Show tracks for Sat. Feb. 4/12

To kick off the start of Black History Month, we feature some British reggae, ska and artists influenced by reggae. Not bad for no prep time for the show this week (it was a crazy week!). I did decide to do portions of each show in February as opposed to 1 special show. An upcoming show will spotlight Northern Soul artists, so make sure you catch that one.
If you have any requests for Black History Month please message me and I will do my best get them on.

the specials - monkey man
massive attack - one love
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dodgy - what became of you
pale seas - something or nothing
the ghosts - enough time
the rialto burns - for the asking
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perhaps contraption - cousin / grandma
m.i.a. - paper planes
the clash - police & thieves
the kills - satellite
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model railway exhibition - future perfect
trailer trash tracys - i love how you love me in the flesh
the colourfield - castles in the air
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lp session - the 2 bears "be strong"
the 2 bears - take a look around
the 2 bears - heart of the congos
the 2 bears - get together
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we have band - watertight
islet - this fortune
anothers blood - lonesome tonight
clock opera - belongings
kill it kid - send me an angel down
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the equators - baby come back
madness - the harder they come (live)
the belle stars - the clapping song
desmond dekker - please don't bend
the bodysnatchers - 007
fun boy three - lunatics (have taken over the asylum)
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errors - tusk
errors - barton spring
golden fable - motorcycle emptiness
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joe strummer & the mescaleros - redemption song
ub40 - i think it's going to rain today

Monthly Indiessential chart for January 2012

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. YOU'RE SO GOOD FOR ME ... Inspiral Carpets (Cow Records)
2. SPLIT CASSETTE EP ... Former Lover & Nature Set (Naked Under Spacesuit)
3. ESTER (LP) ... Trailer Trash Tracys (Double Six/Domino)
4. FUTURE THIS (LP) ... The Big Pink (4AD)
5. GIVEN TO THE WILD (LP) ... The Maccabees (Fiction/Universal)
6. ARCANE EFFIGIES ... Sharks (Rise Records)
7. BABY (LP) ... Tribes (Universal/Island)
8. SLEEPING IN THE WOODS ... Midnight Lion (Universal/Island)
9. THE DISTRACTIONS EP ... Rose Elinor Dougall (free download)
10. MIRACLES ... †Hymns† (Big Scary Monsters)
11. BLACK LIGHT (LP) ... Diagrams (Full Time Hobby)
12. OKINAWA CHANNELS ... NZCA/Lines (LOAF)
13. (I KEEP THINKING ABOUT) A NEW THING ... Field Music (Memphis Industries)
14. STARLIGHT, STARLIGHT ... Exlovers (Young & Lost)
15. LEFT MYSELF BEHIND ... Toy (Heavenly)
16. CITY LIGHTS ... Mull Historical Scoiety (Xtra Mile Recordings)
17. EYES ... The Kabeedies (Fierce Panda)
18. SILICON ... Sound Of Guns (Distiller Records)
19. THE SWEETEST THING ... The Rifles (Right Hook Records)
20. BLACK HEARTED POSTER BOY ... The Afternoons (Saturday Records)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for January 2012

Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 28/12

KEEPIN' THE DREAM ALIVE!
"I'd written this song about Carlo Giuliani, who was killed at the G8 demonstrations in Genoa. At that point, it was a protest ... afterwards I started getting on with Bobby and I asked Adrian [Sherwood] about doing it. It's important that people hear about the story, it's the message and the atmosphere as much as anything." Mark Stewart

"Starting out as a teenager in the late 70s with the Pop Group and thru the 80's with the Maffia up to his new solo record, Mark Stewart has led the attack on conformist reality. Mark is a constant inspiration and a true Thief of Fire. A poet of paranoia and a great laugh. What a guy." Primal Scream


