Personal Year End Best Albums 2019!

-British-
Membranes — What Nature Gives...Nature Takes Away
Fontaines D.C. — Dogrel
The Murder Capital — When I Have Fears
Deux Furieuses - My War Is Your War
Drahla — Useless Coordinates
The Fat White Family — Serfs Up!
Foals — Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 & 2
These New Puritans — Inside the Rose
Silent Forum - Everything Solved at Once
Snapped Ankles — Stunning Luxury
Desperate Journalist – In Search of the Miraculous
Stats — Other People's Lives
Hurtling - Future From Here
The Slow Cavalry - The Slow Cavalry
Steve Mason - About The Light
Pumarosa - Devastation
TOY — Happy in the Hollow
Ride - This Is Not a Safe Place
Francis Lung - A Dream Is U
Beauty Sleep - Be Kind
The Keys - Bring Me The Head Of Jerry Garcia
Penelope Isles - Until The Tide Creeps In
International Teachers of Pop — International Teachers of Pop
W.H. Lung — Incidental Music
Meatraffle — Bastard Music
Sleeper - The Modern Age
Yonaka - Don't Wait Til Tomorrow
Honeyblood - In Plain Sight
Feet - What's Inside Is More Than Just Ham
Life - A Picture Of Good Health
Keel Her ‎– With Kindness
Jaws - The Ceiling
Swervedriver - Future Ruins
Kele - 2042
Queen Zee - Queen Zee
Ladytron - Ladytron (2019)
Girl Ray — Girl
Sleaford Mods — Eton Alive
The Twilight Sad — It Won't Be like This All The Time
Edwyn Collins — Badbea
The Specials — Encore
Lloyd Cole - Guesswork
Hot Chip — A Bath Full of Ecstasy
Cate Le Bon — Reward
Girl Band — The Talkies
Calva Louise - Rhinoceros
Comet Gain - Fireraisers, Forever!
Emily Capell - Combat Frock
Trash Kit — Horizon
Elbow — Giants of All Sizes
Saint Agnes - Welcome To Silvertown
Domiciles - This Is Not A Zen Garden
Lost Under Heaven - Love Hates What You Become
Wovoka Gentle - Start Clanging Cymbals
Sacred Paws - Run Around The Sun
Crows - Silver Tongues
Is Bliss - Strange Communication
Jade Bird — Jade Bird

-American-
Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
DIIV — Deceiver
Chromatics — Closer to Grey
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Regrettes - How Do You Love?
Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
Caroline Polachek — Pang
Kim Gordon — No Home Record
Iggy Pop — Free
The Dream Syndicate - These Times
Ceremony - In the Spirit World Now
Pixies - Beneath The Eyrie
Mark Lanegan Band - Somebody's Knocking
The National — I Am Easy to Find
Jay Som — Anak Ko
Whirr - Feels Like You
Twin Peaks - Lookout Low
Julia Shapiro - Perfect Version
Chastity Belt - Chastity Belt
Frankie Cosmos - Close It Quietly
Tacocat — This Mess Is a Place
Stef Chura - Midnight
Mexico City Blondes - Blush

-Canadian-
Corridor - Junior
Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
Tallies — Tallies
Iskwé - acākosīk

-Australian-
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
Amyl and The Sniffers — Amyl and The Sniffers
Hatchie — Keepsake
U​-​Bahn - S​/​T

-European-
Fabienne Delsol - Four
Abjects - Never Give Up
Peuk - Peuk
Pip Blom — Boat
The Magazines - Soukangou
Pom Poko – Birthday
Gliss - In Utopia
Flamingods - Levitation
Africa Express - Egoli
Mexican Radio - Destruction / Reconstruction

-Hip Hop/Electronic/Reggae/Dub/Avant Garde-
Sudan Archives — Athena
Fat Freddy's Drop - Special Edition Part 1
Lee "Scratch" Perry — Rainford
Lee "Scratch" Perry — Heavy Rain
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Peaking Lights - Life of the Plants
Pye Corner Audio — Hollow Earth
Anna Meredith — Fibs
Loraine James — For You and I
Kate Tempest — The Book of Traps and Lessons
Natacha Atlas - Strange Days
Etta Bond - He’s Not Mine / He's Mine
Lingua Ignota — Caligula
Boy Harsher — Careful

The 2019 Festive 50!

