Wild In The Streets! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 7/26

• nouvelle vague - never let me down again feat flavia coehlo
  haircut 100 - a wonderful life
  chloe slater - mother nature's killing spree
  -----    
  glasvegas - deguello
  desperate journalist - dust
  moreish idols - you gotta deal with the devil
  hex girlfriend - sore loser
  -----    
  heartworms - guess i'm stuck in the dark
  the healing power of horses - xstick_xstick
  bathing suits - do ya?
  spanish horses - city i believe
  man/woman/chainsaw - cannonball (live session)
  -----    
  the mission - kindness is a weapon
  johnny marr - just once more
  the smiths - this charming man (peel session)
  -----northern soul spotlight
  johnny summers - i can't let go
  carol fredricks - i couldn't care less
  the soulettes - bring your fine self home
  the colt 45s - lady lady
  william powell - heartache souvenirs
  -----lp session - the big moon    Forever    
  the big moon - sounds
  the big moon - you remind me that i'm dying (and that it's good to be alive)
  the big moon - speed bump
  the big moon - chill
  -----
  everything but the girl - young and dumb
  this is the kit - safety valve feat richard dawson
  sandhouse - into nothing
  little grandad - a minute on the lips
  -----    
  bau cat - conversations with america
  fightmilk - escape! from camp run for your life
  rip magic - spit
  rip magic - end song
  -----    
  the catburgers - the first day of spring
  pink military - did you see her?
  the charms - landmark
  the wedding present - shatner
  -----lp session - clinic   Wild In The Streets    
  clinic - model citizen
  clinic - back to nature
  clinic - mouse trap
  clinic - well wisher
  -----
  the wow! scenario - alpaca spinner!
  fujiya & miyagi - simple pleasures
  big red - man bites dog
  big red - big sur pt.1
  -----    
  sing sing - feels like summer
  felt - spanish house
  -----    
  stereolab - super-electric
  electrelane - spartakiade
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20261107-2100-t1794081600.mp3 

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - October Albums

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. DOPAMINE CHAMBER  (LP)  ...  Fontaines D.C.  (32 County Love Train/XL Recordings)
  2. 3  (LP)  ...  Penelope Isles  (Bella Union)
  3. THE AGE OF EVERYTHING  (LP)  ...  Johnny Marr  (BMG)
  4. DO NOT DARE TO DREAM  (LP)  ...  Teenage Fanclub  (Merge)
  5. UMA  (LP)  ...  Gwen  (Libertino Records)
  6. PUGNELLO  (LP)  ...  Gilla Band (Rough Trade)
  7. MURMURATE, OSCILLATE  (LP)  ...  British Birds  (Skep Wax Records)
  8. CANCEL ME (I'M TIRED)  (LP) ...  Fat Dog  (Domino)
  9. NOBODY’S COMING TO SAVE YOU  (LP)  ...  Gurriers  (Play It Again Sam)
  10. POOR ADVICE  (LP)  ...  Basht.  (LAB Records)
  11. SONGS FROM THE WEDDING CAKE  (LP)  ...  Blossoms  (Distiller Records)
  12. WALT DISCO  (LP)  ...  Walt Disco  (EMI North)
  13. ARCHIVES  (LP)  ...  Vanishing Twin  (Fire Records)
  14. BANG HERE IF STUCK  (LP)  ...  Homework  (Meritorio Records)
  15. THE SOUTH FACADE  (LP)  ...  Ugly  (Ugly (UK))
  16. ADULT DVD  (LP)  ...  Adult DVD  (Fat Possum Records)
  17. COMMON PRIMITIVES  (LP)   ...  Andy Bell & Masal  (Sonic Cathedral)
  18. POST SCRIPT  (LP)  ...  The Fall  (Cog Sinister/Gonzo)
  19. AMELIA AND THE HOUSEWIVES  (LP)  ...  Amelia & The Housewives  (INH Records)
  20. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE WEATHER  (LP)  ...   The Yummy Fur  (Upset the Rhythm) 
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for October 2026 

