Sunday, September 21, 2025

Machine Noise For A Quiet Daydream! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 20/25

  • blancmange - feel me
    blancmange - waves
    blancmange - blind vision
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    pins - i'll be yours
    picture parlour - used to be your girlfriend
    hushtones - leave me out
    kate bush - there goes a tenner
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    idlewild - like i had before
    pebbledash - tiles and moss
    maruja - bloodsport
    maruja - zaytoun
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    gorillaz feat sparks - the happy dictator
    ash feat graham coxon - fun people
    blur - globe alone
    xtc - respectable street
    -----northern soul spotlight
    brooke combe - how can i tell you? (to love me more)
    carla omerta - satisfy
    lisa stansfield - carry on
    pulp - got to have love
    -----lp session - milltown brothers    Boogie Woogie    
    milltown brothers - time to move on
    milltown brothers - and she loves you new
    milltown brothers - again & again
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    stereolab - fed up with your job
    love & rockets - waiting for the flood
    gruff rhys feat cate le bon - pan ddaw’r haul i fore (when the sun comes to morning)
    gruff rhys - adar gwyn (white birds)
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    the chop - no heels
    dancer - deadline
    baxter dury - alpha dog
    baxter dury - mockingjay feat jgrrey
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    the jack rubies - are we being recorded?
    the cords - when you said goodbye
    the last of the lovely days - runaway
    -----lp session - blueboy   A Life In Numbers    
    blueboy - 4 am
    blueboy - seven wonders
    blueboy - unlucky
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    pale blue eyes - don't hurry time
    chameleons - lady strange
    chameleons - free me
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    rose gray - april
    leg puppy 2.0 - energy flash (034)
    barry can't swim - machine noise for a quiet daydream feat séamus
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    simple minds - new gold dream (81/82/83/84)
  • Listen - please keep checking for archive link to be updated. 

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Sweet Melodies! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 13/25

  • the stone roses - i wanna be adored (12 inch mix)
    thurman - famous
    bryan ferry - can't let go
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    ladytron - i believe in you
    ciel - won't obey
    the science of words - volunteer
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    sprints - better
    pillow queens - be a big girl
    peach|melba - have a latte
    wet leg - pond song
    the new eves - astrolabe
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    slowdive - catch the breeze
    newdad - everything i wanted
    she's in parties - fallen
    wintergreen - everyday one big mistake
    -----northern soul spotlight    
    betty turner & the chevelles - the winds kept laughing
    the vows - lost in a city
    jj barnes - poor unfortunate me (i ain't got nobody)
    andre scott - cry in the arms of another love
    -----lp session - saint etienne    International    
    saint etienne - the go-betweens feat nick heyward
    saint etienne - sweet melodies feat erol alkan
    saint etienne - two lover feat vince clarke
    saint etienne - the last time
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    saccades - portreach
    simple minds - theme for great cities
    manic street preachers - dreaming a city (hughsekova)
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    insecure men - alien
    erotic secrets of pompeii - moving sidewards into lightning
    shame - cowards around
    shame - axis of evil
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    florence road - break the girl
    hadda be - new to the office
    the happy somethings - fair weather friend
    better joy - plugged in
    -----lp session - suede    Antidepressants    
    suede - the sound and the summer
    suede - broken music for broken people
    suede - criminal ways
    suede - june rain
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    hot chip - devotion
    pet shop boys - shopping
    gorillaz feat mark e. smith - glitter freeze
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    the orchestra (for now) - hattrick
    whipping boy - we don't need nobody else
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    northside - take 5 (the reflex revision)
  • Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20250913-2100-t1757793600.mp3

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Like Dylan In The Movies! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 6/25

