THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2012

Started the new year by looking back at 2012.
My Top Albums of 2012

1. 2:54 by 2:54
2. An Awesome Wave by Alt-J (∆)
3. Django Django by Django Django
4. Devotion by Jessie Ware
5. Lonerism by Tame Impala
6. One Day I'm Going to Soar by Dexys
7. World, You Need A Change Of Mind by Kindness
8. The Bravest Man In The Universe by Bobby Womack
9. Shallow Bed by Dry The River
10. Kill For Love by Chromatics
11. Given To The Wild by The Maccabees
12. Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized
13. Bloom by Beach House
14. Ester by Trailer Trash Tracys
15. Funtimes by The Heartbreaks
16. Nocturne by Wild Nothing
17. Lucifer by Peaking Lights
18. Standing At the Sky's Edge by Richard Hawley
19. Toy by Toy
20. Oshin by Diiv
21. Other People's Problems by Breton
22. Come Of Age by The Vaccines
23. We'll Be The Moon by Fixers
24. Beacon by Two Door Cinema Club
25. Evans The Death by Evans The Death
26. Europe by Allo Darlin'
27. Luxury Problems by Andy Stott
28. Visions by Grimes
29. Good Don't Sleep by Egyptian Hip Hop
30. Bloodstreams by DZ Deathrays
31. Rooms Filled With Light by Fanfarlo
32. Prince Fatty Presents "Hollie Cook In Dub" by Hollie Cook
33. Interstellar by Frankie Rose
34. Into The Diamond Sun by Stealing Sheep
35. ((0)) by Hey Sholay
36. Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da by Madness
37. Confess by Twin Shadow
38. Play For Today by Ultrasound
39. Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem
40. Our Nature by Savior Adore
41. Quarantine by Laurel Halo
42. This Is PiL by Public Image Limited
43. The North by Stars
44. The Only Place by Best Coast
45. The Orbserver In The Star House by The Orb & Lee Scratch Perry
46. Melody's Echo Chamber by Melody's Echo Chamber
47. Tiger Talk by Yukon Blonde
48. Be Strong by The 2 Bears
49. Shrines by Purity Ring
50. Maurice Narcisse by Eula

A few more lists to follow tomorrow.
HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Be safe and happy.

2012 Festive 50 Pt. 1 #50-26! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 29/12

The moment you have been waiting a year for. The 2012 Festive 50 countdown.
Yes, we named after it our idol John Peel's yearly countdown. Where John featured specific songs we concentrate on the artists and their year long output. So ours is all about the artists. We are paying tribute by using samples of John from various old broadcasts introducing the placings. This is only part 1 of 2 featuring #50-26.
So make sure you tune in next week to hear part 2 and to see who is #1 for 2012!

Some new material was still being released right through the holiday. Two new tracks (well..older demos but still new to us) from Pulp and Wild Beasts were dropped on Christmas day. Plus we have time for some other tracks that never received airplay. So we open with the brilliant new track from Pulp.

pulp - after you
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#50 spector - chevy thunder
#49 the wedding present - you jane
#48 exlovers - starlight, starlight
#47 breathless - next time you fall
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#46 totally enormous extinct dinosaurs - tapes & money
#45 man without country - closet addicts anonymous
#44 errors - cloud chamber
#43 splashh - all i wanna do
#42 bastille - flaws
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#41 allo darlin' - northern lights
#40 golden fable - always golden
#39 the school - never thought i'd see the day
#38 born blonde - i just wanna be
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#37 cast of cheers - goose
#36 field music - (i keep thinking about) a new thing
#35 mystery jets - greatest hits
#34 eugene mcguinness - shotgun
#33 hey sholay - dreamland
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#32 the big pink - lose your mind
#31 tribes - sappho
#30 the cribs - stalagmites
#29 cheatahs - the swan
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#28 model railway exhibition - jennifer's brother
#27 alunageorge - you know you like it
#26 the joy formidable - wolf's law
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wild beasts - stray
paloma faith - never tear us apart
milk & biscuits - white noise
holy esque - tear
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spc eco - hollow talk
winterhours - ocean heart

To download the show follow these handy links!
Part 1 10pm-midnight http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20121229-2200-t1356818400.mp3
Part 2 midnight-12:30am http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20121230-0000-t1356825600.mp3

Strummerville! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 22/12

Strummerville Foundation – Cowboys & Indies Special 10:00PM – 12:30AM
Marc Cazabon officially closes out the day’s festivities with a look at the Strummerville Foundation: outlining their work and how they help indie bands. The Cowboys and Indies host will feature bands that have and are currently being helped through the works of the foundation. Also, he’ll take a look at the overseas charity work, like the founding of their music schools in Malawi & Sierra Leone.

stiff little fingers - strummerville
social distortion - death or glory
lily allen and mick jones - straight to hell
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strummerville by don letts movie trailer
the clash - clash city rockers (alternate mix)
marc carroll - london calling
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strummerville foundation trailer
nimmo & the gauntlets - chin up
mutant vinyl - acid honey
molotov jukebox - double dare
sly & reggie - dub save the queen
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the laurels - waiting to die
the cottonettes - satisfy me
suicide bid - when the morning comes
pillars of dub - journeys of uncle dub
native sun - legacy
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joe strummer & the mescaleros - tony adams
edwyn collins - 1977
the clash - louie louie (sandinista! out-take)
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bank of joy - coat of ice
little switzerland - four years time
last winter dance party - the dawn chorus
the welcome committee - rich kids
littlemores - femme fagin
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the mercanaries - hard to please
street parade - street parade
whiskey jax - bermuda lies
irie method - cold outside
the red lapels - it ain't easy
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asian dub foundation feat. zebda - police on my back (live)

To download the show use these handy links;
Part 1 10pm-midnight http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/614-Strummerville_Foundation_Joe_Strummer_Day_Special-20121222-2200-t1356213600.mp3
Part 2 midnight-12:30am http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20121223-0000-t1356220800.mp3

Radio Bliss! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 15/12

Last regular show of the year! Next week we are proud to be part of the 3rd annual Joe Strummer Day. Cowboys & Indies will profile Strummerville and the foundations work supporting indie artists in the UK and the world.
The two weeks after that will be the annual Festive 50 countdown. Where we count back the top 50 artists of the year.

born blonde - radio bliss
by the sea - waltz away
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the courteeners - lose control
everything everything - kemosabe
blur - under the westway
massive attack - be thankful for what you've got
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ian skelly - caterpillar
esben & the witch - deathwaltz
peace - wraith
jake bugg - someone told me
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paloma faith - just be
the associates - heart of glass
nadine shah - are you with me?
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lp session - breathless "green to blue"
breathless - it's good to see you
breathless - rain down now
breathless - the same room without you
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two wounded birds - if only we remain
2:54 - creeping
cast of cheers - trucks at night
sisters of mercy - amphetamine logic
adam ant - gun in your pocket
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manic street preachers - motorcycle emptiness
biffy clyro - black chandelier
glass caves - eboracum
beak> - mono
katy b - danger w/ jacques greene
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paul weller - dragonfly
viv albertine - in vitro
cornershop - non-stop radio feat. celeste
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the birthday suit - uh-huh uh-huh
the co co colaz - round & round

Last Of The Summer Wine! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 8/12

Better late than never seems to be the theme for tonight's show. We have a couple releases that are new to us over here in North America but are 2 years old each in their native UK. It appears that the Fuzzbox cover of Pop Muzik is from 2010 released during their reunion concerts. The Mutineers album in the LP session was released at least 1-2 years ago but has finally made it over to us via digital download.
Does it actually feel like 32 years ago? Today is the anniversary of John Lennon's assassination. So we featured a couple of John's tracks and some covers as well. Including, the brilliant cover of Jealous Guy by Roxy Music.
Only one regular show remains in 2012. Special shows will end this year and start the next. Cowboys & Indies is part of Joe Strummer Day festivities this year. Then after that The Festive 50 countdown will end the year with a bang!
After all doesn't everybody love year end lists? Working on mine now. What are yours? Let me know via the comments.

django django - life's a beach
eugene mcguinness - thunderbolt
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john lennon - steel & glass
john lennon - nobody loves you (when you're down & out)
roxy music - jealous guy
ride - i don't want to be a soldier (live)
maxïmo park - isolation
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johnny marr - the messenger
johnny marr - the right thing right
the fossil collective - on and on
ian skelly - cut from a star
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rainy milo - bout you
night works - the eveningtime
katy b - aaliyah feat. Jessie ware
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lp session - the mutineers "friends, lovers, rivals"
the mutineers - shadow kisses
the mutineers - the landlord's daughter
the mutineers - apologies
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wu lyf - triumph
palma violets - last of the summer wine
by the sea - dream waters
seasfire - how do you sleep?
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fuzzbox - 2000*muzik (pop muzik)
renegade soundwave - probably a robbery
pete shelley - telephone operator
toddla t feat shola ama - alive
jamie lidell - what a shame
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unkle bob - letters ep teaser
the vaccines - aftershave ocean
toy - walk up to me
model railway exhibition - o jones
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johnny parry chamber orchestra - find your way

These Days I Dream Of Pyramids! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 1/12

