The Breakdown®

Joel and Steve are back with a particularly strong selection of new music, if we do say so ourselves. Here's what... Austra - 'Anywayz', JARV IS - 'House Music All Night Long', Caroline Rose - 'Nothing's Impossible', Dixie Chicks - 'Gaslighter', Julia Bardo - 'Please Don't Tell Me', Gaygirl - 'Mikkel', Islet - 'Sgwylfa Rock', Moaning - 'Make It Stop', Moscoman - 'What Do We Care' (feat. Tom Sander...

John Murphy becomes only the fifth person to solo host an edition of The Breakdown. And there's plenty of good music, as always. Here's what... Vundabar - 'Montage Music', Throwing Muses - 'Dark Blue', Mabel - 'Boyfriend', Caribou - 'New Jade', Boarder - 'Chew Me Up', Perfume Genius - 'Describe', Rufus Wainwright - 'Damsel In Distress', Dizzy - 'Sunflower', Christine & The Queens - 'La Vita Nu...

Dan Pop-o-matic is back on The Breakdown with Steve this week as we manage to squeeze a whopping 30 tracks into this edition. Here's what's on... Purity Ring - 'stardew', Strawberry Generation - 'Breakthrough Feeling', Habibi - 'Born Too Late', Tame Impala - 'Is It True', Lanterns On The Lake - 'Blue Screen Beams', Duck - 'New Super Power', Harkin - 'Nothing The Night Can't Change', Red Sleeping B...

John Murphy joins Joel on The Breakdown this week, (obviously) with some Australian artists and (obviously) with some Sharon Van Etten. Here's what else made the cut... Aly & AJ - 'Attack Of Panic', Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - 'Cars In Space', HMLTD - 'Where's Joanna?', Alex The Astronaut - 'I Think You're Great', Caroline Rose - 'Freak Like Me', Jack Stauber's Micropop - 'Dinner Is Not...

Something for everyone on The Breakdown this week, with a stellar line up of the best in new music. Here's what's on... Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Let's Be Friends', Warm Digits - 'A View From Nowhere' (feat. Emma Pollock), Halsey - 'Experiment On Me', The Radio Dept - 'The Absence Of Birds,' Beach Bunny - 'Promises', Adwaith - 'Lan Y Môr', HMLTD - 'Blank Slate', TOPS - 'I Feel Alive', Hamilton Leithause...

It's the dawning of a new age, as the Sheffield Live studio gets a complete overhaul and we get to grips with the technological advancements. In between learning on the job, here's what we played... Caribou - 'Never Come Back, Waxahatchee - 'Fire', Chromatics - 'Toy', Destroyer - 'The Raven', Yumi Zouma - 'Cool For A Second', Peel Dream Magazine - 'Pill', Das Koolies - 'It's All About The Dolphins...

Final show in the old studio before the new dawn of professionalism with tools that actually work. Too much music to fit in this week but we did what we could. Here's what... U.S. Girls - 'Overtime', Cold Beat - 'Prism', Algiers - 'Repeating Nights', Mint Julep - 'Stray Fantasies', The Just Joans - 'Who Does Susan Think She Is?', Precious Metals - 'Wrestling', of Montreal - 'St Sebastian', Happy S...

It's been a while but we welcome back Adam Follett to Breakdown co-hosting duties this week. You've got an hour of Joel to get through first though. Here's who's on… Special Interest - 'All Tomorrow's Carry', Future Islands - 'For Sure', Lomelda - 'Wonder', The Beths - 'Mars, The God Of War', The Flaming Lips - 'Dinosaurs On The Mountain', SoKo - 'Looking For Love', Cuddle Magic - 'Hurt A Little',...

First show of the new year features a total of fourteen artists getting their first play on The Breakdown as we catchup with a few releases we missed over the last month or so. Here's what's on... Faith Healer - '2020', Field Music - 'Do You Read Me?', Grimes - '4ÆM', Grumpy - 'Space Cadet', Miranda Lambert - 'Way Too Pretty For Prison', Ducks Unlimited - 'Get Bleak', Pet Shop Boys - 'Monkey Busin...