Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2025 - July Albums

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. MOISTURIZER  (LP)  ...  Wet Leg  (Domino)
    2. NATIONAL AVERAGE  (LP)  ...  Big Special  (Silva Screen Records)
    3. TROUBLE  (LP)  ...  Gina Birch  (Third Man Records)
    4. WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY?  (LP)  ...  Autocamper  (Safe Suburban Home)
    5. PANIC SHACK  (LP)  ...  Panic Shack  (Brace Yourself)
    6. BRIGHT NIGHTS  (LP)  ...  Allo Darlin'  (Slumberland Records)
    7. SHAKEDOWN  (LP)  ...  Double Virgo  (YEAR0001)
    8. THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY  (LP)  ...  Mark Stewart  (Mute)
    9. BROKEN  (LP)  ...  The Painkillers  (Spader Records)
    10. UTOPIA  (LP)  ...  Gwenno  (Heavenly)
    11. DAYS OF HEAVEN  (LP)  ...  Junk Drawer  (Pizza Pizza Records)
    12. PAUL WELLER PRESENTS THAT SWEET SWEET MUSIC  (LP)  ...  Various Artists  (Ace)
    13. BUTLER, BLAKE & GRANT  (LP)  ...  Butler, Blake & Grant  (355 Recordings)
    14. MCCARTNEY, IT'LL BE OK  (LP)  ...  University  (Transgressive)
    15. LIGHTNING HIT THE TREES  (LP)  ...  Parade  (Sonic Cathedral)
    16. NIGHT FALLS ON THE WORLD  (LP)  ...  Siula  (Libertino)
    17. CHAOS IN HARMONY  (LP)  ...  Hazy Sundays  (Hazy Sundays)
    18. HOW WILL I KNOW?  (LP)  ...  Last Days Of Rome  (Last Days Of Rome)
    19. THE PHANTOM OF CANTON  (LP)  ...  Soft Hearted Scientists  (Nathan Hall)
    20. WILD FIELDS  (LP)  ...  These New Puritans  (Domino)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for July 2025 

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2025 - July Singles

  •  The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. FALL BACK EP  ...  Florence Road  (Fox Reach)
    2. I STILL THINK ABOUT YOU / NO ORDINARY LOVE  ...  Deary  (Sonic Cathedral)
    3. CLOSE TO THE FLAME  ...  Bleach Lab  (Bleach Lab)
    4. ROOBOSH  ...  NewDad  (A Fair Youth)
    5. DOMINO BONES  ...  Mantra Of The Cosmos  (Mantra Of The Cosmos)
    6. SHOW ME AROUND  ...  The Joshua Hotel  (Last Night From Glasgow)
    7. HUMDRUM  ...  Home Counties  (Submarine Cat Records)
    8. EVERYDAY / RUNNING AROUND  ...  Bacci Pouch  (Bacci Pouch)
    9. LOOT / DOX  ...  RIP Magic  (RIP Magic)
    10. HANDBRAKE  ...  Low Girl  (Low Girl)
    11. SUMMER NIGHTS  ...  Still Corners  (Wrecking Light Records)
    12. 909  ...  Legss  (The state51 Conspiracy)
    13. IT SURELY HAS BEEN HELL  ...  Projector  (Alcopop!)
    14. LONGHORN  ...  Swan Hill  (Goose Mountain Records)
    15. CHOKE  ...  Cubzoa  (Bella Union)
    16. COMPLICATED  ...  Pete Fij  (Lost Bear)
    17. BOUGHT AND SOLD  ...  Madrúa  (Records DK)
    18. JUDE  ...  Ain't  (Fear of Missing Out Records)
    19. I’LL WEAR THE SPARKS ONE  ...  Helen Love  (Punk Rock Raduno)
    20. FOLLOW  ...  Rainsong  (Davey Bell)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for July 2025

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Dancing With The Europeans! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 2/25

