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05/01/2026

Tracklist for 3rd January 2026:

Album of the week: Wristwatch - 'III'

SHELF LIVES - 'frissoN'
Joji- 'LOVE YOU LESS' *
Gumshoes - 'Die Pig Die'
Wristwatch - 'Size' *
Ladytron - 'Caught In The Blink Of An Eye'
flora cash - 'WHAT IS WRONG'
flora cash - 'moments of glory'

John’s Treble 7:
Theo Bleak - 'Mortified'
KATSEYE - 'Internet Girl' *
dream fatigue - 'be your anchor' *

Alice Costello - 'Anywhere Else'
Feels Like Heaven - 'Sandra Bullock' *
The Shania Twainsaw Massacre - 'Deer' *
Cavetown - 'Sailboat' (feat. chloe moriondo)
Wristwatch - 'Du'
Space Jaguar - 'Bad Reputation' *

The 4 o'clock classic: Father John Misty - 'Chateau #4 (In C for Two Virgins)'

The Happy Somethings - 'Meanwhile' *
Kula Shaker - 'Lucky Number'
The Afghan Whigs - 'Downtown'
Winona Oak - 'Horses'
Hallucinogenius - 'everything everywhere all at once except here' *

Joel’s Treble 7:
Tongue Scraper - 'Patience Of A Saint' *
Kali Uchis - 'Muevelo'
Pelted - 'Sydd' *

Dafties - 'Ohmygodyuwgueys' *
I Hate Myself Because - 'EXACTLY' *
Wristwatch - 'Floor'
Honey Blonde - 'Crystal Ballroom' *
The Dutch Kills - 'Molly Screams' *
Bears In Trees - 'Large Hadron Collider'

* denotes artists first play on the show

1st edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/15
Running 2026 total - 31/15

21/12/2025

Tracklist for 20th December 2025 (with guest co-host Chris Stride):

Best of 2025 featuring the Offbeat Festive 10

The Futureheads - 'What's This?'

The 2025 Offbeat Festive 10:
10. Pulp - 'Grown Ups'
9. Sorry - 'Echoes' (S2)
8. Cheekface - 'Living Lo-fi'
7. Horsegirl - 'Frontrunner' (C5)
6. Vi**ra Boys - 'Man Made of Meat'
5. Wet Leg - 'Mangetout'
4. Geese - 'Au Pays Du Co***ne'
3. Car Seat Headrest - 'The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)'
2. Fontaines DC - 'It's Amazing To Be Young'
1. Geese - 'Taxes'

This Is Lorelei - 'Mouth Man'
Ganser - 'Lounger'

The 4 o'clock classic: Floater - 'Welcome To My World'

Chris, Steve and Joel's Top 5s of the year:
C #6: The Tubs - 'One More Day' *
S #6: Tulpa - 'Let's Make A Tulpa' *
J #5: Djo - 'Basic Being Basic'
C #4: Tossing Seed - 'Stars In Your Eyes'
S #5: Cut Cult - 'Lame Horse'
J #4: Boko Yout - 'GUSTO'
C #3: Half Man Half Biscuit - 'Falmouth Electrics'
S #4: Lande Hekt - 'Favourite Pair Of Shoes'
J #3: Sorry - 'Jetplane'
C #2: Dog Race - 'Return The Day (Colours)'
S #3: Sprints - 'Coming Alive'
J #2: Jessica Winter - 'Big Star'
C #1: Strange Passage - 'Golden Rule'
S #1: SACRED PAWS - 'Turn Me Down'
J #1: Petey usa - 'The Milkman'

* Number 6s played as Chris's 5 and Steve's 2 featured in the Offbeat Festive 10

46th edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 29/0
Running 2025 total - 1450/380

14/12/2025

Tracklist for 13th December 2025:

Albums of the week: HEALTH - 'CONFLICT DLC' and This Is Lorelei- 'Holo Boy'

Yumi Zouma - '95'
twen - 'B.Y.O.B. (It's Christmas)'
Melody's Echo Chamber - 'Into Shadows'
HEALTH - 'TRASH DECADE'
Gretel - 'Darkness, be my friend'
Billy Joel Jr. - 'Girlfriend / Twin Bed' *
Jane Remover - 'So What?' *

Joel's Treble 7:
This Is Lorelei - 'SF & GG'
Oxis - 'Fingerling'
sean trelford - 'sticks and stones' *

Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - 'Dedicated Thespian Has Teeth Pulled To Play Newborn Baby In High School Play' *
PVA - 'Send'
gobbinjr - 'Just A Dream'
Sweet Pill - 'No Control'
Remember Sports - 'Cut Fruit'
Dry Cleaning - 'Let Me Grow And You'll See The Fruit'

The 4 o'clock classic: Sleigh Bells - 'Rill Rill'

GUV - 'Warmer Than Gold'
Softcult - 'Queen Of Nothing'
Squeeze - 'Trixies Pt.2' *
Juliana Hatfield - 'Long Slow Nervous Breakdown'
The Popguns - 'Orion' *
Vulture Feather - 'Pleasant Obstacle' *

Steve's Treble 7:
Scout Gillett - 'Kellogs Box'
duendita - 'uplifted one'
Ken Park - Nosebleed' *

HEALTH - 'BURN THE CANDLES'
This Is Lorelei - 'But You Just Woke Me Up'
Girl Tones - 'Leave The City'
Medicine - 'Let Him Run Wild'
Sassy 009 - 'Mirrors' (yuné pinku)
A.A. Williams - 'Just A Shadow' *

* denotes artists first play on the show

45th edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 32/9
Running 2025 total - 1421/380

07/12/2025

Tracklist for 6th December 2025 (with guest co-host John Murphy):

Album of the week: Melody's Echo Chamber - 'Unclouded'

TOMORA - 'Ring The Alarm' *
Dove Ellis - 'Heaven Has No Wings' *
Tulpa - 'Monster Of The Week'
Melody's Echo Chamber - 'The House That Doesn’t Exist'
The Softies - 'Turn It Up'
Xiu Xiu - 'Cherry Bomb'
Man/Woman/Chainsaw - 'Only Girl'

John’s Treble 7:
Pretty Sick - 'Star'
su, i think - 'the girls' *
Water From Your Eyes - 'Nights In Armor (FKA Love Song)'

The Just Joans - 'Limpet'
Tigers Jaw - 'Head Is A Sinking Stone' *
Makthaverskan - 'Pity Party'
spill tab - 'Paranoia' (feat. boylife)
My Ugly Clementine - 'You Won'

The 4 o'clock classic: bis - 'Kandy Pop'

Mute Swan - 'Cocteau Swan' (feat. Citrus Clouds) *
Geowulf - 'Never Stop Looking At Me'
Anna Of The North - 'Since You'
Alison Wonderland - 'Heaven' (feat. Ninajirachi)
Fightmilk - 'We Only Kiss At Christmas' (feat. Sox)
King Hüsky - 'December95'

Steve’s Treble 7:
Swansea Sound - 'Not My Order'
midori jaeger - 'dark green' *
Dog Chocolate - 'Employee' *

Ratboys - 'What’s Right?'
Local Weatherman - 'Weighing' *
Melody's Echo Chamber - 'How To Leave Misery Behind'
King Hannah - 'Look At Miss Ohio'
V.V. Lightbody - 'Best Problem' *

* denotes artists first play on the show

44th edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 30/9
Running 2025 total - 1389/371

30/11/2025

Tracklist for 29th November 2025:

Album of the week: Tulpa - 'Monster Of The Week'

TTSSFU - 'Upstairs'
Cardinals - 'Barbed Wire'
Sharp Pins - 'Fall In Love Again'
Tulpa - 'Raw Nerve'
The Faint - 'Projector Project!'
DREAM NAILS - 'House Of Bones'
Big Other - 'See No Evil'
S*x Mask - 'Curse'

Joel's Treble 7:
SILVERWINGKILLER - 'HOLD UP (ALL FI****MS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM)' *
Bad Nerves - 'Loner'
Rachel Chinouriri - 'Little House'

Blind Yeo - 'Today / Tomorrow'
Westside Cowboy - 'Can't See'
Mal Blum - 'Kept Away'
Hazel English - 'Gimme'
Tulpa - 'You're Living In A Reverie'
Pollyfromthedirt - 'Cherry Seeds' *

The 4 o'clock classic: Pete And The Pirates - 'Come On Feet'