  • karma sutra - when the music stops
    far caspian - first day
    blur - sing
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    saccades - leylands lane
    richard ashcroft - lovin' you
    razorlight - sugar high
    kula shaker - charge of the light brigade
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    pynch - how you love someone
    nightbus - angles mortz
    powerplant - empty telephone
    the family battenberg - foggy
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    belle & sebastian - like dylan in the movies
    jody & the jerms - a different place
    autocamper - street view
    dancer - baby blue
    -----northern soul spotlight    
    jock mitchell with the fabulous agents - nomad woman
    nooney rickett - sad tomorrows
    the kittens - wait a minute (you're getting careless with my heart)
    maxine brown - one in a million
    jackie day - naughty boy
    -----lp session - prolapse    I Wonder When They're Going To Destroy Your Face     
    prolapse - the fall of cashline
    prolapse - cacophany no. c
    prolapse - ectoplasm united
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    sunstack jones - luminous hands
    divorce - wendolene
    honeyglaze - turn out right
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    maruja - trenches
    heartworms - celebrate
    jesus and mary chain - down on me
    the chameleons - seriocoity
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    projector - migraine
    idles - police & thieves
    madness - drip fed fred
    ub40 - food for thought
    -----lp session - gulp   Beneath Strawberry Moons     
    gulp - sea bear
    gulp - always so far
    gulp - the way that we live
    gulp - ultramarine blue
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    mansun - check under the bed
    oasis - columbia
    david bowie - scream like a baby
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    skloss - veto power
    whitehorse - red riptide
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    deep purple - space truckin' (for julian)
  • Listen - Once again, please check back for the archives to be updated...or in this case reinstated entirely 

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2025 - August

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. SOAK  (LP)  ...  Black Honey  (Foxfive Records)
    2. WE WERE JUST HERE  ...  Just Mustard  (Partisan Records)
    3. TAKE ME TO THE PILOT  ...  Saint Etienne  (Heavenly)
    4. THE CLEARING  (LP)  ...  Wolf Alice  (Columbia)
    5. WOODENEYE  ...  Cardiacs  (The Alphabet Business Concern)
    6. I'M NOT SAD  ...  The Cords  (Skep Wax)
    7. RAGE/BEG  ...  Sprints  (City Slang/Sub Pop Records)
    8. LEARNING GREEK  (LP)  ...  Humour  (So Young Records)
    9. EXPLANATION  ...  Sea Fever feat Denise Johnson  (Cosmic Glue)
    10. ECHOES  ...  Sorry  (Domino)
    11. TALK ABOUT IT  ...  Picture Parlour  (Uni)
    12. STUPID THINGS  ...  Hushtones  (Manmade Soul Ltd)
    13. THE COLLAPSE OF EVERYTHING  (LP)  ...  Adrian Sherwood  (On-U Sound)
    14. VERSION GIRL IN DUB  (LP)  ...  Rhoda Dakar  (Sunday Best Recordings)
    15. FLUX  (LP)  ...  Alison Goldfrapp  (A.G. Records)
    16. ELAVATOR  ...  Lexytron  (Persian Punk Records)
    17. COGNITIVE DISSONANCE  ...  Brontës  (Last Night From Glasgow)
    18. ACID COMMUNISM  (LP)  ...  Keys  (Libertino)
    19. IS IT ME?  ...  The Chop  (Wrong Speed Records)
    20. PRETTY ON THE INTERNET  (LP)  ...  The K's  (LAB Records)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for August 2025 

Sunday, August 31, 2025

More Than A Party! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 30/25

  • manic street preachers - if you tolerate this then your children will be next
    elcka - nothing to lose
    ash - give me back my world
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    home counties - new best thing
    stealing sheep - take me back
    gruff rhys - taro #1 & #2
    billy nomates - comedic timing
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    ulrika spacek - interesting corners
    pôt-pot - 22° halo
    leechers - eyesore
    the joshua hotel - local girl builds a rocket
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    bar italia - fundraiser
    hungry - morning coffee
    forming - you what
    it's karma it's cool - 21st century meds
    -----northern soul spotlight    
    the magnificents - i can fly
    the hyperions - why you wanna treat me the way you do
    difosco - sunshine love
    little nicky soul - i wanted to tell you
    daniela stone - young boy blues
    -----lp session - wolf alice    The Clearing    
    wolf alice - thorns
    wolf alice - passenger seat
    wolf alice - bread butter tea sugar
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    cast feat pp arnold - way it's gotta be
    super furry animals - lazer beam
    jetstream pony - 3am
    jim bob - thank you driver
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    the sexual objects - full penetration
    echobelly - great things
    the psycehdelic furs - highwire days
    ashes and diamonds - on a rocka
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    montjuic - mae
    oh hippo - i believe in the moon
    bc camplight - two legged dog feat abigal morris
    shura - world's worst girlfriend
    -----lp session - adrian sherwood    The Collapse Of Everything    
    adrian sherwood - dub inspector
    adrian sherwood - spaghetti best western
    adrian sherwood - hiroshima dub match
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    rival consoles - catherine
    depeche mode - more than a party
    sneaker pimps - 6 underground
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    black - wonderful life (original 1986 version)
    mansun - i can only disappoint u
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    captain sensible - wot
  • Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20250830-2100-t1756584000.mp3
  • Last week -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20250823-2100-t1755979200.mp3

