The Breakdown®

Last show of September and it's an absolute doozy. Here's why... Charlotte Adigéry & BOLIS PUPUL - 'Thank You' Cheekface - 'Ted Talk City' Cold Beat - 'Part The Sea' Ada Lea - 'Can't Stop Me From Dying' The Muslims - 'John McCain's Ghost Sneaks Into The White House And Tea Bags The President' Zanias - 'Unsaid' The Regrettes - 'Monday' Six By Seven - 'The Way I Wanted You' Poppy - 'Lessen The D...

This week's first hour comes to you from the North Devon coast. Listen closely and you might hear a seagull. You don't have to listen that closely to hear Scarlett the cat invading the second hour. Here's what's between the animal noises... Still Corners - 'Heavy Days' Kacey Musgraves - 'breadwinner' Low - 'More' Cold Beat - 'SOS' Sleigh Bells - 'Hummingbird Bomb' Kills Birds - 'Glisten' Habibi -...

This week's double header is a veritable feast for your ears. Here's what's on... Holly Humberstone - 'Scarlett' Kacey Musgraves - 'Simple Times' Little Simz - 'Miss Understood' Low - 'White Horses' Amyl & The Sniffers - 'Hertz' Manic Street Preachers - 'Happy Bored Alone' Sans Soucis - 'On Time For Her' Big Thief - 'Certainty' Alan Fitzpatrick - 'W.A.I.S.T.D' (feat. Kele) Saint Etienne - 'Fon...

This week's show could be one of the best of the year so far. Judge for yourself... Pictish Trail - 'Natural Successor' Fortitude Valley - 'All Hail The Great Destroyer' CHVRCHES - 'Lullabies' Little Simz - 'Point and Kill' (feat. Obongjayar) Methyl Ethel - 'Matters' The Dodos - 'Annie' Beak> - 'Oh Know' Duck - 'Bad Romance' Maida Rose - 'Within' Poster Paints - 'Never Saw It Coming' P.E. - 'Sh...

An impromptu double album of the week feature and 15 tracks in each hour on this week's Breakdown. Caribou - 'You Can Do It' Sigrid - 'Burning Bridges' Orla Gartland - 'Over Your Head' Turnstile - 'LONELY DEZIRES' Halsey - 'The Lighthouse' mazie - 'dumb dumb' IDLES - 'The God That Failed' Liz Lawrence - 'Drive' Indigo De Souza - 'Bad Dream' Yebba - 'Boomerang' KEG - 'Heyshaw' Kacey Musgraves - 'Ju...

Another Joel solo show this week. Here's what's on.. Alice Longyu Gao - 'Kanpai' Parquet Courts - 'Walking At A Downtown Pace' Wednesday - 'Twin Plagues' Orla Gartland - 'Bloodline/Difficult Things' Jungle - 'Truth' Colleen Green - 'Someone Else' Church Girls - 'Separated' Emma Saville - 'Through The Storm' Matthew E. White - 'Nested' Joy Orbison - 'bernard?' Still Woozy - 'Get By' Moonchild Sanel...

Thirty tracks on this week's bumper Breakdown. Here's what you can hear... Wasuremono - 'Eating Up The Sky' Fortitude Valley - 'Baby, I'm Afraid' Foxing - 'Bialystok' Wednesday - 'Three Sisters' Bas Jan - 'You Have Bewitched Me' Jenny Moore's Mystic Business - 'He Earns Enough' Broken Chanter - 'Extinction Event Souvenir T-shirt' Big Thief - 'Little Things' Stina Marie Claire - 'The Human Conditio...

It's a solo Joel show this week, you lucky people. Here's what's on... Thump - 'Struttin'' Ada Lea - 'damn' Lump - 'Paradise' Foxing - '737' Kississippi - 'Twin Flame' Ty Segall - 'Harmonizer' Anna Vincent - 'Naxos' audiobooks - 'LaLaLa It's The Good Life' Dry Cleaning - 'Bug Eggs' Girl K - 'Girl K Is For The People' Yola - 'Whatever You Want' Liars - 'Star Search' Nation Of Language - 'This Fract...

