Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - March Albums

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. HELP(2)  (LP)   ...  Various  (War Child Records)
  2. PARADISES  (LP)  ...  Ladytron  (Nettwerk)
  3. THE MOUNTAIN  (LP)  ...  Gorillaz  (Kong)
  4. DARKENING SKY  (LP)  ...  The Suncharms  (Sunday Records)
  5. ONLY YOU LEFT  (LP)  ...  The Orielles  (Heavenly)
  6. INKLINGS  (LP)  ...  House Of All  (Tiny Global Productions)
  7. CARNIVAL  (LP)  ...  Vona Vella  (Strap Originals)
  8. LOTUS BRIDGE  (LP)  ...  The Monochrome Set  (Tapete Records) 
  9. EVERYONE GOOD IS CALLED MOLLY  (LP)  ...  Nashpaints  (Mirrorworld)
  10. EXISTENCE IS BLISS  (LP)  ...  Deadletter  (So Recordings)
  11. MANSUN RETOLD  (LP)  ...  Paul Draper  (KScope)
  12. BUTTERFLY  (LP)  ...  Witch Post  (Partisan Records)
  13. SOMERSAULTS  (LP)   ...  Deathcrash  (Untitled (recs)) 
  14. FORT PERCH ROCK  (LP)  ...  The Dream Machine  (Run On Records)
  15. TRUE  (LP)  ...  Tenderness  (Amorphous Sounds)
  16. AUTONOMY  (LP)  ...  Stone  (V2)
  17. CRYSTALPUNK  (LP)  ...  Chalk  (ALTER Music)
  18. PARIS IN THE SPRING  (LP)  ...  Alexis Taylor  (Night Time Stories)
  19. TREMOR (MIDNIGHT VERSIONS)  (LP)  ...  Daniel Avery  (Domino)
  20. OF DESIRE - OUTTAKES & DEMOS  (LP)  ...  The KVB  (The KVB)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for March 2026 

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - March Singles

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. DOWNTOWN LOVER  ...  Lime Garden  (So Young Records)
  2. THE BITTER END / BAD HUSBAND   ...  Trashcan Sinatras  (TCS Recordings)
  3. SHAME ...  Sunday (1994)  (RCA)
  4. LITTLE STICKY PICTURES EP  ...  Girl Group  (A Boys Boys Boys Release)
  5. NEPTUNE GIRL / DANIEL  ...  Modern Woman  (One Little Independent Records)
  6. TRICKLE DOWN  ...  Sprints  (City Slang/Sub Pop Records)
  7. MAY   ...  Y  (Hideous Mink Records/SO Recordings)
  8. GRAZER  ...  Ain't  (Fear Of Missing Out Records)
  9. LOVE YOUR FATE  ...  Wu Lyf  (LYF Recordings)
  10. IT'S A PLEASURE OF MINE, TO KNOW YOU'RE FINE EP  ...  Ladylike  (Heist or Hit)
  11. POISON BERRY  ...  Night Swimming  (Venn Records)
  12. THEY AIN'T YOUR FRIENDS  ...  Hard-Fi  (V2)
  13. O'EVANGELINE  ...  The Underground Youth  (Fuzz Club) 
  14. LIGHT THE SPACE LEFT BEHIND EP  ...  Virgins  (Old Crows Records)
  15. SORRY ANYWAY  ...  Rosa Walton  (Transgressive Records)
  16. UNDERDOG  ...  Succulents  (Shoe Magnet Records)
  17. YOU SHOULD BE MORE SORRY (I SHOULD BE MORE ANGRY)  ...  Nell Davies  (Hissyfit Records)
  18. PLAY NICE!  ...  Marketplace  (Marketplace)
  19. PIECES  ...  Thistle.  (Rex Recs)
  20. PREVAIL  ...   Mouth Ulcers  (LAB Records) 
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for March 2026 