Sorry folks, due to circumstances beyond our control, the finale of the 2019 Festive 50 was not broadcast.
Here's the rest of the Festive 50 for 2019.

#37 - edwyn collins
#36 - talkboy
#35 - johnny marr
#34 - divine comedy
#33 - salad
#32 - snapped ankles
#31 - piroshka
#30 - idlewild
#29 - the s.l.p.
#28 - yonaka
#27 - feet
#26 - belle & sebastian
#25 - bat for lashes
#24 - steve mason
#23 - swervedriver
#22 - sleeper
#21 - rose elinor dougall
#20 - girl ray
#19 - pumarosa
#18 - toy
#17 - futureheads
#16 - deux furieuses
#15 - clinic
#14 - hot chip
#13 - these new puritans
#12 - the soft cavalry
#11 - elbow
#10 - twilight sad
#09 - silent forum
#08 - temples
#07 - ride
#06 - fat white family
#05 - drahla
#04 - honeyblood
#03 - the murder capital
#02 - fontaines d.c.
#01 - foals

In case you missed part 1 of the countdown that was broadcast last week, here's the rest of 2019 list.
#50 - w h lung
#49 - lauran hibberd
#48 - noel gallagher's high flying birds
#47 - swim deep
#46 - squid
#45 - hurtling
#44 - madonnatron
#43 - dry cleaning
#42 - just mustard
#41 - the big moon
#40 - stealing sheep
#39 - kaiser chiefs
#38 - jaws

Stories From The City! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 21/19

Tonight was a special split show featuring 2 separate countdowns.
First, as we start another new decade, we'll look back at 20 great albums for the first 20 years of the 2000s,
20 For 20 - 'The Noughties & 2kTeens'.
Second, we'll kick off the annual Festive 50 countdown for 2019 with the first selections from the year end list.

the futureheads - christmas was better in the 80s
half man half biscuit - all i want for christmas is a dulka prague away kit
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2000 - pj harvey - this is love (stories from the city, stories from the sea)
2001 - travis - side (the invisible band)
2002 - doves - pounding (the last broadcast)
2003 - blur - crazy beat (think tank)
2004 - delays - long time coming (faded seaside glamour)
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2005 - editors - fingers in the factories (the back room)
2006 - long blondes - giddy stratospheres (someone to drive you home)
2007 - arctic monkeys - 505 (favourite worst nightmare)
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2008 - elbow - the bones of you (the seldom seen kid)
2009 - the big pink - dominoes (a brief history of love)
2010 - gorillaz - on melancholy hill (plastic beach)
2011 - the vaccines - if you wanna (what did you expect from the vaccines?)
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2012 - spiritualized - so long you pretty thing (sweet heart sweet light)
2013 - veronica falls - teenage (waiting for something to happen)
2014 - the horrors - in and out of sight (luminous)
2015 - wolf alice - fluffy (my love is cool)
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2016 - savages - adore (adore life)
2017 - the charlatans - plastic machinery (different days)
2018 - idles - colossus (joy as an act of resistance)
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2019 - temples - hot motion (hot motion)
pulp - countdown
-----2019 festive 50 countdown part 1 #50-38
#50 - w h lung - symmetry
#49 - lauran hibberd - frankie's girlfriend
#48 - noel gallagher's high flying birds - this is the place
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#47 - swim deep - sail away say goodbye
#46 - squid - the cleaner
#45 - hurtling - memory cassette
#44 - madonnatron - sucker punch
#43 - dry cleaning - magic of meghan
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#42 - just mustard - seven
#41 - the big moon - your light
#40 - stealing sheep - big wows
#39 - kaiser chiefs - record collection
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#38 - jaws - please be kind
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Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2019 - December