HEALTH - 'SHRED ENVY'
Mount Palomar - 'Little Fractures' (feat. Pip Blom) *
Ellie O'Neill - 'Bohemia' *
David Kitt - 'you know what i want to know (kittser's version)'
Archive - 'Wake Up Strange' *

Steve's Treble 7:
SHELF LIVES - '2 phoneS' *
Elle E - 'Don't Be Late'
Tulpa - 'Pyro'

Petey USA - 'The Wake'
PLOSIVS - 'Metacine'
Keaton Henson - 'Loose Ends'
The Notwist - 'X-Ray'
Andervel - 'Ég finn' *

* denotes artists first play on the show

43rd edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/7
Running 2025 total - 1359/362

23/11/2025

Tracklist for 22nd November 2025 (hosted by Adam Follett):

Album of the week: Sharp Pins - 'Balloon Balloon Balloon'

Confidence Man - 'Damaged Goods'
Home Front - 'Dancing With Anxiety'
Peaer - 'Button' *
Hater - 'This Guy?'
The Suncharms - 'Endless Departures'
Nasa Parka - 'All My Life' *
Underscores - 'Do It'
Sharp Pins - 'I Don't Have The Heart'
Life Aquatic Band - 'Stuck In The Mud'
Andrew Aged - 'Heights'
Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover - 'to each their dot'
Midori Hirano - 'Oto, Kioku' *
Anjimile - 'Auld Lang Syne II'
Oxis - 'Guili' *
Danny L Harle - 'Crystallise My Tears'

The 4 o'clock classic: The Stone Roses - 'She Bangs The Drums'

Anna of the North - 'Call Me'
Shaking Hand - 'In For a... Pound!' *
Sharp Pins - 'Maria Don't'
Lucid Express - 'Something Blue' *
I Set the Sea on Fire - 'A Hymn For The Suburbs'
The Hellp - 'Modern Man' *
Ioana Zajac - 'Murder Mystery' *
Overmono - 'Paradise Runner'
Tems - 'I'm Not Sure' *
thistle. - 'tied' *
Skrillex - 'hit me where it hurts' (feat. Dylan Brady & Caroline Polachek)
Gladie - 'Car Alarm'
David Byrne - 'T Shirt'
Hercules & Love Affair - 'Someone Else Is Calling'

* denotes artists first play on the show

42nd edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 30/10
Running 2025 total - 1328/355

16/11/2025

Tracklist for 15th November 2025 (with guest co-host Chris Stride):

Album of the week: Home Front - 'Watch It Die'

Tossing Seed - 'Bootleg Charm' *
Dry Cleaning - 'Cruise Ship Designer'
Hatchie - 'Part That Bleeds'
Home Front - 'Kiss The Sky'
Strange Passage - 'Hunter's Fancy'
Lime Garden - 'Maybe Not Tonight'
Indigo De Souza - 'Serious' (feat. Mothe)

Chris's starter Treble 7:
Expo 79 - 'Video Dating Service' *
NODEGA - 'Network' *
Big Break - 'Wearing A Wire'

Magdalena Bay - 'This Is The World (I Made It For You)'
Sorry - 'Life In This Body'
Allie X - 'I Hope You Hear This Song'
CIEL - 'Swallowing Your Pride'
Home Front - 'New Madness'

The 4 o'clock classic: The Bats - 'Miss These Things'

Alex G - June Guitar'
Robyn - 'Dopamine'
Tiberius - 'It Has To Be True' *
Len Price 3 - 'Emily's Shop'
Austra - 'Think Twice'
Gretel - 'Maybelline'
HighSchool - 'Sony Ericsson'

Joel's Treble 7:
Billiam - 'Planned Obsolescence'
Dazy - 'I Don't Want To Think About The Money'
FKA Twigs - 'Love Crimes'

Chris's follow-up Treble 7:
Panel - 'Solid Start' *
Dragnet - 'Alta Vista' *
Scam Likely - 'Pyromaniac' *

Home Front - 'Between The Waves'
Prolapse - 'Swearing For Decoration'
Charli XCX - 'Chains Of Love'

* denotes artists first play on the show
41st edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 32/7
Running 2025 total - 1298/345

09/11/2025

Tracklist for 8th November 2025 (with guest co-host John Murphy):

Albums of the week: Stella Donnelly - 'Love and Fortune' and Hatchie - 'Liquorice'

