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07/06/2026

Tracklist for 6th June 2026 (with guest co-host John Murphy):

Album of the week: Slippers - 'Slippers 08'

Silver Gore - 'Peculiar'
Weezer - 'We Might As Well Be Strangers' (feat. Karly Hartzman)
Iceage - '1835'
Slippers - 'Til You Know'
Of Montreal - 'Take The Form'
Smirk - 'Abide' *
spearmint - '1986' *

John's Treble 7:
Nia Archives - 'Vertical'
The Avalanches - 'Every Single Weekend' (feat. Jamie XX)
venbee - 'encore encore' *

Hand Habits & Emile Mosseri - 'Bird In The Hand'
Rosa Walton - 'Romance Is Dead On'
The Creem - 'Country Home' *
Fenne Lily - 'Uh Huh'
Slippers - 'Blueberry Peel (Reprise)'
Zoh Amba - 'Odd Jobs' *

The 4 o'clock classic: Nada Surf - 'The Way You Wear Your Head'

Emma Ruth Rundle - 'Powerless'
Death Cab For Cutie - 'How Heavenly A State'
Widowspeak - 'Roses'
Liz Lawrence - 'Birthday Party'
Les Big Byrd - 'Ruin Everything' *
Vince Staples - 'Cotton'

Steve’s Treble 7:
Radhika - 'Theme From R.A.D.H.I.K.A. (For David Lynch)' *
Ibeyi - 'Offerings'
7ebra - 'Dinner And A Movie'

Modest Mouse - 'Song About Nothing'
Slippers - 'Castaways'
OSEES - 'SYRINGE'
Real Numbers - 'Never Never Again' *
Tierra Whack - 'Wax Paper'
Ibibio Sound Machine - 'Concept of Love'

* denotes artists first play on the show

21st edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 32/8
Running 2026 total - 652/173

31/05/2026

Tracklist for 30th May 2026 (with guest co-host John Murphy):

Album of the week: Iceage - For Love Of Grace & The Hereafter

JJerome87 - 'Mr Alligator' *
Lucia & The Best Boys - 'Big Romance'
Future Islands - 'Days'
Iceage - 'Match Head Girl'
Paul McCartney - 'Ripples In The Pond'
The Bug Club - 'My Uncle Warren Drives A Passat'
Ultra Lights - 'Bad Feeling'

Joel’s Treble 7:
Kim Petras - 'Check It'
Tove Lo - 'I’m your girl right?'
Chelsea Rose - 'Magical'

Kurt Vile - '99bpm'
Mike D - 'What We Got'
The Anchoress - 'Damsels' (feat. Eaves Wilder)
Norman D Loco - 'I Want A Beer' *
Chaepter - 'Spook The Market' *
Charli XCX - 'SS26'

The 4 o'clock classic: Vicious Pink - 'Cccan’t You See?'

Man/Woman/Chainsaw - 'Goddamn Lizard Man!'
The Martial Arts - 'Seeing Double'
Dead Pioneers - 'The Worst Among Us' (feat. Jason Williamson)
The Loft - 'Happenstance' *
Iceage - 'Holy Water'
Ghinzu - 'Death Race' *

John’s Treble 7:
Starcleaner Reunion - 'Weather Instrument' *
thistle. - 'mean eye'
Swapmeet - '2 C U'

Gold Panda - 'DING THE MOTOR'
Hue And Cry - 'Everybody Deserves To Be Loved' *
Cheekface - 'I Don’t Work Here'
Ian Sweet - 'Jillian'
Bathing Suits - 'I Can Be A Freak'

* denotes artists first play on the show

20th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/7
Running 2026 total - 620/165

24/05/2026

Tracklist for 23rd May 2026 (with guest co-host Jen Tidman):

Albums of the week: Max Winter - 'like the season!' and Future Islands - 'From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth'

Blondshell - 'Heart Has To Work So Hard'
Blood Red Shoes - 'DEAD AIR'
Genesis Owusu - 'RUNNIN OUTTA TIME'
Max Winter - 'Candlelight' (feat. Asha Lorenz, Rael, and Will Lister) *
Future Islands - 'Pinocchio'
Arab Strap - 'You You You'

Jen's 1st Treble 7:
2xT / K. Flay - 'Y HESITATE' *
Irked - 'Running' *
ZEP - 'AGAIN AND AGAIN' *

The Years Shall Run - 'September Rush'
mary in the junkyard - 'New Muscles'
Panic Shack - 'Grin & Bear It'
Sweeping Promises - 'Shooting Shadows'
Hovvdy - 'Try Try Try'
Get Down Services - 'I Can't Die Like That'