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Summer Song! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 23/25

  • cloth - burn
    better joy - this part of time
    the happy somethings - the lane
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    just mustard - we were just here
    silver gore - forever
    coach party - do it for love
    blousey - chances
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    sorry - echoes
    honesty - pushing up daisies
    skål - the whites
    urusei yatsura - teenage dream (proved fucked & wrong)
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    night swimming - second place
    lemondaze - o (type)
    basht. - burn
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    adrian sherwood - the well is poisoned
    shit robot - no cigar (adrian sherwood dub)
    rhoda dakar - everyday is like sunday dub
    -----lp session - black honey    Soak    
    black honey - carroll avenue
    black honey - soak
    black honey - vampire in the kitchen
    black honey - to the grave
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    the cribs - summer seizures
    xtc - when you're near me i have difficulty
    bacci pouch - it ain't pretty
    shame - spartak
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    the cords - i'm not sad
    teenage waitress - disconnect
    cq wrestling - catherine wheels
    escape goats - rompecabezas
    red cavalry - last wish
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    supergrass - don't leave me alone
    the smiths - what difference does it make?
    sydney minsky sargeant - summer song
    -----lp session - alison goldfrapp   Flux    
    alison goldfrapp - strange things happen
    alison goldfrapp - cinnamon light
    alison goldfrapp - magma
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    new order - 1963
    girl one and the grease guns - forever seems so long
    cabaret voltaire - split second feeling
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    the wytches - black ice
    pedestrian band - the winston blues
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    westside cowboy - slowly i'm sure
    king hannah - suddenly, your hand
  • Listen - sadly not posted yet, please keep checking. 

Sunday, August 17, 2025

This Better Be Something Great! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 16/25

  • johnny marr - getting away with it feat neil tennant
    tears for fears - ashes to ashes (david bowie cover)
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    saint etienne - take me to the pilot
    rose gray feat shygirl & casey mq - everything changes (but i won't)
    warm coat - broken pieces
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    westside cowboy - drunk surfer
    whitehorse - doesn't come close
    honey motel - milk
    jim bob - danny from nowhere
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    cornershop featuring eden gray - amsterdam via rotterdam
    porij - i'm your lover (only)
    jamie xx - dream night
    metronomy - salted caramel ice cream (1-800 girls remix)
    -----northern soul spotlight    
    peggy woods - love is gonna get you
    tamala lewis - you won't say nothing
    the fidels - i only cry once a day now
    johnnie taylor - friday night
    betty everett - i got to tell somebody
    -----lp session - humour    Learning Greek    
    humour - plagiarist
    humour - dirty bread
    humour - i knew we'd talk about it one day
    humour - aphid
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    newdad - pretty
    night tapes - storm
    swim school - on & on
    pale blue eyes - the dreamer
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    courting - the twins (1969)
    big special - professionals
    yard act - payday
    the clash - bankrobber
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    wolf alice - white horses
    low girl - no reasons
    rodeo club - you
    -----lp session - rhoda dakar    Version Girl In Dub    
    rhoda dakar - as dub goes by
    rhoda dakar - dubbin' around
    rhoda dakar - siren dub
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    leechers - sprawl
    the chameleons - monkeyland
    simple minds - love song
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    bold love - feel you close
    the charlatans - just when you're thinkin' things over
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    goldie - state of mind
  • Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20250816-2100-t1755374400.mp3