So much good music to fit in this week. Here's what's on Sleigh Bells - 'Locust Laced' Saint Etienne - 'Pond House' Molly Burch - 'Easy' Lump - 'Bloom At Night' Yola - Dancing Away In Tears' Clinic - 'Fantasy Island' Spellling - 'Emperor With An Egg' Billie Eilish - 'Oxytocin' Enola Gay - 'Through Men's Eyes' rainbow frog biscuits - 'Friends Instead' Au/Ra - 'Screw Feelings' The Bronx - 'Mexican S...

Back after a week off, refreshed and revitalised, with all this... Deerhoof - 'Department Of Corrections' TOPS - 'Party Again' Pip Blom - 'It Should Have Been Fun' Molly Burch - 'Games' Anna Meredith - 'BPM 100' Steady Holiday - 'Love Me 2' Pony Hunt - 'Stardust' Thrillhouse - 'What Next?' Julia Bardo - 'No Feeling' Sylvie Kreusch - 'Let It All Burn' Goodnight Louisa - 'Get Your Hands Off My Girlf...

Here's what's on this week's Breakdown... Little Simz - 'I Love You, I Hate You' Big Red Machine - 'Latter Days' (feat. Anaïs Mitchell) The Go! Team - 'Freedom Now' The Goon Sax - 'Bathwater' Ghostly Kisses - 'Don't Know Why' Bummer - 'JFK Speedwagon' Nation Of Language - 'Wounds Of Love' Annie - 'Just Like Honey' The Cat Empire - 'Great Beauty' Stef Chura - 'Good Time' Goat - 'Queen Of The Underg...

A slightly less busy week for new albums but there's still plenty of cracking new tunes for your listening pleasure. Here's what's on... Magdalena Bay - ‘Chaeri’ We Were Promised Jetpacks - ‘Fat Chance’ SAULT - ‘Bitter Streets’ The Go! Team - ‘Let The Seasons Work’ The Smittens - ‘Wanna Go Dancin’ (So Far Away)’ Horte - ‘Väisty Tieltä’ Matilda Mann - ‘Bloom’ Desperate Journalist - ‘The Victim' The...

It's an insanely busy week for new album releases, so there's lots to cram in. Here's what we've got... English Teacher - 'Wallace' Molly Payton - 'Honey' Kings Of Convenience - 'Love Is A Lonely Thing' (feat. Feist) SAULT - 'Trap Life' Mother Mother - 'The Knack' Mae Powell - 'Scratch n Sniff' Joan Armatrading - 'Natural Rhythm' Drug Church - 'Bliss Out' The Felice Brothers - 'Jazz On The Autobah...

We never play the same track twice on. The Breakdown, except when we do. See if you can spot which one... Torres - 'Hug From A Dinosaur' Aldous Harding - 'Old Peel' Islands - 'Never Let You Down' Liars - 'Big Appetite' Poise - 'Show Me Your Love' Belishas - 'Whispers' Soccer Mommy - 'Kissing In The Rain' La Luz - 'In The Country' Sally Shapiro - 'Fading Away' Water From Your Eyes - 'When You're Ar...

EURO 2020 FEVER, with literelly zero football related content. Bloody loads of great music though. For example... Illuminati Hotties - 'Pool Hopping' Lucy Dacus - 'Brando' Japanese Breakfast - 'Sit' Islands - 'Closed Captioning' Garbage - 'The Creeps' Weekend Recovery - 'Yeah!?' Fousheé - 'Enjoy The Silence' Mother Mother - 'Sick Of The Silence' Zuzu - 'Timing' Sleater-Kinney - 'Tomorrow's Grave'...

The first Breakdown of June, with Steve and Joel, in that order. Here's what's on... CHVRCHES - 'How Not To Drown' (feat. Robert Smith) Nation of Language - 'Across That Fine Line' Bachelor - 'Spin Out' Japanese Breakfast - 'Paprika' Dignan Porch - 'Mezmerized' ME REX - 'Galena' Molly Burch - 'Heart of Gold' Courtney Paige Nelson - 'Fever Dream' The Mountain Goats - 'Dark In Here' Frances Forever...

Rounding off this five Breakdown month in fine style with another 28 noteworthy tracks for your enjoyment... Sparks - 'So May We Start' Ralph - 'Love Potion' Gruff Rhys - 'Mausoleum Of My Former Self' Bachelor - 'Doomin' Sun' black midi - 'Hogwash And Balderdash' Lera Lynn - 'Dark Horse (Reimagined)' Naomi Banks - 'Same Room' Six Organs Of Admittance - 'All That They Left You' Foxing - 'Where The...

