Sunday, April 30, 2017

Ecstasy Symphonies! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 29/17



blaenavon - let's pray
splashh - rings
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pj harvey - a dog called money
pj harvey - i'll be waiting
desert mountain tribe - brand new
the blurred sun band - st. bride
kidsmoke - and mine alone
toy - the half remarkable question
rose elinor dougall - ride ride
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slowdive - no longer making time
slowdive - go get it
sea pinks - into nowhere
estrons - strobe lights
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the primitives - i'll trust the wind
darling buds - evergreen
inspiral carpets - move
the tates - electric girl
-----northern soul spotlight
don thomas - come on train
terry callier - ordinary joe
jerry butler - moody woman
william bell - happy
-----lp session - gorillaz "humanz"
gorillaz - strobelight feat peven everett
gorillaz - submission feat danny brown & kelela
gorillaz - charger feat grace jones
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ultrasound - kon-tiki
shame - tasteless
geneva - tranquilizer
puressence - traffic jam in memory lane
post war glamour girls - chipper
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bnqt - 100 million miles
bnqt - real love
billy bragg - waiting for the great leap forwards
the dekkoes - divide
nzca lines - vegetables
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table scraps - my obsession
superglu - simmer down
yo no se - the sleeper awakens
curse of lono - pick up the pieces
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spaceman 3 - ecstasy symphony

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Sunday, April 23, 2017

Electric Lines! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 22/17

Happy Record Store Day! Did you venture out? Hopefully you got something you wanted and made the day worth while.


the freshies - i'm in love with the girl on the virgin megastore checkout desk
the jam - in the city
supergrass - richard III
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softer still - wishing well
saint etienne - magpie eyes
hms morris - arth
hurts - beautiful ones
artificial pleasure - like never before
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colourbox - tarantula (7" first version)
colourbox - just give em whiskey
marsheaux - a photograph of you
beak> - sex music
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kamikaze girls - berlin
the amazons - junk food forever
the franklys - weasel
cross wires - we call the shots
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joe goddard - home
joe goddard - music is the answer
rae & christian - wake up everybody feat bobby womack (rae & christian remix)
rae & christian - hold us down feat the congos (faze action remix)
-----lp session - maxïmo park "risk to exist"
maxïmo park - work and then wait
maxïmo park - the reason i am here
maxïmo park - make what you can
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all we are - human
kasabian - bless this acid house
childcare - dust
her's - i'll try
wedding - rocket ship
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sundowners - ritual
softer still - wishing well
cut glass kings - here comes the light
love l.u.v. - i've got a letter
the shimmer band - the jacknife & the death call
yassassin - pretty face
the big moon - eureka moment
-----lp session - splashh "waiting a lifetime"
splashh - look down to turn away
splashh - closer
splashh - no.1 song in hell
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beach riot - mr. fixer
the charlatans - plastic machinery
the moons - fly


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Sunday, April 16, 2017

The Britpop 40! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 15/17

Three weeks ago Pitchfork picked their Top 50 Britpop albums and quite frankly messed it up. So tonight, Cowboys & Indies set the record straight and picked the best 40 Britpop bands/artists.
It's The Britpop 40!
Do you agree?

#40 thurman - english tea
#39 kinky machine - dolly mixture kid
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#38 my life story - 12 reasons why i love her
#37 the real people - rayners lane
#36 the candyskins - feed it
#35 strangelove - beautiful alone
#34 these animal men - too sussed
#33 menswe@r - i'll manage somehow
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#32 the auteurs - showgirl
#31 kula shaker - 303
#30 ocean colour scene - the day we caught the train
#29 marion - toys for boys
#28 salad - drink the elixir
#27 space - female of the species
#26 longpigs - she said
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#25 paul weller - uh-huh oh-yeah
#24 super furry animals - something 4 the weekend
#23 divine comedy - something for the weekend
#22 saint etienne - join our club
#21 boo radleys - wake up boo!
#20 lush - ladykillers
#19 the bluetones - slight return
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#18 ash - girl from mars
#17 cast - sandstorm
#16 echobelly - car fiction
#15 mansun - stripper vicar
#14 gene - london, can you wait?
#13 radiohead - just
#12 manic street preachers - motown junk
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#11 the charlatans - jesus hairdo
#10 sleeper - inbetweener
#9 the verve - on your own
#8 elastica - line up
#7 shed seven - going for gold
#6 dodgy - staying out for the summer
#5 supergrass - mansize rooster
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#4 oasis - cigarettes & alcohol

#3 suede - the drowners

#2 pulp - common people

#1 blur - popscene
#1 blur - parklife

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Street Rituals! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 8/17