The 4 o'clock classic: Mr Scruff - 'Fish'

Bleech 9:3 - 'No Surprise'
Marmozets - 'Like Last Night'
Spook Muziek - 'Let 'em Talk'
CATTY - 'Pavlov's Dog' *
Annie Taylor - 'That City' *
Chinese American Bear - 'I Wanna Go Home (我想回家)'

Jen's 2nd Treble 7:
Dua Saleh - 'B r e a t h e' *
Sophie Truax - 'SINK'
Chloe Slater - 'Ugly'

Future Islands - 'As Long As You Are'
Max Winter - 'The Effect' (feat. Coby Sey and Imogen and The Knife)
Bugeye - 'VIP'
Ecca Vandal - 'EYES SHUT'
Westside Cowboy - 'Kick Stones (The Boys)'

* denotes artists first play on the show

19th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 30/7
Running 2026 total - 589/158

10/05/2026

Tracklist for 9th May 2026:

Album of the week - Carla J. Easton - 'I Think That I Might Love You'

Little Simz - 'Open Arms' (feat. Deala)
goo - 'I Like Your Style' *
Lip Critic - 'Two Looks'
Carla J Easton - 'Never Really Wanted To Stay'
Aldous Harding - 'What Am I Gonna Do?'
Mike D - 'Switch Up' *
RIP Magic - 'Screwdark'
ear - 'Ne Plus Ultra' *

Steve's Treble 7:
Chinese American Bear - 'Land Of Fun'
Rural France - 'Jukebox Weepie' *
The Lemon Twigs - 'You're Still My Girl'

Boards Of Canada - 'Prophecy At 1420 MHz'
Broken Social Scene - 'Only The Good I Keep'
HEALTH - 'RUIN'
Spacemoth - 'Internet Fantasy'
Charli XCX - 'Rock Music'

The 4 o'clock classic: ClockDVA - '4 Hours'

Yard Act - 'Redeemer'
1000 Rabbits - 'Cinema Aisle'
Lykke Li - 'Not Gon' Cry'
Fire Toolz - 'Pleasant Valley Magic Cube Of Holiness' (feat. Sling Bean)
Susan Bear - 'Utopia'
Carla J Easton - 'Red Kites In The Sun'

Joel's Treble 7:
Kelela - 'linknb'
ugly ozo - 'Jackpot'
Comprador - 'Reduce Your Motion Blur' (feat. Parker Drew) *

Dovetailed - 'Kitchen' *
Prisoner du temps - 'La Liberté S'Obtient Par Le Sang' *
My Best Unbeaten Brother - 'The Cracks And The Creases And The Mistakes'
Kacey Musgraves - 'Horses And Divorces' (feat. Miranda Lambert)
Opus Kink - 'The Head Tree' (feat. The New Eves) *

* denotes artists first play on the show

18th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/8
Running 2026 total - 559/151

03/05/2026

Tracklist for 2nd May 2026 (with guest co-host John Murphy):

Album of the week: Lip Critic - 'Theft World'

Hurry - 'Zoned Out'
Hyd - 'Freak' *
Metric - 'As If You’re Here'
Lip Critic - 'Debt Forest'
Kneecap - 'An Ra'
SUB*T - 'Mirror Image' *
Youbet - 'Worship' *

John’s Treble 7:
Nia Archives - 'Boys In Blue'
Nixon Boyd - 'How I Know I’m Home' *
Tori Amos - 'F***y Faudrey'

Friko - 'Hot Air Balloon'
Death Cab For Cutie - 'Punching The Flowers'
Doug Gillard - 'New Vista' *
Turnspit - 'DO I KNOW YOU?' *
My Best Unbeaten Brother - 'The All Encompassing Need To Say Goodbye'

The 4 o'clock classic: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - 'Perfect Skin'

Cheekface - 'MFT'
Knitting - 'Here Comes'
IAN SWEET - 'Criminal Kissing'
Weird Nightmare - 'Forever Elsewhere'
Hew - 'Your Version' *
Lip Critic - 'Charity Dinner'

Steve’s Treble 7:
Gia Margaret - 'Phenomenon'
No Peeling - 'Campaign For A Nice Time'
Taxi Girls - 'Say It!' *

Pearl & The Oysters - 'Doom Mood'
Jesca Hoop - 'Big Storm'
Modest Mouse - 'Picking Dragons' Pockets'
villagerrr - 'Carousel'
Zoon - 'I Was Younger' *
Pigeon - 'Future Country'

* denotes artists first play on the show

17th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/9
Running 2026 total - 528/143

26/04/2026

Tracklist for 25th April 2026 (with guest co-host Jen Tidman):