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - October Singles

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. WHERE WILL YOU GO?  ...  W. H. Lung  (Melodic Records)
  2. ALL OVER / NO TEARS  ...  Pins  (Haus of PINS)
  3. MOVING TARGET  ...   Lime Garden  (So Young Records)
  4. THE BASEMENT / SPLIT  ...  Lambrini Girls  (City Slang)
  5. KISS KISS  ...  Pillow Queens   (Royal Mountain Records)
  6. KING BUDGIE  ...  Boo Radleys  (Boostr)
  7. HOLLOW MAN  ...  Jez Williams (Earth To Echo Recordings)
  8. BLINK TWICE  ...  Rose Gray  (Polydor Records)
  9. RANDOM VIOLENCE  ...  Hot Chip  (Domino)
  10. JAGUAR SUN  ...  Ġenn  (Rock Action Records)
  11. ON OUR OWN  ...  Swansea Sound  (Skep Wax Records)
  12. SILVER LOUNGE  ...  The Blue Aeroplanes  (ArtStar Records)
  13. MISERY '93  ...  The Joy Hotel  (SO Recordings/Silva Screen Records)
  14. GASOLINE  ...  Sandhouse  (Broke Records)
  15. HEAR ME OUT  ...  Dutch Mustard  (Dutch Mustard Company)
  16. LIFT ME UP / ROOM BETWEEN THE OCEANS  ...  Luna Rosa  (Blaggers Records)
  17. GOODWIFE  ...  Friedberg  (Clouds Hill) 
  18. CAN YOU HEAR ME? ...  Afflecks Palace  (Spirit Of Spike Island)
  19. WET PAINT  ...  Girl In The Year Above  (Transgressive Records)
  20. SKIM A STONE  ...  This is the Kit  (Memphis Industries)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for October 2026 

Groove It Out! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 31/26

• the automatic - monster
  bloc party - hunting for witches
  the vaccines - ghost town
  -----    
  lonelady - groove it out (home recording)
  anna meredith - dusky
  cate le bon - something fragile
  -----
  the boo radleys - king budgie
  sing sing - panda eyes
  cocteau twins - in the gold dust rush
  atmos bloom - everything
  -----    
  jez williams - hollow man
  w.h. lung - where will you go?
  hot chip - random violence
  -----northern soul spotlight
  bobby adams - that's the kind of man i am
  the dogs - soul step
  the magnetics - heart, you're made of stone
  tommy ridgely - my love gets stronger
  tina roberts - one way or the other
  -----lp session - gwen    Uma    
  gwen - trix
  gwen - tina ar y crusher
  gwen - unami
  gwen - meddal
  -----
  pins - all over
  fontaines d.c. - mimesis
  lambrini girls - the basement
  fat dog - call it what you want
  -----    
  chalk - heaven
  bathing suits - lousy havoc
  hmltd - shudder
  adult dvd - cold caller
  -----
  teenage fanclub - a day in the sun
  comet gain - love vigilantes (new order cover)
  warm coat - million tears (pastels cover)
  the gentle spring - down with love
  -----lp session - ugly    The South Facade    
  ugly - wasteland
  ugly - nat cora and the nations
  ugly - gavement
  -----
  afflecks palace - can you hear me?
  ishango bone - doughnuts never ending
  los bitchos - el pence feat kit sebastion
  the joy hotel - misery '93
  -----    
  black doldrums - echoes
  holy coves - travelling
  -----    
  the femcels - indiest girl at school
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20261031-2100-t1793476800.mp3 

Creepin Up The Backstairs! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 24/26

• the ting tings - dreaming
  tokyo tea room - always in the sun
  paul heaton - i want the job feat rianne downey
  -----    
  kula shaker - govinda (reinkarnate)
  andy bell & masal - the morning of the trip
  ugly - in samphedoo
  -----    
  the blue aeroplanes - silver lounge
  django django - year of the snake
  marika hackman - 33
  ex:re - sleep
  -----    
  swim school - give me a reason why
  pale - fool
  silt. - frozen over fountain
  ride - polar bear
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  bobby kline - say something nice to me
  jimmy wallace - i'll be back
  the gaylettes - heartaches i can take
  the soul set - will you ever learn
  the utopias - girls are against me
  -----lp session - fontaines d.c.    Dopamine Chamber    
  fontaines d.c. - happy for you
  fontaines d.c. - you miss me
  fontaines d.c. - intimate
  -----
  venus grrrls - carmilla
  gurriers - party lines
  mouth ulcers - lady rust
  gilla band - jacobsons
  -----    
  sleaford mods - cato feat sue tompkins
  life without buildings - young offenders
  vanishing twin - wherever you are
  human league - the sound of the crowd
  -----
  madra salach - ribbon factory
  the fratellis - creeping up the backstairs
  the specials - message to you rudy
  the police - reggatta de blanc
  -----lp session - basht.    Poor Advice    
  basht. - dive
  basht. - perfume
  basht. - superchurch
  basht. - circadia
  -----    
  gwen - digon
  the spook school - corporate caring
  daytime tv - meditate
  vehicle - miserable vibes
  -----    
  u2 - i fall down
  world news - vinegar swimming pool
  good health good wealth - call my mates up
  -----    
  madness - one step beyond
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20261024-2100-t1792872000.mp3 

