St. Patrick's Day show tracks for Sat. Mar. 17/12

So is today International Hangover Day then? With St. Patrick's Day being on a Saturday this year, I suppose the parties had to be even more epic with today being a day off for most. Hope you all got home safe and sound.

As you can tell by the setlist we went heavy on the Irish artists last night. It even worked out that the LP Session was an Irish artist, The Frank & Walters. Even a couple of the new releases were Irish as well.
Even if you aren't Irish I hope you enjoyed the show. But I promise that's the last theme show for a while. I'm exhausted planning all these theme shows. Hopefully, next Saturday isn't International Brown Haired People Who Own Chinchillas Day...where am I going to find music for that! lol

Still managed to get in a few new releases as well. Including new music from The School (Thanks Liz!), Veronica Falls, Dexys, Tall Ships and more.

Veronica Falls - My Heart Beats from Army Of Kids on Vimeo.

the undertones - when saturday comes
the dubliners - whiskey in the jar
the pogues - tuesday morning
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the school - never thought i'd see the day
veronica falls - my heart beats
spectrals - friend zone
slow motion heroes - paper over cracks
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the pogues - dirty old town
ewan maccoll - dirty old town feat. peggy seeger
kirsty maccoll - terry
bombay bicycle club - dust on the ground
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dexys (midnight runners) - nowhere is home
the boomtown rats - she's so modern
stiff little fingers - alternative ulster
them - mystic eyes
two door cinema club - kids
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lp session - the frank & walters "greenwich mean time"
the frank & walters - each tree
the frank & walters - trust in the future
the frank & walters - 20 years
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whipping boy - no one takes prisoners anymore
my bloody valentine - lose my breath
virgin prunes - walls of jericho
a house - endless art
clock opera - man made
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the thrills - your love is like las vegas
sultans of ping fc - stupid kid
stump - charlton heston
that petrol emotion - big decision
admiral fallow - beetle in the box
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tall ships - t=0
power of dreams - stay
the pogues - sally maclennane
the chieftains & sinead o'connor - foggy dew
divine comedy - something for the weekend
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french kissing - wild women
colours - our trip
curxes - once upon a time
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gold panda - thailand chord droner

Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 10/12

Celebrating the fine British women tonight to celebrate International Women's Day. Over half the show was dedicated to some of the best music of the last 30 years period.

Remember, voting for this years Jammys is still open. We're nominated in 2 categories so have a go and vote. If you have already, thank you!
http://jammies.cjam.ca/index.php?sid=15639&lang=en

Tune in next week for yet another special theme show. Since next Saturday is
St. Patrick's Day we'll take a look at Ireland and all it's fine musical talent.
We'll even have The Frank & Walters in the LP Session.



skunk anansie - search & destroy
silverfish - scrub me mama with that boogie beat
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spiritualized - hey jane
mt. wolf - life size ghosts (demo)
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frank & walters - indie love song
the flatmates - so in love with you
talulah gosh - talulah gosh
bubblegum splash - someone said
evans the death - telling lies
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kasabian - narcotic farm II
jessie ware - running
david bowie - fascination
drc music - customs feat bokatola system
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lp session - morning parade "s/t"
morning parade - headlights
morning parade - monday morning
morning parade - born alone
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2:54 - dawn
lush - single girl
echobelly - great things
sleeper - nice guy eddie
massive attack feat tracey thorn - protection
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mystery jets - someone purer
fanzine - l.a.
lily allen - friday night
poly styrene - no rockefeller
elastica - connection
pistola kicks - ditch
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lp session - dry the river "shallow bed"
dry the river - new ceremony
dry the river - history book
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jah wobble & julie campbell - feel
saint etienne - he's on the phone
toyah - echo beach
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dusty springfield - the look of love

Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 3/12

Another busy week. The Jammys voting was opened up. See the post from yesterday on how to vote (hopefully many times) for your fave British indie/alternative show. That would be this one.
I promise I won't bother you again until Pledge Drive time...lol

So how busy a man will Damon be this year. His new side project with Flea from RHCP just dropped their new single. And there is a Blur album later this year. Plus he has been rumoured to have resurrected The Good, The Bad & The Queen. How many hours are there in his day?