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. EVERYTHING SOLVED AT ONCE (LP) ... Silent Forum (Libertino Records)
2. THE GAA GAA'S (LP) ... The Gaa Gaa's (Movement-2 Records)
3. BULLINGDON BOYS ... Madness (Lucky Seven Records)
4. INITIATIVE ... Shopping (Fatcat Records)
5. PEOPLE DON'T PROTEST ENOUGH ... Catholic Action (Modern Sky)
6. I CLOSE MY EYES ... Jetstream Pony (Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten)
7. LIVE ON THE MOON (LP) ... The Aliens (C&P ACIO Rekkudz)
8. III EP ... Italia 90 (Fierce Panda Records)
9. LEBRON JAMES ... Do Nothing (Exact Truth)
10. COMBAT FROCK (LP) .. Emily Capell (Boho Records)
11. THE DISCREDITED LANGUAGE OF ANGELS (LP) ... Gabi Garbutt (Music As Insurgent Art)
12. LILAC ... Porridge Radio (Secretly Canadian)
13. OH LOLA ... Coach Party (Chess Club)
14. NEVER MIND ... The Electric Soft Parade (Chord Orchard)
15. THE PERFORMER/DEVIL IS LOOSE ... James Righton (DEEWEE)
16. VIRGINIA & VITA ... Ghost Car (Greenway Records)
17. LEATHER BOY ... Cruelty (Permanent Creeps Records)
18. BIG BABY ... Grotbags (Dipped In Gold)
19. MARVEL TO THE STATE ... Weimar (German Shepherd Records)
20. AIRPORT ... Yammerer (Restless Bear)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for December 2019

Notes From The Undergrowth! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 14/19

coach party - oh lola
ghost car - virginia & vita
seamonsters - how to be famous
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moderate rebels - every cheat you meet sings love songs
brian eno - everything's on the up with the tories
madness - bullingdon boys
catholic action - people don't protest enough
benefits - taking us back
idles - great (live at le bataclan)
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baxter dury - carla's got a boyfriend
bat for lashes - desert man (piano version)
field music - beyond that of courtesy
cloth - felt
whyte horses - mister natural feat la roux
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charmpit - bridges go burn
cruel hearts club - hey compadre
dollie demi - unknown
hussy - ylmd (you let me down)
thyla - december
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vlure - desire
italia 90 - an episode
cruelty - leather boy
-----lp session - gabi garbutt 'the discredited language of angels'
gabi garbutt - reason to believe
gabi garbutt - notes from the undergrowth
gabi garbutt - bright tiger eyes
gabi garbutt - down by the waterside
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james righton - devil is loose
the aliens - robot man (live on the moon)
pva - divine intervention
spqr - nuthin gud
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penny betts - electric ballroom dress
keys - pussyfooting/gareth bale (killed my scene)
floodhounds - out of time
silent forum - credit to mark sinker
thrillhouse - one of these days
-----lp session - emily capell 'combat frock'
emily capell - bombs to the beatles
emily capell - who killed smiley culture?
emily capell - lunatics on de run
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boomtown rats - she's so modern
hester & the heathens - money
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the heartless - heartless


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People Don't Protest Enough! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 7/19

adwaith - byd ffug (false world)
king of the slums - frogwood
savage mansion - elwood
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madness - bullingdon boys
the snakerattlers - do the rattlerock
emily capell - ipso calypso
smoke fairies - elevator
ubetroll - bo bo gets a grip
fabienne delsol - see how they run
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shopping - initiative
housewives - smttn kttns
do nothing - lebron james
squid - rodeo
black country, new road - sunglasses
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paul weller - brushed (black barn sessions)
miles kane - the wrong side of life (black barn sessions)
the mysterines - gasoline (black barn sessions)
the aliens - tomorrow (live on the moon)
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nyx nott - radio nyx
-----lp session - silent forum 'everything solved at once'
silent forum - everything solved at once
silent forum - kind of blue
silent forum - outmoded
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courteeners - better man
stone roses - tightrope
psycho comedy - standin'
the rolling stones - stray cat blues
electric soft parade - never mind
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la roux - gullible fool
bugeye - electric
catholic action - people don't protest enough
small man society - songs i write about you
porridge radio - lilac
-----lp session - the gaa gaa's 'the gaa gaa's'
the gaa gaa's - statues
the gaa gaa's - c.u.t.s.
the gaa gaa's - entertainment
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hmltd - why?
llovers - do you know
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proper ornaments - black tar


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Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2019 - November Albums