If you read last weeks entry you know The Who was in town performing Quadrophenia. So we open the show with a couple tracks from their classic rock opera. Just as an aside, the remaster sounds light years better than the original. Do yourself a favour and snatch this one up.
The mind was working a little better this week and I actually remembered to play the tracks I intended to play. For a December there is still quite a bit of new material available. That plus 2 LP Sessions from a former Gene member and Born Blonde. Plus for good measure a set of Motown covers.

the who - the punk and the godfather
the who - bellboy
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the family rain - trust me…i'm a genius
the sundowners - hummingbird
houdini dax - heavy tease
temples - prisms
lizzy & the yes men - deserts
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witch hunt - chairman
foals - inhaler
club smith - no friend of mine
the mutineers - my words desert you
les mistons - fear of the dark
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ocean colour scene - do yourself a favour
japan - ain't that peculiar
the associates - pastime paradise
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lp session - martin rossiter "the defenestration of st. martin"
martin rossiter - sing it loud
martin rossiter - where there are pixels
martin rossiter - my heart's designed for pumping blood
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paradise - endless wave
breathless - i want you to realise
money - who's going to love you now?
model railway exhibition - stolen goods
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kindness - bombastic
breton - population density
andy stott - sleepless
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alice russell - heartbreaker
the rolling stones - honey what's wrong
nadine shah - aching bones
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born blonde - the architect
born blonde - these days i dream of pyramids
theme park - two hours
mystery jets - saviour (the hale bop)
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kate nash - fri-end?
kirsty maccoll - you just haven't earned it yet baby

To download the show;
Every show that CJAM airs, including this one, is available for free download at http://cjamlog3.cjam.ca/test-program-guid/ or use these handy links;
Part 1 (10pm-midnight) http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20121201-2200-t1354399201.mp3
Part 2 (midnight-12:30am) http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20121202-0000-t1354406400.mp3

Monthly Indiessential chart for November 2012

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. OUI OUI SI SI JA JA DA DA (LP) ... Madness (Lucky 7/Cooking Vinyl)
2. SANS EP ... Cheatahs (Wichita)
3. FREE REIGN (LP) ... Clinic (Domino)
4. SLEEPWALKING EP ... Towns (Cartoon Records)
5. INHALER ... Foals (Transgressive)
6. SHELTER SONG ... Temples (Heavenly)
7. YOUNG HUNGER (LP) ... Chad Valley (Co-Op/Loose Lips Records)
8. THE VERMILLION BORDER (LP) ... Viv Albertine (The Cadiz Recording Co.)
9. SOMEONE NEEDS A RITUAL ... Torches (Heart Throb Records)
10. FEEL SO LOW ... No Ceremony/// (CPR Agency)
11. LUXURY PROBLEMS (LP) ... Andy Stott (Modern Love)
12. NEXT TIME YOU FALL ... Breathless (Tenor Vossa Records)
13. VACATION ... Splashh (Mercury/Luv Luv Luv)
14. THE MOTHER WE SHARE ... Chvrches (National Anthem)
15. APPETITE FOR CHIVALRY (LP) ... Club Smith (Tri Tone)
16. 10:20 (LP) ... The Twang (Jump The Cut Records)
17. THE BELL EP ... Post War Years (RCA)
18. HIBERNATION / CITY HALLS ... The Rialto Burns (Gung-Ho! Recordings)
19. THE JOHN WAYNE ... Little Green Cars (Uni/Island/Glassnote)
20. I STILL FOLLOW YOU ... Frankie & The Heartstrings (Pop Sex/Wichita)

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

My Life Is Complete! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 24/12

Was it live or was it Memorex? It was most definitely Memorex, as I went to the opera last night. As my friend so aptly put it a "F@cking rock opera!" Last night The Who was in Detroit performing Quadrophenia with some of their greatest hits to boot. One word review - WOW! My musical life is complete right now. The most complete it's been since being at Madstock 3.

Stay tuned in coming weeks as Cowboys & Indies is proud to be part of CJAM's Joe Strummer Day this year. Stay tuned for more info. That show will be followed by the 2012 Festive 50 Countdown shows. December looks to be a huge month here at C&I.

johnny foreigner - 3 hearts
la shark - a weapon
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the 1975 - sex
charlie boyer & the voyeurs - i watch you
temples - shelter song
egyptian hip hop - the white falls
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imagineers - shackles
frankie & the heartstrings - i still follow you
paul straws - one track mind
villagers - nothing arrived
les mistons - heat the flowers
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amy winehouse - to know him is to love him (live at the bbc)
paloma faith - never tear us apart
alunageorge - watching over you
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lp session - chad valley "young hunger"
chad valley - up and down
chad valley - fathering / mothering feat. anne lise frøkedal
chad valley - my life is complete feat. t.e.e.d.
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born blonde - signs of fear
breathless - next time you fall (radio edit)
vessels - the sky was pink
errors - grangehaven
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bromheads - holding the gun
the lovely eggs - i just want someone to fall in love with
novella - mary's gun
allo darlin' - golden age
coves - no ladder
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stereo mc's - elevate my mind
brand new heavies - dream on dreamer
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lp session - club smith "appetite for chivalry"
club smith - mantra
club smith - the green room / uh-oh
club smith - lament
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friendly fires - why don't you answer?
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kate nash - death proof
chvrches - the mother we share

Slow & Sexy Wins The Race! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 17/12

Now the work begins here at Cowboys & Indies. The pledge drive is over for another year. Thanks to everyone who donated this year. You support is greatly appreciated. But now we are mere weeks away from the big year end show, The Festive 50! Work will begin in earnest on that next week, after the holiday.
Hope all our American friends have a safe holiday weekend. Don't go nuts on Black Friday. Watch out for your fellow shoppers on that crazy day. After all it's crap you probably won't be using in 2 months anyways. Me, I'll be safe at home, sleeping in. Warm and toasty as they say.
Hope you enjoyed the show!

biffy clyro - stingin' belle
pineapple thief - warm seas
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veronica falls - teenage
alt j - buffalo feat. mountain man
the family monroe - hotel room
villagers - the waves
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martin rossiter - no one left to blame
stereophonics - in a moment
viv albertine - confessions of a milf feat. mick jones
adam ant - cool zombie
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jamie lidell - what a shame
benzel & jessie ware - if you love me
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lp session - clinic "free reign"
clinic - see saw
clinic - cosmic radiation
clinic - king kong
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cheatahs - sans
cheatahs - fountain park
post war years - ghosts
alberta cross - crate of gold
desert ships - control
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virals - summer girls
splashh - vacation
towns - mirror ghost
childhood - blue velvet
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the noisettes - i want you back
star slinger - ladies in the back feat. teki latex
king krule - rock bottom
mt. wolf - climax (usher cover)
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public service broadcasting - everest
beneath the beach - in defense of carbs
stay+ - crashed feat. queenie
no ceremony - feel so low
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the co co colaz - outta time

Tell All Your Friends! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 10/12

More Talk, Less Rock! Only for 1 week as we enter pledge drive mode.
The one time of the year that we ask listeners and supporters to make a pledge
and support CJAM, campus/community radio here in Windsor.
Thanks to all who called in and pledged tonight. If you couldn't manage to make
a pledge tonight, you still can all week at www.cjam.ca or calling the station live.

For a theme, we basically played a little old and a little new. Their were some new tracks from Foals, Clinic and Viv Albertine in a mini lp session. And some old favourites that didn't qualify for the big countdown show a few weeks back.
Hope you enjoyed the show.
Back next week with a regular show, chock full of the best of the British
indie/alternative scene.

Congrats to Alt J on their Mercury Prize win. The music critics and I had it right this year. The odds makers had Richard Hawley and Django Django as the favourites.
But for once I actually got it right!

alt j - something good
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foals - inhaler
big audio dynamite - sony
microdisney - town to town
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easterhouse - whistling in the dark
madness - my girl 2 (clive langer & charlie andrew mix)
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we've got a fuzzbox & we're going to use it - love is the slug
chapter 24 - concentrate
chapter 24 - i was my friend
jesus & mary chain - you trip me up
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killing joke - twilight of the mortal
clinic - miss you
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lp session - viv albertine "the vermillion border"
viv albertine - i want more
viv albertine - hookup girl
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that petrol emotion - natural kind of joy
the chameleons - up the down escalator
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paloma faith - never tear us apart
the stranglers - punch & judy
cocteau twins - persephone
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chad valley - tell all your friends
the waterboys - be my enemy
the mighty lemon drops - the other side of you
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felt - primitive painters
prefab sprout - when love breaks down
the smiths - frankly mr. shankly
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aztec camera - walk out to winter

Spirit In The Sky! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 3/12

Sadly we start off the show with news that Jo Dunne from Fuzzbox died at the very young age of 43 after a short and sudden battle with cancer last Saturday. Scott had emailed me the news last week just as I was leaving the house. So I figured lets do this right and pay tribute on this week's show. So we open the show with 3 tracks from We've Got A Fuzzbox & We're Going To Use It. RIP Jo.

