Playlist for Thursday 18 December 2025

SHARP PINS – Stop to say hello

SHARP PINS – Maria don’t

BEACH BOYS – Caroline no

THE BURKHARTS – Tell me

CHASTITY BELT – Lydia

MASSAGE – Lydia

RALLY – Only dreams

NEW ORDER – Dreams never end

SHAPES LIKE PEOPLE – Never cut asunder

SNUGGLE – Woman Lake

LLOYD COLE – Like lovers do

ELIAS RØNNENFELT – Like lovers do

REC CENTRE – Superlatives

REDSPENCER – Shifting

JESHUA – Esther

THE SMITHS – I want the one I can’t have (1985)

PENCIL TIN – In dreams (1995)

AYKA – Text don’t call

WILDING – Swipe right

PIERCE ALEXANDER – Get away (I don’t know how to behave online LP, 2025)

DAVE ROBERTSON & THE KISS LIST – The lion of Lucerne

DOLEFUL LIONS – Haunted love

SILENT BOYS – Living in the lion’s jaws

SUNNY INTERVALS – One last day of the holidays

ORANGE JUICE – Holiday hymn

OLIVIA LAY – Break the mould

CIGGIE WITCH – In the dam

BED BITS – Wild landscape

SUFJAN STEVENS – Come thou fount of every blessing

Top 30 for 2025

30. SHOPFIRES – Stealing groceries

29. ASSISTANT – Flowers

28. TELEPHONE NUMBERS – Be right down

27. TULPA – Let’s make a Tulpa!

26. RADIO FIELD – It’s alright

25. BRAMWELL – Problems

24. HORSEGIRL – Switch over

23. BRIAN BILSTON & THE CATENARY WIRES – Might have, might not have

22. FOLK BITCH TRIO – Cathode ray

21. THE PARKER POSIES – Chris, take me out

20. A MINOR PLACE – Livia is dating a guy

19. OLIVIA LAY – Pirate of your soul

18. TEST SUBJECTS – Plans

17. STEREOLAB – Melodie is a wound

16. MONNONE ALONE – River of sighs

15. WAY DYNAMIC – People settle down

14. PIGGIETAILS – Cycling song

13. SNOWY BAND – Shortchanged

12. RAPT – I will be my end

11. MOUSEATOUILLE – Dogshow

10. DUMB THINGS – Windows and doors

9. CRYSTAL MEADOWS – We can get away from here

8. GOOD FLYING BIRDS – Fall away

7. REDSPENCER – Blue horizon

6. REDSPENCER – This is the day

5. HEDGE BURNERS – Strange memory

4. AUTOCAMPER – Again

3. SHARP PINS – You don’t live here anymore

2. BIRD CALLS – Critic meets artist

1. REC CENTRE – Polly and Andy