The Official 2016 Festive Fifty - January 2017 Ho Ho Ho - here we go again. An assortment of our DJs count down through the best 50 tracks from 2016 based on listener's votes - continuing the John Peel tradition. You can hear the full results of this classic poll repeating from Christmas Day and into January, finishing off with Andrew Morrison revealing this year's winner. We repeat it to give everyone a chance to listen in - therefore many people will be listening long after others so please keep the results to yourself for a while.
Artist	Title	Recording	Record Label	Catalogue No.
Momus	Fuck This Year
CTMF	A Song For Kylie Minogue
The Frightnrs	All My Tears
Plume Of Feathers	No Tabs (Dandelion Radio Session)
The Goon Sax	Telephone
Psycho Comedy	I'm Numb
Exedra	Elemental (Dandelion Radio Session)
Merchandise	Shadow Of The Truth
Liquids	I Killed Donald Trump
Team Ghost	Toys
Imarhan	Assossamagh
The Early Years	Fluxus
PJ Harvey	The Wheel	Digital LP 'The Hope Six Demolition Project'	Island Records	None
Artykuly Rolne	Weze I Granaty
Sauna Youth	The Bridge
Sun Kil Moon And Jesu	Good Morning My Love
MJ Hibbett & The Validators	The 1980's How It Was
Mixed Infants	August O3
Hissing Tiles	Great Moon
She Devils	Come
Hinds	Easy
Eureka Brown	We're All Gonna Die
Sir Robert Orange Peel	The Spiral	The Jammy Bugger Files EP
Andrew Weatherall	Confidence Man	Convenanza	Rotters Golf Club
Iggy Pop	Paraguay	Post Pop Depression	Loma Vista
The Caretaker	Things That Are Transient And Beautiful	Everywhere At The End Of Time	History Always Favours the Winners	None
Let's Eat Grandma	Deep Six Textbook	I, Gemini	Transgressive
Pixies	Classic Masher	Head Carrier	Pixies Music
Mogwai	Ether	Atomic	Rock Action	None
Cate Le Bon	Wonderful	Crab Day	Drag City
Teenage Fanclub	Thin Air	Here	Merge
Future of the Left	Back When I Was Brilliant	The Peace and Truce of the Future of the Left	Prescriptions
The Lucid Dream	Bad Texan
The Wolfhounds	Now I'm A Killer
Radiohead	Burn The Witch	Digital LP 'A Moon Shaped Pool'	XL Recordings	None
Arab Strap	The First Big Weekend Of 2016	Digital single 'The First Big Weekend Of 2016'	Chemikal Underground	None
Eagulls	Velvet	Digital LP 'Ullages'	Partisan Records LLC / Knitting Records Inc.	None
T.O.Y.S	Liquorice
Cabbage	Dinner Lady
Holy Fuck	Tom Tom
Pussy Riot	Straight Outta Vagina
Minor Victories	Cogs
T-Shirt Weather	My Dad's Black Polo
Meilyr Jones	How To Recognise A Work Of Art
Hinds	San Diego
Savages	Adore
The Wedding Present	Broken Bow
Radiohead	Daydreaming	Digital LP 'A Moon Shaped Pool'	XL Recordings	None
The Blind Shake	Broken Racehorse
Diane Marie Kloba	Rescued
The Bordellos	Piss On Spotify
The Goon Sax	Boyfriend
The Wolfhounds	Across The River Of Death	Digital LP 'United Kingdom (…Or How To Come To Terms With Your Culture)'	Odd Box Records	None
Wolf Girl	Middlesexy	Digital LP 'We Tried'	Odd Box Records	Nne
PJ Harvey	The Community Of Hope	Digital LP 'The Hope Six Demolition Project'	Island Records	None
Portishead	SOS	YouTube video 'SOS'	None	None
Goat	Alarms	Digital LP 'Requiem'	Rocket Recordings	None
PJ Harvey	The Ministry Of Defence	Digital LP 'The Hope Six Demolition Project'	Island Records	None
The Fall	Wise Ol' Man (Edit)	Digital single 'Wise Ol' Man'	Cherry Red	None
The Wedding Present	Santa Monica	Digital LP 'Going, Going…	Scopitones	None
David Bowie	Lazarus	Digital LP 'Blackstar'	ISO Records / Columbia	None
David Bowie	Blackstar	Digital LP 'Blackstar'	ISO Records / Columbia	None
Lee Adcock - January 2017 Happy new year? Yeah, if you're like me, the proper seasons greetings is more like "good riddance, old year". Granted, despite the fascists closing ranks and shutting out the rest of the non-white population, 2016 had its perks. This show embraces both the leftovers that I've been thankful to mop up, and the feast of good tidings that lie ahead. From the past - Container challenged Demdike Stare to a vinyl-spinning showdown at the local warehouse rave party, while Nai Br.xx outclassed them both with her fine china balancing act. Outside, Henoheno and Bloodhype are picketing for peace and equality; Shampoo are down for peace, too, but instead of picketing signs, they offer surplus glitter and fake cake. Lilith Ai and Michael Cera Palin, meanwhile, discuss gender politics and zines on the sidewalk as they hawk their respective wares to curious passersby. Fast forward on the same scene - now Sloppy Heads are playing at the warehouse and spacing out on stage; the Bastards of Fate and Tunabunny prowl the sidelines, looking for some loose board or frayed cable that could collapse the whole gig to a heap. Peaness and Idle Bloom stare each other down in a guitar-shredding face-off on the dance floor; Alexander F eggs them on as he chugs beer at the bar. Outside, Fred Thomas swaps anecdotes and fashion tips with Tim Darcy as the two sit outside their respective vans.