The Kids Are Alright! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 17/26 National Album Day 2026

• naked eyes - burning bridges
  vanishing twin - familiar fruit
  lloyd cole & the commotions - rattlesnakes
  -----    
  clinic - energies
  tanzana - this love
  andy bell & masal - tower of babylon
  pink floyd - one of these days
  -----    
  sleeper - end of the world
  suede - saturday night (steven wilson mix)
  the love buzz - the message
  welly - skinny boy
  -----    
  florence road - wish upon you
  friedberg - goodwife
  ladytron - ghosts
  -----northern soul spotlight
  the tornadoes - feel like a fool
  marvelle & the blue mats - soul fever
  junior & the classics - mix up (a go go)
  filet of soul - sweet lovin'
  the c.o.d.'s - gimme your love
  -----lp session - teenage fanclub    Do Not Dare To Dream    
  teenage fanclub - tomorrow people
  teenage fanclub - over and over
  teenage fanclub - somewhere to land
  -----    
  swansea sound - on our own
  billy bragg - help save the youth of america
  the housemartins - get up off our knees
  paul weller - i'm where i should be
  -----    
  penelope isles - you think you've got a way with dogs
  dogviolet - fig leaves
  homework - hedge your bets
  homework - gvb
  -----    
  everyone says hi - what were you looking for
  pulp - monday morning
  new order - paradise
  red cavalry - tonight
  -----lp session - british birds    Murmurate, Oscillate    
  british birds - ride alone
  british birds - thunder claps
  british birds - blame game
  -----    
  ebbb - public
  the charlatans - then
  the who - the kids are alright
  adam and the ants - press darlings
  -----    
  the damned - the last time feat brian james
  the fall - taking off
  -----    
  goldie - inner city life
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20261017-2100-t1792267200.mp3 

Next Big Thing! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 10/26

• pulp - go to have love (live)
  morcheeba - hold it down (django django bump & run remix)
  jessie buckley - troy with the rte concert orchestra (live)
  -----    
  forget them wendy - next big thing
  railcard - hillman manx
  spanish horses - some people
  sandhouse - gasoline
  -----
  lime garden - moving target
  the big moon - f.o.r.e.v.e.r.
  pillow queens - kiss kiss
  dutch mustard - hear me out
  -----    
  gans - my god is a stranger
  adult dvd - jesus christ supercar
  the yummy fur - cogs
  the yummy fur - headphones
  -----
  swervedriver - flawed
  long distance runner - new song
  the slow country - through your teeth
  -----lp session - johnny marr    The Age Of Everything    
  johnny marr - beyond the rain
  johnny marr - ophelia
  johnny marr - that feeling
  -----    
  the la's - way out
  the bluetones - bluetonic
  blossoms - fall into you
  blossoms - uma thurman
  -----    
  new order - weirdo
  hamish hawk - intriguer/tenderness
  fat dog - bad dog
  fat dog - the devil
  -----    
  the wow! scenario - instructions!
  carla j easton - lift your head up kid
  amelia & the housewives - smile about it
  amelia & the housewives - summer's over
  -----lp session - the fall    Post Script    
  the fall - so long
  the fall - final position
  the fall - retro song
  -----    
  secrecy - knife in my dreams
  projector - i need a lie down
  walt disco - never new
  walt disco - look our for me
  -----    
  mogwai feat iggy pop - underground
  fontaines d.c. - tongue
  -----    
  naked eyes - emotion in motion 

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Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - September

