Last show before the festivities, so it's christmas special time.
Jimmy Butler - Trim Your Tree
Because nothing says christmas quite like some thinly-veiled smut. From 1959 off the album Christmas In My Heart.
Oscar - It's Christmas Again
From one of 2015's breakout stars off Amazon's compilation Indie For The Holidays.
Carter USM - Christmas Shopper's Paradise
A not-particularly festive reworking of Shopper's Paradise for the christmas market from a few years back. Chuck some bells on, that'll do it.
Glam Chops - Countdown To Christmas
A bit of a supergroup with Art Brut's Eddie Argos at the front. This is from 2008 and is tremendous fun.
Helen Love and Friends - The Townhall Band
Raising money for the Trussell Trust, this features all sorts of other artists chipping in their two penn'orth. Jaunty enough innit.
I, Ludicrous - George Jenkins
The festive offering from the album Dull Is The New Interesting. Superb.
The Fall - (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas
From the EP of the same name dating from 2003. It's not christmas until you've heard Mark E Smith.
Cornershop - Every Year So Different feat. Trwbador
This is from 2012, and a total delight.
Clinic - Christmas
Avant-gardians from Liverpool. You can find it on the album Funf, a collection of B-sides from 2007.
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evening Stage
From 1972's The Spotlight Kid. Not a well-received album with band tension at an all-time high. Needless to say. Beefheart blamed everyone but himself.
Goldie Lookin' Chain - John Lewis Christmas
Brilliant. Take that, John Lewis and everyone involved with that ad.
Joy Zipper - Christmas Song
Married couple from Long Island, this is from 2003.
The Smoking Trees - The Psychedelic Lights Of Christmas
Also on Tjinder Singh's Ample Play Records - he of Cornershop - comes this from the LA psych-merchants. This is off last year's EP Festive Christmas.
Laurence Made Me Cry - You Can't Have Christmas, It's Mine
Lamenting the lot of the birthday-at-christmas kids is Jo Whitby, aka Laurence Made Me Cry. This dates from 2012 with proceeds going to the NSPCC.
Council Tax Band - O Tannenbaum
Short and to the point. This is the festive offering from the Bedford noise-niks, available as a pay-what-you-like download.
Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
Now you've heard this, your christmas can begin. The traditional show-closer.
Nights drawing in, so curl up with us for an hour. Some shoe-gazing in Cover Version Corner and a controversy-laden One Degree...
Cults - I Can Hardly Make You Mine Carolyn: That reminds me of a lot of things, none of which I can think of off the top of my head. John: Quite. Good though. Catchy, like. That's the lead track off the album 'Static' which came out last week.
Drenge - Nothing John: We've not played these for a bit, so let's put that right. the album, 'Drenge', is a triumph and shows what you can do with an attitude, some drums and a guitar. More power to their elbow. Carolyn: Especially the drummer.
Marmozets - Move Shake Hide John: And now something noisy from Bingley. That's out on November 18 on Roadrunner Records.
Cover Version Corner Ride/Trespassers William - Vapour Trail John: Trespassers William get their unusual name from Winnie The Pooh. Something about a broken sign saying 'Trespassers Will' that Piglet says is the sign for his uncle's place and his full name is Trespassers William. Anyway, that is off the 2003 album 'Different Stars'. Before that, the original show-gazers from Oxford, Ride, from back in 1991. A record I am indebted to the man who is now my brother in-law for introducing me to. That's on an album called 'Nowhere'.
Gesaffelstein - Hate Or Glory John: We've had this chap on before. Mike Lévy from Lyon is Gesaffelstein and this is off the album 'Aleph' which is out next Monday.
The Michael Ainsley Band - Choose your Friends Wisely John: We played these last week and it seemed to go down well, so here's another track from the album 'Devil's In The Detail'. They're from Wakefield and I very much like the cut of their jib.
Paul McGladdery - Lush Green Leaves John: A singer/songwriter from Oldham, he's got a lot of tunes up on Soundcloud. There's quite a variety in there and this is my pick of what I've heard. His voice has an almost Ian Curtis-y feel in places of that. Worth checking out. Carolyn: Do they get lush green leaves in Oldham? John: I think they all blew over this side of the hills over the weekend.
Tigercub - Mother Carolyn: Are they supposed to sound that much like Nirvana? John: Suffice to say that I think they draw heavily on the '90s grunge thing for inspiration. They're from Brighton and that's off their debut EP.
DJ Yoda - Chop Suey John: Been meaning to play more of this guy's stuff for a while. He's Duncan Beiny from London and this is off last year's album, also called 'Chop Suey'. I guess it serves as something of a manifesto - take a bunch of other stuff, chop it all up and come up with something new.
One Degree of Separation Carter USM - Bloodsport For All The Tom Robinson Band - (Sing If You're) Glad To Be Gay John: Tom Robinson there, from the 'Rising Free' live EP back in 1978. Before that, from 1991's excellent '30 Something' album, Carter USM. Your link is that both were banned by the BBC. Carter were banned as their song about racism and bullying in the armed forces came out around the time of the first Gulf War and Glad To Be Gay fell foul of rules about promoting homosexuality. Instead, the BBC charts played a different track off the EP, 'Don't Take No For An Answer'. I'd like to think we've moved on as a society in the last 35 years.