chris spedding - guitar jamboree
the kabeedies - santiago
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saint etienne - tonight
the ting tings - hang it up
we have band - where are your people?
the afternoons - black hearted poster boy
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mark stewart vs primal scream - autonomia
new age steppers - love me nights
breton - the well
nzca/lines - okinawa channels
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mull historical society - the lights
the rifles - the sweetest thing
ed sheeran - you need me, i don't need you
david newton & thee mighty angels - my first band
filthy boy - waiting on the doorstep
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lp session - trailer trash tracys "ester"
trailer trash tracys - los angered
trailer trash tracys - starlatine
trailer trash tracys - strangling good guys
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rose elinor dougall - i've always known
thomas dolby - europa & the pirate twins
toy - left myself behind
the big pink - england (iTunes bonus track)
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wedding present - montreal
exlovers - starlight, starlight
nature set - if you lived here, you'd be home by now
former lover - heartbreak button
big deal - visions
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diagrams - appetite
diagrams - black light
graffiti6 - stop mary
maverick sabre - no one
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allo darlin' - capricornia
shrag - chasing consummations
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thee spivs - tv screen

Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 21/12

Been grooving to a few songs this past week. Sometimes it doesn't have to be anything to complicated. Sometimes it's just a simple riff and some harmonies that will knock you on your ass.

Always Golden by Golden Fable

Great start to the new year, some great music already released. Two album sessions tonight from The Big Pink and Tribes. Go figure but British Sea Power have released new music in January again. The first of 6 new EPs this year. There's a little bit of everything tonight! Hope you enjoyed the show.

the black sharks - joker's wild
the van doos - black it out
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british sea power - french pornographic novel
field music - (i keep thinking about) a new thing
mammal club - toward you with lust
butcher boy - the day our voices broke
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model railway exhibition - jennifer's brother
girls names - black saturday
sea pinks - happy apparition
lizzie & the yes men - broadwalk
gross magic - yesterdays
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golden fable - always golden
diagrams - tall buildings
midnight lion - when doves cry
elia & the low tears - i control your heartbeat
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lp session - the big pink "future this"
the big pink - rubbernecking
the big pink - lose your mind
the big pink - 77
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2 bears - work
52nd street - look into my eyes
maverick sabre - sometimes
solar bears - alpha people (feat. sarah p of keep shelly in athens)
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inspiral carpets - head for the sun
the minutes - secret history
virals - magic happens
cinerama - london
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clock opera - once and for all
zulu winter - we should be swimming
twilight sad - another bed
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lp session - tribes "baby"
tribes - corner of an english field
tribes - nightdriving
tribes - walking in the street
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big country - tracks of my tears (live at rockpalast 1986)
bear cavalry - roman summer
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the cast of cheers - goose

Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 14/12

The first show of new material for the New Year! I hope you enjoyed the Festive 50 countdown for 2011 during the last 2 week's shows. 2012 kicks off with loads of quality new tracks!
So we start looking at some of the bands to watch for 2012 as most of the print publications, websites and blogs are all going on about. I took a quick look at a few pages/articles/blogs and found Cowboys & Indies has already featured 15 of the bands to watch for this year during 2011. Talk about a finger on the pulse!

So excited to see a couple new releases in particular this week.
Firstly, Rose Elinor Dougall is back with a new free downloadable EP.

It features 3 demo songs recorded shortly after the release of her 2010 debut. She has stressed that these tracks are not indicative of the material she is currently working on for her 2nd album.

The second release features more solo material from former Long Blondes members. Both come via the same release, a split cassette single featuring Former Lover & Nature Set. Former Lover being the first new music from Dorian Cox and Nature Set featuring Reenie playing bass and singing. A must for all Long Blondes fans and just 6 really great tracks period.
nakedunderspacesuit.bigcartel.com/product/former-lover-nature-set-split-cassette
A special thanks to Naked Under Spacesuit for providing a few mp3s so I could share them with you. So stay tuned in coming weeks to hear more from both these excellent releases.

pulp - this is hardcore
roxy music - in the midnight hour
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another sunny day - you should all be murdered
the chevin - menwith hill
the big pink - stay gold
the wedding present - hand in glove
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rose elinor dougall - the night
the pipettes - boo shuffle
the noisettes - never forget you
basement jaxx - good luck feat lisa kekula
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bombay bicycle club - lights out, words gone (rub a dub version)
roots manuva - who goes there?
yasmin - light up (the world) feat. shy fx & ms dynamite
rizzle kicks - traveller's chant
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lp session - the maccabees "given to the wild"
the maccabees - feel to follow
the maccabees - forever i've known
the maccabees - grew up at midnight
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the sharks - arcane effigies
†hymns† - a punch to the temple
sound of guns - silicon
wet nuns - heavens below
the van doos - black it out
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former lover - he doesn't have to know about you
nature set - hands
kate jackson - wonder feeling
long blondes - nostalgia
novella - santiago
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jim lockey & the solemn sun - warriors
paradise - luella
midnight lion - sleeping in the woods
pet - middle child syndrome
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alt-j - tessalate
troumaca - fire