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. HALF-TOLD TALES  (LP)  ...  Arab Strap  (Rock Action Records)
  2. TWO STEPS AT A TIME  (LP)  ...  Railcard  (Skep Wax)
  3. DEVOUT  ...  Working Men's Club (Domino)
  4. TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE TOO FAR  ...  Inspiral Carpets  (Scruff Of The Neck Records)
  5. BABY YOU'RE A WINNER  (LP) ...  Grandmas House  (Brace Yourself Records)
  6. PUNCH CARD  (LP)  ...  Formal Sppeedwear  (Melodic)
  7. FALLING  ...  Bleach Lab  (Bleach Lab)
  8. POP!  ...  Gwen  (Libertino Records)
  9. BANG BANG BANG  ...  Lambrini Girls  (City Slang)
  10. ANATOMY OF A BRIEF ROMANCE  (LP)  ...  Bloc Party  (Mushroom Music)
  11. APPLES FOR ISAAC  (LP)  ...  Echo & The Bunnymen  (BMG)
  12. HEY HARRY  ...  Waterpistol  (Waterpistol)
  13. ACT III (LP)  ...  Kasabian  (Sony)
  14. MACABRE DIVINE EP  ...  Winter Gardens  (Winter Gardens)
  15. HARD LIFE  (LP) ...  The Tubs  (Merge Records)
  16. YOU AND I  ...  Clinic  (Domino)
  17. FEEL FOREVER  (LP)  ...  Tokyo Tea Room  (Nice Guys! Records) 
  18. CHASE ME (LP)  ...   Spearmint  (Where It's At Is Where You Are)
  19. STAY LONELY  (LP)  ...  Blood Red Shoes  (Jazz Life)
  20. BAD BEHAVIOUR ...  Afflecks Palace  (Scruff Of The Neck Records)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for September 2026 

Watching The Wires! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 3/26

• the tubs - in your place
  waterpistol - she flies
  the coral - you and me (and the beautiful sea)
  -----    
  desperate journalist - 20th century women
  luna rosa - room between the oceans
  prima queen - dirty rascal
  genn - jaguar sun (feat aidan moffat)
  -----
  swervedriver - sandblasted
  the family battenberg - brand new boy
  hallan - solomon
  this is the kit - skim a stone
  -----    
  mary in the junkyard - jane
  blue bendy - dragonslayer
  rip magic - stadium drive
  -----northern soul spotlight
  evelyn smith - you don't mean a thing to me
  sean taylor - put me down easy
  gary brown - oh my love
  junior & the classics - kill the pain
  filet of soul - do your own thing
  -----lp session - penelope isles    3    
  penelope isles - bom-banes
  penelope isles - moonwalker
  penelope isles - thinking seat
  -----
  rose gray - blink twice
  hms morris - laundrette feat bright light bright light
  sissy space echo & the invisible collaborators - watching the wires
  stealing sheep - take me back (dogshow remix)
  -----    
  basht. - kids vs guns
  disgusting sisters - waste of space
  gurriers - shades
  gurriers - waiting for fisher
  -----
  the cindys - town of origin
  (the) music of sound - danger danger
  girl in the year above - wet paint
  felt - the day the rain came down
  -----lp session - gilla band     Pugnello    
  gilla band - the angelus
  gilla band - three hands clapping
  gilla band - computer sadness
  gilla band - at the gallop
  -----    
  mandrake handshake - the tether/modulo 5
  haircut 100 - the unloving plum
  shed seven - the centre of my everything
  -----    
  primal scream - slip inside this house
  nightmares on wax- flip ya lid
  -----    
  bryan ferry - let's stick together
  sandie shaw - there's always something there to remind me
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20261003-2100-t1791057600.mp3 

Big Beautiful Sound! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 26/26

• plant - ursula
  westside cowboy - worried age
  arab strap - beats per minute
  -----    
  ash - bittersweet blue
  the institutes - don't go knocking
  blossoms - husband
  -----    
  the yummy fur - wanda
  the primitives - stop killing me
  veronica falls - starry eyes
  the school - never thought i'd see the day
  black honey - shallow
  -----    
  james - sometimes (lester piggott)
  two door cinema club - cigarettes in the theatre
  editors - seriously
  -----northern soul spotlight
  the mar-j's - got to find a way out
  marvelle & the blue mats - a whole lotta lovin'
  the swinging hearts - i've got it
  junior & the classics - wise up
  evelyn smith - you don't mean a thing to me
  -----lp session - railcard    Two Steps At A Time     
  railcard - 1962 forever
  railcard - i'm a disaster
  railcard - runaround
  railcard - sunday sun
  -----    
  the jack rubies - witch-hunt in lotusland
  thee headcoatees - i need to know
  flywheel - i want to join the fall
  winter gardens - the yearning
  -----    
  inspiral carpets - touching from a distance too far
  the wonder stuff - caught in my shadow
  echo & the bunnymen - the honey
  echo & the bunnymen - we prayed in the dark
  -----
  dana margolin - big beautiful sound
  spiritualized - on fire
  why horses? - cat's cradle
  -----lp session - tokyo tea room    Feel Forever    
  tokyo tea room - leave you
  tokyo tea room - feeling high
  tokyo tea room - temporary love
  tokyo tea room - last time
  -----
  humane - penny let go
  freak slug - one trick pony
  blood red shoes - two weeks
  blood red shoes - fire on water
  -----    
  m. woodroe - statue
  seadog - into the night
  -----    
  fatboy slim - santa cruz
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260926-2100-t1790452800.mp3 