Romy - 'Love Who You Love'
The Twilight Sad - 'WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL'
Florence + The Machine - 'Buckle'
Stella Donnelly - 'Ghosts'
Westerman - 'PSFN'
Paige Kennedy - 'Medical Emergency'

John’s Treble 7:
Shudder To Think - 'Playback' *
Cat Power - 'Try Me'
José González - 'Pajarito'

Kiwi Jr. - 'Hard Drive, Ontario'
Hatchie - 'Wonder'
De La Soul - 'The Package'
Sorry - 'Love Posture'
Jordana - 'Blouse'
SLONK DONKERSON - 'Isolation'

The 4 o'clock classic: Billy Bragg & Wilco - 'All You Fascists'

shinyhunt - 'when my eyes lose you, you occupy my thoughts' *
Strange Passage - 'Hour and the Chime' *
The Two Lips - 'something stupid' *
Twen - 'Prelude To Waterloo'
The Dears - 'Doom Pays'
waterbaby - 'Beck n Call' (feat. ttoh)
Rosalía - 'De Madrugá'

Steve’s Treble 7:
Buddie - 'Crow' *
Remember Sports - 'Bug'
Georgia - 'Be Free'

Paula Kelley - 'Party Line' *
the Mountain Goats - 'Dawn of Revelation'
Hatchie - 'Stuck'
Stella Donnelly - 'Being Nice'
Insecure Men - 'Cleaning Bricks'
Melody's Echo Chamber - 'Eyes Closed'

* denotes artists first play on the show

40th edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 32/6
Running 2025 total - 1266/338

03/11/2025

Tracklist for 1st November 2025 (with guest co-host Jen Tidman):

Album of the week: Florence + The Machine - 'Everybody Scream'

Ratboys - 'Anywhere'
Florence Road - 'Miss'
Lily Allen - 'Dallas Major'
Florence + The Machine - 'Perfume & Milk'
WITCH FEVER - 'FINAL GIRL'
Luvcat - 'Emma Dilemma' *
Dominie Hooper - 'Animal' *

Jen's Treble 7:
KeiyaA - 'K.I.S.S.' *
Sophie Jamieson - 'TOBL'
Swim School - 'Waste Your Time'

Madra Salach - 'I Was Just A Boy' *
The Orchestra (For Now) - 'Impatient' *
Snocaps - 'Heathcliff' *
Howling Bells - 'Heavy Lifting'
Mr. Kitty - 'In The Night'

The 4 o'clock classic: Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - 'Monster Mash'

Vanity Fairy - 'Vive La Vie!'
Gully Boys - 'Me & You' *
CIEL - 'Thinking Of You' *
Florence + The Machine - 'The Old Religion'
Daniel Avery - 'Haze' (feat. Ellie)
The Belair Lip Bombs - 'Cinema'
Guided By Voices - 'Dance Of The Picnic Ants'

Joel's Treble 7:
twen - 'Tumbleweed'
Hunter As A Horse - 'Dark Sky'
Cameron Hayes - 'Forgive, Forget, Pt. 2'

Creeper - 'Mistress Of Death'
Augustine - 'Fumbling' *
Sassy 009 - 'Tell Me' (feat. Blood Orange) *
SLAP RASH - 'Chokeheld' *
Lucky The Cat - 'Weird Like Winona' *

* denotes artists first play on the show

39th edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/12
Running 2025 total - 1234/332

26/10/2025

Tracklist for 25th October 2025 (with guest host Adam Follett):

Album of the week: Lily Allen - 'West End Girl'

Hayley Williams - 'Good Ol' Days'
Home Counties - 'Ravelling'
Life Aquatic Band - 'Summer Rain'
Tortoise - 'Layered Presence'
Lily Allen - '4chan Stan'
Blue John - 'Half Moon' *
Oklou - 'viscus' (feat. FKA twigs) *
Gentle Brontosaurus - 'My Favorite Monster' *
Daniel Caeser - 'Root of all Evil' *
Shelley Byron - 'Slow Reply'
Strixen - 'Heartsick' *
Grimes - 'Artificial Angels'
Tyla - 'Chanel' *

The 4 o'clock classic: PJ Harvey - 'This is Love'