As always download the show from CJAM or these links here;
Part 1 (10pm-midnight)
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/383-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120114-2200-t1326578400.mp3
Part 2 (midnight-12:30am)
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/475-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120115-0000-t1326585601.mp3

Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 7/12 - The 2011 Festive 50 Part 2 #25-#1

Well, that's the 2011 Cowboys & Indies Festive 50 Countdown completed. I hope you enjoyed the big countdown shows. There was really no doubt who #1 was going to be as they were the most requested band of the year. Congrats to The Horrors for being the 2011 Festive 50 #1!
We started the show where we left off last week at #26 for a little reminder and picked up the proceedings right away.
We intended to finish the remaining minutes of the show with some of the bands to watch out for in 2012. We ran a little later than I thought and only managed to fit in 2 artists. But next week we will continue in earnest bringing you, as we always do, the best of the British indie/alternative scene!

#26 bombay bicycle club - what you want
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#25 kasabian - re-wired
#24 history of apple pie - you're so cool
#23 strawhouses - malaise
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#22 elbow - open arms
#21 summer camp - ghost train
#20 british sea power - living is so easy
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#19 viva brother - the darling buds of may
#18 the view - i need that record
#17 pete & the pirates - come to the bar
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#16 spectrals - confetti
#15 cat's eyes - over you
#14 wu lyf - we bros
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#13 we were promised jetpacks - picture of health
#12 still corners - submarine
#11 hard fi - fire in the house
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#10 chapel club - surfacing
# 9 male bonding - before it's gone
# 8 yuck - milkshake
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# 7 friendly fires - hawaiian air
# 6 glasvegas - shine like stars
# 5 the joy formidable - a heavy abacus
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# 4 wild beasts - reach a bit further
# 3 arctic monkeys - evil twin
# 2 the vaccines - all in white

# 1 the horrors - endless blue
# 1 the horrors - still life
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clock opera - once and for all
†hymns† - miracles

Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 31/11 - The 2011 Festive 50 Part 1 #50-#26

It's here, the moment you've been waiting for all year! Chomping at the bit as they say. The 2011 Cowboys & Indies Festive 50!
In case you're new to the show, we borrowed the idea from our icon John Peel
and altered it slightly. John counted back specific tracks, where we count back artists. Or at least what the artists accomplished for the year on our little radio show.
Saying that, this is Part 1 featuring artists from #50 thru #26.
We will finish it all off on next week's show.
With whatever time is left in the show tonight we will fill with some of the better soul influenced electronic tracks of the year.

mega city four - new year's day
(by the time you read this it will be)
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#50 skint & demoralised - hogmanay heroes
#49 the rialto burns - radiate
#48 veronica falls - come on over
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#47 big deal - distant neighborhood
#46 the wave pictures - in her kitchen
#45 the guillemots - vermillion
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#44 the duke spirit - procession
#43 spotlight kid - forget yourself in me
#42 bookhouse boys - fever lullaby
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#41 the blanche hudson weekend - coming home
#40 fixers - another lost apache
#39 art brut - martin kemp welch five-a-side football rules!
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#38 polysonic - come down
#37 various cruelties - neon truth
#36 theme park - milk
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#35 wild palms - delight in temptation
#34 flashguns - come and see the lights
#33 los campesinos! - life is a long time
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#32 metronomy - she wants
#31 club smith - no friend of mine
#30 ladytron - mirage
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#29 mogwai - mexican grand prix
#28 pj harvey - written on the forehead
#27 noah & the whale - waiting for my chance to come
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#26 bombay bicycle club - shuffle
HAPPY NEW YEARS !!!

slade - auld lang syne / you'll never walk alone
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james blake - the wilhelm scream
jamie woon - lady luck
yasmin - on my own
sbtrkt - wildfire feat. yukimi nagano
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star slinger - dumbin' feat reggie b

See you next week for #25-#1!