Point 33 Recurring! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 19/26

• la priest - time
  the durutti column - agonistes
  hollow hand - here are the tulips
  -----    
  bleach lab - falling
  wings of desire - american dreamers
  glasshouse red spider mite - ride or die
  dither - share the night
  -----
  working men's club - devout
  bathing suits - i can be a freak feat valentine caulfield
  gilla band - alogia
  hannya white - #freak
  -----    
  fujiya & miyagi - point 33 recurring
  django django - feel alright feat max pope
  british birds - scary movies
  rora and the untamed - savage white swan
  -----    
  xtc - towers of london
  doves - for tomorrow
  blur - the universal
  -----lp session - formal sppeedwear     Punch Card    
  formal sppeedwear - hit'n'run
  formal sppeedwear - incident
  formal sppeedwear - aardvark x2
  formal sppeedwear - appointment
  -----
  waterpistol - hey harry
  girlband! - neighbour's house
  gurriers - pins
  amelia & the housewives - top of the pops
  -----    
  tom a. smith - life during wartime
  walt disco - don't do this alone
  my precious bunny - blackcurrants
  aderyn - victorians
  -----    
  teenage fanclub - be with you tonight
  the charlatans - you're so pretty, we're so pretty
  echo & the bunnymen - take me by the hand
  -----lp session - bloc party    Anatomy Of A Brief Romance    
  bloc party - clark kent
  bloc party - worst birthday ever
  bloc party - rotherhithe
  bloc party - moving on
  -----
  lambrini girls - bang bang bang
  ladylike - borrowed time
  the tubs - do yourself a favour
  the tubs - heaven or london
  -----    
  this is a fever - bus stop/motorcar (live in london)
  lava la rue - prince of bologna
  -----    
  antony szmierek - decoding birdsong
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260919-2100-t1789848000.mp3 

The Spirit Of Radio! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 12/26

• haircut 100 - vanishing point
  dexys midnight runners - it's over now
  paul heaton - don't lean on me feat rianne downey
  -----    
  gwen - pop!
  fat dog - call it what you want
  sophia garvey - ur just a man feat shaun ryder
  hmltd - i used to ride in limousines
  silver gore - don't tell your friends
  -----    
  inspiral carpets - touching from a distance away
  manic street preachers - if you tolerate this your children will be next
  suede - filmstar
  elastica - blue
  -----    
  clinic - you and i
  blind yeo - hourglass of the eye
  family art club - how long will winter last this year?
  mary in the junkyard - peter the dog
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  chester st. anthony - together
  theola kilgore - it's gonna be alright
  frankie valli and the four seasons - the night
  al wilson - the snake
  -----lp session - kasabian    Act III    
  kasabian - soulmate
  kasabian - nothing better than this
  kasabian - silver apple eyes
  kasabian - glide
  -----
  the big moon - three things
  friendly fires - lose all your friends
  murphy's medicine - slinky
  everyone says hi - life isn't perfect
  -----    
  afflecks palace - bad behaviour
  tv priest - just so you know
  fuzz council feat big special - subscribe
  holybones - englishman feat hak baker
  -----    
  soundwire - these little moments
  dreamcoaster - just turn around
  silt. - shadowhands
  dreaming of citra - bmw
  -----lp session - arab strap     Half-Told Tales    
  arab strap - i get noise
  arab strap - basic physics
  arab strap - sunsong
  arab strap - ampersand
  -----    
  swansea sound - mean to be mean
  james - lookaway
  catherine wheel - spirit of the radio
  -----    
  pj harvey - the words that maketh murder
  westside cowboy - coyote
  -----    
  simple minds - beginner boys
  the joy hotel - may queen
  m(h)aol - scam manifesto
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260912-2100-t1789243200.mp3 