Gaz Coombes Presents...well, his new solo album that's what. And he's letting you download the first track for free. That's mighty nice of him. Follow the link to grab it.
http://www.gazcoombes.com/tag/sub-divider/

arctic monkeys - r u mine?
athletes in paris - echoes louder than voices
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rocket juice & the moon - hey shooter feat. erykah badu
mafia lights - spiriting
laurel collective - they hate me
theme park - two hours
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gaz coombes - sub-divider
paul weller - that dangerous age
jill read - maybe
rotifer - aberdeen marine lab
the wave pictures - eskimo kiss
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trevor moss & hannah lou - spin me a rhyme
lonely tourist - i live where you are
dry the river - the chamber & the valves
dog is dead - two devils
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lp session - fanfarlo "rooms filled with light"
fanfarlo - tightrope
fanfarlo - feathers
fanfarlo - a flood
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jah wobble & julie campbell - psychic life
mark stewart & primal scream - autonomia (pinch's dub version)
joker - the vision (let me breathe) feat jessie ware
jessie ware & sbtrkt - nervous
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british sea power - up against it
simple minds - celebrate
furniture - brilliant mind
anothers blood - through the dark
no ceremony - breaking hearts
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exile parade - mach shau
exile parade - man is sick
evans the death - telling lies
the cribs - chi-town
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blueboy - remember me
diana brown - the masterplan

It's Jammy time again!

I just heard the considerable moan from the masses. Oh no not again!...lol

The Jammys are CJAM's awards for the volunteer programmers. They are given out every year and voted on by you, the listeners. The winners then get their awards at a ceremony in April that is open to the public. Vote for us and then party with us!
Voting is easy. Just follow this handy link -
http://jammies.cjam.ca/index.php?sid=15639&lang=en
Follow three easy rules.
-Enter your first and last name
-Enter a valid email address (Fear not - they don't sell them or use them)
-Vote in a minimum of 3 categories

Cowboys & Indies is nominated in 2 categories so all you have to do is pick one more and your vote counts.
The show is nominated for Best Indie/Alternative program (the second category from the top) and also for Best On-Air Personality (second from bottom).

We haven't won one in a few years, so vote and vote often! The voting closes soon.
Let's make Cowboys & Indies a 2012 Jammy Award winner!

Monthly Indiessential chart for February 2012

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. BE STRONG (LP) ... 2 Bears (Southern Fried)
2. DJANGO DJANGO (LP) ... Django Django (Because)
3. JENNIFER'S BROTHER ... Model Railway Exhibition (Verulamium)
4. ALWAYS GOLDEN ... Golden Fable (self released)
5. NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW (LP) ... Twilight Sad (Fatcat Records)
6. PLUMB (LP) ... Field Music (Memphis Industries)
7. MATILDA / FITZPLEASURE ... Alt-J ∆ (Infectious)
8. SWEET SOUR (LP) ... Band Of Skulls (Fontana North)
9. WINTER GARDENS ... The Heartbreaks (self released)
10. YOU JANE ... Wedding Present (Scopitones)
11. TERNION (LP) ... We Have Band (WHB/Naïve)
12. CHI-TOWN ... The Cribs (Wichita)
13. WHAT BECAME OF YOU ... Dodgy (Strike Back Records)
14. DEAD WOLF SITUATION (LP) ... Hysterical Injury (RGS/Strummerville)
15. WE SHOULD BE SWIMMING ... Zulu Winter (Play It Again Sam)
16. HAVE SOME FAITH IN MAGIC (LP) ... Errors (Rock Action)
17. STARLING ... This Many Boyfriends (Angular Recording Corporation)
18. TENDONS IN THE NIGHT ... Shrag (Fortuna POP!)
19. ILLUMINATED PEOPLE (LP) ... Islet (Turnstile)
20. FAN FICTION (LP) ... The Afternoons (Saturday)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for February 2012

Show tracks for Sat. Feb. 25/12

After three weeks of special shows for Black History month we return to our regular format. Which is only bringing you the best British indie & alternative music around!
So much new music tonight too. There was 3 new albums from Jonquil, Band Of Skulls and Hysterical Injury in mini lp sessions. Loads of new singles too.