Artist	Title	Recording	Record Label	Catalogue No.
Alexander F	Noble Fucking Silence	Alexander F	So Sensation
Container	Radiator	Vegetation EP	Diagonal
Demdike Stare	Sourcer	Wonderland	Modern Love
Peaness	Seafoam Islands	The 100 Club Series Vol. 3 #4	Odd Box
Idle Bloom	Interlude / Sleeper	Little Deaths	Fraternity As Vanity
Bloodhype	Oops I Got Drunk	Friends For Equality	Fox Food Records
Lilith Ai	RUDE GRRRL
Nai Br.xx	Adventure Time	Wasted Callaway
Sloppy Heads	I'll Take My Chances	Useless Chances	Shrimper
The Bellamys	I Don't Want To	EP	Odd Box
Henoheno	Lichen	Friends For Equality	Fox Food Records
Fred Thomas	Open Letter To Forever	Changer	Polyvinyl
Michael Cera Palin	If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow cover)	Live On WREK (Nov. 22, 2016)
Suggested Friends	Chicken	The 100 Club Series Vol. 3 #5	Odd Box
Shampoo	Texaco	Terrible Heat	Bear Kids
Spartan Jet-Plex	Hold On Steady	Friends For Equality	Fox Food Records
Kriegshög	General	General 7"	La Vida Es Los Mus
Bastards of Fate	Book of Lies	Suck Out The Light	HHBTM
Awa Poulo	Djulau	Poulo Warali	Awesome Tapes From Africa
Tim Darcy	Tall Glass of Water	Saturday Night	Jagjaguwar
Tunabunny	Incinerate	PCP Presents Alice in Wonderland Jr	HHBTM
Mark Whitby - January 2017 There can't be a better way to start the year than with a new session from Diane Marie Kloba, so that's exactly how we start it. In addition to that, we continue to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Festive Fifty with tracks from the only Peel Session ever to register all four of its tracks in the chart. Other than that, it's mainly about unearthing reasons to be optimistic about the year ahead in the shape of some terrific January 2017 releases from the likes of Suggested Friends, Stef Chura, Ummagma, Cate Le Bon and Peaness. We've also got something from the forthcoming albums from Xiu Xiu and Talisman, coming out in February and March respectively. We also find room for some great tunes that snuck out towards the end of 2016, including something from Ukraine's Koloah, Russia's Autistic Nursing Home and show favourites The Lasso from Arizona, while this month's Peel Back... section features a brace of tunes that appeared in session for John Peel twenty and thirty years ago.
Artist	Title	Recording	Record Label	Catalogue No.