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - August Albums

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. IT GOES ON  (LP)  ...  Westside Cowboy  (Island)
  2. CANNONBALL  (LP)  ...  Man/Woman/Chainsaw  (Fiction)
  3. EVER THE OPTIMIST  (LP)  ...  Trashcan Sinatras  (TCS Recordings)
  4. RENASCENT  (LP)  ...  The Durutti Column  (Factory Too)
  5. SAME SUN/SAME SKY  (LP)  ...  The Darling Buds  (Cherry Red)
  6. EVERYTHINGNESS  (LP)  ...  Atmos Bloom (Spirit Goth Records)
  7. MASSIVE CHAMPION  (LP)  ...  Getdown Services  (Breakfast Records)
  8. JENIUS  (LP) ...  Paul Heaton  (EMI)
  9. THE THREAD  (LP)  ...  Family Stereo  (Bella Union)
  10. A HOLE TO SEE THE SKY THROUGH  (LP)  ...  Mystery Jets  (Fiction)
  11. THE SWEET GOODBYE  (LP)  ...  Opus Kink  (SO Recordings)
  12. AS WE ONCE WERE  (LP)  ...  The Anchoress  (Last Night From Glasgow)
  13. SUNSHINE  (LP)  ...  Jungle  (Caiola Records)
  14. HOPING AS A COPING MECHANISM  (LP)  ...  Mould  (5db Records)
  15. SHALLOW HITS  (LP)  ...  Ebbb  (Ninja Tune)
  16. AFFIRMATIONS  (LP)  ...  Really Good Time  (Twin Music Inc)
  17. THE CONFUSER  (LP)  ...  Robyn Hitchcock  (Tiny Ghost Records) 
  18. ALL AT ONCE  (LP)   ...  Tugboat Captain  (Tugboat Captain)
  19. EXPO, REMIXED  (LP)  ...  Ulrika Spacek  (Full Time Hobby Music)
  20. BERYL & RUFF GO SHOPPING  (LP)  ...   Cleaners From Venus  (The Cat Collects) 
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for August 2026 

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - August Singles

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. TERRIBLE YEARS  ...  Desperate Journalist  (Fierce Panda Records)
  2. 7563  ...  Florence Road  (Fox Reach)
  3. TOM WILL SMACK UR ASS  ...  Sorry  (Domino)
  4. WAKE UP HONEY  ...  Pete Fij (Tip Top Records)
  5. BELIEVERS/OUR NEW LIFE BY THE SEA  ...  Cross Wires  (Culture War Records)
  6. CITY OF THE BEAST  ...  Gently Tender  (TODO Records)
  7. ODESSA ...  Feet  (Submarine Cat Records)
  8. LIE DOWN WITH DOGS, STAND UP WITH FLEAS  ...  British Birds  (Skep Wax)
  9. NOUS DEUX EP  ...  Foglights  (Skep Wax)
  10. GLUE  ...  HMS Morris  (Bubblewrap Records)
  11. LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR  ...  Fujiya & Miyagi  (Impossible Objects of Desire)
  12. THE BALLAD OF DCB  ...  Formal Sppeedwear  (Melodic)
  13. REPETITION / COMPULSION  ...   Black Doldrums  (Fuzz Club)
  14. WITHOUT A SOUND  ...  Tanzana  (So Recordings & Hideous Mink Records)
  15. NOTHING HAPPENS TWICE  ...  Gurriers  (Domino)
  16. ACT NATURAL  ...  Do Nothing  (Submarine Cat Records)
  17. BED BUG  ...  The Family Battenberg  (Stolen Body Records) 
  18. CARTE BLANCHE  ...  M. Woodroe  (Venn Records)
  19. INLAND EMPIRE  ...  Red Cavalry  (Red Cavalry Music)
  20. MOLOTOV MOCKTAIL  ...  Leechers  (RolaCola Records)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for August 2026 