  • fatboy slim - the weekend starts here
    mogwai - sweet leaf (black sabbath cover)
    arctic monkeys - arabella
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    the cords - fabulist
    the motorcycle boy - i could make you happy (peel session)
    hushtones - stupid things
    still blank - ain't quite right
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    sea fever feat denise johnson - explanation
    adrian sherwood - body roll
    hollie cook - night night dub feat horseman
    das koolies - pando
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    ash - give me back my world
    idlewild - it's not the first time
    the divine comedy - the last time i saw the old man
    last days of rome - branches
    -----northern soul spotlight
    the ballads - butterfly aka i wish i knew
    big joe turner - two loves have i
    ray and dave - wrong wrong wrong
    eddie giles - pins and needles
    cleo jackson randle & huck and the soul patrol - i'm the reason
    -----lp session - keys   Acid Communism    
    keys - what flavour?
    keys - the greatest joke of all
    keys - your shoes
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    suede - dancing with europeans
    johnny marr feat neil tennant - rebel rebel (live)
    pynch - post-punk new-wave
    the utopiates - montezuma
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    picture parlour - talk about it
    sprints - beg
    she's in parties - same old story
    the chop - is it me?
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    james yorkston - oh light, oh light (feat johanna söderberg)
    butler, blake & grant - the 90's
    teenage fanclub - i don't want to control you
    paul weller - pinball
    -----lp session - the k's   Pretty On The Internet    
    the k's - before i hit the floor
    the k's - breakdown in my bedroom
    the k's - picking up the pieces
    the k's - me and your sister
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    karma sutra - shroud
    the beatles - tomorrow never knows
    pink floyd - matilda mother
    stereolab - le coeur et la force
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    the pogues - jesse james
    elvis costello & the attractions - the invisable man
    kirsty maccoll - terry
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    dead can dance - summoning of the muse 

Sunday, July 27, 2025

When Melody Was King! Show tracks for Sat. July 26/25

  • the charlatans - we are love
    pulp - got to have love
    hifi sean & david mcalmont - driftaway
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    white lies - in the middle
    projector - it surely has been hell
    solar eyes - murdering hippies
    the jacques - all the other sinners
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    the coral - shadows fall (8 bit)
    gruff rhys - saf ar dy sedd (stand on your seat)
    shopfires - 57 rotations (outtake)
    swiss portrait - connection issues
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    billy nomates - nothin worth winnin
    thredd - party
    gwenno - 73
    gwenno - the devil
    -----northern soul spotlight    
    darondo pulliam - how i got over
    mel davis - just another smile
    the webb people - i'm sending vibrations
    the millionaires - i wish i knew
    -----lp session - allo darlin'   Bright Nights    
    allo darlin' - tricky questions
    allo darlin' - my love will bring you home
    allo darlin' - you don't think of me at all
    allo darlin' - stars
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    black honey - shallow
    bleach lab - drown
    rainsong - follow
    editors - all sparks
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    keys - when melody was king
    parade - picking flowers
    autocamper - map like a leaf
    autocamper - proper
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    hope of the states - footage/steamtrain
    hotel lux - costermonger
    junk drawer - pell mell
    bacci pouch - every day
    -----lp session - panic shack   Panic Shack    
    panic shack - lazy
    panic shack - we need to talk about dennis
    panic shack - personal best
    panic shack - unhinged
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    red cavalry - unread books
    madrúa - bought and sold
    all about eve - martha's harbour
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    ducks ltd. feat lunar vacation - lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken
    lloyd cole & the commotions - are you ready to be heartbroken?
    camera obscura - lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken
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    new order - true faith
  • Listen - not available, will post asap 

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Grab The Sun! Show tracks for Sat. July 19/25

  •  red cavalry - bower meadow
    bdrmm - goit
    these new puritans - wild fields
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    cast - poison vine feat p.p. arnold
    butler, blake and grant - one & one is two
    milltown brothers - grab the sun
    cliffords - r&h hall
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    shame - quiet life
    home counties - humdrum
    umarells - moment before we met
    low girl - handbrake
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    legss - 909
    vona vella - over and over
    wet leg - mangetout
    wet leg - don't speak
    -----northern soul spotlight    
    mary saxton - losing control
    terri goodnight - they didn't know
    mousie & the traps - it's all in the way (you look at it baby)
    j.j. barnes - it's all right to cry sometime
    roy wright - hook line & sinker
    the soul brothers - lover man
    -----lp session - gina birch   Trouble    
    gina birch - i thought i'd live forever
    gina birch - don't fight your friends
    gina birch - hey hey
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    wolf alice - the sofa
    circa waves - cherry bomb
    idlewild - stay out of place
    emma pollock - prize hunter
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    hot chip - devotion
    alison goldfrapp - hey hi hello
    siula - lucid love
    siula - kyoto sky
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    hollie cook - night night
    mark stewart - crypto religion
    mark stewart - blank town
    -----lp session - big special   National Average    
    big special - hug a bastard
    big special - judas song
    big special - i once had a kestrel
    big special - thin horses feat rachel goswell
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    maruja - saoirse
    the beta band - needles in my eyes
    soft hearted scientists - hello hello
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    newdad - roobosh
    pale blue eyes - rituals
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    the charlatans - we are love
    the the - the beat(en) generation
  •  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20250719-2100-t1752955200.mp3