We open the show with a couple from Blur after being given The Outstanding Contribution To Music Brit award on Tuesday. We also featured the Critics Choice Brit winner, Emeli Sandé. She has to drop her first name, which is Adele, for obvious reasons.

I want a pair of the new Gorillaz Chuck Taylor's ! I hope stores will be selling them close by so I can try them on.. I would really like to know I can actually wear them before I pay for them online.
To coincide with the Jamie Hewlett designed Chuck Taylors is a great new track from Gorillaz w/ James Murphy & Andre 3000 as part of Converse's “Three Artists, One Song” series. Download the track for free here;
http://play.converse.com/blog/2012/02/23/doyathing/

That mysterious band from Manchester, NO CEREMONY/// are back with another free download. Get it from their website while you can, it's a corker!
http://www.noceremony.com/download/

blur - on your own
blur - the universal
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gorillaz - do ya thing feat james murphy & andre 3000
no ceremony - heartbreaker
2 bears - increase your faith
alpines & maya jane coles - why
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in isolation - film noir scandal
ultravox - slow motion
the duke spirit - procession (remix by gary numan)
gary numan - dead sun rising
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we have band - after all
the chap - better place
graffiti6 - annie you save me
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jonquil - swells
jonquil - run
vinyl jacket - lucky soldiers
emeli sandé - heaven
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the birthday kiss - choking
shrag - tendons in the nights
allo darlin' - capricornia
this many boyfriends - starling
wedding present - you jane
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band of skulls - wanderluster
band of skulls - you're not pretty but you got it goin' on
exile parade - moviemaker
the afternoons - moving city
phil wilson - ten miles
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hysterical injury - icebreak
hysterical injury - the works
model railway exhibition - jennifer's brother
fixers - swimmhaus san diego
zulu winter - we should be swimming
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django django - default
alt j - fitzpleasure
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cabaret voltaire - digital rasta

BTW, Thank you Phil Wilson for being so generous!

Show tracks for Sat. Feb. 18/12

We continue with our celebration of Black History Month this week with an infusion of Northern Soul. We probably shouldn't wait until next February to do another Northern Soul special. I think a Northern Soul special Rewind! is in order soon.
Even though most of the music played during the all-nighters back in the day was American, particularly from Tamla/Motown, we featured some British contributions tonight. As well as some of the classic stompers from the heyday like the "3 before 8" from The Wigan Casino.
Just a quick note, I filled in the last 15 minutes of Coolest Jazz Spot in the Rose City (the show before me) as he had to leave early. So I started the Northern Soul early to set the mood with;

r. dean taylor - there's a ghost in my house
dobie gray - out on the floor
tami lynn - i'm gonna runaway from you
the contours - just a little misunderstanding
edwin starr - 25 miles

As we have the last two weeks, we also brought you new releases as well. I'm so glad to see new tracks from The Heartbreaks and Evans The Death! Plus an LP Session from Field Music. Hope you enjoyed the show. We return next week with a normal installment of the show.


gloria jones - tainted love
tony clarke - landslide
lou johnson - (there's) always something there to remind me
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eugene mcguiness - shotgun
summer camp - losing my mind
the pipettes - boo shuffle
petula clark - a sign of the times
nita rossi - here i go again
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the heartbreaks - winter gardens
the cribs - chi-town
evans the death - telling lies
former lover - he doesn't have to know about you
nature set - if you lived here you'd be home by now
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tobi legend - time will pass you by
jimmy radcliffe - long after tonight is over
dean parrish - i'm on my way
frank wilson - do i love you (indeed i do)
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lp session - field music "plumb"
field music - guillotine
field music - who'll pay the bills?
field music - from hide and seek to heartache
field music - ce soir
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theme park - two hours
casablanca - i needed to know
edwyn collins - losing sleep
jimmy james - this heart of mine
geno washington - she shot a hole in my heart
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errors - the village
s.c.u.m. - 568
the chap - what did we do?
maccabees - went away
the big pink - stay gold
trailer trash tracys - dies in 55
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exile parade - hello blue
the hysterical injury - visions of trees
we have band - steel in the groove
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jackie trent - you baby
lorraine silver - lost summer love