Baby You're A Winner! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 5/26

• antony szmierek - commune
  james ellis ford - this too shall pass
  working men's club - widow
  -----    
  johnny marr - it's time
  blossoms - additional driver feat declan mckenna
  the ninth wave - bitumen
  sennen - here it comes
  -----    
  black doldrums - compulsion
  black market karma - always faithful
  boo radleys - skyscraper (live session '26)
  oisin mod - canary
  -----    
  penelope isles - another kind of love
  tokyo tea room - hypnotised
  everything but the girl - don't leave me behind
  family stereo - silhouette on the hill
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  margie hendrix - one room paradise
  bobby hutton - come see what's left of me
  otis leavill - nobody but you
  little rose little - get a hold of yourself
  -----lp session - grandmas house     Baby You're A Winner    
  grandmas house - hurricane
  grandmas house - next big hit (choo choo)
  grandmas house - soaked
  grandmas house - how it is
  -----
  railcard - flannelette
  darling buds - oh no you don't
  lovejoy - hungry heart
  the junipers - in a maze
  -----    
  gently tender - don't sleep
  curbside lambsear - man the door
  san jose - oxycontin, the american dream
  -----    
  winter gardens - fragile boy
  los blancos - olew’r olewydd (olive oil)
  los bitchos - holding cell feat ambrose kenny-smith
  ian skelly - nickel and a dime
  -----lp session - spearmint    Chase Me    
  spearmint - the chase
  spearmint - first man on earth
  spearmint - falling
  spearmint - time to wake up
  -----    
  hazy waters - take me home
  rainsong - winter beach
  ghost patterns - mirror image
  matryrs - long goodbye
  -----    
  the wedding present - corduroy
  elastica - line up
  -----    
  yard act - talky talky people
  the undertones - when saturday comes (peel session)
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260905-2100-t1788638400.mp3 

You Could Have Died There On The Dancefloor! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 29/26

• getdown services - cha cha slide
  tricky - because i don't know
  portishead - numb
  -----    
  echo & the bunnymen - the light that surrounds you
  pete fij - wake up honey
  palace - ohio
  atmos bloom - island
  -----    
  formal sppeedwear - the ballad of dcb
  sorry - tom will smack your ass
  arab strap - be a man
  ugly - marina
  -----    
  spearmint - i'm not ok
  foglights - the day the night stayed (longer than us)
  teenage fanclub - there was you
  xtc - grass
  the tubs - now and then
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  jimmy castor - magic saxophone
  the fashioneers - without you
  keanya collins - i'll get over it
  skip cunningham - have we met before
  -----lp session - paul heaton    Jenius    
  paul heaton - can't get next to you
  paul heaton - she ain't pretty feat rianne downey
  paul heaton - good for the bees
  -----
  desperate journalist - terrible years
  bleach lab - close to the flame
  succulents - work it out
  sundress - beach house baby
  -----    
  luft - the punch and judy man
  mystery jets - godrays
  blur - bad day
  -----    
  everything is recorded - cut off your nose feat jah wobble
  my new band believe - numerology (96 back and jennifer walton remix)
  daytime tv - creatures
  goldfrapp - slide in
  -----lp session - westside cowboy    It Goes On    
  westside cowboy - paperchains
  westside cowboy - well done kid, you did it
  westside cowboy - worried age
  westside cowboy - you could have died there on the dancefloor
  -----
  my vitriol - always: your way
  big red - mission st.
  world news - the way it goes
  bitw (tiny) - gaddo glaw (promising rain)
  -----    
  orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - almost (vince clarke remix)
  depeche mode - told you so
  -----    
  strawberry switchblade - jolene
  rainsong - [swifts]
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260829-2100-t1788033600.mp3 

Dirty Hotel Blues! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 22/26

• trashcan sinatras - prisons
  trashcan sinatras - bloodrush
  trashcan sinatras - obscurity knock
  -----    
  django django - dirty hotel blues
  alexis taylor - i can feel your love
  everything but the girl - we walk the same line
  family stereo - fault lines
  -----    
  gurriers - nothing happens twice
  the family battenberg - bad bug
  wings of desire - a little low
  basht. - terror tv
  -----    
  memorials - i can't see a rainbow
  moderate rebels - some people count and some people don't
  the anchoress - throw over your man feat james dean bradfield
  the anchoress - as we once were
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  reggie lamont - how lonely (can one man be)
  the festivals - hey girl
  tommy duncan - let me take you out
  dee dee warwick - do it with all your heart
  the paramounts - i won't share
  -----lp session - getdown services    Massive Champion    
  getdown services - poor bannister
  getdown services - probiotic
  getdown services - what's on your mind?
  getdown services - stop living
  -----If The Pop Kids Unite, They Won't Be Divided    
  shopfires - we could fall apart
  assistant - flowers
  sunny intervals - one last day of the holidays
  dayflower - september gurls (live)
  -----    
  fujiya & miyagi - lowest common denominator
  adult dvd - rolling face
  really good time - on dublin bus
  -----
  la roux - lose myself
  vanishing twin - sugar stone
  temples - glimmer
  -----lp session - jungle    Sunshine    
  jungle - come back to me
  jungle - move like you do
  jungle - natural
  jungle - heavy on my soul
  -----Rough Trade Boxset Volume.02
  the fall - totally wired
  scritti politti - the sweetest girl
  aztec camera - oblivious
  the smiths - i want the one i can't have
  the sundays - can't be sure
  -----    
  fontaines d.c. - marianne
  bloc party - pigwig
  -----    
  felt - cathedral
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260822-2100-t1787428800.mp3 

