrat RecordsOWD012
Stars On FireHurricane Hermione7" - 'Please Come Home For Christmas'Old Bad HabitsOBH008
Beat HotelFeel It12" mini-LP - 'Beat Hotel'Occultation
North CollectiveHaunt (Dominik Marz Dub Remix)12"And MusicAND 024
The Lovely BasementSomething Is HappeningDandelion Radio Session
Humphrey MillesBye Bye Boris SongDownload Single
Spade Cooley (King Of Western Swing) & His BandThe Eighth Of January10"78RPM Single - 'Wake Up, Susan'RCA VictorP-249 / 21-0081
PodcastsDragging The LakeDownload Single
Subway SectHow High The Walls?Download SingleGnu Inc.GNUinc00022
The Bitter SpringsGirls In F.I.T.S.LP - 'The Odd Shower'Tiny Global
NylexPlastic For The PeopleLP - 'Plastic For People'
The Science Of WordsNowhereEP - 'Kallocain'Next Phase: NormalNPN 9
The Lovely BasementDock Ladder StepDandelion Radio Session
Mar-KeysNight Before7"SatelliteS-107
Comet GainMid 8TsLP - 'Fireraisers Forever!'Tapete Records
Oliver HuntemannTranquilizer (Hidden Empire Remix)Download EP - 'Tranquilizer Remixes'SensoSoundssenso061
Cat ApostropheEverything Is Shit (But You're Great)LP - 'Lifelong Amateurism'Everything Sucks Music
The Pistachio KidPark Song10" Mini-LP - 'Sweet Remedies'Violette Records
The Lovely BasementGasometerDandelion Radio Session
Ex-VöidEx-Vöid7" - 'Only One'Prefect RecordsPREFECT0000001
MicrotraumaDer ApfelkernDownload EP - 'Three'Live Die RepeatLDR 003
Alan HavenImage7"FontanaTF 542
Sean Hocking - January 2020
I do enjoy putting together a beginning of the year show as it allows me to play you some of the tracks that may have not made the cut on previous shows over the past year and also feature oldies that are new to me and I hope, to you also.
That said, this show starts with a great collaboration between the mighty Jason Williamson and the International Teachers of Pop, a rather domestic little number about a pair of plimsols. Nice just to hear the word plimsols these days rather than the bog standard sneakers or trainers reference.
Sunny Sydney Christmas turned into a satanic like dystopian smoke engulfed nightmare this year and we document this in the show with our namesake song by Johnny Cash, Arthur Brown's Fire and the classic Australian heat song, "Too Hot to Move" by The Triffids. Unfortunately the only people who haven't been moving in the heat are the politicians, many others have had to as the choice has been lose you home or life. At the time this show was recorded over 800 homes have been destroyed and the fire season only officially started a few weeks back. The fires have been so awful that they have killed entire Koala populations putting this little bear close to extinction, this year our xmas money went to https://www.fnpw.org.au/
Our favourites of 2019 that missed shows the first time round include Rian Treanor's track, "Good News". Really looking forward to new music by this producer in 2020. He might not be so in your face as the might Giant Swan but that same sense of dread disgust and anger are to be found in his compositions and they'll sit perfectly in the year coming where we'll all have to suffer the next US presidential election, we've left the last song of the show as a reminder of that particular fact. Also included are songs from newbies Meagher Benefits, The Soft Walls, Mush & Autarkic. We hope to hear more from them this year
On the slightly crazed side we've included a DJ Bus Replacement favourite by Michael Forshaw, 'I Love Horses'. Also a Hindi version of Donna Summer's , "Love to Love You Baby", The Fall covering a Sun Records Gem , "F-oldin Money $" and Klaus Blatter's "(I Find Myself Surrounded By) The Lunatics of Acid House" in which he manages a couplet rhyming house and spouse!
