Sunday, December 24, 2017

The 2017 Festive 50 Part 1! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 23/17

The show is really a dual special presentation. Firstly we spend a little time on a few seasonal songs mixed in with a general assortment of tracks from yesteryear. We opened with a tribute to Kirsty MacColl. Not to put a damper on the season but to celebrate her talent.
In the second half of the show we turn things over to the Festive 50 and begin the countdown. Since 50 artists is to much for one show we split it over two shows. This is part one, where we feature the first third (or so) of the countdown. Enjoy! Don't forget to join us next week for the finale of the 2017 Festive 50 countdown.

kirsty maccoll - he's one the beach
kirsty maccoll - there's a guy works down the chip shop swear's he's elvis
kirsty maccoll - a new england
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the smiths - you just haven't earned it yet baby
the school - kiss you in the snow
the lotus eaters - the first picture of you
rialto - monday morning 5:19
stone roses - elephant stone (7" version)
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manic street preachers - ghost of christmas
the damned - eloise
captain sensible - one christmas catalogue
kitchens of disticntion - prize
the chameleons - home is where the heart is
pee wee herman - christmas medley
frazier chorus - sloppy heart
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frank sidebottom - oh blimey it's christmas
wolf alice - santa baby
the upper room - all over this town
thyla - christmas wrapping
sunset gun - be thankful for what you've got
the housemartins - caravan of love
frankie goes to hollywood - rage hard
the buggles - i am a camera (12" mix)

-----The 2017 Festive 50
#50 ulrika spacek - everything, all the time
#49 white room - stole the i.v.
#48 the xx - say something loving
#47 alt j - deadcrush
#46 flyte - victoria falls
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#45 i, ludicrous - today's man
#44 jesus & mary chain - war on peace
#43 queen zee & the sasstones - sass or die
#42 the van t's - bittersweet
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#41 red kite - take care of your own
#40 softer still - wishing well
#39 childcare - getting over you (by dressing up like you)
#38 serpent power - the colour of our space
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#37 girl ray - don't go back to ten
#36 autobahn - low/high
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girl ray - (i wish i was giving you a gift) this christmas
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Friday, December 22, 2017

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2017 - December

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. HOW TO SOLVE OUR HUMAN PROBLEMS # 1 EP ... Belle & Sebastian (Matador)
2. LIVIN' IN ELIZABETHAN TIMES EP ... Alien Stadium (Double Six)
3. ELECTRIC LOONEYLAND (LP) ... Serpent Power (Skeleton Key)
4. INTERNATIONAL BLUE ... Manic Street Preachers (Columbia)
5. THE SOUND OF SECURITY (LP) ... Moderate Rebels (Everyday Life Recordings)
6. EIGHT (LP) ... White Room (Deltasonic Records)
7. TELL EACH OTHER LIES ... Thyla (REX Records)
8. MY OBSESSION / NEW YEAR'S EVE ... Pale Waves (Dirty Hit)
9. TWICE / RETROGRADE ... Jagara (Red Light Management)
10. LIVING IN A RADIO CITY EP ... Cross Wires (Cross Wires)
11. SHE TAKES HER TIME ... Spinn (Modern Sky Entertainment)
12. SWEDISH DEATH CANDY (LP) ... Swedish Death Candy (Hassle Records)
13. BE YOUR MAN / FAKE SATAN ... Demob Happy (SO Recordings / Silva Screen Records)
14. BUILD A BUILDING ... Firestations (Lost Map Records)
15. LOVE IS SUPERFICIAL ... Starsha Lee (Syndicol Music)
16. SHE'S A HURRICANE ... Beach Riot (Killing Moon Records)
17. YOU ... Dream Estate (Dream Estate)
18. PERFECT PARADISE ... Hypnotic Kingdom (Hypnotic Kingdom)
19. WITCH GIRL ... Cherry Hex & The Dream Church (Phlexx Records)
20. DAYS OF OUR LIVES (LP) ... Kosmonaut (Firestation Tower Records)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for December 2017