Water From A Vine Leaf! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 15/26

• william orbit - water from a vine leaf
  beth orton - she cries your name
  blur - no distance left to run
  -----    
  florence road - 7563
  los bitchos - hang up (pt 2) feat Sinkane & Adrian Quesada
  gently tender - city of the beast
  the healing power of horses - so-perfect (combing)
  -----
  railcard - unstable neighbour
  rachel wood - silent madman
  the wedding present - why are you being so reasonable now?
  fuzzbox - love is the slug
  -----    
  hms morris - glue
  pva - enough (dream edition)
  nightbus - false prophet (ashnymph remix)
  -----northern soul spotlight
  phillip mitchell - keep on talking
  the fads - just like a woman
  the ambers - another love
  the honey bees - she don't deserve you
  jimmy norman - i'm leaving
  -----lp session - man/woman/chainsaw    Cannonball    
  man/woman/chainsaw - only girl
  man/woman/chainsaw - lighter
  man/woman/chainsaw - flick of the wrist
  man/woman/chainsaw - the thing
  -----    
  westside cowboy - dobro
  m. woodroe - carte blanche
  leechers - molotov moktail
  the boo radleys - does this hurt?
  -----    
  the big moon - fun
  blood red shoes - don't say a word
  dogviolet - daughter
  yard act - cherophobe rock
  -----
  babyshambles - delivery (live at koko)
  truthpaste - never gonna give
  the bug club - my uncle warren drives a passat
  robyn hitchcock - wasted
  -----lp session - opus kink    The Sweet Goodbye    
  opus kink - peckham nocturne
  opus kink - i have to shine my sunday shoes
  opus kink - crucify
  -----    
  moderate rebels - once was a key...now is a lock (alternate version)
  jo from school - release
  long blondes - guilt
  bau cat - traposphere
  -----    
  the beatles - i want to tell you
  pink floyd - lucifer sam
  the who - my wife
  -----    
  ebbb - come alive
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260815-2100-t1786824000.mp3 

The Associated Funk! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 8/26

• sinead o'connor - marcus garvey
  hollie cook - dubbing on
  the coral - shame
  -----    
  the big moon - gravity
  bugeye - this is what i want
  toyah - victims of the riddle
  british birds - lie down with dogs, stand up with fleas
  feet - odessa
  -----    
  cross wires - our new life by the sea
  red cavalry - inland empire
  do nothing - act natural
  tugboat captain - all at once
  -----    
  swell season - stuck in reverse
  mojave 3 - some kinda angel
  saccades - slacker
  robyn hitchcock - i am this thing
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  big frank and the essences - i won't let her see me cry
  herman griffin - dream girl
  kenny carlton - lost and found
  lonzine cannon - quit while i'm ahead
  danny woods - 90 days in the county jail
  -----lp session - trashcan sinatras     Ever The Optimist
  trashcan sinatras - ever the optimist
  trashcan sinatras - a view from nowhere
  trashcan sinatras - the associated funk
  trashcan sinatras - learning to love your ghost
  -----    
  tanzana - without a sound
  siouxsie and the banshees - happy house
  ebbb - shallow hits
  -----    
  tokyo tea room - always in the sun
  artmos bloom - soft spot
  the durutti column - vapour in a matchbox
  the durutti column - all they see is fire feat lucas elliot
  -----    
  television personalities - glittering prizes
  cleaners from venus - scenes from smalltown england
  family stereo - waiting on nina
  family stereo - dlr
  -----lp session - the darling buds    Same Sun/Same Sky    
  the darling buds - jump in
  the darling buds - cut me dead
  the darling buds - pretenders
  the darling buds - paper planes
  -----
  black doldrums - repetition
  black market karma - lead laces
  ulrika spacek - a modern low (cj calderwood remix)
  hmltd - blitzkrieg
  -----    
  roxy music - do the strand
  the associates - even dogs in the wild
  -----    
  bivouac - dragging your weight around
  death cult - ghost dance
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260808-2100-t1786219200.mp3