Peaness	Same Place	Download Single	Odd Box
Xiu Xiu	Get Up	CD 'Forget'	Polyvinyl
Sorie Kondi	Congosa	Download Album 'The Freetown Tapes 2006-2016'	Strut
Pissed Jeans	The Bar Is Low	CD 'Why Love Now'	Sub Pop
Koloah	Breath	CD 'Back On Track'	Hyberboloid
Diane Marie Kloba	Foggy Road	Exclusive Track	None
The Fall	Cruiser's Creek (Peel Session)	CD Box Set 'The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004'	BBC
Talisman	Talkin' Revolution	CD 'Don't Play With Fyah'	Sugar Shack
Cate Le Bon	Rock Pool	CD EP 'Rock Pool'	Drag City
The Lasso	1	Download Album 'Lofihifi'	None
Diane Marie Kloba	Marked Map	Exclusive Track	None
Phoebe	Pig Farm	Download EP 'Phoebe'	Abnormal Broadcasting
The Fall	Couldn't Get Ahead (Peel Session)	CD Box Set 'The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004'	BBC
Mighty Mighty	Built Like A Car	12" EP 'Built Like A Car'	Chapter 22
Dream City Film Club	Situation Desperate	CD 'Dream City Film Club'	Beggars Banquet
Diane Marie Kloba	Playground Of Stars	Exclusive Track	None
American Anymen & Lise	H	CD EP 'Oui'	None
Stef Chura	Slow Motion	CD 'Messes'	Urinal Cake
The Fall	Spoilt Victorian Child (Peel Session)	CD Box Set 'The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004'	BBC
Anna Homler & Steve Moshier	Ee Che	CD 'Breadwoman & Other Tales'	RVNG International
Autistic Nursing Home	?????? (Track 8)	Download Album '??????'	None
Suggested Friends	Chicken	Download Single	Odd Box
Ummagma	Winter Tale (A.R. Kane Mix 69 Style)	Download Single	None
Los Campesinos	Broke Up In Amarante	CD 'Sick Scenes'	Wichita
Chuck	Don't You Want It (Dandelion Radio Session)	Download EP 'Dandelion Radio Sessions'	Audio Antihero
Diane Marie Kloba	Rubber Soles	Exclusive Track	None
The Fall	Gut Of The Quantifier	CD Box Set 'The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004'	BBC
The Proper Ornaments	Memories	CD 'Foxhole'	Tough Love
Pete Jackson - January 2017 New Year's Resolution from Pete is - more sessions in 2017 (2016 won't be difficult to beat with a total of zero). So, we start as we mean to go on with a session from one of 2016's top finds, Orange Bomb. There's some cuts from amazing new albums by Jumble Hole Clough, Red Star Martyrs and Xantene, some retrospective action from Turkey's Baba Zulu and a 1970s exploitation movie soundtrack by Don Gere, the return of show favourites Dusty Mush and Sendelica, and the longest track to ever appear on the show so far courtesy of XAM Duo.
Artist	Title	Recording	Record Label	Catalogue No.
Jumble Hole Clough	The Open University Presents 'Ressurection For Beginners'
Sendelica	Night Flights (Instrumental Tabla Remix)
Orange Bomb	The Garden (Dandelion Radio Session)
Orange Bomb	The Duke Of Kent (Dandelion Radio Session)
New Apostles	Revenge
Dusty Mush	Faux Sabotage
Xantene	Motorische
Brokeback	The Stroller's Memorial
Jumble Hole Clough	Schools Prgoramme No. 1101 - Lissajous Curves
Orange Bomb	Council House Boy (Dandelion Radio Session)
XAM Duo	I Extend My Arms Pt I & II
Violent Pacifists	Bleed
Red Star Martyrs	Suede Head
Biznaga	Jovenes Oculto
Orange Bomb	Lifetime Drunk (Dandelion Radio Session)
Baba Zulu	Asiklarin Sözü Kalir
Tantrum Desire	Pump (Drumsound And Bassline Smith Remix)
Jumble Hole Clough	Tributes Pour In For Co-Founder Of Shropshire Model Railway Club
Us And Them	Next Time Around
Xpanse	Extent
Dusty Mush	Bizarre Bizarre
Don Gere	Werewolves On Wheels (Main Theme)
Orange Bomb	The Best Place I've Ever Been (Dandelion Radio Session)
Red Star Martyrs ft. Don Goliath & Tallis	Heathen Change Your Ways
Rocker - January 2017 We welcome in 2017 with a packed three hour show. No sessions this month, but we do have new tracks from The Baby Seals; Tinsel Heart; Jade Imagine; The Jesus & Mary Chain; The Charlie Tipper Conspiracy vs Helen McCookerybook; Neurotic Fiction; Drahla; The Proper Ornaments; Shit Present; Real Numbers; The Drain On The Balcony; The Nightingales; The Bellamys; Chemtrails; The Blue Aeroplanes; Slowcoaches; The Pooches and many more. There's a final track from Allo Darlin', Emmy The Great covers Leonard Cohen, there's also a new track from former Dandelion Radio DJ Marcelle. Whirling Hall Of Knives and former Superchunk singer-guitarist Mac McCaughen both welcome in the new year after their respective fashions. There's new electronica from The Micronaut; Atlantik; Reinhard Voigt; Skream and Burial; while Kidnap Kid gives a new take on a Moby classic. This month's "Peel's Big 45" is played in memory of Rick Parfitt, who sadly passed away last month, while this month's Educating Elizabeth record is from the recent comeback album of one of Missy Elliott's proteges finally reaching her potential as a great soul singer. As well as little know facts we also bring you a little known fact: The Blue Aeroplanes track "Dead Tree! Dead Tree!" is about an actual dead tree, in Victoria Park, Bristol, UK.