Shameless promotion time!
It's pledge drive time again. The one time that CJAM asks the loyal listeners to help support non-profit campus community radio.
This years Pledge Drive is from November 9th to the 16th. We are aiming to raise $25,000 this year.
It’s a huge goal but helps in two regards: it accounts for a part of our annual budget and it goes towards our Power Increase. Quadrupling our signal’s reach is becoming a reality with your help and support.
Every $50 donation will receive a black American Apparel t-shirt with CJAM’s headphone logo. A $30 donation gets you a music pack of your choosing. We will also have prizes from local businesses and organizations.
Our pledge drive show will be next Saturday. You can call during show times and pledge to CJAM through this show or pledge anytime at cjam.ca

we've got a fuzzbox & we're going to use it - rules & regulations
we've got a fuzzbox & we're going to use it - console me
we've got a fuzzbox & we're going to use it - rockin' with rita (head to toe)
feat. the nightingales & ted chippington
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bastille - flaws
still corners - fireflies
ultraista - smalltalk
egyptian hip hop - strange vale
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the joy formidable - cholla
cheatahs - the swan
the rialto burns - hibernation
ride - chrome waves
biffy clyro - stingin' belle
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coco & the bean - western ways
rockers hi-fi - what a life!
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lp session - madness "oui oui si si ja ja da da"
madness - never knew your name
madness - how can I tell you?
madness - kitchen floor
madness - powder blue
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elbow - lay down your cross
duologue - underworld
the winter tradition - tides and telegrams
mt. wolf - life size ghosts
toy - make it mine
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kirtsy maccoll - just one look
andy lewis & keni burke - (love is) alive in my heart
jesie ware - taking in water
paloma faith - let me down easy
jamie jones - frequencies
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lp session - the twang "10:20"
the twang - we're a crowd
the twang - beer, wine and sunshine
the twang - tomorrow
the durutti column - spanish reggae
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fixers - pink light

Monthly Indiessential chart for October 2012

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. PLAY FOR TODAY (LP) ... Ultrasound (Fierce Panda)
2. COUGH COUGH ... Everything Everything (RCA)
3. GOOD DON'T SLEEP (LP) ... Egyptian Hip Hop (R&S)
4. (( 0 )) (LP) ... Hey Sholay (Fierce Panda)
5. ON & ON EP ... Fossil Collective (Dirty Hit)
6. I AM HERE EP ... Savages (Pop Noire)
7. THE HAUNTED MAN (LP) ... Bat For Lashes (Echo/EMI)
8. FLAWS ... Bastille (Virgin)
9. CHOLLA ... The Joy Formidable (Canvasback/ATL)
10. FIREFLIES ... Still Corners (Big Cartel)
11. NEW RELICS (LP) ... Errors (Rock Action)
12. ON NO I LOVE YOU (LP) ... Tim Burgess (O Genesis)
13. ONLY FICTION EP ... Bordeauxxx (Keep Pop Loud)
14. ALL OUR FAVOURITE STORIES (LP) ... Dog Is Dead (Atlantic)
15. BORDERLAND (LP) ... The Chevin (So Recordings)
16. THE NEW LIFE ... Girls Names (Slumberland/Tough Love)
17. YOUR DRUMS, YOUR LOVE ... Alunageorge (Uni/Island)
18. MOSAIC ... Fear Of Men (Too Pure)
19. THE STORM SESSIONS EP ... Lost Souls Club (C-sounds)
20. ULTRAISTA (LP) .. Ultraista (I Am Fortified)

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

Post Countdown Blues! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 27/12

What to do after a big weeks show with a countdown? Well, forget
several things at home like glasses, music, my head if it wasn't attached.
So alter up a couple sets and save the forgotten tracks for next week...lol

So excited to see new material from an ole favourite of ours
The Wolfhounds. They will be releasing a new single in November
on Odd Box Records. But you'll have to settle for listening to it here
because if I aired it, it might offend some people's delicate sensibilities!

pulp - countdown
stone roses - elephant stone
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villagers - the waves
omega male - testosterone
the bees - the rip (portishead cover)
crushing blows - the people you will never meet
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wendy james & james willaimson - it's alright ma
t.o.y.s. - make luv
the blanche hudson weekend - consume me
waves of fury - the everlasting thirst
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andy stott - numb
ultraista - bad insect
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lp session - egyptian hip hop "good don't sleep "
egyptian hip hop - alalon
egyptian hip hop - yoro diallo
egyptian hip hop - iltoise
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biting tongues - meat mask separatist
quando quango - go exciting (12" mix)
stereo mc's - ain't got nobody
no ceremony - feel so low
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coves - cast a shadow
cameras - running up that hill (kate bush cover)
towns - sleepwalking
engineers - come in out of the rain
fields - if you fail we all fail
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the lost souls club - heathen
torches - someone needs a ritual
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mumford & sons - where are you now? (request)
jake bugg - taste it (request)

Sons Of The Stage! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 20/12

The 30 Best British Albums Of The Last 25 Years (1987 - 2012)

You sent in your favourite albums and we compiled them into a snazzy
countdown. Thanks to all who participated and sent in their lists.
The winner received the most votes overall and the most #1 placings from those who numbered their lists. A few artists fell a few places because they received votes for multiple albums. I was only allowing one entry per band because I didn't want duplicate bands in the countdown. So the album with the most votes won out.

We opened the show with a theme song to get you in the countdown mood.
Hope you enjoyed the show.

the lurkers - countdown
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#30 connected by stereo mc's - fade away
#29 silver sun by silver sun - golden skin
#28 adventures beyond the ultraworld by the orb - perpetual dawn
#27 quality street by world of twist - sons of the stage
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#26 maxinquaye by tricky - black steel
#25 primary colours by the horrors - who can say
#24 ferment by catherine wheel - i want to touch you
#23 disintegration by the cure - last dance
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#22 violator by depeche mode - halo
#21 never loved elvis by the wonder stuff - mission drive
#20 life by inspiral carpets - this is how it feels
#19 asleep in the back by elbow - red
#18 lost souls by doves - here it comes
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#17 the la's by the la's - timeless melody
#16 so tough by saint etienne - you're in a bad way
#15 pills 'n' thrills and bellyaches by happy mondays - loose fit
#14 franz ferdinand by franz ferdinand - the dark of the matinée
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#13 everything must go by manic street preachers - a design for life
#12 suede by suede - so young
#11 blue lines by massive attack - unfinished sympathy
#10 whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not by arctic monkeys - mardy bum
#9 ladies & gentlemen we are floating in space by spiritualized - electricity
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#8 (what's the story) morning glory by oasis - roll with it
#7 screamadelica by primal scream - higher than the sun
#6 loveless by my bloody valentine - only shallow
#5 urban hymns by verve - sonnet
#4 ok computer by radiohead - let down
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#3 parklife by blur - bank holiday
#2 different class by pulp - mis-shapes
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#1 stone roses by stone roses - made of stone

Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 13/12

It's almost here! You sent in your picks and the list is final. The big countdown, The 30 Best British Albums Of The Last 25 Years, will be next week. Tune in to see what made it #1!

max bygraves - fings ain't wot they used t'be
adam & the ants - cartrouble pts. 1&2
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splashh - vacation
the vaccines - runaway
yours & mine - crying
theme park - jamaica
bordeauxxx - every holiday is a disaster
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cheatahs - the swan
torches - someone needs a ritual
post war years - the bell
death at sea - drag
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david bowie - right
hudson mohawke - joy fantastic (feat. olivier daysoul)
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lp session - dog is dead "all our favourite stories"
dog is dead - get low
dog is dead - teenage daughter
dog is dead - any movement
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chvrches - the mother we share
chad valley - i owe you this (feat. twin shadow)
the hundredth anniversary - pressure sphere
the polysonic - the sun
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hey sholay - my blood
ultrasound - between two rivers
apollo gets the girl - new dawn
ellie goulding - my blood
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graffiti6 - this man
amy winehouse - best friends, right?
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the chevin - champion
animal kingdom - get away with it
bastille - weight of living, part 2
kasabian - club foot
reverend & the makers - shine the light
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admiral fallow - guest of the government

Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 6/12

Coincidences & Covers may have well been the name of the show tonight. We featured lots of covers, some planned some not. Then there's the coincidences, like running out of printer ink the day after I run across The Grammatics cd for the first time in a long while. That cd has a track called Inkjet Lakes. Could have used a lake of ink this morning I tell you.
Another coincidence is the new Mojo featuring a free cd with indie tracks from 1982-1987 while this show is collecting peoples best album choices for the last 25 years. Submissions for that show will close Wednesday Oct.10 by the way, with the show airing Saturday Oct. 20.

still corners - fireflies
the grammatics - inkjet lakes
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fossil collective - on and on
the blue aeroplanes - action painting
aztec camera - oblivious (12" mix)
hurrah! - sweet sanity
the heartbreaks - i'm on fire
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the savages - give me a gun (live)
pins - luvu4lyf
sissy & the blisters - killing time
eyes on film - something wicked (this way comes)
crushed beaks - grim
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the fall - lost in music
human league - you've lost that loving feeling
cfcf feat. austra - soul love
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lp session - tim burgess "oh no i love you"
tim burgess - white
tim burgess - the graduate
tim burgess - the great outdoors bitches
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chvrches - lies
the good natured & vince clarke - ghost train
the flatmates - i could be in heaven
emperor yes - wasps
close lobsters - nature thing
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ultrasound - glitter box
the xx - unfold
alunageorge - watching over you
dionne bromfield - my boy lollipop
rainy milo - come up and see me (make me smile)
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lp session - errors "new relics"
errors - engine homes
errors - relics
errors - pegasus
felt - sunlight bathed the golden glow
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girls names - the new life