Disco Loadout! Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 28/26

• the would-be-goods - the moon doesn't mind
  railcard - disco loadout
  lande hekt - a million broken hearts
  -----    
  lime garden - downtown lover
  girl group - tell me i'm pretty
  ain't - grazer
  modern woman - daniel
  wings of desire - this is the life
  -----    
  white flowers - heaven
  deary - alma
  swim deep - i keep her photograph with me
  shapes like people - supergirl
  -----    
  jim jones all stars - exiled
  mwsog - lief hir (the long cry)
  tai haf heb drigolyn - câns gan tai haf heb drigolyn
  sister madds - table manners
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  bobby hebb - love love love
  jay & the techniques - apples, peaches, pumpkin pie
  frankie valli - you're ready now
  jackie edwards - i feel so bad
  newby & johnson - sweet happiness
  -----lp session - house of all    Inklings    
  house of all - spirit salient
  house of all - wrecked
  house of all - prince of this world
  house of all - sweet remembrancer
  -----    
  my new band believe - love story
  otala - more fire
  tanzana - pulse, pose, position
  witch post - witching hour
  -----    
  tears for fears - memories fade
  ladytron - for a life in london
  ladytron - sing
  -----
  mclusky - spock culture
  divorce attorney - got lost
  hannah robinson - ruining the moment
  truthpaste - bus song
  anna calvi feat laurie anderson - computer love
  -----lp session - the monochrome set     The Lotus Bridge    
  the monochrome set - diaphanus
  the monochrome set - jenny greenlocks
  the monochrome set - athanatoi
  the monochrome set - leander
  -----
  florence road - rabbits can swim
  tenderness - we'll always have paris 1919
  the kvb - burdened (demo)
  just mustard - the steps
  -----    
  the charlatans - jesus hairdo
  the prodigy - firestarter
  -----    
  alexis taylor - on a whim feat green gartside
  james blake - feel it again
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260328-2100-t1774728000.mp3 

Hot Scene! Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 21/26

• ulrika spacek - this time i'm present
  pôt-pot - hot scene
  the dream machine - angel heart
  -----    
  grian chatten - angel (massive attack cover)
  floral image - meadowland (los bitchos remix)
  the underground youth - o' evnageline feat sade sanchez
  deathcrash - triumph
  -----    
  happy mondays - hallelujah (daniel avery remix)
  daniel avery feat bbdrm - a silent shadow (midnight version)
  paul draper - wide open space (retold)
  -----    
  the sundays - a certain someone
  nick drake - hazey jane II
  this mortal coil - the lacemaker
  -----
  mekons - mudcrawlers feat benji webbe (version)
  jah wobble & jon klein - fade away
  soothsayers - love is still the answer (prince fatty rockers dub)
  hollie cook - rockaway dub
  -----lp session - the orielles    Only You Left    
  the orielles -  shadow of you appears
  the orielles - the woodland has returned
  the orielles - all in metal
  the orielles - wasp
  -----
  ladylike - mountains
  cq wrestling - pacifico
  lozenge - for lack of trying
  bloodworm - alone in your garden
  -----    
  stone - money (hope ain't gone)
  deadletter - to the brim
  deadletter - songless bird
  chalk - tongue
  -----    
  sunday (1994) - shame
  cubzoa - hayboy
  silk - clementine
  -----lp session - Help(2)    
  black country, new road - strangers
  english teacher & graham coxon - parasite
  fontaines d.c. - black boys on mopeds
  wet leg - obvious
  -----    
  birdland - hollow heart
  curve - ice that melts the tips
  the horrors - la highway
  -----    
  the redskins - kick over the statues
  billy bragg - there is power in a union (peel session)
  the pogues - a pair of brown eyes (live session)
  -----    
  talk talk - talk talk
  gorillaz - orange county (featuring bizarrap, kara jackson, anoushka shankar) (bzrp radio mix) 
• Listen  -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260321-2100-t1774123200.mp3 

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang! Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 14/26

• toy - dead and gone (live session)
  night tapes - helix
  -----    
  y - may
  turnstile - i wanna be adored (stone roses cover)
  adult leisure - the light you attract
  matt ford - in the face of death
  -----
  hard-fi - they ain't your friends
  truman - public house
  punchbag - what's in my bag
  cowboy hunters - shag slags not flags
  -----    
  sprints - trickle down
  nell davies - you should be more sorry (i should be more angry)
  eva petersen - emerald green eyes
  desperate journalist - the fire (the sound cover)
  plantoid - splatter
  -----northern soul spotlight
  tony amaro & the chariots - runnin' around
  linda jones - i can't stop lovin' my baby
  roy redmond - ain't that terrible
  ben aiken - callin'
  larry laster - help yourself
  -----lp session - the suncharms    Darkening Sky    
  the suncharms - stone tape rewind
  the suncharms - 1000 years
  the suncharms - interstellar
  the suncharms - winter sun
  -----    
  seefeel - ever no way
  delphic - between forms
  hannya white - slow my mind
  -----    
  virgins - passing
  rainsong - when you were leaving
  and also the trees - the silver key
  -----    
  rosa walton - sorry anyway
  jenny on holiday - do you still believe in me?
  cmat - the jamie oliver petrol station (live)
  -----lp session - nashpaints    Everyone Good Is Called Molly     
  nashpaints - the giver
  nashpaints - burning
  nashpaints - desire
  nashpaints - tonight i'm thinking of my big eyes
  -----
  the pillars of creation - be careful what you wish for
  swell maps - vertical take-off and landing
  cypress, mine! - spellbinding
  cavetown - cryptid
  -----    
  heaven 17 - (we don't need this) fascist groove thang
  frankie goes to hollywood - war
  -----    
  jesus jones - right here, right now
  the vaccines - if you wanna
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260314-2100-t1773518400.mp3 

