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Voting in the Festive 50 closes in November - so go and vote now at
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Andrew Morrison:
Andy's November show features two more exclusively-recorded live songs from Alex Canasta's album launch party in Copenhagen, along with competitions to win Avrocar's latest album and the new single from Lonely Ghosts. Andy's been organising his collection of listener demos, and has picked out several superb unsigned tunes you shouldn't miss. You'll also hear an extraordinarily rare piece of vinyl from New Order, as well as Scott's Funky Five Minutes and Teresa's Tasty Tips. Other track selections include Dope Aviators, The Hot Toddies, Atomizer and Nine Black Alps. Additionally, Andy will be reminding you to vote in the 2008 Festive Fifty before the poll closes on 30th November!

Dubster:
There has never been a better time to invest in Radiodubster!
Yes, as the credit crunch bites harder, our lucky listeners will receive a 50% dividend, meaning the November show will be a whopping 3 hours long as opposed to our standard rate of 2.
Listeners will also receive an excellent portfolio of new music from the likes of Vivian Girls, Brendan Canning, Sian Alice Group and Little Boots. Featured artists Dirty Summer and Dragonette will also be included as part of this special offer.
So forget about your pensions, shares and ISAs that collectively wouldn't cover the down payment on a Mars bar now. Instead, invest 3 hours of your time this month in the company of Steve and Brian, and lets face the music and dance!
(Terms and conditions apply, your home may be at risk if you do not listen to their mindless drivel)

Jeff Grainger:
November sees The Grainger open his Dandelion Radio Session account with an absolute blinder from Dalmation Rex and the Eigentones (and NOT "Dandelion Rex"... as I announce at least once).
This, five track exclusive is a superb piece of work, with a very accurate description of the DJ's here at Dandelion to boot. The Session also ties in just lovely with the bands appearance at Oldham's Dandelion Radio Night3 at The Castle on the 27th of November (and NOT the 29th as I announce at least twice!) Dalmation Rex will be joined on the bill by Manchester's Gnu and the Shrew and Patrice and Pierre. Hence we'll hear tracks by these two acts as well.
The rest of the broadcast will include highlights from November's new releases; Polly Scattergood, Dr Meaker, Machine Boy and Mia Vigar. We'll have a couple of Myspace finds; Crissie Black and Naomi Elizabeth, horrendous mispronunciation and bad grammar from yours truly and, shockingly, for the first time since the debut broadcast way back in August a track by Boards of Canada.

Marcelle:
Rodents In Need

Acclaimed Dutch deejay, Marcelle, presents her first show on Dandelion Radio. Some listeners might find that it echoes the smell of rats piss. For others the distinct odour of vinyl might be present.
The more experienced listener will even detect the sounds of a single room, the Spanish Revolution and a Dutch postal code.
In short: her show is quite an adventure. A Dandelion Adventure as will be clear from the very first seconds. From weird German noises to scratchy (and smelly) sounds from Ghana and from Barcelona dubstep to an American religious fanatic: everything a 21st century radio listener wishes for is there.
More than that: one of the greatest female bands of the UK gets played, plagiarised and sampled in only ten minutes. There's even an English-Dutch 'supergroup'.
Get Out Clause included. Also comes with 100% vinyl guarantee.

Mark Cunliffe:
Ello, ello, ello. It's not the dead of winter yet but Mount Sims are already Breaking The Ice. Some bloke called Boz will be Boring you down to the last Atom. King Cannibal can't spell Origami but he does it in Style and don't tell the RSPCA but there's a Catkiller on the show. King Clarentz comes back with a tune that might well be BIGGER than last months....not possible....SURELY!!
There's a great cover of an Al Green song from the C-Funk camp. TRG serves up some seriously twisted dubstep. Thee Vicars show us just how Bury St Edmunds sounds these days....and finally....for the main event, the MASTER of gangsta folk himself Babar Luck comes at us live from The Vic in Derby. It's a show heavier than me after an all you can eat mackerel buffet....

Mark Whitby:
With Mark trying to find room for everything that's tickled his fancy over the last few months, November's show was always going to be a bit special and was always going to be a veritable aural treat of three hours. There's a featured label in the shape of France's Al Dente records to get your teeth into as well as tracks from a torrent of plastic that's understandably seen 2008 labelled 'the year of the EP, or mini-album, or whatever you want to call it', in Mark's house at least. This means you get a particularly choice fruit from the collaboration between The Mountain Goats & Kaki King, more from Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers as well as the band that ate Cheshire, Uncle Meat & The Midnight Children and California dreamers Rainbow Arabia.
And of course the fun doesn't stop there. There are tracks from new or new-ish albums from frenzied guitar maniacs Wino, the much-awaited CD from Old School Tie, and more from the celebrated collections from Stereolab and Los Campesinos. Add to this new singles from Calvin Party and Dr Slaggleberry and you have the perfect recipe to see you through the long winter months. Or at least one of them.

Pete Jackson:
As the nights draw in, settle down for a feast of Autumnal fun with new tunes from Mogwai, Toddla T, Lord Numb and King Cannibal plus a couple of re-issued calssics from The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Smiths. Throw in some crispy remixes, including Soulwax messing with a dancefloor classic, and the always-entertaining company of Mark E Smith, and the long evenings will just fly by.

Rachael Neiman:
In November’s 'Rachael Neiman Experience' we wrap up warm and enjoy some chilly winter themed tunes from the likes of The Action Time, Icicles and The Lovely Eggs as well as some brilliant new tracks from Ten Tigers, Hearts!Attack, Los Campesinos!, Mia Vigar, Johnny Foreigner, Pelle Carlberg, The Deirdres and a track from the amazing Fall covers album by Globo featuring contributions from Lisa and Jan from Bearsuit. This month’s golden oldie comes from Magnetic Fields.

Rocker:
This month's 3-hour show is as usual packed with new sounds - featured LP is the debut from The Brazen, there's a whole bunch of tracks from those little mini-CD EPs, and the last 20 minutes of the show is all French-related (hope Neil hasn't already played it all). Also this month there's a whole slew of new singles - from Horowitz, Comet Gain, The Lovely Eggs, The Manhattan Love Suicides, Ida Maria, Way Out West, Jim Rivers, Liechtenstein, and I unwittingly play the new single by Emmy the Great.
There's a fantastic remix of the Mystery Jets by Duke Dumont - luckily he has pretty much remixed any trace of the original out of the track, and a new track by Pete Wylie about the death of Margaret Thatcher. Also there's a rather surprising (and successful) venture into dubstep from ace Drum'n'bass duo Chase & Status.
There's a King Tubby dub of Augustus Pablo, as well as a track in tribute to Alton Ellis following his recent sad demise. This month's Peel's Big 45 is a Country & Western track from 1980 by one of the original 50s rock'n'rollers.
As well as little known acts, here's this month's little known fact: Medomalacuphobia is the fear of losing an erection.

Simon Hickinbotham:
My show for this month includes new discoveries from Ireland raw gash and some of his mates, three tracks from Finland by three different artists and some old gospel music by Roscoe Robinson. We get some grunting from Beijing via the Hanggai Band, plus strange bass noises from Japan via So Hey. Shana hopla hoi!