Monthly Indiessential chart for September 2012

1. COME OF AGE (LP) ... The Vaccines (Columbia)
2. BEACON (LP) ... Two Door Cinema Club (Kitsuné)
3. COEXIST (LP) ... The XX (XL)
4. BEAUTIFUL SADNESS ... Ultrasound (Fierce Panda)
5. DEVOTION (LP) ... Jessie Ware (Universal/Island)
6. THE GLORIOUS DEAD (LP) ... The Heavy (Counter Records)
7. WOLF'S LAW ... The Joy Formidable (Atlantic)
8. BEST OF FRIENDS ... Palma Violets (Rough Trade)
9. TOY (LP) ... Toy (Heavenly)
10. STAR MAP (LP) ... Golden Fable (Full Of Joy Records)
11. MAINLINE ... The Twang (Jump The Cut)
12. ELASTIC TEEN RENT ... Drop Out Venus (Dirty Bingo Records)
13. SMOTHER ... Daughter (4AD)
14. INTO THE DIAMOND SUN (LP) ... Stealing Sheep (Heavenly)
15. CONTACT (LP) ... The Noisettes (Mono-ra-rama)
16. TALES FROM THE THAMES DELTA (LP) ... The Milk (Sign Of The Times/Sony)
17. BLINDING LIGHT ... Jethro Fox (Tough Love)
18. YES ... Casablanca (Party Politics)
19. BODIES / MY OWN MIND ... Pale Seas (Communion Records)
20. WORLDS COLLIDE EP ... The Longsands (Unknown Soldier Records)

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

Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 29/12

The music world lost a relative unknown giant this week, Frank Wilson lost his battle with prostate cancer on Thursday. Motown aficionados and Northern Soul buffs know him well, but the general public enjoyed the fruits of his labour without even knowing it. He was a writer and producer at Motown Records. He wrote and produced hit records for Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Temptations and many more. He even tried his hand at releasing his own material only to change his mind to keep writing and producing. He destroyed the single he recorded, almost all of them. Two are still in existence and fetch thousands of dollars at auction when sold. That record was Do I Love You (Indeed I Do). We open the show in tribute of Frank Wilson with some of his production work and his now famous single. RIP Frank.

We then move on the nominees for the 2012 Mercury Music Prize. We featured 10 of the 12 nominees. We start with what seems to be everyone's favourite to win it this year Alt-J(∆) and move on to my emotional pick Jessie Ware. The odds makers currently have Richard Hawley and Plan B at 4/1 to swoop the prize with Alt-J(∆) and Django Django at 5/1. There really isn't a bad album in the bunch.


stevie wonder - castles in the sand
ike & tina turner - somebody (somewhere) needs me
frank wilson - do i love you (indeed i do)
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alt j - fitzpleasure
jessie ware - 110%
lianne la havas - no room for doubt feat. willy mason
michael kiwanuka - i'm getting ready
plan b - ill manors
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django django - default
the maccabees - glimmer
ben howard - keep your head up
field music - a new town
richard hawley - you haunt me
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the joy formidable - cholla
the chevin - blue eyes
ghosts - stay the night
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lp session - golden fable "star map"
golden fable - be alive
golden fable - crossfire
golden fable - restless souls
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fossil collective - on and on
state broadcasters - trespassers
hey sholay - burning
the good natured - she drives me crazy
mumford & sons - whispers in the dark
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palma violets - best of friends
loved ones - are you hiding out in hell?
savages - city's full (live)
fear of men - mosaic
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totally enormous extinct dinosaurs - shimmer
man without country - closet addicts anonymous
jim noir - tea
jethro fox - blinding light
beth orton - something more beautiful
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loop - black sun

Ultra Sound! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 22/12

Why do companies insist on messing with their product when it works just fine. This means you Blogger. Seriously messed it up. Could you make it any harder to post?
Then the email concerning the 2012 Mercury Prize nominations gets lost in the spam box. So we'll do that show next week. There the whinging is done! lol

Hope you saw the post about the upcoming Best Albums Of The Last 25 Years show. If you haven't seen it yet, scroll down. Take the time to pick a few of your fave albums and participate in the special show. The more lists to compile will make a better final list and show. We have received about a half dozen already. So don't delay and pick away!

Been waiting for a while for the new Ultrasound and the wait is finally over.

jesus & mary chain - reverence
gaslight anthem - baba o'rily
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alt j - something good
happy mondays - tart tart
no ceremony - hold on me
all we are - i fantasize
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ultrasound - nonsense
ultrasound - beautiful sadness
skunk anansie - sad sad sad
pop will eat itself - ich bin ein auslander
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adrian sherwood - starship bahia
ed sheeran - small bump
nzca/lines - okinawa channels
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lp session - gallon drunk "the road gets darker form here"
gallon drunk - hanging on
gallon drunk - stuck in my head
gallon drunk - the big breakdown
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toy - change
the horrors - new ice age
the lost souls - shoot me down
we three & the death rattle - hey detonator!
the darkness - she just a girl, eddie
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bat for lashes - all your gold
2:54 - a salute
artmagic - heaven is here
suede - my insatiable one
evans the death - i'm so unclean
the moons - jennifer (sits alone)
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the milk - nothing but matter
the milk - lay the pain on me
thee vicars - your eyes
blood red shoes - stop kicking
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the specials - ghost town (live)

COWBOYS & INDIES WANTS YOU!

COWBOYS & INDIES WANTS YOU TO PICK YOUR FAVOURITE BRITISH ALBUMS OF THE LAST 25 YEARS!
Audience Participation Time!
We haven't done a show like this since the great Best Of New Wave countdown many moons ago.
As a little warm up to the Festive 50 countdown coming up at the end of the year, let's count back your fave albums of the last 25 years.
Since, this is Cowboys & Indies lets do it British style.

So pick at least 3 (no more than 10 please) of your favourite British albums released since 1987!
Anything released from January 1, 1987 until today is eligible. Original albums only please, no compilations, greatest hits or live albums.

Send your choices to cowboysandindies@hotmail.com or cowboysandindies.blogspot.com and I will tabulate them. Well, somebody good at math will!
We will then count back the Top 30 albums on a special show in October.

Feel free to forward this to your friends, the more people who participate, the better the countdown.

My Love Is Like a Gift You Can't Return! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 15/12

Was it live or was it memorex?

eugene mcguinness - harlequinade
richard hawley - down in the woods
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the jesus & mary chain - never understand
sound of guns - antarctica
cast of cheers - goose
zulu winter - we should be swimming
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the man from delmonte - my love is like a gift you can't return
inspiral carpets - joe
wedding present - the girl from the ddr
paul weller - that dangerous age
the bees - change can happen
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the xx - sunset
jessie ware - running
peggy sue - i will follow him
the heavy - big bad wolf
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lp session - toy "toy"
toy - colours running out
toy - drifting deeper
toy - walk up to me
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rose elinor dougall - the night
field music - rent
saint saviour - after all
golden fable - always golden
saint etienne - when i was seventeen
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the view - the clock
big wave - blissed out
edgar jones free peace thing - no reverse gear blues
noisettes - traveling light
the vaccines - teenage icon
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stealing sheep - the garden
stealing sheep - tangled up in stars
peace - california daze
the joy formidable - wolf's law
spector - twenty nothing
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daughter - smother

Good For The Soul! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 8/12

As we do every year we welcome all the students back with The Fall and "Hey! Student". Back to school always means a glut of new releases. For the second week another highly anticipated album in Lp Session with The XX.

the fall - hey! student
everything everything - cough cough
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two door cinema club - handshake
the chevin - champion
weird dreams - house of secrets
field music - if there is something
syd barrett - terrapin
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frightened rabbit - state hospital
elbow - powder blue
father sculptor - dysmirror
cheek mountain thief - showdown
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lianne la havas - lost & found
dionne bromfield - good for the soul
roachford - family man
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lp session - the xx "coexist"
the xx - fiction
the xx - missing
the xx - reconsider
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maximo park - this is what becomes of the broken hearted
reverend & the makers - out of the shadows
baltic fleet - the wilds
kyte - friend of a friend feat. alessi's ark
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palma violets - best of friends
savages - husbands
longsands - worlds collide
drop out venus - elastic teen rent
shinies - ennui
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emma - purple trees and green rain
the hundreth anniversary - caroline
the hobbes fanclub - your doubting heart
little green cars - the john wayne
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aluna george - your drums, your love

Who Says You Can't Have It All! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 1/12

Back to school time means it's time for some big new releases. We feature two highly anticipated albums tonight in the LP Sessions, The Vaccines and Two Door Cinema Club. Not to mention Jessie Ware and Noisettes thrown in for good measure.

I want to thank Scott for coming down last week and sitting in on the show. It was just like old times. Apparently he had such a good time he sent in some requests this week. He programmed the second full set from Leeds. Some fine picks I might add. Maybe if we ask him nicely he can do this on a regular basis.