Album of the week: Metric - 'Romanticize The Dive'

Gen and the Degenerates - 'Favourite Jumper'
Carla J. Easton - 'Let's Make Plans for the Weekend'
Eaves Wilder - 'Ropeburn'
Metric - 'Antigravity'
Angelo De Augustine - 'Cosmic Ride'
Pouty - 'My Own Beauty'
MONT LOSER - 'Time After Time' *

Steve's Treble 7:
Media Puzzle - 'Knowledge' *
Ceremony - 'Other Hells'
Tricky - 'Out Of Place' (feat. Marta) *

Baileyrp - 'can we just forget?' *
Spacemoth - 'Do We Exist?'
Alewya - ’Selah’ *
Both Hands - 'Sea Spray' *
H.LLS - 'GUERILLAZ' (feat. Lucy Park) *

The 4 o'clock classic: The Selecter - 'On My Radio'

Graham Coxon - 'Billy Says'
Beck - 'Ride Lonesome'
Office Dog - 'Gold Things'
Dorian Electra - 'Hips Don't Lie'
Carla dal Forno - 'Alone With You'
Metric - 'Wild Rut'

Jen's Treble 7:
Bone China - 'Heaven Now' *
Babyfather - 'icl' (feat. Tyson) *
Ona Mafalda - ’Nada' *

Man/Woman/Chainsaw - 'Nosedive'
Bleech 9:3 - 'Underrated' *
Duran Duran - 'Free To Love' (feat. Nile Rodgers)
Bathing Suits - 'Swan Princess' *
Genesis Owusu - 'LIFE KEEPS GOING'
Scratching - 'Malvern Star' *

* denotes artists first play on the show

16th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/13
Running 2026 total - 497/134

19/04/2026

Tracklist for 18th April 2026:

Album of the week: Eaves Wilder - 'Little Miss Sunshine'

Sophie Truax - '10 Feet Tall'
Cola - 'Skywriter's Sigh'
Gretel - 'Unbloom'
Eaves Wilder - 'Just Say No!'
Anitta - 'Desgraça' *
Alex Cameron - 'Statue Down'
World News - 'Sidestep'
Kacey Musgraves - 'Middle Of Nowhere'

Joel's Treble 7:
Winston Hightower - 'Blum House' *
thistle. - 'pylon'
MUNA - 'Wannabeher'

TOMORA - 'I DRINK THE LIGHT'
SOFIA ISELLA - 'The Chicken Is Naked And Afraid'
Desperately Seeking Suki - 'Suki' *
Snarls - 'No Lock, No Prayer'
Touch Girl Apple Blossom - 'I'm Lucky I Found You'

The 4 o'clock classic: Idlewild - 'A Film For The Future'

Fire-Toolz - 'And Where Is My Heart? I've Searched My Entire Home'
Pyncher - 'One Day' *
Nine Inch Noize - 'Memorabilia' *
Girl Trouble - 'Make It Mine' *
Jessie Ware - 'Mr Valentine'
Broken Social Scene - 'The Call'

Steve's Treble 7:
They Might Be Giants - 'In The Dead Mall'
frog - 'Bad Time To Fall In Love'
duendita - 'beach'

The Anchoress - 'I Had A Baby Not A Lobotomy'
Eaves Wilder - 'Daisy Chain Reaction'
Lime Garden - 'Body'
Disgusting Sisters - 'Weirdo Magnet'
Winona Oak - 'Breaking Point'
Carla dal Forno - 'Under The Covers'

* denotes artists first play on the show

15th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 32/6
Running 2026 total - 466/121

12/04/2026

Tracklist for 11th April 2026:

Albums of the week: Broken Chanter - 'This Could Be Us, You, Or Anybody Else' and Gretel - 'Squish'

Punchbag - 'Playing God'
Aldous Harding - 'Venus In The Zinnia' (feat. H. Hawkline)
Robber Robber - 'It's Perfect Out Here In The Sun'
Broken Chanter - 'Times New Bildungsroman'
Gretel - 'Oh well'
Lime Garden - 'Body'
Good News - 'Rise'

Steve's Quadruple 7:
No Peeling - 'Stationery'
Otoboke Beaver - 'Hey, Where's the Thank You?'
Phoenix James - 'Hold On' *
Slippers - 'Fool In Your Room'

WU LYF - 'Robe Of Glory'
Stephanie Gilbert - 'Seven Boats' *
The Bitter Lemons - 'Gaslighter' *
Body Type - 'And What Else'
My New Band Believe - 'Opposite Teacher' *

The 4 o'clock classic: The Radio Dept. - 'Ewan'