Artist	Title	Recording	Record Label	Catalogue No.
King Crimson	The Court Of The Crimson King (Edit)	LP - 'In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)'	Island	ILPS 9111
Status Quo	Nightride	7"	Vertigo	6059 114
Mac McCaughan	Happy New Year (Prince Can't Die Again)	Download Single
Whirling Hall Of Knives	MMXVIRIP	Download Single
The Jesus And Mary Chain	Amputation	Download Single	ADA / Warner Music
The Pooches	I Don't Eat Cake	Download LP - 'The Pooches'	Lame-O Records
Tinsel Heart	Wasted Yet Sad	EP - 'Hey Boyfriend!'
DJ Marcelle	To The Right	10" Single - 'In The Wrong Direction'	Jahmoni Music	JMM 203
Allo Darlin'	Wanderlust	7"	Fortuna Pop! / Hangover Lounge	HL008
Bill Botting And The Two Drink Minimums	Graceland	LP - 'Better Friends'	WIAIWYA / Fika
The Higher State	The Worst Of Their Treason	LP - 'Volume 27'	13 O'Clock Records	13OC-023
Reinhard Voigt	The Singing Saw	12" - 'Kontraste'	Kompakt	Kompakt 351
Shit Present	Sick Of Me	12" EP - 'Misery & Disaster'	Specialist Subject
Burial	Nightmarket	12" - 'Young Death'	Hyperdub	HDB100
The Baby Seals	Nipple Hair	Download
Emmy The Great	Anthem (Live)	Download
Real Numbers	Wordless Wonder	LP - 'Wordless Wonder'	Slumberland Records	SLR 223
Atlantik	Snö	12"	Feines Tier	Feinestier005
Fold	Something Gives	CD Single
Fresh Snow	The Softest Sector	Download Compilation - '#More In Common'	Hope Not Hate
Blue Aeroplanes	Dead Tree! Dead Tree!	LP - 'Welcome, Stranger'
Neurotic Fiction	Mediator	Single	Art Is Hard Records
Drahla	Fictional Decision	Download Single
The Manhattan Love Suicides	Look Who's Coming To Town (Please Let It Snow)	7"	Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club	Snowflake13-2016
The Nightingales	Booze And Broads And Beauty	10" Mini-LP - 'Become Not Becoming'
Talisman	She Look Like Dub	LP - 'Don't Play With Fyah'	Sugar Shack Records	FOD114V
Sky Between Leaves	O.B.E. (Out Of Body Experience)	10" EP - 'Klein Blues'	Bandshell / Horus Music
The Micronaut	Triangel	LP - 'Forms'	Acker	ACKERLP 005
The Proper Ornamants	Cremated (Blown Away)	LP - 'Foxhole'	Slumberland	SLR 224
The Drain On The Balcony	Happy Thinking	CDLP - 'Golden Hour Of'	Local Underground	LU052
Chemtrails	Burnt Shadows	Download Compilation - 'PNKSLM Family Album 2016'	PNKSLM Records
Lady Wray	Do It Again	LP - 'Queen Alone'	Big Crown Records	BC016LP
The Holiday Crowd	Anything Anything	LP - 'The Holiday Crowd'	Shelflife	LIFE135
Skream	You Know, Right?	12"	Crosstown Rebels	CRM170
Slowcoaches	54	LP - 'Nothing Gives'	Leisure & District	LDLP006
The Bellamys	Drum Machine	Cassette EP	Odd Box
Jade Imagine	Stay Awake	7"	Milk! Records
Terry	Don't Say Sorry	LP - 'Terry HQ'
Moby	Natural Blues (Kidnap Kid Remix)	Download	Birds That Fly	BTF12
The Wolfhounds	My Legendary Childhood	2LP - 'Untied Kingdom (...or how to come to terms with your culture)'	Odd Box Records
Helen McCookerybook & Charlie Tipper	Maybe Next Year	CDEP - 'Femme Fatale'	Breaking Down Recordings	Break 021
Hank Levine & His Orchestra	Image (part 1)	7”	His Master's Voice	45-POP 947