Just a reminder that you can always send in your requests or comments here or email them to cowboysandindies@hotmail.com. If you're listening/streaming live you can call into the studio from Windsor at 519-971-3630 or ROW at 1-855-DIG-CJAM.



fixers - pink light
two wounded birds - to be young
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the darkness - street spirit (fade out)
bloc party - the truth
the twang - mainline
egyptian hip hop - syh
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bombay bicycle club - shuffle
the kooks - pumped up kicks (bbc version)
bastille - bad blood
the maccabees - pelican
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toddla t feat shola ama - alive
dionne bromfield - who says you can't have it all
noisettes - that girl
noisettes - star
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lp session - the vaccines "come of age"
the vaccines - ghost town
the vaccines - aftershave queen
the vaccines - bad mood
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the heavy - same ol'
the beat - doors of your heart
the wonder stuff - there, there my love
jethro fox - blinding light
the waves of fury - businessman's guide to witchcraft
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the chameleons - seriocity
b.e.f. - the secret life of arabia feat billy mackenzie
platinum blonde - independence day
toy - lose my way
pale seas - bodies
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jessie ware - no to love
jessie ware - sweet talk
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lp session - two door cinema club "beacon"
two door cinema club - sun
two door cinema club - someday
two door cinema club - pyramid
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everything everything - cough cough

Monthly Indiessential chart for August 2012

1. JAMAICA ... Theme Park (Transgressive Records)
2. DEATH OF A RUDE BOY ... Madness (free download)
3. SYH ... Egyptian Hip Hop (R&S Records)
4. TEENAGE ICON ... The Vaccines (Columbia/Sony)
5. THE INVITATION TO THE VOYAGE (LP) ... Eugene McGuinness (Domino)
6. FOUR (LP) ... Bloc Party (Frenchkiss)
7. ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS (LP) ... Spector (Polydor)
8. MOON / CLOUD ... The June Brides (Occultation/Slumberland)
9. ...LET'S MAKE A VOW EP ... Model Railway Exhibition (Forward Defensive)
10. COARED EP ... Cheatahs (Marshall Teller)
11. PLAY THE SONGS OF SCORPIO RISING (LP) ... Peggy Sue (Peggy Sue)
12. BAD BLOOD ... Bastille (Virign)
13. DO IT WRONG ... The History Of Apple Pie (Marshall Teller)
14. SKY BLUE & IVORY ... Torches (Fractions Of One)
15. SKULL & BONES ... Folks (Big Flame/Ignition)
16. CANINES (LP) ... Shrag (Fortuna POP!)
17. HANDS WILL SHAKE (LP) ... Call The Doctor (Glasstone)
18. THE EVENINGTIME ... Night Works (Loose Lips)
19. SPECTRE ... Curxes (Curxes)
20. SUGARLOAF ... Golden Fable (Full of Joy Records/Tri-Tone)

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

Just Like Old Times! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 25/12

I am really glad co-founder of the show, Scott, was able to come down and be part of the show tonight. He figures it's been at least 4 years since he has been down to co-host. I have no sense of time and thought it was longer than that. It also was fortunate to happen a week after the show's birthday. We started all those years ago on the third Saturday in August.

the joy formidable - wolf's law
clowns - idiot bouncing
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kitchens of distinction - the 3rd time we opened the capsule
the fixx - anyone else
the twang - mainline
madness - the death of a rude boy
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the june brides - january moon
two door cinema club - sleep alone
the heartbreaks - delay, delay
as elephants are - war cry
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british electric foundation - there's a ghost in my house
blow monkeys - superfly
lianne la havas - lost & found
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lp session - bloc party "four"
bloc party - real talk
bloc party - kettling
bloc party - valis (other me)
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model railway exhibition - you're a stranger
virals - shake it up
peace - california
big wave - dying on the vine
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joss stone - i don't want to be with nobody but you
aluna george - your drums, your love
tracey thorn - hormones (for Claire)
stealing sheep - genevieve
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fossil collective - outliers
cheatahs - ripper
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night works - the eveningtime

To download follow these handy links;
Part 1 - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120825-2200-t1345928401.mp3
Part 2 - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20120826-0000-t1345935600.mp3

The Invitation To The Voyage! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 18/12

The week from hell, I didn't think it was going to end. It seriously felt like 2 weeks in 1.
I hope you enjoyed last weeks Blur special. I hope I didn't over-Blur some of you. But back to regular business this week. And what a way to kick off with new tracks from Madness, Tender Trap, Nature Set, Toddla T and Egyptian Hip Hop. Plus album sessions from Eugene McGuinness and Spector. For good measure we closed the show with a preview of the new Heavy album.

To download Madness "Death Of A Rude Boy" for free, follow this handy link;
http://blog.madness.co.uk/?p=7812

And the same goes for the latest Father Sculptor free download;

fossil collective - satellite
artmagic - the spark
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madness - death of a rude boy
the moons - jennifer (sits alone) acoustic
the kills - dreams
bat for lashes - laura
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tender trap - step one
nature set - avalanche
deaf club - moving still
as elephants are - war cry
thee spivs - flickin' v's
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toddla t - alive feat shola ama
night works - i tried so hard
alpines - chances
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lp session - eugene mcguinness "the invitation to the voyage"
eugene mcguinness - sugarplum
eugene mcguinness - concrete moon
eugene mcguinness - japanese cars
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elbow - first steps
father sculptor - aristide
la shark - monsieur l'homme moderne
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egyptian hip hop - syh
curxes - spectre
bordeauxxx - the beach girls and the monster
theme park - jamaica
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joss stone - (for god's sake) give more power to the people
lianne la havas - don't wake me up
roachford - cuddly toy (feel for me)
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lp session - spector "enjoy it while it lasts"
spector - friday night, don't ever let it end
spector - no adventure
spector - never fade away
casablanca - yes
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peggy sue - my boyfriends back
the heavy - big bad wolf
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the heavy - just my luck

Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur 21! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 11/12

With Blur releasing the career spanning box set Blur21 and the Olympics closing ceremonies just around the corner, it's the perfect time to dedicate a whole show to Blur. Not just because they're one of my fave bands ever!
Almost every song featured on the show is from the box set except for The Puritan (why it's not in the box is a mystery) and a few covers. Every album was represented plus plenty of b-sides and tracks from the rarities discs.
I hope you enjoyed the show and hope I didn't over-Blur you!

the puritan
the universal (for Miki)
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fool (seymour 4-track demo)
don't bomb when you're the bomb
maggie may
no distance left to run
people in europe
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sing
get out of cities
ultranol
money makes me crazy (deepest darkest devon mix)
eine kleine lift musik
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popscene
1 (bill laswell session 2000)
out of time (zoe ball xfm session)
kissin' time (marianne faithfull & blur)
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london loves
i'm just a killer for your love
best days
let's all go down the strand
fool's day (record store day 2010)
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the wassailing song (7” giveaway at hibernian club, fulham)
oliver's army
sunday sleep (sunday sunday andy partridge version)
high cool (7" master)
crazy beat
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music is my radar
oily water
movin' on
birthday (seymour demo)
substitute
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young & lovely
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death of a party (demo-fan club single)

Download the show at cjam.ca or use these handy quick links;
Part 1 10pm-midnight - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120811-2200-t1344718800.mp3
Part 2 midnight-12:30 - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20120812-0000-t1344726000.mp3

Let's Build A Fort! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 4/12

the maccabees - ayla
fanfarlo - tightrope
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bloc party - day four
delphic - good life
man without country - iceberg
two door cinema club - sleep alone
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maxïmo park - reluctant love
baltic fleet - midnight train
crystal fighters - i love london
hot chip - now there is nothing
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the heavy - what makes a good man?
peggy sue - hit the road jack
peggy sue - (love is like a) heatwave
rumer - sara smile
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lp sessions - shrag "canines" & call the doctor "hands will shake"
shrag - tears of a landlord
shrag - devastating bones
call the doctor - closer to home
call the doctor - flaws
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artmagic - the choice
the june brides - cloud
the would be's - ivy avenue
golden fable - sugarloaf
elephant - golden
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the history of apple pie - do it wrong
cheatahs - let's build a fort
post war glamour girls - tremor
2:54 - circuitry
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joss stone - one love in my lifetime
night works - the eveningtime
amy winehouse & paul weller - i heard it through the grapevine (live)
elia & the low tears - violins
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big wave - the roots of love (come tumbling down)
folks - skull and bones
kate nash - underestimate the girl
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chapel club - sleep alone

Monthly Indiessential chart for July 2012

1. UNDER THE WESTWAY ... Blur (Parlophone)
2. WE'LL BE THE MOON (LP) ... Fixers (Dolphin Love)
3. CHEEKY FOR A REASON (LP) ... The View (Cooking Vinyl)
4. SLEEP ALONE ... Two Door Cinema Club (Kitsuné/Co-operative Music)
5. RHEIN / FRANCES ... Father Sculptor (free download)
6. MOTH (LP) ... Exlovers (The Young And Lost Club)
7. ALWAYS EP ... Summer Camp (Apricot/Moshi Moshi)
8. WILD PEACE (LP) ... Echo Lake (No Pain In Pop)
9. @REVEREND_MAKERS (LP) ... Reverend & The Makers (Cooking Vinyl)
10. FAMILY (LP) ... The Cast Of Cheers (School Boy Error/V2)
11. HARMONIZE EP ... Get People (Mercury)
12. THE ROOTS OF LOVE (COME TUMBLING DOWN) EP ... Big Wave (Soft Power)
13. BECOME THE ONE YOU LOVE (LP) ... Artmagic (Artmagic Music)
14. HOLD FAST (LP) ... The Crookes (Fierce Panda)
15. UNION (LP) ... Saint Saviour (Surface Area)
16. VISIONS OF TREES (LP) ... Visions Of Trees (Republic of Music)
17. LONG LIVE THE STRUGGLE (LP) ... The King Blues (Transmission Recordings)
18. DREAMLAND ... Born Blonde (Moriarty The Cat Records)
19. GOLDEN ... Elephant (Memphis Industries)
20. ANTARCTICA ... Sound Of Guns (Distiller Records)