Oneohtrix Point Never - 'Lifeworld'
French Cricket - 'Time Has Gone'
Babeheaven - 'Lost for Words'
Lily Allen - 'Nonmonogamummy'
Eliza McLamb - 'Good Story'
Possibly Jamie - 'Geometric Heart' *
The Pearl River Band - 'Alive' *
Rolo Tomassi - 'Tempest'
Jennifer Walton - 'Lambs' *
Florence Road - 'Miss'
Hannah Jadagu - 'Gimme Time'
Machine Girl - 'Creeping up the Pit'
INJI - 'ISTANBUL' *
Weedipus - 'Small Talk' *

* denotes artists first play on the show

38th edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 28/11
Running 2025 total - 1203/320

19/10/2025

Tracklist for 18th October 2025:

Album of the week: Sudan Archives - 'THE BPM'

Oliver Sim - 'Telephone Games'
courtney barnett - 'Stay In Your Lane'
Jay Som - 'Casino Stars'
Sudan Archives - 'A BUG'S LIFE'
Maggie Lindemann - 'fang'
Madison Cunningham - 'Golden Gate (On And On)'
Flock of Dimes - 'The Enemy'
bar italia - omni shambles'

Joel's Treble 7:
King Princess - 'Cherry'
Irish Exit - 'Lickity Split! (greg song)' (feat. Lucky Spirit) *
Sugar - 'House of Dead Memories' *

Pictish Trail - Torch Song'
Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Lost In Devotion'
Alex Cameron - 'Short King'
Chloe Qisha - 'So Sad So Hot'
Magdalena Bay - ''Human Happens'

The 4 o'clock classic: Superdrag - 'Sucked Out'

Tulpa - 'Transfixed Gaze'
The Last Dinner Party - 'Inferno'
Jane Inc. - 'i'm alive!!!'
The Suncharms - 'Monster In Me (Halloween Version)'
Soulwax - 'Hot Like Sahara'
Hope Of The States - 'Billboard Mountain'
Militarie Gun - 'God Owes Me Money'

Steve's Treble 7:
This Is Lorelei - 'Name The Band'
Good Luck - 'No T-Shirts' *
SUEP - 'The Rain' *

Hilary Woods - 'Taper'
Sudan Archives - 'TOUCH ME'
Katy & the Null Sets - 'Last Time/Next Time' *
Molly Ringworm - 'Passenger Princess' *
Skullcrusher - 'Maelstrom'
She’s In Parties - 'Are You Dreaming?'

* denotes artists first play on the show

37th edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 33/6
Running 2025 total - 1175/307

12/10/2025

Tracklist for 11th October 2025:

Album of the week: Jay Som - 'Belong'

Sorry - 'Today Might Be The Hit'
Gretel - 'Maybelline'
Snooper - 'Star 6 9'
Jay Som - 'D.H.'
Lande Hekt - 'Favourite Pair Of Shoes'
Just Mustard - 'ENDLESS DEATHLESS'
Giant Day - 'Think Carefully' *
Hunter As a Horse - 'Go To Bed Now' *

Steve's Treble 7:
Freak Slug - 'Blue Eyes'
Red Sleeping Beauty, Andreas Jonsson and Cristina Quesada - 'Málaga Popfest Theme Song'
Sløtface - 'YES CHEF'

Jerskin Fendrix - 'Princess'
Austra - 'Siren Song'
Westside Cowboy - 'Don't Throw Rocks'
Bob Vylan - 'Sick Sad World'
Guided By Voices - 'Phantasmagoric Upstarts'

The 4 o'clock classic: I'm From Barcelona - 'We're From Barcelona'

Not For Radio - 'Swan' *
Ragnhild og - 'Clairo' *
Weird Nightmare - 'Forever Elsewhere'
Novelty Island - 'Foam Animals' *
Long Fling - 'For Someone'
Dexter In The Newsagent - 'i told ya'

Joel's Treble 7:
Joyce Manor - 'Well, Whatever It Was'
crysometimes - 'Bella' *
Hannah Frances - 'A Body, A Map' *

Christian Science Reading Room - 'Virgo Moon' *
Jay Som - 'Past Lives' (feat. Hayley Williams)
Nightbus - 'Fluoride Stare'
Hatchie - 'Only One Laughing'
Daya - 'Matador' *
Joshua Idehen - 'It Always Was'

* denotes artists first play on the show

36th edition of 2025
Tracks this week/new artists - 32/9
Running 2025 total - 1142/301

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