Sunday, July 13, 2025

I'll Wear The Sparks One! Show tracks for Sat. July 12/25

  • ride - future love
    emma anderson - inter light
    steve queralt - swiss air feat emma anderson
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    big special - god save the pony
    for those i love - no scheme
    baxter dury - allbarone
    barry can't swim - all my friends
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    still corners - summer nights
    gulp - hope shines through the haar
    sacred paws - fall into you
    ex-vöid - down the drain
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    thistle. - cobble mud
    humour - in the paddies
    dog race - the leader
    university - gta online
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    adrian sherwood - the collapse of everything
    jah wobble - tyson dub remix
    london elektricity x gentleman's dub club - painkiller
    -----lp session - the painkillers   Broken    
    the painkillers - it's you
    the painkillers - rock 'n' roll
    the painkillers - another day
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    the lathums - cobblestones
    zenxith - heart shaped swimming pool
    cubzoa - choke
    helen love - i'll wear the sparks one
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    hazy sundays - talking to you
    moletrap - middle of the land
    nerves - takes a second
    mclusky - the battle of los angelsea
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    suede - trance state
    futureheads - decent days and nights
    pôt-pot - no friends
    little known - change
    -----lp session - double virgo   Shakedown    
    double virgo - red card
    double virgo - alarm bells in central plaza
    double virgo - just for a buzz up
    double virgo - vis a vis
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    public image limited - this is not a love song
    primal scream - kowalski
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    the verve - on your own
    talk talk - today
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    skloss - imagine 100 dads
    curve - horror head
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    florence road - goodnight
  • Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20250712-2100-t1752350400.mp3

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Party People Living In The Future! Show tracks for Sat. July 5/25

  • swervedriver - time attacks 
    queen bitch - even if i pray 
    m(h)aol - snare 
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    florence road - hand me downs
    deary - no ordinary love (sade cover) 
    night tapes - helix  
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    peter fij - complicated 
    adorable - a to fade in 
    the joshua hotel - show me around 
    swan hill - longhorn
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    problem patterns - i'm fine and i'm doing great 
    monoxide brothers - horses 
    kae tempest - diagnoses 
    jodie langford - i see only red 
    ---northern soul spotlight
    darrell banks - open the door to your heart 
    chris clark - do i love you (indeed i do)  
    the miletones feat butch baker - the joker
    judy street - what?
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    yogi-g and the family tree - the blind man and the monkey 
    intastella & the family of people - bendy
    rose gray - party people 
    the orb - blue room (7" mix) 
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    sandhouse - bite me back
    for nina - swallow 
    sunken - sofie
    the bug club - living in the future 
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    peter murphy - sherpa
    bauhaus - the passion of lovers 
    gene loves jezebel - heartache
    moth slut - times like this 
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    oasis - acquiesce (unplugged) 
    the bluebells - cath (dj stereo mix) 
    the housemartins - sheep 
    heavenly - portland town 
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    sprints - descartes 
    black honey - psycho 
    just mustard - pollyana
    rip magic - dox 
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    david sylvian  - pulling punches
    the psychedelic furs - flowers 
    the chameleons - up the down escalator 
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    pulp - open strings 
    black country new road - goodbye (don't tell me) 
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    orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - electricity
  • Listen -  https://www.mixcloud.com/CowboysAndIndies_ExtraTime/cowboys-indies-show-sat-july-5-2025/
  • June 28th Link -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20250628-2100-t1751140800.mp3