Friday, November 30, 2018

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2018 - November

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. MERRIE LAND (LP) ... The Good, The Bad & The Queen (Studio 13)
2. EVERLASTING YOURS ... Piroshka (Bella Union)
3. CEDARS ... Desperate Journalist (Fierce Panda)
4. STRANGE ENTERTAINMENT (LP) ... Kagoule (Alcopop! Records)
5. MY NAME IS SAFE IN YOUR MOUTH (LP) ... Liela Moss (Bella Union)
6. ROBOT ... Silent Forum (Libertino Records)
7. NUANCES (LP) ... Softer Still (Label Fandango)
8. BOBBI'S SECOND WORLD ... The Orielles (Heavenly)
9. DEATH DRIVE ... HMLTD (Ouroboros)
10. CALL OF THE VOID (LP) ... Lusts (Blinky Watts)
11. THE SELFISHNESS OF LOVE ... Salad (Three Bean Records)
12. YAWN (LP) ... Bill Ryder-Jones (Domino Records)
13. CRUEL INTENTIONS ... Crewel Intentions (Big Score)
14. TO MY DEAD FRIEND ... Average Sex (O Genesis Recordings)
15. THERE IS A STORY I TELL ABOUT MY LIFE ... Stats (Memphis Industries)
16. TOO REAL ... Fontaines D.C. (Partisan Records)
17. CHEAP TALK ... Lucia (Sweet Jane Recordings)
18. PECULIAR FORM OF SLEEP ... Wovoka Gentle (Nude)
19. REAL ESTATE ... Life Model (Double A-Side Records)
20. LUXURY HITS (LP) ... Free Love (Full Ashram)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for November 2018

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Allé Sauvage! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 24/18



The response for last weeks CJAM Birthday show has been amazing! Thanks to all who enjoyed it and to all your kind appreciative words. It was a blast doing a show like that. I promise it won't take so long to do another one.

johnny marr - spectral eyes
the vaccines - all my friends are falling in love
moderate rebels - the value of shares
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swervedriver - drone lover
my bloody valentine - several girls galore
the twilight sad - vtr
blood red shoes - howl
the selecter - too much pressure
the 101ers - letsagetabitarockin'
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spinn - bliss
somedays - knockout
thyla - blue
stereo honey - what makes a man
demons of ruby mae - synesthesia
demons of ruby mae - young blood
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lump - may i be the light
the beatles - dear prudence
gemma ray - blossom crawls
the kinks - starstruck
richard ashcroft - that's how strong
-----lp session - softer still 'nuances'
softer still - new age
softer still - continental girl
softer still - wishing well
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bauhaus - some faces
public image limited - the suit
tubeway army - dream police
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fresh - daytime
life model - real estate
fontaines d.c. - the cuckoo is a-callin'
silverbacks - just in the band
-----lp session - the good, the bad & the queen 'merrie land'
the good, the bad & the queen - the great fire
the good, the bad & the queen - the truce of twilight
the good, the bad & the queen - the last man to leave
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these new puritans - into the fire
clean cut kid - deafening
vanity fairy - loverman
beak> - allé sauvage
-----lp session - lusts 'call of the void'
lusts - heavy thoughts
lusts - lost highway
lusts - ten years
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average sex - to my dead friend
ilu - jaanus
black honey - crowded city
fur - angel eyes
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the calls - the night the world stood still


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Sunday, November 18, 2018

I Wanna Be Adored! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 17/18


CJAM turnied 35 on the FM dial on November 14th. CJAM went live on FM in 1983 with Ghost Town by The Specials being the first song broadcast. Tonight we celebrated by playing 35 years of British indie & alternative tunes on CJAM by going back to the starting point. Happy Anniversary CJAM! Here's to many more.

sugarcubes - birthday (jim & william reid christmas eve mix)
the specials - ghost town (extended version)
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1983 aztec camera - walk to winter (live)
1984 echo & the bunnymen - the killing moon
1985 the jesus & mary chain - never understand
1986 the smiths - there is a light that never goes out
1987 the wedding present - shatner
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1988 the house of love - christine
1989 stone roses - i wanna be adored
1990 happy mondays - step on
1991 primal scream - higher than the sun
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1991 my bloody valentine - sometimes
1992 stereo mcs - connected
1993 suede - metal mickey
1994 blur - parklife
1994 oasis - supersonic
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1995 pulp - common people
1996 manic street preachers - a design for life
1997 spiritualized - electricity
1998 massive attack - inertia creeps
1999 mogwai - punk rock
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2000 doves - here it comes
2001 elbow - powder blue
2002 streets - let's push things forward
2003 british sea power - carrion
2004 franz ferdinand - michael
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2005 gorillaz - dare
2006 arctic monkeys - i bet you look good on the dancefloor
2007 klaxons - golden skans
2008 glasvegas - geraldine
2009 horrors - three decades
2010 foals - this oreint
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2011 pj harvey - the glorious land
2012 alt-j - tesselate
2013 savages - strife
2014 temples - shelter song
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2015 jamie xx - stranger in a room
2016 steve mason - water bored
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2017 wolf alice - st. purple & green
2018 johnny marr - spiral cities