Sean Hocking - January 2017 Welcome to the Ring of Fire January show. Another year and lots of new music as well as some undiscovered gems from the last 12 months that bypassed me. After a trawl of many other end of year lists, I can bring you music like new Chinese band the Future Orients, Chino Amobi who has taken a look at Eno and decided that it's time that ambient music is updated for a blacker more 21st century audience taking its cues from R'n'B and trap producers. Also, yet again Burial hits the nail on the head with his latest opus, Nightmarket. How he manages to capture the feel of south London always surprises me. Being of a certain vintage it is always a little tough to keep up with the latest 12"s designed for the dance floor so I'm glad 2016 end of year lists alerted me to the Roy of the Rovers 12" and the fabulous Acid Lancashire by Chevron. Bands I'll be investigating more in 2017 are Scotland's Dr Cosmo's Tape Lab who remind me in spirit of the glorious Aliens and my other favorite band of the moment The Liquids from Bloomington, Illinois who for me are the most punk thing I've heard this century. With the Tories falling at every Brexit step and the glorified real estate agent taking up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in a couple of weeks, I predict we are going to in for a good year of new and exciting music in 2017.
Artist	Title	Recording	Record Label	Catalogue No.
Roy of the Ravers	Super Strength Pills!
Joey Nebulous	Taylor Swift
Goat Girl	Scum
Chino Amobi	London II
Future Orients	Running Digi
Rezzett	Yayla
Dr Cosmo's Tape Lab	City And The Stars
White	Step Up
Cocaine Piss	PUSSY
Liquids	Brandon's In Jail
Chevron	Acid Lancashire
North Sea Radio Orchestra	Heavy Weather
Omar Souleyman	Warni Warni
Ernestus, Mark vs Obadikah	April Dub
Lung Dart	Tuvalu
Avalon Emerson	Church of SoMa
KAG	Diana Ross
Roy Of The Ravers	Emotinium
Burial	Nightmarket
Beatrice Dillon	Curl
Future Orients	Motto
Unknown Artist	The Blaster
AS	Crust
Orea	Biguine Inferno
Festive Fifty Retrospective Part 2 - January 2017 A look back over the forty years of the Festive Fifty. Mark Whitby, Lee Adcock, Pete Jackson and Rocker go through the years and each pick out a few tracks - and not just the ones from the very top. Part 1 was in December and here is Part 2.
Artist	Title	Recording	Record Label	Catalogue No.
Aphex Twin	Girl Boy Song
Tiger	The Race
Spiritualized	Ladies & Gentlemen You Are Floating In Space
Evolution Control Committee	Copyright Violation For The Nation
Clinic	Cement Mixer
Atari Teenage Riot	Revolution Action
Elastica With Mark E Smith	How He Wrote Elastica Man
Cuban Boys	Cognoscenti vs Intelligentsia
Sterolab	French Disco
My Bloody Valentine	Soon
PJ Harvey	Mess We're In
Broadcast	Come On Let's Go
Greenskeepers	Low and Sweet
Ikara Colt	One Note
Boom Bip and Dose One	Mannequin Hand Trap Door
mcklusky	To Hell With Good Intentions
Grandmaster Gareth	Dr Dre Buys A Pint Of Mint
Melt-Banana	Shield Your Eyes, A Beast In The Well Of Your Hand
Shitmat	There's No Business Like Propa' Rungleclotted Mashup Bizznizz
Steveless	Bored
Architecture in Helsinki	Do The Whirlpool
Autons	Snakes In The Mirror
Battles	Atlas
Pete Green	Everything I Do Is Gonna Be Sparkly
The Lovely Eggs	I Like Birds But I Like Other Animals Too
Half Man Half Biscuit	Took Problem Chimp To Ideal Home Show
The Brownies	Cougar
Fuck Buttons	Surf Solar
Best Coast	Crazy For You
Gindrinker	Bob Grainger: Sexual Pervert
The Venopian Solitude	Mother Nature And Father-Man Made
Burial	Street Halo
The Chasms	Der Eingriff Schulze
Allo Darlin'	Tallulah
The Wolfhounds	Cheer Up
The Spook School	I'll Be Honest
Flowers	Young
Pussy Riot	I Can't Breathe
The Manhattan Love Suicides	The Blood Club