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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
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  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)
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  basht. - kids vs guns
  disgusting sisters - waste of space
  gurriers - shades
  gurriers - waiting for fisher
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  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
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  mandrake handshake - the tether/modulo 5
  haircut 100 - the unloving plum
  shed seven - the centre of my everything
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  primal scream - slip inside this house
  nightmares on wax- flip ya lid
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  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
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  ash - bittersweet blue
  the institutes - don't go knocking
  blossoms - husband
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  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
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  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
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  the jack rubies - witch-hunt in lotusland
  thee headcoatees - i need to know
  flywheel - i want to join the fall
  winter gardens - the yearning
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  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
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  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
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  humane - penny let go
  freak slug - one trick pony
  blood red shoes - two weeks
  blood red shoes - fire on water
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  m. woodroe - statue
  seadog - into the night
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  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
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  bleach lab - falling
  wings of desire - american dreamers
  glasshouse red spider mite - ride or die
  dither - share the night
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  working men's club - devout
  bathing suits - i can be a freak feat valentine caulfield
  gilla band - alogia
  hannya white - #freak
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  fujiya & miyagi - point 33 recurring
  django django - feel alright feat max pope
  british birds - scary movies
  rora and the untamed - savage white swan
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  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
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  waterpistol - hey harry
  girlband! - neighbour's house
  gurriers - pins
  amelia & the housewives - top of the pops
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  tom a. smith - life during wartime
  walt disco - don't do this alone
  my precious bunny - blackcurrants
  aderyn - victorians
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  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
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  lambrini girls - bang bang bang
  ladylike - borrowed time
  the tubs - do yourself a favour
  the tubs - heaven or london
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  this is a fever - bus stop/motorcar (live in london)
  lava la rue - prince of bologna
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  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
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  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
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  inspiral carpets - touching from a distance away
  manic street preachers - if you tolerate this your children will be next
  suede - filmstar
  elastica - blue
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  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
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  the big moon - three things
  friendly fires - lose all your friends
  murphy's medicine - slinky
  everyone says hi - life isn't perfect
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  afflecks palace - bad behaviour
  tv priest - just so you know
  fuzz council feat big special - subscribe
  holybones - englishman feat hak baker
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  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
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  swansea sound - mean to be mean
  james - lookaway
  catherine wheel - spirit of the radio
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  pj harvey - the words that maketh murder
  westside cowboy - coyote
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  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