The first Beat City of 2016 is an absolute stormer, featuring hip-hop from Lizzo and Cousin Stizz, folk from Villagers, indie sounds from Sea Pinks, Beaty Heart and Summer Twins.
There's also a great new track from Steve "used to be in the Beta Band" Mason and a new Ennio Morricone film theme.
There's also not one but two songs involving our dear Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, from Novelist and a live performance from Squeeze on the Andrew Marr show that you may have heards about 8=)
Full tracklisting:
Meilyr Jones "How To Recognise A Work Of Art"
Hinds "Warts" (from the album "Leave Me Alone")
Novelist "Street Politician"
Summer Twins "Ouija" (from the album "Limbo")
Lizzo "My Skin" (from the album "Big GRRRRL Small World")
Villagers "Memoir" (from the album "Where Have You Been All My Life?"
Cousin Stizz "Dirty Bands" (from the album "Suffolk County"
Beaty Heart "Flora"
Mechanimal "Radio On" (from the album "Delta Pi Delta")
Sea Pinks "Depth Of Field" (from the album "Soft Days")
Bear Ghost "Funkle Phil"
Ennio Morricone "Overture from 'The Hateful Eight'"
Lizzo "Betcha" (from the album "Big GRRRRL Small World")
Steve Mason "Planet Sizes"
Squeeze "Cradle To The Grave" (live on BBCTV)
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