Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - January

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. SECRET LOVE  (LP)   ...  Dry Cleaning  (4AD)
  2. EXCUSE ME  ...  Heavenly  (Skep Wax Records)
  3. CURSIVE  ...  Mandy, Indiana  (Sacred Bones Records)
  4. THE DEMISE OF PLANET X  (LP)  ...  Sleaford Mods  (Rough Trade)
  5. OPENING NIGHT  ...  Arctic Monkeys  (War Child Records)
  6. DESIGNED TO LOSE  ...  The Twilight Sad  (Rock Action Records)
  7. HUNGRY FOR THE PRIZE  ...  Keeley  (Definitive Gaze)
  8. VISIONS IN THE BOWLING ALLEY  (LP)  ...  The Jack Rubies  (Big Stir Records) 
  9. BLANKSPACE  ...  Whitelands  (Sonic Cathedral)
  10. 23  ...  Lime Garden  (So Young Records)
  11. SEABIRD  ...  Deary  (Bella Union)
  12. PBE ARCHIVE VOL. 1  (LP)  ...  Pale Blue Eyes  (Broadcast Recordings)
  13. SELLING A VIBE  (LP)   ...  The Cribs  (Play It Again Sam) 
  14. NO  (LP)  ...  Langkamer  (Breakfast Records)
  15. YOU ARE EATING A PART OF YOURSELF  ...  The Orielles  (Heavenly Recordings)
  16. YOU CAN BE SO UGLY  ...  Vona Vella  (Strap Originals)
  17. DEAD DAD CLUB  (LP)  ...  Dead Dads Club  (Fiction Records)
  18. QUICKSAND HEART  (LP)  ...  Jenny On Holiday  (Transgressive)
  19. AUTOMATED RESPONSE  (LP)  ...  Hot Face  (Speedy Wunderground)
  20. SOUNDS LIKE A YOU PROBLEM  ...  Fightmilk  (Fightmilk)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for January 2026