Post Money Collection Blues! Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 7/26

• keeley - crossing lands
  lush - de-luxe
  wolf alice - white horses
  -----    
  trashcan sinatras - the bitter end
  big long sun - call it a voice
  paul weller - when your gardens overgrown
  butler, blake & grant - lonely night
  -----
  the twilight sad - attempt a crash landing (theme)
  thistle. - pieces
  maruja - bloodsport
  westside cowboy - can't see
  -----    
  wu lyf - love your fate
  the dandy warhols - love song (the damned cover)
  mouth ulcers - prevail
  congratulations - i feel severe
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  little joe cook - hold on to your money
  soul shakers - the cold letter
  invincibles - so much love 
  paul days - juvenile jungle
  marvellos - why do you want to hurt the one that loves you
  -----lp session - vona vella     Carnival    
  vona vella - bass driver
  vona vella - i wanna tap into your heaven again
  vona vella - settle down
  vona vella - bottled
  -----    
  deary - alfie
  night swimming - poison berry
  new german cinema - i become heavy
  -----    
  modern woman - neptune girl
  succulents - underdog
  lime garden - all bad parts
  bathing suits - empathy
  -----    
  marketplace - play nice!
  inspiral carpets - dragging me down
  the fall - there's a ghost in my house
  killing joke - europa
  -----lp session - gorillaz     The Mountain    
  gorillaz - the hardest thing (feat tony allen)
  gorillaz - the plastic guru (feat johnny marr and anoushka shankar) 
  gorillaz - delirium (feat mark e. smith) 
  gorillaz - casablanca (feat paul simonon and johnny marr)
  -----    
  the early years - a new way of living
  nightmares on wax v adrian sherwood - flippin' eck
  -----    
  dragon welding - this maintenant
  spoon speaker man - tunnel vision
  -----    
  glasvegas - flowers and football tops
  felt - i worship the sun
  -----    
  haircut 100 - snow girl 
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20260307-2100-t1772917200.mp3 

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - February Albums

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. HIGHWAY TO HEAVENLY  (LP)   ...  Heavenly  (Skep Wax Records)
  2. SUNLIGHT ECHOES  (LP)  ...  Whitelands  (Sonic Cathedral)
  3. GIRL ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD  (LP)  ...  Keeley  (Definitive Gaze)
  4. YOU WISH  (LP)  ...  Dream Nails  (Marshall Records)
  5. EXPO  (LP)  ...  Ulrika Spacek  (Full Time Hobby)
  6. URGH  (LP)  ...  Mandy, Indiana  (Sacred Bones Records)
  7. TEARS BEFORE BEDTIME  (LP)  ...  Would-Be-Goods  (Skep Wax Records)
  8. MASQUERADE  (LP)  ...  Cardinals  (So Young Records) 
  9. DAGGER  (LP)  ...  IST IST  (Kind Violence Records)
  10. JOIN HANDS  (LP)  ...  Congratulations  (Bella Union)
  11. WHEN BRITAIN WAS GREAT  (LP)  ...  European Sun  (Skep Wax Records)
  12. WORMSLAYER  (LP)  ...  Kula Shaker  (Strange F.O.L.K. LLP)
  13. YEAH YEAH YEAH  (LP)   ...  Cast  (Scruff of the Neck) 
  14. NO MORE LIKE THIS  (LP)  ...  PVA  (It’s All For Fun)
  15. RAILCARD  (LP)  ...  Railcard  (Skep Wax Records)
  16. LUCKY NOW  (LP)  ...  Lande Hekt  (Tapete Records)
  17. THE GROWN-UPS ARE TALKING  (LP)  ...  Demob Happy  (Milk Parlour Records)
  18. WASTED ON YOUTH  (LP)  ...  The Molotovs  (Marshall Records)
  19. DOMESTIC BLISS  (LP)  ...  Voka Gentle  (The state51 Conspiracy)
  20. CROAK DREAM  (LP)  ...  Puma Blue  (Play It Again Sam)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for February 2026