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Living In A Radio City! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 16/17



thyla - tell each other lies
yonaka - bubblegum (maya jane coles remix)
pale waves - my obsession
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johnny marr & maxine peake - the priest
belle & sebastian - fickle friends
the luxembourg signal - are you numb?
the big pink - how far we've come (feat io echo)
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jagara - twice
jagara - retrograde
firestations - build a building
lock - new york vs paris
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the others - 21st century decline
trampolene - imagine something yesterday
towers of london - superbowl
the clash - hitsville uk
the clash - police on my back
-----northern soul spotlight
the appolas - pretty red balloons
baby lloyd - there's something on your mind
the invincibles - can't win
carl hall - like i told you
-----lp session - serpent power "electric looneyland"
serpent power - howling
serpent power - jeckyll & hyde
serpent power - in the witching hour
serpent power - gates of heaven
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iggy pop & jarvis cocker - red right hand
hotel lux - envoi
spinning coin - metronome river
goat girl - scream
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alien stadium - the moon is not your friend
temples - roman godlike man (toe rag session)
hypnotic kingdom - perfect paradise
catholic action - new year (christmas miracle mix)
meatraffle - the bird song
lily allen - trigger bang feat giggs
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cross wires - i want radio
cross wires - modern art
swedish death candy - broken engrams
swedish death candy - living your life away
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nick jd hodgson - suitable
ultras - you've a foul mouth john barleycorn
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milk disco - weekender

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Sunday, December 10, 2017

Like A Sonic Tonic! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 9/17

With the holiday season fast approaching it can only mean one thing, the annual Festive 50 countdown. In honour of our idol John Peel we count back the top 50 artists/bands of the year. It's a countdown so big it takes two shows to feature all fifty acts. Starting on Saturday, December 23rd and finishing on Saturday, December 30th, Cowboys & Indies presents as it has for over 25 years, The Festive 50 countdown. Join us to see where your fave artist places and see who wins the #1 spot!


white room - tomorrow always knows
tempesst - tidal wave
stereo honey - feels like heaven
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manic street preachers - international blue
wild beasts - the devil's palace (live at rak)
teleman - nights on earth (moscoman)
pete wylie - people! (rise of dunning kruger)
inheaven - regeneration (2017 version)
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belle & sebastian - sweet dew lee
belle & sebastian - the girl doesn't get it
lloyd cole & the commotions - rattlesnakes
felt - spanish house
alien stadium - the visitations
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inspiral carpets - you're so good for me (like a sonic tonic remix edit)
new order - academic (mark reeder's akademixx)
-----northern soul spotlight
charles thomas - the man with the golden touch
jj jackson - come send me
the enchanters - i paid for the party
artie lewis - ain't no good
-----lp session - moderate rebels "the sound of security"
moderate rebels - extraordinary
moderate rebels - i'm feeling the deep state
moderate rebels - waiting for the water to clear
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the wombats - turn
the big pink - blue monday
cherry hex and the dream church - toska
hmltd - satan, luella and i
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demob happy - be your man
phobophobes - miniature world
beach riot - she's a hurricane
sea pinks - mininum wage
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graham coxon - falling
tusks - toronto
the altered hours - open wide
-----lp session - kelly lee owens "kelly lee owens extended"
kelly lee owens - anxi feat jenny hval
kelly lee owens - keep walking
kelly lee owens - spaces
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sway - to be a man
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feral five - i want you