Rumour has it that Cowboys & Indies won a Jammy this year. I wanted to go to the party but am dead skint so that was out of the question unfortunately. But I would like to thank all who voted for this old programmer. Almost 30 years in and I still love what I do and it is still all about the music! Thanks again!


cast - do that
bnqt - unlikely force
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the primitives - oh honey sweet
the jasmine minks - ten thousand tears
the jasmine minks - i can't hide
bmx bandits - it's in her eyes (with dr cosmo's tape lab)
the perfect kiss - clubbing at thirty
heavy heart - fruitfly
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the charlatans - plastic machinery
maxïmo park - what equals love?
kasabian - comeback kid
jaws - cast
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all we are - burn it all out
the kvb - fixation
eternal - sleep
ulrika spacek - full of men
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gorillaz - let me out feat mavis staples & pusha t
jamiroquai - something about you
stone foundation - street rituals feat paul weller
stone foundation - season of change feat bettye lavette
-----lp session - the big moon "love in the 4th dimension"
the big moon - bonfire
the big moon - happy new year
the big moon - love in the 4th dimension
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marnie - lost maps
feist - century feat jarvis cocker
marika hackman - my lover cindy
kate nash - call me
the chemical brothers - where do i begin feat beth orton
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sea pinks - into nowhere
pelts - the severed sea
scab hand - howl
great ytene - fixed victim
the clash - i'm so bored with the usa
the clash - garageland
-----lp session - blaenavon "that's your lot"
blaenavon - let's pray
blaenavon - alice come home
blaenavon - prague 99
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james leonard hewitson - dream person


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Monday, April 3, 2017

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2017 - March

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. THERE IS ONLY NOW (LP) ... Secret Shine (Saint Marie)
2. VOLCANO (LP) ... Temples (Heavenly Recordings)
3. YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO ... Kasabian (Columbia)
4. INTERPLANETARY CLASS CLASSICS (LP) ... The Moonlandingz (Trangressive)
5. GIBRALTAR APE ... Cabbage (Skeleton Key)
6. BAD THING EP .... Pins (Haus Of Pins)
7. DAMAGE AND JOY (LP) ... The Jesus And Mary Chain (Artificial Plastic Records)
8. HEATHER ... Saint Etienne (Heavenly Recordings)
9. GROW UP (LP) ... Desperate Journalist (Fierce Panda)
10. GOODBYE WELWYN GARDEN CITY (LP) ... S*M*A*S*H (Esprit de Corps)
11. STUCK IN THE MUD ... Ghost Car (Greenway Records)
12. MIMI PRETEND ... Ulrika Spacek (Tough Love Records)
13. SOMEBODY BETTER ... Black Honey (Foxfive Records)
14. LOOK AT THE POWERFUL PEOPLE (LP) ... Formation (Warner)
15. THE MONSOON EP ... Blindness (Saint Marie)
16. SUGAR TASTE LIKE SALT ... The Orielles (Heavenly Recordings)
17. SOMEBODY ... Dream Wife (Lucky Number)
18. ROOM 29 (LP) ... Jarvis Cocker/Chilly Gonzales (Decca (UMO) Classics)
19. I CAN'T GROW A NEW HEART ... Jennifer (Jennifer)
20. DREAM UNDERGROUND (LP) ... Piano Wire (Something In Construction)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for March 2017

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Let The Dancers Inherit The Party! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 1/17



stone roses - fools gold
blur - fool
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thousand yard stare - epecuen
bnqt - unlikely force
martin carr - gold lift
the kooks - be who you are
viola beach - like a fool
-----lp session - wire "silver/lead"
wire - playing harp for the fishes
wire - diamonds in cups
wire - this time
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jennifer - black cat
kasabian - comeback kid
cabbage - gibraltar ape
la béte blooms - low hummer
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paul weller - nova
paul weller - long, long road
jamiroquai - superfresh
jamiroquai - dr. buzz
london grammar - truth is a beautiful thing
Δ (alt-j) - in cold blood
gorillaz - andromeda (feat d.r.a.m.)
-----lp session - british sea power "let the dancers inherit the party"
british sea power - international space station
british sea power - the voice of ivy lee
british sea power - electrical kittens
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spiritualized - i want you
spiritualized - step into the breeze
slowdive - sugar for the pill
jesus and mary chain - get on home
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maxïmo park - get high (no i don't)
the smiths - you just haven't earned it yet, baby
splashh - see through
white - one night stand forever
the moonlandingz - this cities undone
-----lp session - monster movie "keep the voices distant"
monster movie - trapped
monster movie - no more
monster movie - in the ground
mt. wolf - heavenbound
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oh wonder - ultralife
sleeptalking - mourn


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