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

...And Don't the Kids Just Love It! Show tracks for Sat. July 28/12

With the Olympics in full swing now, we celebrate the London Olympics Indie style!
Tonight, a themed show playing tracks to do with the Olympics and London.
I found I had to be very literal because the amount of tracks would have been overwhelming. So I decided to concentrate on tracks that reference the Olympics and places in London in the song title. Still ended up with a wide varying selection.
Hope you enjoyed the show.

the clash - london calling (2012 rsd version)
spandau ballet - gold (2009 version)
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808 state - olympic
shed seven - going for gold
microdisney - singer's hampstead home
madness - nw5
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simple minds - chelsea girl
carter usm - the only living boy in new cross
the jam - a bomb in wardour street
new model army - archway towers
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echo & the bunnymen - silver
roxy music - do the strand (live)
pet shop boys - king's cross
the smiths - london
david bowie - london bye ta ta
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lily allen - ldn
kirsty maccoll - soho square
abc - tower of london
gene - london, can you wait?
cast - silver and gold
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lloyd cole & the commotions - charlotte street
blur - threadneedle street
big audio dynamite - london bridge
zion train - 5 ring dub
suggs - camden town
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chris spedding - portobello
pulp - bar italia
the kinks - denmark street
bananarama - hey young london
television personalities - parties in chelsea
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idlewild - the bronze medal
the weekenders - inelegantly wasted in papa's penthouse pad in belgravia
saint etienne - london belongs to me
komputer - looking down on london
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level 42 - heathrow

To download www.cjam.ca or follow;
Part 1 10pm-midnight http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120728-2200-t1343509200.mp3
Part 2 midnight-12:30am http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20120729-0000-t1343516400.mp3

The Greatness & Perfection Of Love! Show tracks for Sat. July 21/12

"It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Jon Lord, who suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism today, Monday 16 July at the London Clinic, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jon was surrounded by his loving family," a message on the website said.

We open the show with a tribute to Jon with Never Before and Kula Shaker's version of Hush.

As promised, since if I played this on the air it would offend some people's delicate sensibilities. But they can't control the blog! lol Besides the language is not that bad and it's too good not to be featured somewhere.
http://soundcloud.com/sainted-pr/reverend-and-the-makers-bonus

If you missed the free download of Two Door Cinema Club's new single Sleep Alone it's streaming on their Soundcloud page.


deep purple - never before
kula shaker - hush
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two door cinema club - sleep alone
the chevin - drive
mark gardener & robin guthrie - the places we go
father sculptor - frances
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the vaccines - teenage icon
julian cope - the greatness & perfection of love (bbc session)
the heartbreaks - polly
tears for fears - change (extended version)
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joss stone - teardrops
swing out sister - surrender
lianne la havas - no room for doubt feat willy mason
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lp session - the cast of cheers "family"
the cast of cheers - pose mit
the cast of cheers - palace and run
the cast of cheers - trucks at night
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laurence & the slab boys - mushroom
insect guide - don't you (forget about me)
blancmange - waves
the 1975 - the city
reverend & the makers - depth charge
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the xx - angels
kindness - swingin' party
spectrasoul - light in the dark feat terri walker
grasscut - we fold ourselves
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jimmy cliff - guns of brixton
the clash - version city
the beat - rough rider
ub40 - boom shacka lacka
madness - vietnam
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deaf club - moving still

Long Live The Struggle! Show tracks for Sat. July 14/12

Pulled out some "summer" themed tracks for tonight. Don't know why really, it's been officially summer for a couple weeks now. Maybe it's heat exhaustion.

Happy Bastille Day to our French listeners. Storm the palace!
For you this;


No proper album session tonight. But we did take a look at 4 new albums from The King Blues, The Crookes, Visions Of Trees & Saint Saviour. Mainly because I couldn't decide which one to make the proper session. OK call it a cop out...lol

metronomy - we broke free
friendly fires - pull me back to earth
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bloc party - octopus
maxïmo park - the undercurrents
the heartbreaks - jealous, don't you know
the would be's - funny ha ha
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blur - under the westway
bananarama - what a shambles
cat's eyes - face in the crowd
king charles - the brightest lights w/mumford & sons
the guillemots - fleet
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alt j ∆ - tesselate
jessie ware - wildest moments (star slinger remix)
rumer - it could be the first day
the walker brothers - land of a 1000 dances
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lp sessions - the king blues "long live the struggle" & the crookes "hold fast"
the king blues - this is my home
the king blues - power to the people
the crookes - american girls
the crookes - where did our love go?
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bastille - bad blood
summer camp - city
tall ships - gallop
weird dreams - vague hotel
pale man made - train tracks
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supergrass - she's so loose
the view - sour little sweety
the family rain - trust me…i'm a genius
folks - avalanche
the magnetic north - rackwick
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aluna george - you know you like it
alpines - empire
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lp sessions - visions of trees "s/t" & saint saviour "union"
visions of trees - we're all dust
visions of trees - everything awaits
saint saviour - liberty
saint saviour - this ain't no hymn
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love amongst ruin - rise (P.I.L. cover)

Smoking Like The Barrel of a Gun! Show tracks for Sat. July 7/12

Smoking indeed. One of the best shows I've done in a while.
First time in a long while that all but 2 tracks were new releases (or at least first time plays). Still had more that I could have featured. I think I need a longer show....lol

As most of the free world has heard by now, Blur have released a new single. Their last? As far as they are saying it is. We featured both tracks tonight. I was thinking of doing a whole retrospective show on Blur when their big box set is released at the end of the month. What do you think?



Father Sculptor are recording & releasing a new song every fortnight throughout the summer of 2012. Make sure you head on into their site next Monday to download it for free.
http://fathersculptor.bandcamp.com/

bombay bicycle club - beg (tom moulton mix)
.torches. - sky blue & ivory
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blur - under the westway
blur - the puritan
guMM - lionheart
seasfire - heartbeat
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theme park - jamaica
coastal cities - relief
get people - grove
society - all that we've become
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knickers - baby it's you
elia & the low tears - violens
magazine - thank you (falettinme be mice elf agin)
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lp session - echo lake "wild peace"
echo lake - another day
echo lake - in dreams
echo lake - swimmers
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father sculptor - rhein
meursault - flittin'
i like trains - mnemosyne
air to achilles - wild palms
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the view - how long
the view - hold on now
the crookes - maybe in the dark
the would be's - ivy avenue
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emeli sande - where i sleep
candice gordon - smoking like the barrel of a gun
the kills - satellite (the bug remix)
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artmagic - down in the river
artmagic - the spark
fear of men - green sea
cheerleaders - puzzles
an blonds - breathed you out
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châteaux - oh, darling

To download www.cjam.ca or follow;
Part 1 10pm-midnight http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120707-2200-t1341694800.mp3
Part 2 midnight-12:30am http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20120708-0000-t1341702001.mp3

Monthly Indiessential chart for June 2012

1. AN AWESOME WAVE (LP) ... Alt-J ∆ (Infectious)
2. 2:54 (LP) ... 2:54 (Fat Possum)
3. FOE (LP) ... Man Without Country (Lost Balloon)
4. LET IT GO ... Fossil Collective (Dirty Hit)
5. TWO WOUNDED BIRDS (LP) ... Two Wounded Birds (Holiday Friends)
6. THE NATIONAL HEALTH (LP) ... Maxïmo Park (Co-operative Music)
7. ALL I WANNA DO ... Splashh (Splassh/AWAL)
8. HUSBANDS ... Savages (Pop Noire)
9. CRUEL BRITANNIA EP ... The Chapman Family (Best Before Records)
10. APNEA (LP) ... O.Children (Deadly People)
11. IN OUR HEADS (LP) ... Hot Chip (Domino)
12. WORDS & MUSIC (LP) ... Saint Etienne (Universal)
13. HOLD ON ME ... NO CEREMONY /// (CPR Agency)
14. SIGN IN, DREAM ON, DROP OUT! ... Poppy & The Jezebels (Gumball Machine)
15. CELESTINE ... Spector (Polydor)
16. THIS IS P.I.L. (LP) ... Public Image Ltd. (PiL Official)
17. ONE DAY I'M GOING TO SOAR (LP) ... Dexys (BMG)
18. BRILLIANT (LP) ... Ultravox (Eden/Chrysalis)
19. LANGUAGE (LP) ... Zulu Winter (Arts & Crafts)
20. THE WAR ROOM EP ... Public Service Broadcasting (Test Card)

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

Welcome to my space age! Show tracks for Sat. June 30/12

So good to see the great Phil Wilson back with new June Brides material. I'm stoked beyond belief. We feature the new single tonight. Can't wait to get my hands on the new lp asap.