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. DEVASTATION (LP) ... Pumarosa (Fiction)
2. GIRL (LP) ... Girl Ray (Moshi Moshi Records)
3. 2042 (LP) ... Kele (Kola Recordings)
4. SONGS OF CONSUMPTION (LP) ... Toy (Tough Love Records)
5. INFANCY (LP) ... The Ninth Wave (Distiller Records)
6. FUTURE FROM HERE (LP) ... Hurtling (Onomatopoeia Records)
7. BRING ME THE HEAD OF JERRY GARCIA (LP) ... Keys (Libertino Records)
8. BETTER BEING LUCKY (LP) ... The Wonder Stuff (Good Deeds Music)
9. A HEARTBREAKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (LP) ... Bang Bang Romeo (Five Seven Music)
10. BRAINFREEZE (LP) ... False Advertising (Alcopop!)
11. A LIFE EXTINCT (LP) ... Cross Wires (Culture War Records)
12. IF CONFRONTED JUST GO MAD (LP) ... The Twang (Jump The Cut Records)
13. BE KIND (LP) ... Beauty Sleep (Quiet Arch/CSR)
14. TAINTED LUNCH (LP) ... Warmduscher (The Leaf Label)
15. MAGDALENE (LP) ... Fka Twigs (Young Turks Recordings)
16. LOVE IS SUPERFICIAL (LP) ... Starsha Lee (Cadiz Music)
17. PETAL DROPS (LP) ... Dayflower (Dayflower Music)
18. 24 CARAT DIAMOND TREPHINE (LP) ... Avalanche Party (So Knee Records)
19. ZONE ROUGE (LP) ... Right Hand Left Hand (Bubblewrap Records)
20. RADUM CALLS, RADUM CALLS (LP) ... Sean O'Hagan (Drag City Records)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for November 2019

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2019 - November Singles

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. TAKE A PIECE ... The Big Moon (Fiction Records)
2. NATURAL STATE / HOW LONG ... Rose Elinor Dougall (Vermilion)
3. ABSURDITY OF ATCQ PT.2 - EMERGENT FORM EP ... Esya (N/A)
4. HOLLOWS SPHERES ... Talkboy (Lab Records)
5. DISCO LIGHTS ... Pynch (Speedy Wunderground)
6. A POP ACT ... Silent Forum (Libertino Records)
7. CHASING A DISASTER ... Shambolics (Creation23)
8. SYMMETRY ... W. H. Lung (Melodic)
9. FEELS LIKE HEAVEN EP ... Violet (HolyHowl)
10. ANYWAY, NOW'S NOT THE TIME ... Jaws (Jaws)
11. SWEAT PATCH ... Lauran Hibberd (Be-Known)
12. BARD & POTTER LTD ... King Of The Slums (854878 Records DK)
13. I SAID SALUTE ME ... Meggie Brown (Meggie Brown Music)
14. IDEAL EP ... Scrounge (Fierce Panda Records)
15. SUBLIME ... Mealtime (Lab Records)
16. DREAM WIFE ... Hanya (Outré Disque)
17. BLOOD ON THE MOON ... Polly Preacher (Lucky Listen Records)
18. 13 / 7 ... Laulia (Rose Coloured Records)
19. GOOD GIRLS DO BAD THINGS ... Lucia & The Best Boys (Sweet Jane Recordings)
20. PALE IN L.A ... Brite Spires (Supertone Records)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for November 2019

All Compasses Go Wild! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 30/19

life - excites me
king nun - intravenous
false advertising - wasted days
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cornershop - no rock: save in roll
bombay bicycle club - everything else has gone wrong
rose elinor dougall - how long
isobel campbell - hey world
polly scattergood - sphere
meme detroit - can't get you out of my mind
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close lobsters - all compasses go wild
jetstream pony - i close my eyes
coach party - oh lola
suicide generation - prisoner of love
the illicits - left behind
the jjohns - wreckage
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avalanche party - hey misdemeanour
avalanche party - every last drop
jesus and mary chain - on the wall
-----northern soul spotlight
timothy wilson - wedding ring
willy wiley - just be glad
margie joseph - come on lover back to me
lou rawls - see you when i get there
-----lp session - keys 'bring me the head of jerry garcia'
keys - you wear the loveliest gowns
keys - leaf mounds
keys - bring me the head of jerry garcia
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xtc - sgt rock (is going to help me) (request)
the smiths - still ill
china crisis - wishful thinking
beauty sleep - the feeling back
tricky - christian sands (request)
cabaret voltaire - i want you
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memes - j.o.b.s.
girl band - couch combover
dayflower - in the clouds
scrounge - night stand
italia 90 - stroke city
-----lp session - the twang 'if confronted just go mad'
the twang - everytime
the twang - it feels like (you're wasting my time)
the twang - tinseltown in the rain
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the jam - pretty green
futureheads - electric shock
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gengahr - heavenly maybe


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