Holly Humberstone - 'Cruel World'
Lykke Li - 'Sick Of Love'
Hunter As A Horse - 'Paradise Lost'
Pictish Trail - 'Battery Pack'
Broken Chanter - 'Atrocity/Adverts/Idiocy'
The Itch - 'No More Sprechgesang'

Joel's Treble 7:
Seville - 'Bully' *
Love Rarely - 'Whiplash' *
Lady Gaga - 'RUNWAY' (feat. Doechii)

Faith Eliott - 'there's a cargo ship full of luxury cars on fire in the atlantic ocean' *
Theo Vandenhoff - 'Saviour On The Spilled Blood' *
Gretel - 'Witch Hunt'
TV For Cats - 'Where Did The Time Go?' *
Thundercat - 'Walking On The Moon'

* denotes artists first play on the show

14th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/9
Running 2026 total - 434/115

04/04/2026

Tracklist for 4th April 2026:

Albums of the week: Angine de Poitrine - 'Vol. II' and Robber Robber - 'Two Wheels Move The Soul'

WU LYF - 'The Fool'
Dillinger Four - 'Don't Happy Be Worry'
The Twilight Sad - 'BACK TO FOURTEEN'
Angine de Poitrine - 'Sarniezz' *
Robber Robber - 'Again'
RAYE - 'Joy' (feat. Amma & Absolutely)

Joel's Quadruple 7:
Film - 'Roundabout' * (100th new artist of 2026)
No Peeling - 'High Vis' *
Yambag - 'Buried Alive' *
Girlpuppy - 'I might say something stupid'

Mary In The Junkyard - 'Crash Landing'
HEALTH - 'A.L.O.N.E.' (61st play on The Breakdown)
Guided By Voices - 'Advance Without Dropping'
Haute & Freddy - 'Symphony For A Queen' *
Blood Red Shoes - 'Screams'

The 4 o'clock classic: Micachu & The Shapes - 'Golden Phone' (2009)

1000 Rabbits - 'Rubik's Cube'
Slayyyter - 'Gas Station'
Arlo Parks - 'Beams'
Robber Robber - 'Avalanche Sound Effect'
Model/Actriz - 'Glassman'
Lambrini Girls - 'Cult Of Celebrity'
Farveblind - 'Things' (feat K.Flay) *

Joel's Treble 7:
Liz Lawrence - 'Mt. Nephin'
Good Kid - 'Tornado' *
Helicopter Leaves - 'Moreoff More Off Than On' (again)

Angine de Poitrine - 'Mata Zyklek'
Jack White - 'G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs' (the 400th song of 2026)
Dry Cleaning - 'Sliced By A Fingernail'
Jessie Ware - 'Automatic'
La Sécurité - 'Snack City'

* denotes artists first play on the show

13th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 31/7
Running 2026 total - 403/105

29/03/2026

Tracklist for 28th March 2026:

Album of the week: The Twilight Sad - 'IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE'

Gelli Haha - 'Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep'
Icona Pop - 'Ritual' (feat. Daya)
underscores - 'The Peace'
The Twilight Sad - 'INHOSPITABLE/HOSPITAL'
Robyn - 'Light Up'
Holy F**k - 'Seven'
Slayyyter - 'UNKNOWN LOVERZ' *

Steve's Treble 7:
Rare DM - 'Compliment' *
Widget - 'DOG'S DON'T LIE' *
Helicopter Leaves - 'Moreoff More Off Than On' *

Dälek - 'For The People'
Cheekface - 'Black Site'
French Cricket - 'Limmerambulance'
Pink Opaque - 'Overload'
Nia Archives - 'Danger'

The 4 o'clock classic: AC/DC - 'Highway To Hell'

Fcukers - 'Lonely'
Courtney Barnett - 'Wonder'
Telehealth - 'Things I've Killed' *
The Twilight Sad - 'CHEST WOUND TO THE CHEST'
ADULT. - 'Affordable Decorating'
Charlotte Cornfield - 'Lucky'
HEDGE - 'Hey Dude' *

Joel's Treble 7:
Jim Legxacy - 'idk idk'
Vulfmon - 'Bye Bye Nashville' (feat. Jacob Jeffries) *
Indigo De Souza - 'Come To God'

Good News - 'When Tigers Used To Smoke'
Snail Mail - 'Butterfly'
The New Pornographers - 'Wine Remembers The Water'
Avalon Emerson - 'Earth Alive'
MEMORIALS - 'Bell Miner'
Namasenda - 'Bad Love'

* denotes artists first play on the show

12th edition of 2026
Tracks this week/new artists - 32/7
Running 2026 total - 372/98

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