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Sunday, December 3, 2017

In Your Beat! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 2/17



martin carr - damocles
luxembourg signal - antarctica
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django django - in your beat
field music - count it up
w.h. lung - want
spinn - she takes her time
dream estate - you
thyla - tell each other lies
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the fratellis - stand up tragedy
mollie marriott - truth is a wolf
mollie marriott - king of hearts
liam gallagher - come back to me
noel gallagher's high flying birds - keep on reaching
the jam - man in the corner shop
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white room - the blue
the spook school - less than perfect
the go! team - mayday
happy mondays - kinky afro
-----northern soul spotlight
bob & earl - everybody jerk
carl hall - you don't know nothing
the autographs - sad sad feeling
vickie baines - sweeter than sweet things
-----lp session - michael head & the red elastic band "adiós señor pussycat"
michael head & the red elastic band - overjoyed
michael head & the red elastic band - queen of all saints
michael head & the red elastic band - what's the difference
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pete astor - water tower
wild billy childish & ctmf - what about brian
the just joans - i only smoke when i drink
little kicks - bang the drum slowly
the lafontaines - hang five
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moderate rebels - rename / rebrand
calva louise - getting closer
starsha lee - love is superficial
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fujiya & miyagi - chichikov
andrew weatherall - selling the shadow
-----lp session - kosmonaut "days of our lives"
kosmonaut - days of our lives
kosmonaut - she walks away
kosmonaut - fadeaway
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air formation - vanishing act
cherry hex and the dream church - witch girl
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treeboy & arc - white


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Friday, December 1, 2017

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2017 - November Singles

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. DIG ... Black Honey (Foxfive Records)
2. HUMAN AGE / LAST BREATH ... Fehm (Everything Has Meaning)
3. OUR GOAL TO REALISE ... Amusement Parks On Fire (Saint Marie Records)
4. XIII ... Dark Horses (Tricky Spirits)
5. FUNF EP ... Teleman (Moshi Moshi Records)
6. DOUBLE WORLD ... The Wytches (Heavenly)
7. SHOT IN THE DARK ... Towers Of London (Big Shades Productions)
8. LEMON TO A KNIFE FIGHT ... The Wombats (Bright Antenna)
9. SUMMER CAME EARLY EP ... Exploded View (Sacred Bones Records)
10. IDLE WAYS ... Phalcons (Libertino)
11. IDLE CROWN ... Queen Zee & The Sasstones (Sasstone Records)
12. PUT DOWN YOUR PEN ... Childcare (Elephant Records)
13. ONE RIZLA ... Shame (Dead Oceans)
14. HEAVY EP ... Yonaka (Asylum Records)
15. KISS OF DEATH ... Proletariat (Proletariat)
16. CRACKER DROOL ... Goat Girl (Rough Trade)
17. TEENAGE TOY ... Insecure Men (Fat Possum Records)
18. BABY / BEAT THE GUN ... Paves (This Feeling Records)
19. HOT LIKE LAVA EP ... Leoprrrds (Späti Palace)
20. TIN PAN BOY ... Yungblud (Locomotion/Geffen)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for November 2017

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2017 - November Albums

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. INSTANT PLEASURES (LP) ... Shed Seven (Infectious)
2. THE MORAL CROSSING (LP) ... Autobahn (Tough Love Records)
3. WHO BUILT THE MOON? (LP) ... Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Sour Mash)
4. NEW SHAPES OF LIFE (LP) ... Martin Carr (Tapete)
5. RACQUET (LP) ... Red Kite (Blood)
6. SONGS FROM THE SIDES OF LORRIES (LP) ... I, Ludicrous (Old King Lud)
7. SCREAM ABOVE THE SOUNDS (LP) ... The Stereophonics (PLG UK Frontline)
8. AS YOU WERE (LP) ... Liam Gallagher (WEA)
9. BLUE FIELD (LP) ... The Luxembourg Signal (Shelflife)
10. QUALIA (LP) ... Andrew Weatherall (Höga Nord Rekords)
11. CONFLATS (LP) ... Out Lines (Rock Action Records)
12. LOW IN HIGH SCHOOL (LP) ... Morrissey (BMG)
13. DIFFERENT BLADES FROM THE SAME PAIR OF SCISSORS (LP) ... Fujiya & Miyagi (Impossible Objects Of Desire)
14. SQUID (LP) ... Fever Dream (Club AC30)
15. PERMO (LP) ... Spinning Coin (Geographic)
16. WOODLAND ECHOES (LP) ... Nick Heyward (Gladsome Hawk)
17. STONE TAPE (LP) ... The Telescopes (Yard Press)
18. II (LP) ... Viva Brother (Pretty Records)
19. BY ORDER OF TEH MOOSE (LP) ... El Goodo (Strangetown Records)
20. ABSENT FOREVER (LP) ... Plastic Flowers (The Native Sound)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for November 2017