Then, if that wasn't enough, Chapel Club announce new material and even let you download a track for free. Grab it while you can.
http://soundcloud.com/chapelclub/sleep-alone-1

Did you really think I was going to forget Canada Day and not play my fave summer beach classic? HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE!

sound of guns - the killing moon
ash - teenage wildlife
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zulu winter - words that i wield
funeral suits - all those friendly people
no ceremony - hold on me
inca gold - ghostbride
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golden fable - sugarloaf
saint saviour - i call this home
elephant - golden
saint etienne - wouldn't it be nice
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the like - wishing he was dead
jamiroquai - she's a fast persuader
soul II soul - fairplay feat rose windross
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lp session - fixers "we'll be the moon"
fixers - alexandra
fixers - world of beauty
fixers - really great world
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the cheatahs - coared
chapel club - sleep alone
the vaccines - no hope
eighties matchbox b-line disaster - chicken
we've got a fuzzbox and we're going to use it - spirit in the sky
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the june brides - a january moon
miaoux miaoux - better for now
avec sans - heartbreak hi
artmagic - forever in negative
alpines - empire
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exlovers - unlovable
exlovers - you're so quiet
big wave - circumstance
splashh - all i wanna do
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leopard of honour - gas giants
visions of trees - turn 2 u
toyah - echo beach (HAPPY CANADA DAY!)

Modern Life Has Let Me Down! Show tracks for Sat. June 23/12

So much great music, so little time.

No birds were wounded in the broadcasting of this show!

nzca/lines - atoms & axes
the justified ancients of mu mu - it's grim up north
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the rainband - rise again
born blonde - i just wanna be
reverend & the makers - bassline
the king blues - modern life has let me down
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[strangers] - shine on you
letters - torren
clock opera - a piece of string
o.children - chimera
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noisettes - winner
jessie ware - wildest moments
florence & the machine - spectrum (aluna george remix)
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lp session - maxïmo park "the national health"
maxïmo park - when i was wild
maxïmo park - the undercurrents
maxïmo park - write this down
maxïmo park - until the earth would open
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the jesus & mary chain - the hardest walk
the chapman family - everyday is like sunday
model railway exhibition - hubbert's bridge
exlovers - emily
swimming - all things made new (stand)
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la shark - mr modern man
fixers - floating up
echo lake - young silence
kate nash - underestimate the girl
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rumer - soul rebel
michael kiwanuka - any day will do fine
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lp session - two wounded birds "two wounded birds"
two wounded birds - daddy's junk
two wounded birds - the last supper
two wounded birds - if we only remain
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2:54 - easy undercover
p.i.l. - lollipop opera
hollie cook - milk & honey dub

As always you can download the show from www.cjam.ca in the programming section.
Or follow these links to download this weeks show;
Part 1 (10pm-midnight)- http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120623-2200-t1340485200.mp3
Part 2 (midnight-12:30am) - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20120624-0000-t1340492400.mp3
Hope you enjoyed the show!

"One Day I'm Going To Soar" Show tracks for Sat. June 16/12

Not just another 80s comeback!
The last couple of weeks have been superb for the so called comeback albums. We had P.I.L., Ultravox and now Dexys. I'm in heaven. Who's next? Can The Smiths be far behind...oh yeah...I forgot we're dealing with Morrissey.
The mysterious No Ceremony/// are back with another free download. Grab it while you can!

fanfarlo - lenslife
roxy music - out of the blue
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dead sons - room 54
the lost souls club - kiss away the sun
born blonde - dreamland
spector - celestine
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stealing sheep - shut eye
hall of mirrors - love child
ed sheeran - small bump
the kinks - picture book
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colourbox - baby i love you so
colourbox - you keep me hanging on (12" version)
the brand new heavies - you are the universe
dislocation dance - the life & soul
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lp session - hot chip "in our heads"
hot chip - motion sickness
hot chip - these chains
lp session - man without country "foe"
man without country - clipped wings
man without country - closet addicts anonymous
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saint etienne - haunted jukebox
the pipettes - boo shuffle
poppy & the jezebels - sign in, dream on, drop out!
zulu winter - we should be swimming
no ceremony/// - hold on me
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bobby womack - love is going to lift you up
rumer - soulsville
jamie woon - night air
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lp session - dexys "one day i'm going to soar"
dexys - she got a wiggle
dexys - i'm always going to love you
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the imagineers - mariana
dog is dead - glockenspiel song
fossil collective - satellite
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escapists - witching hour

As always you can download the show from www.cjam.ca in the programming section.
Or follow these links to download this weeks show;
Part 1 (10pm-midnight)- http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120616-2200-t1339880400.mp3
Part 2 (midnight-12:30am) - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20120617-0000-t1339887600.mp3
Hope you enjoyed the show!

Keep On Moving On! Show tracks for Sat. June 9/12

As always you can download the show from www.cjam.ca in the programming section.
Or follow these links to download this weeks show;
Part 1 (10pm-midnight)- http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/577-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120609-2200-t1339275600.mp3
Part 2 (midnight-12:30am) - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/504-Cowboys_Indies-20120610-0000-t1339282800.mp3
Hope you enjoyed the show!

the cribs - stalagmites
graham coxon - the truth
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the primitives - i'm not sayin
the school - baby won't you stay with me tonight?
knickers - my baby's just a baby (but i love him so)
evans the death - threads
the lovely eggs - food
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ultravox - live
ultravox - lie
man without country - puppets
age of consent - heartbreak
alt-j ∆ - breezeblocks
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bobby womack - dayglo reflection feat lana del rey
emeli sande - my kind of love
kwes - hearts in home
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lp session - o.children "apnea"
o.children - holy wood
o.children - red like fire
o.children - i know (you love me)
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big wave - circumstance
rebecca jade - what happens next?
martin carr - sailor
tango in the attic - paw prints
andy burrows - keep on moving on
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eugene mcguinness - blue jeans (lana del rey cover)
alpines - empire
aluna george - you know you like it
disclosure - control feat. ria ritchie
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2:54 - revolving
2:54 - circuitry
my bloody valentine - sometimes
richard hawley - leave your body behind you
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crystal fighters - champion sound
hollie cook - and the beat goes on dub

Monthly Indiessential chart for May 2012

Monthly Indiessential chart for May 2012

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. ECHOES AND RHYMES (LP) ... The Primitives (Elefant Records)
2. FUNTIMES (LP) ... The Heartbreaks (Heartbreaks/Nusic Sounds)
3. MOTORING ... Toy (Heavenly Recordings)
4. OLDER MOTION PICTURES EP ... Letters (God is in the TV)
5. STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE (LP) .. Richard Hawley (Mute)
6. READING TOO MUCH INTO THINGS LIKE EVERYTHING (LP) ... The School (Elefant Records)
7. FOOD ... The Lovely Eggs (The Lovely Eggs)
8. I LIVE WHERE YOU ARE (LP) ... Lonely Tourist (Tourist Info Records)
9. HIPS AND LIPS ... Maxïmo Park (V2 Music)
10. CREEPING ... 2:54 (Polydor)
11. THE RUINS OF MANCHESTER (LP) ... Dislocation Dance (LTM Recordings)
12. RADLANDS (LP) ... Mystery Jets (Rough Trade)
13. BREEZEBLOCKS ... Alt-J ∆ (Infectious)
14. EUROPE (LP) ... Allo Darlin' (Fortuna POP!/Slumberland)
15. (JUST LIKE) SUSAN GEORGE ... The Blanche Hudson Weekend (The Blanche Hudson Weekend)
16. IN THE BELLY OF THE BRAZEN BULL (LP) ... The Cribs (Wichita)
17. HERE COME THE BOMBS (LP) ... Gaz Coombes (Hot Fruit Records/EMI)
18. COMING UP WITH THE SUN ... Virals (Tough Love Records)
19. I WANNA BE YOUR VICAR (LP) ... Thee Vicars (Dirty Water Records)
20. DR DEE (LP) ... Damon Albarn (Thirteen Limited/EMI)

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

Sign In, Dream On, Drop Out! Show tracks for Sat. June 2/12

Celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with a special opening set. Featuring a little Queen, a little diamond and a little jubilee. You'll hear what I mean. If that was for the royalists, then the song following that was for the anarchists...lol

A few great new releases that I'm real excited about including new Ultravox, Saint Etienne, Poppy & The Jezebels and The Vaccines. As well as Lp Session from Alt-J ∆ and P.I.L.
Is there anything better than listening or seeing Sarah Cracknell, frankly I don't think so.


queen - flick of the wrist
spandau ballet - she loved like diamond
blur - jubilee
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motorhead - god save the queen
the duke spirit - glorious
broken hands - if you need to lie
vuvuvultures - i'll cut you
the savages - flying to berlin
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ultravox - brilliant
saint etienne - tonight
poppy & the jezebels - sign in, dream on, drop out!
summer camp - always
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the irrepressibles - arrow
fossil collective - the power of love
hot chip - look at where we are / if i was your girlfriend
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lp session - alt-j ∆ "an awesome wave"
alt-j ∆ - dissolve me
alt-j ∆ - ms
alt-j ∆ - bloodflood
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the vaccines - no hope
yrrs - mob life
honeyslide - made for you
chain of flowers - chained
spector - celestine
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little comets - jennifer
mammal club - painting
get people - something better
jamiroquai - hurtin'
fay hallam & the bongolian - dancing
the moons - english summer
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lp session - public image limited "this is p.i.l."
public image limited - terra gate
public image limited - i must be dreaming
public image limited - fool
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breton - jostle
the outfit - everything all the time

Show tracks for Sat. May 26/12

"No way your having 'This Nation's Saving Grace' you only listen to it when your pissed But when you sober up it's always "Why the fuck are you still listening to Mark E. Smith?"
Why indeed...lol Brilliant lyrics from the Mystery Jets. Played it last week as well but it received a lot attention this week so we feature it again.