Another May Breakdown for your listening pleasure. Here's what you can hear... Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - 'Like I Used To' Duran Duran - 'Invisible' St Vincent - 'Down And Out Downtown' Gruff Rhys - 'Everlasting Joy' LoneLady - 'Fear Colour' Alice Hubble - 'Power Play' Lucy Dacus - 'VBS' Century Egg - 'I Will Make Up A Method' Broken Dreams Club - 'Pool Party' Sofie Winterson - 'Slow' Ya...

A bountiful edition of The Breakdown with treats aplenty. This is what we're talking about... Gaspard Augé - 'Hey' Islands - 'Carpenter' Squid - 'Peel St' St Vincent - 'Somebody Like Me' Charles - 'Impudent Hussy' serpentwithfeet - 'You Don't Own Me' Laura Mvula - 'Got Me' Big Scary - 'Stay' Gojira - 'Grind' John Grant - 'Rhetorical Figure' Sleater-Kinney - 'Worry With Me' Hildegard - 'Jour 3' Oli...

Another bumper. fun-packed edition of The Breakdown. The running order is as follows... Lump - 'Animal' Modest Mouse - 'We Are Between' girl in red - 'Apartment 402' Squid - 'G.S.K.' Seaside - 'State Of Grace' Aly & AJ - 'Don't Need Nothing' Water From Your Eyes -'"Quotations"' The Joy Formidable - 'Back To Nothing' Premium Leisure - 'Easy FM' Emma Kupa - 'Happy Birthday' Big Thing - 'Say When...

So much great music on this week's show. I mean judge for yourselves but we're definitely right. This is what we're talking about... Self Esteem - 'I Do This All The Time' CHAI - 'Ping Pong' (feat YMCK) Remember Sports - 'Flossie Dickie' girl in red - 'i'll call you mine' black midi - 'Slow (Loud)' Warpaint - 'Lilys' Crumb - 'Ice Melt' Rosie Tucker - 'Dog' The Polyphonic Spree - 'Don't Change' LCY...

Have we got a show for you? Yes, otherwise it wouldn't have appeared in your podcast app. Here's what's on it... Jordana - 'Push Me Away' (feat. Magdalena Bay) Art d'Ecco - 'Desires' Spencer Krug - 'Fading Graffiti' Bicep - 'Siena' (feat. Clara La San) Gruff Rhys - 'Can't Carry On' Remember Sports - 'Like A Stone' Fresh - 'My Redemption Arc' BSÍ - 'Vesturbæjar Beach'  English Teacher - 'R&amp...

Back after a week away; refeshed and revitalised, armed with a bag of tunes for your listening pleasure. Here's what... Fiona Apple - 'Love More' girl in red - 'You Stupid Bitch' Sorry - 'Favourite' Spencer Krug - 'Serena's Kills' Gaspard Augé - 'Force' Sheep, Dog & Wolf - 'Deep Crescents' Foxing - 'Go Down Together' Caoilfhionn Rose - 'To Me' Sinead O'Brien - 'Kid Stuff' Coach Party - 'Sweeth...

The 48th home recorded Breakdown since last April is full to bursting with quality new music. Here's what... Squirrel Flower - 'Hurt A Fly' L'Impératrice - 'Hématome' Xiu Xiu - 'Oh No' Dinosaur Jr - 'Garden' Dry Cleaning - 'Unsmart Lady' Dignan Porch - 'Hidden Levels' Claire George - 'Pink Elephants' LoneLady - 'Groove It Out' LoneLady - '(There Is) No Logic' Heka - '(a) wall' Du Blonde - 'Pull Th...

It's now been over a year since the last live in-studio Breakdown. One day we'll be back but for now, it's another pre-recorded split edition, with all this... Wasuremono - 'An Ordinary Life' Ravioli Me Away - 'Birth Time' Jane Inc - 'Dirt And The Earth' Xiu Xiu - 'One Hundred Years' (feat. Chelsea Wolfe) Tune-Yards - 'Homewrecker' Full Power Happy Hour - 'Heart Fell Out' Show Me The Body - 'Rubbe...