2012 Festive Fifty

Posted by: Ghettoyout on 07 January 2013

Here is the chart for 2012. It has been in the care of dandelion radio for a number of years now since the death of John Peel. The listeners of dandelion radio vote for their top three tracks of the year and a op 50 chart is complied.

They are broadcasting the show every day until end of January on dandelion radio (together with the regular shows of their various DJs) should you wish to catch it.

The Chart

1 Savages - Husband
2 The Chasms - Death's Pony
3 Allo Darlin' - Capricornia
4 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - We Drift Like Worried Fire
5 The Lovely Eggs - Allergie
6 The Membranes - If You Enter The Arena, You Got To Be Prepared To Deal With The Lions
7 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mladic
8 Tender Trap - MBV
9 Vert:x - Full Fathom Five
10 Allo Darlin' - Tallula
11 Django Django - Defaut
12 Pussy Riot - Putin Has Pissed Himself
13 The Lovely Eggs - Food
14 The Wedding Present - End Credits
15 The Chasms - Der Eingriff Schulze
16 Red Cosmos - I Am The Local DJ
17 Shrag - Devastating Bones
18 Atoms For Peace - Default
19 Hammock - Ten Thousand Years Won't Save Your Life
20 Alisia Casper - Unfire
21 Big Joan - Beautiful Idea
22 Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - The Wild Ride of Ichabod Crane
23 Christ - Zeroth Law
24 Flies On You - Shipmanesque
25 Human Don't Be Angry - Monologue: River
26 The Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles (12-inch Plastic Toys remix)
27 Lord Numb - Zombie
28 Veronica Falls - My Heart Beats
29 3rd International - Chug This
30 Deep Time - Clouds
31 Future of the Left - Robocop 4 (**** Off Robocop)
32 Grimes - Oblivion
33 Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
34 Lulubelle III - Frankie
35 M.J.Hibbett & The Validators - A Little Bit
36 Public Image Ltd - Lollipop Opera
37 Tame Impala - Elephant
38 The Horn The Hunt - Gold
39 The Magnetic Fields - Andrew In Drag
40 Yva Las Vegass - Crack Whore
41 The Phantom Light - The Greater Picture
42 Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
43 Cate Le Bon - Puts Me To Work
44 Goat - Goathead
45 Martha - 1978, Smiling Politely
46 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Walk Like A Giant
47 Standard Fare - Older Women
48 Forkeyes - Fell Off The Penalty Spotty Spot
49 Thee Oh Sees - Lupine Dominus
50 Guided By Voices - Class Clown Spots A UFO

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Bananahead

Thank you.

I discovered The Lovely Eggs at the weekend.

I hope for a Savages album this year.

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by ChrisH

Thanks for the tip - I hadn't heard of Dandelion Radio, and always loved the Festive 50.

Now stored as an iRadio preset on my Uniti !

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Ghettoyout

On first listen, there are quite a few excellent tracks that will have to be purchased. Some of the tracks were far too long for my liking (over 10 minutes) and I just wanted them to end.

The great variety impresses me. Most of the bands do not ever tend to see the light of day in this Music Room. If you are open minded and wish to discover new music, it's a reasonable starting point. You may even surprise yourself.

Dandelion radio is very good for new music. A lot of it is a bit unusual but every now and then you hear something you have to track down and buy.

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by osprey

Thanks - this is a great tip!

Posted on: 10 January 2013 by TWP

thanks for posting this, i do miss the John Peel festive fifty as taping it annually was compulsary.

more than a few worth looking into,, Though i can reccomend the Lovely Eggs

TWP

Posted on: 10 January 2013 by Lost-in-fog

Should help to fill the gap left by 'The Word Magazine' free CD's, boy do I miss them.

Is there any way that we Naim owners with simular tastes in music can have our own area

on the forum ? Would make a nice alternative to all the classical music on here and incourage

some new blood.

We have all made that mistake of thinking other people will like our music but here goes with a few of my own picks, Clock Opera, Errors, Broken bells, The Leisure Society, The Boxer rebelion (dont forget the 'the' in the title) The Antlers, just off the top of my head.

A big thank you for this plenty to chase up on Spotif.

Posted on: 12 January 2013 by David Leedham

What a great tribute to John Peel. thanks for bringing this channel to our attention.

New preset on HDX and qute.