fossil collective - let it go
mystery jets - greatest hits
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kaiser chiefs - listen to your head
the black hats - kick in the doors
a silent film - danny, dakota & the wishing well
clowns - she says i'm a clown
reverend & the makers - the wrestler
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summer camp - life
caan - into the night
heaven 17 - soul warfare
colourbox - just give 'em whiskey
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elia & the low tears - i control your heartbeat
bobby womack - please forgive my heart
paloma faith - picking up the pieces
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lp session - lonely tourist "i live where you are"
lonely tourist - a lonely tourist
lonely tourist - jesus, the don & the dee
lonely tourist - found out
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the imagineers - imagineer
where we lay our heads - bury you
letters - older motion pictures
scarlet rascal & the train wreck - the haunting (geoff barrow mix)
exlovers - this love will lead you on
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viv albertine - letter to hermoine
cheek mountain thief - cheek mountain
kindness - anyone can fall in love
jessie ware - 110%
kwes - klee
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lp session - dislocation dance "the ruins of manchester"
dislocation dance - sanctuary on a train (from cromer 2005 album bonus disc)
dislocation dance - snakes & ladders
dislocation dance - never be the same
dislocation dance - mesmerized
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dalis car - artemis
dalis car - artemis rise

Show tracks for Sat. May 19/12

Brilliant! "I want to masticate with you" God I love this band.
Glad to have some new Lovely Eggs to feature.

My dj bag was over flowing with new releases again. And not just singles. There were as many as 7 albums tonight as well. Sadly, we didn't get to them all but we did get to The School & Zulu Winter in the proper Lp Sessions. We also featured Thee Vicars, NZCA/Lines & the new My Bloody Valentine EPs release.
Rumour has it that the remastered MBV albums are out. Although you wouldn't know it around here, not one store in the area has them yet. Are they really out Kevin? lol
The great new singles of the past few shows is really off-setting the extra prep I am being forced to do for the show. Nothing I can really get into just inter office political crap. But the Letters, Splashh, Drop Out Venus, The Vestals & the great Bobby Womack are raising the spirits for sure.


my bloody valentine - slow
my bloody valentine - swallow
black rebel motorcycle club - mercy (extended)
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two wounded birds - to be young
bos angeles - pretend for you
mystery jets - greatest hits
splashh - all i wanna do
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letters - torren
toy - motoring
the chapman family - this english life
public service broadcasting - spitfire
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bobby womack - the bravest man in the universe
kindness - house
florence & the machine - never let me go (blood orange remix)
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lp session - the school "reading too much into things like everything"
the school - what's just begun
the school - that boy is mine
the school - the grass is always greener on the other side
the school - why do you have to break my heart again?
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trailer trash tracys - los angered
drop out venus - love in vein
the vestals - perfect pain
thee vicars - i feel alright
thee vicars - crocodile chomp
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the lovely eggs - food
virals - shake it up
a fine day for sailing - little places
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nzca/lines - nazca
nzca/lines - moonlit car chase
aluna george - just a touch
fay hallum & the bongolian - dancing
jamiroquai - white knuckle ride
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zulu winter - bitter moon
zulu winter - small pieces
gravenhurst - in miniature
prince charles - bam bam
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baltic fleet - engage

Show tracks for Sat. May 12/12

theme park - milk
the heartbreaks - jealous, don't you know
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2:54 - creeping
yuck - chew
stay+ feat no ceremony/// - eyes
crystal fighters - earth island
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maximo park - hips and lips
the chapman family - no more tears
savages - city's full (live)
slowcoaches - 54
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visions of trees - turn 2 u
leopard of honour - gas giants
jessie ware - running
yasmin feat shy fx & miss dynamite - light up (the world)
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lp session - the cribs "in the belly of the brazen bull"
the cribs - jaded youth
the cribs - uptight
the cribs - back to the bolthole
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lonely tourist - i live where you are
mull historical society - must you get low
frank & walters - unkind
allo darlin' - wonderland
allo darlin' - still young
the primitives - i surrender
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damon albarn - apple carts
king charles - lady percy
tribes - corner of an english field
the black sharks - don't walk away
gaz coombes - hot fruit
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richard hawley - time will bring you winter
richard hawley - down in the woods
spiritualized - so long you pretty thing
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weird dreams - holding nails
splashh - headpsins
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gemma ray - rescue me

Show tracks for Sat. May 5/12

We open up tonight's show with a couple Spiritualized tracks as there were in town last night. They put on an amazing show as well. Jason and band love Detroit and Detroit loves them right back.

Then we hear that MCA Adam Yauch has past away after his long bout with cancer. The Beasties were certainly a part of my musical upbringing so to speak. I was out of high school when Licensed To Ill came out (it didn't have the same profound impact that it had on the younger teens) but it will always be a fave album of mine. But I do remember Cookie Puss being aired on CJAM in the early days. Those were the good ole days.
So we pay our respects by closing the show with Long Burn The Fire. Their musical legacy will never be forgotten.

spiritualized - electricity
spiritualized - lay down in the sun
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elbow - mexican standoff
gomez - tijuana lady
electricity in our homes - oranges
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the fall - victrola time
dry the river - no rest
fossil collective - let it go
madness - vietnam
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tom jones & jack white - evil
anna calvi - jezebel
beth rowley - i shall be released
dusty springfield - breakfast in bed
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lp session - the primitives "echoes & rhymes"
the primitives - move it on over
the primitives - till you say you'll be mine
the primitives - i'm not sayin
the primitives - single girl
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toy - motoring
evans the death - sleeping song/so long
blanche hudson weekend - (just like) susan george
the heartbreaks - delay delay
zulu winter - silver tongue
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virals - coming up with the sun
spectral park - pale glistens
young british artists - salad days
arctic monkeys - electricity
maximo park - the national health
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graffiti6 - never look back
kwes - bashful
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mystery jets - you had me at hello
mystery jets - sister everett
japan - i second that emotion
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spandau ballet - instinction
beastie boys - long burn the fire

Monthly Indiessential chart for April 2012

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. EMBER / BLUE ... Father Sculptor (self released)
2. DELAY DELAY ... The Heartbreaks (Nusic Sounds)
3. ABOUT GIRLS (LP) ... Hatcham Social (Fierce Panda)
4. MY HEART BEATS ... Veronica Falls (Co-operative Music/Bella Union)
5. EVANS THE DEATH (LP) ... Evans The Death (Fortuna POP!/Slumberland)
6. THE BLACK SHARKS (LP) ... The Black Sharks (Parrot)
7. WAYS TO FORGET (LP) ... Clock Opera (Uni/Island)
8. T = O ... Tall Ships (Big Scary Monsters/Blood And Biscuits)
9. WHY SHOULD I LOVE YOU / POST BREAK UP SEX ... Vaccines/R Stevie Moore (O Genesis)
10. SWEET HEART SWEET LIGHT (LP) ... Spiritualized (Double Six/Fat Possum)
11. ROCKET JUICE & THE MOON (LP) ... Rocket Juice & The Moon (Honest Jon's)
12. GOODHART'S LAW ... Backyards (Backyards/AWAL)
13. FOLLOW BABY ... P E A C E (Deadly)
14. ANIMALS ... The Cast Of Cheers (Co-operative Music)
15. FIRST OF MY KIND ... Miles Kane (Columbia)
16. NO GODS (LP) ... Sharks (Rise Records)
17. TAPES & MONEY ... Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (Polydor)
18. HAUNTED GOLD ... Curxes (Curxes/AWAL)
19. IN A DIM LIGHT (LP) ... Nedry (Monotreme Records)
20. AFTERGLOW ... The Crookes (Fierce Panda)

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

Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 28/12

EPIC!
That's the word for the night, I think. Firstly, the new Richard Hawley looks to be an album of the year contender. We feature the second track from it tonight, a free download of the title track "Standing at the Sky's Edge".

Secondly, the long awaited debut from Clock Opera was in the LP Session. Been a while in the making and it hasn't disappointed. Stay for the whole show and we'll get into the new Gaz Coombes as well, the station got a advance, so we take advantage.
Also featured some 2012 Record Store Day layovers and some new singles like Public Service Broadcasting. It's so easy for this type of project to go horribly wrong. But this EP hits it out of the park.


school of seven bells - kiss them for me
model railway exhibition - jennifer's brother
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the clash - london calling (2012 mix)
public image ltd - one drop
the specials - nite klub (live)
elvis costello - high fidelity
public service broadcasting - london can take it
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richard hawley - standing at the sky's edge
father sculptor - ember
zulu winter - silver tongue
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gemma ray - runaway
the primitives - breakaway
paloma faith - new york
james taylor quartet - the moneyspider
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lp session - clock opera "ways to forget"
clock opera - man made
clock opera - white noise
clock opera - the lost bhouys
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the wonder stuff - save it for later w/ranking roger
the levellers - truth is
dexys - nowhere is home
mark stewart - letter to hermoine
cornershop - milkin' it
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sunny day sets fire - wilderness
the school - never thought i'd see the day
novella - strange things
summer camp - down
this many boyfriends - (i should be a) communist
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the black sharks - lose control
gaz coombes - simulator
gaz coombes - daydream on a street corner
gaz coombes - sleeping giant
aluna george - you know you like it
14th - chimes
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jaymz dean - modena
goodbye channel - liefe
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duffy - girl