Favourite band names of the month are The Steve McQueens & Gabber Modus Operandi.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Jason Williamson & International Teachers of PopI Stole Yer Plimsoles   
Prince Buster's All StarsBlack Dragon (Islam reissue)   
Elizabeth The SecondNo One Cares   
Arthur BrownFire   
Johnny CashRing of Fire   
The TriffidsToo Hot To Move   
The FallF-'oldin' Money   
Black Randy And The MetrosquadMarlon Brando   
Blue Sky Black DeathAhead Of The Game (feat. Jean Grae & Blacastan)   
Le Villejuif UndergroundAbsinthe Minded Woman   
SquidThe Cleaner   
The Goa ExpressMy Day Monday   
Spartaco AndreoliEins Zwei Drei   
PotterySmooth Operator   
Writhing SquaresDirt in My Mind's Eye   
Invisible Conga PeopleIn a Hole   
Wished BoneHigh & Lonesome   
Embedded FiguresSt. Kilda   
Chocolate AffairJump to Calypso   
Ghost WolvesCrooked Cop   
Tommy And The CommiesSuckin' In Your 20's   
TigerRap Pon Rydim   
TK & The Holy Know-NothingsTunnel of a Dream   
Gabber Modus OperandiHey Nafsu   
VNot Ready 4 This   
SPELLLINGUnder the Sun   
Rian TreanorGood News   
BeatlesChild Of Nature (Esher Demo)   
Rudy De Anda & Hanni El KhatibJealous Guy   
John LennonDear Yoko (at Cold Spring Harbor NY on 11 May 1980)   
AutarkicTrespassers Unite   
Klaus Blatter(I Find Myself Surrounded By) The Lunatics of Acid House   
ChikayaFall In   
StonefieldDead Alive   
The AstoundsSplit With the Sky   
Meager BenefitsNo Regrets   
CornershopEngland's Dreaming   
LarkLady Veronique   
Cereal KillerBeing Cool   
FlamingodsMarigold   
Ricky WildeI Wanna Go To A Disco   
SharonAaj Ki Raat (Love To Love You, Baby - Hindi)   
BelpaeseEoeo   
Tommy Blake$ F-Olding Money (1959)   
The Steve McQueensMission To Rock   
The Utopia StrongKonta Chorus   
CardopusherFalling Awake   
MojahCamboulay (Dub Version)   
The Soft WallsMisperception   
Bryans Magic TearsSweet Jesus   
Kelly Lee OwensOmen No.1   
Michael ForshawI Love Horses   
The La De DasHow Is The Air Up There?   
CuirTrop Vieux Pour Mourir Jeune   
MushLitvinenko   
Goldie Lookin' ChainHalf Man Half Machine   
Nap HepburnBlack Man   
State of FluxMind Weeds (Grow more Pot)   
LiquidsI Killed Donald Trump   
Thomas Blatchford - January 2020
Thomas is back with the 2019 hangover edition of the Dandelion wingding, meaning there's some of the best singles of the past 12 months from Hinds, Baker Boy, The Pink Tiles and Alice Skye, bits off albums of the year by Danny Brown, Minimal Violence and Autumns, plus a glimpse at piping hot reissues of The Prissteens and Vox Populi! (they added that exclamation mark themselves).
Also, there's a Daphne & Celeste remix we weren't expecting, a Courtney Barnett rework that sounded amazing on MTV Unplugged, and a brief detour down Memory Boulevard to visit a couple of Festive Fifty entrants of the 1990s.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Selfish CuntBritain Is ShitNo Wicked Heart Shall Prosper LPHorseglueUHU010
LOFTThat Hyde Trakkand depart from mono games EPTri-AngleTRI 048
STR8WYZ feat. Sly & RobbieWhole HeepJoy of 6 Vol. 4Thomas Imposter
Daphne & Celeste A.L.T.O. (David Shrigley & Lee Baker Remix)A.L.T.O. CSBalatonicBTJ3
Hinds Riding SoloLucky Number
Baker BoyMeditjin (feat. JessB)Island
Alice SkyeI Feel Better But I Don’t Feel GoodBad Apples Music
VajazzleProzac NationVajazzle Demo EP
The Wameki穴 / HoleTokyo Breakdown EP
Danny BrownTheme Songuknowhatimsayin¿ LPWarpWARPLP307
Fantastic TwinsWhy Are You Here?Lost In Germany EPAgainst Fascism TraxAF 004
The PrissteensTeenage DicksThe Hound LPGirlsvilleGIRLS-20
AhadadreamMeltyR&S Presents: More Time Records Vol 1R&SRS 1917
Minimal ViolenceL.A.P.InDreams LPTechnicolourTCLR033
AutumnsYour Expression is IrrelevantFoyle Living LPDKADKATP10
DJ Q & FinnBaby I Don't KnowSwing TingSWINGTING025
Cornershop6am Jullandar ShereWoman's Gotta Have It LPWiiijaWIJ45CD
Sonic SubjunkiesDo You Even Know Who You Are?Molotov Lounge LPIris Lighti-light 012CD
Inebrious BastardTuesday Night Budget BluesDark Days 2019Team Glasses
9th HousePlexus (Fear-E’s Right in the Solar Plexus Mix)Planetary EPHot HausHOTSHIT046
The Pink TilesHave You HeardTwo Sides of The Pink Tiles
Ausecuma BeatsAidaAusecuma Beats 12"Music In Exile / Bedroom SuckMIE004
HappaLS14 BattlerLS14 Battler / 36th ChamberlainPT/5
Vox Populi!Soleymani DubAlternatif Réalisme LPEmotional Rescue
Four TetTeenage Birdsong (Avalon Emerson Scrub Jay Remix)Teenage Birdsong 12"TextTEXT050
Evelyn Ida MorrisNameless, FacelessMilk On Milk 12"Milk!MILK041
Duval TimothyDYEHosting / DYE 7"NTSNTSM1V
Slow PointCircles Pt. 1Kanjiro EPPouring DreamPOUR 011