Mourning Birds - The Last Thing (I Need) John: The second track we've played by these and they've still not hit four minutes of airtime. Compact and bijou, I think you call it.
The Wytches - Beehive Queen John: I've been after playing this for ages and finally got round to it. They're from Brighton and this came out in June. They're on tour with Future Of The Left whose latest album, I'm assured, has just been dispatched in my direction. Carolyn: So we'll be having something off that next week? John: Highly likely.
Lou Reed - Perfect Day John: With the sad passing of Lou Reed on Sunday, we've got to end on one of his. What a legacy he leaves behind.
Here's most of the wrapped up on YouTube. There's a fair few that aren't, but they're either linked to or embedded among the text above. You know what you're doing with a computer - you'll find it.
We're taking a break next week. Back in a fortnight.
A full 100 minutes of the show tonight due to a combination of poor planning and unforeseen circumstances. Oh well, an opportunity to work through that ever-growing backlog.
Ruen Brothers - Walk Like A Man John: Sounding like they're from 1960s Tennessee or something, these lads are very much au courant and from sunny Scunthorpe. They are Henry and Rupert Ruen and that's their debut single.
Disclosure - When A Fire Starts To Burn John: Another pair of brothers, this time from Surrey. Guy and Howard Lawrence are Disclosure and they're very much the new big thing. Their debut album 'Settle' came out two weeks ago and went straight to number one.
Bat For Lashes and Toy - The Bride John: Take two of our favourite bands, mix together and tell them to make a record with Jefferson Airplane overtones and this is what you get. Carolyn: That does sound a lot like White Rabbit. I liked the start and the end, but it went a bit strange in the middle. John: No idea if it's anything other than this one-off, but I hope it is. Marvellous stuff.
Cover Version Corner Inspiral Carpets/Carter USM - This Is How It Feels John: From the Carpets' debut album 'Life' from all the way back in 1990. Carter had it on the B-side of After The Watershed a year later. Carolyn: All I know about Carter is the rugby tackle on Phillip Schofield. John: After The Watershed was what they played immediately before that incident.
Hooded Fang - Ode To Subterranea John: We're awaiting a new album from these. 'Gravez' - with a Z, inevitably - is it and is due soon. A bit of good old San Francisco psychedelia from Toronto.
Money - Bluebell Fields John: A new band, these are a four-piece from Manchester and this is their debut release. They've just signed to Bella Union records and the finishing touches to an album are being applied sort of now. That's awfully relaxing. Carolyn: I'll say. Nearly dozing off, here.
Virals - Wax Work John: Something a bit livelier then. Virals is Shaun Henscher from Worcester and that's available as a free download right now.
Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams John: We've played a few tracks off the hit album 'Lonerism' and this is the latest. Top notch.
Jagwar Ma - Man I Need John: And another Aussie band with a smash on their hands. This is the Sydney duo's (Tame Impala are from Perth) latest release from the album 'Howlin''.
One Degree of Separation The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer Neon Neon - Hammer And Sickle John: That's the second single from Neon Neon's second album 'Praxis Makes Perfect' which is a concept album about Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, the subversive publisher and left-wing agitator during the Years Of Lead - the 1960s to '80s in Italy, a time marked by tit-for-tat political assassinations and complete political turmoil. Before that, The Durutti Column from back in 1980 off the debut album 'The Return Of The Durutti Column'. They were named after Buenaventura Durutti, Spanish anarchist who was active pre- and during the Civil War. Carolyn: Wow. Not just a music show, this... John: That Durutti Column album - on Factory - was notable also for coming in a sandpaper sleeve, an homage to Situationist writer Guy Debord whose 'Mémoires' did likewise, in order that other books on the shelf are destroyed every time you take it out. Not the only time Factory did something daft with a record cover - the Blue Monday 12", for instance, which famously cost more to produce than it was sold for.
Liars - I Saw You From The Lifeboat John: This is off the forthcoming album 'Synth's Not Dead' and boy am I glad it's not. Carolyn: I didn't like it. John: I appreciate it's an opinion-divider. Personally, in an era when a lot of music is made with computers, there's still room for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Art Brut - We Make Pop Music John: I'm not a fan of bands putting new material on 'best of...' albums, but I'll let them off. That's off the new album 'Art Brut Top Of The Pops' and is an anthem to misanthropy. Misanthem?
Fuck Buttons - The Red Wing John: Always exciting to get new stuff from these, a Bristol duo comprising Benjamin John Power and Andrew Hung. This is off the forthcoming album 'Slow Focus'.
Temples - Colours To Life John: Bringing a bit of psychedelia to Kettering, this is their second single and comes out on June 24, so you're bang up to date with it.
Mount Kimbie - So Many Times, So Many Ways John: From the album 'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth' which came out a few weeks ago, I really like that. All floaty and light and... ahhhh....
Outfit - I Want What's Best John: A new band, a Liverpool five-piece. This is their first single off the album 'Performance' which is out in August.
The Juan Maclean - You Are My Destiny John: John Maclean from Rhode Island performs as The Juan Maclean. I don't know. Carolyn: To differentiate from the main protagonist of the Die Hard films? Could disappoint a lot of people if they're expecting someone in a vest. John: That's been doing the rounds for a while and is part of the massive backlog I'm getting to clear out today.
Kurt Vile - Air Bud John: Let's end on a summery one. Again, it's been around a wee while, off the album 'Wakin' On A Pretty Daze'.
