The Breakdown®

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 Beauty - 'Mi Amor' (feat. Cristina Quesada),Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom - 'Never Work',Love Harder - 'Outta My

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 Over',Good Sleepy - 'Dessert',Summer Camp - 'Barefoot In The Park',Boniface - 'It's A Joke',Pom Pom Squad - 'Red

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 Leithauser - 'Here They Come',Purple Disco Machine - 'In My Arms',Jockstrap - 'Acid',070 Shake - 'The Pines',Wye Oak -

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',Austra - 'Risk It',Sløtface - 'Passport',Braids - 'Young Buck',Dan Deacon - 'Arp I: Wide Eyed & Arp II: Float

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 Spendy - 'Feelings 2',Best Coast - 'Everything Has Changed',Sidewalks And Skeletons - 'Cybercrimes',Hailey Beavis

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',Holy Wave - 'I'm Not Living In The Past Anymore',Abbie Ozard - 'TV Kween',Doves - 'Prisoners',Knot -

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 Business',Beach Bunny - 'Ms California',Novaa - 'Drones',Breakup Haircut - 'Why Can't I Be Cool Enough To Move To