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Sunday, November 11, 2018

Life In The Gladhouse! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 10/18



django django - winter's beach
toy - energy
the kvb - violet moon
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piroshka - everlastingly yours
lush - de-luxe
modern english - life in the gladhouse
moose - uptown invisible
ride - drive blind
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noctorum - a girl with no love
the church - tantalized
tc&i - scatter me
the hannah barberas - no mystery
crewel intentions - cruel intentions
afghan sand gang - glistener
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x-ray spex - let's submerge
the clash - tommy gun
bob marley - punky reggae party
the beat feat ranking roger - maniac
the good, the bad & the queen - gun to the head
the the - the sinking feeling
-----lp session - liela moss 'my name is safe in your mouth'
liela moss - subequal
liela moss - moon
liela moss - hidden sea
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the orielles - bobbi's second world
lucia - cheap talk
salad - the selfishness of love
softer still - a sadder sound
corasandel - blenefill
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silent forum - robot
international teachers of pop - another brick in the wall (the re-moaner mix)
gengahr - atlas please
hmltd - death drive
queen zee - hunger pains
aprilmen - dead of the night
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free love - tomorrow could be heaven
free love - synchronicity
berlin blondes - framework (12" remix)
audiobooks - mother hen
black honey - hello today
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comet gain - if not tomorrow


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Sunday, November 4, 2018

Strange Entertainment! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 3/18



steve mason - stars around my heart
the coral - reaching out for a friend
crewel intentions - youth in overload
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desperate journalist - cedars
saint etienne - camel coat
chorusgirl - in dreams
lusts - true romance
morrissey - back on the chain gang
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brix & the extricated - alaska
brix & the extricated - unrecognisable
the nightingales - wrong headed man
blue orchids - incandescent artillery
gareth sager & the hungry ghosts - come share my world
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the police - so lonely
the jam - in the crowd
adam & the ants - jolly roger
the raincoats - the void
-----northern soul spotlight
crown heights affair - every beat of my heart
shelly black - no turning back
larry saunders - on the real side
-----lp session - bill ryder-jones "yawn"
bill ryder-jones - there's something on your mind
bill ryder-jones - recover
bill ryder-jones - don't be scared, i love you
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amusement parks on fire - no fission
pale rider - the move
beach riot - good to know (that i'm still on your mind)
sundara karma - one last night on this earth
suede - wastelands
the orchards - drama king
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wovonka gentle - peculiar form of sleep
stats - there is a story i tell about my life
brian eno - third uncle
adam & elvis - nuwave hippy
-----lp session - kagoule "strange entertainment"
kagoule - magnified
kagoule - repent! said the insect man
kagoule - strange was the time
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beak> - king of the castle
exploded view - sleepers
prodigy - resonate
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b.e.d. - fly away
b.e.d. - only my honesty matters


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Friday, November 2, 2018

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2018 - October Albums

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. YOU SAY I'M TOO MUCH, I SAY YOU'RE NOT ENOUGH (LP) ... Estrons (Gofod Records)
2. MELYN (LP) ... Adwaith (Libertino Records)
3. REVOLUTION OF MIND (LP) ... She Drew The Gun (Skeleton Key)
4. ECHO THE RED (LP) ... Accü (Libertino Records)
5. ONLY NOW FOREVER (LP) ... The KVB (Invada Records)
6. OLYMPUS SLEEPING (LP) ... Razorlight (Atlantic Culture)
7. ROCKPOOL BLUE (LP) ... Sea Pinks (CF Records)
8. THESE PEOPLE (LP) ... Richard Ashcroft (BMG)
9. DIAGRAMS (LP) ... Paul Smith (Billingham Records)
10. ACTUALISATION (LP) ... The Lucid Dream (Holy Are You Recordings)
11. BREAKING STATE (LP) ... Brix & The Extricated (Grace Records)
12. NIGHT WALKS (LP) ... Sarah Nixey (Black Lead Records)
13. THE STARS, THE OCEANS & THE MOON (LP) ... Echo And The Bunnymen (BMG)
14. BROKEN POLITICS (LP) ... Neneh Cherry (Neneh Cherry)
15. GOOD TO GO (LP) ... Glen Matlock (Peppermint)
16. PERISH THE THOUGHT (LP) ... The Nightingales (Tiny Global Productions)
17. RIGHTEOUS HARMONY FIST (LP) ... Blue Orchids (Tiny Global Productions)
18. GROW INTO IT (LP) ... Doe (Big Scary Monsters)
19. PSYCHIC DATA (LP) ... TVAM (Psychic Data)
20. NEW BAD NEWS (LP) ... The Fabricators (The Fabricators)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for October 2018

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2018 - October Singles

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. MERRIE LAND ... The Good, The Bad and The Queen (Studio 13)
2. MARY WINTER ... Swervedriver (Rock Action Records)
3. WHITE STAR LINER EP ... Public Service Broadcasting (Test Card Recordings)
4. STARS AROUND MY HEART ... Steve Mason (Double Six Records)
5. AUTONOMY EP ... Drenge (Infectious Music)
6. SWIMMING AT NIGHT ... Django Django (Because Music)
7. YOUTH IN OVERLOAD ... Crewel Intentions (Big Score)
8. CHURCHSIDE INN ... MeMe Detroit (SoulRock Central Records)
9. ETCH ... Scrounge (Fierce Panda Records)
10. HORMONE ... The Mysterines (Pretty Face Recordings)
11. DESTROY THE EVIDENCE ... The Peach Fuzz (Skeleton Key)
12. VICTORIA PARK ... The Red Telephone (Spinnup)
13. PASSAGE EP ... Private World (Burning Rose)
14. RISING SUN ... Kidsmoke (Kidsmoke)
15. WHAT DO GIRLS WANT? ... Lauran Hibberd (Be-Known)
16. ROAD TRIP ... 180dB feat. Meredith Graves & Nick Zinner (Midnight Feast)
17. WIDE EYES ... County Line Runner (Paper Thin Hotel)
18. BABY'S GOT IT BAD / CAN'T GET OVER YOU ... Tracyanne & Danny (Merge Records)
19. ICARUS ... Stereo Honey (Lab Records)
20. FEELING FUNNY ... Rubber Jaw (Creation23)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for October 2018