Sunday, December 31, 2023

The 2023 Festive 50! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 30/23

  • pulp - countdown - Seperations
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    #50 firestations - hitting a new low - Thick Terrain
    #49 the jasmine minks - skyward - We Make Our Own History  
    skipped #48 ulrika spacek - Compact Trauma
    #47 japan review - go around - The Slow Down
    #46 dream nails - prevenge - Doom Loop
    #45 omd - bauhaus staircase - Bauhaus Staircase  
    #44 cloth - ambulance - Secret Measure
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    #43 lloyd cole - the idiot - On Pain  
    #42 the utopiates - best and worst days - The Sun Also Rises
    #41 sundara karma - sounds good to me - Better Luck Next Time  
    #40 django django - osaka - Off Planet
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    #39 o. - ogo - Slice EP
    #38 swansea sound - pack the van - Twentieth Century
    #37 the clockworks - feels so real - Exit Strategy   
    #36 the kills - 103 - God Games
    skipped #35 baxter dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You
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    #34 english teacher - the world’s biggest paving slab 2023 - Mastermind Specialism  
    #33 bas jan - singing bar - Back To The Swamp
    #32 black honey - lemonade - Lemonade   Brighton, 3rd lp Fistfull of Peaches
    skipped #31 acr - 1982
    #30 john - service stationed - A Life Diagrammatic
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    #29 shame - alibis - Food For Worms
    #28 belle and sebastian - i don't know what you see in me - Late Developers
    #27 boo radleys - seeker - Eight  
    #26 everything but the girl - nothing left to lose - Fuse   
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    #25 yard act - dream job - Where's My Utopia?
    skipped #24 dark horses - While We Were Sleeping
    #23 temples - oval stones - Exotico
    #22 girl ray - hurts so bad - Prestige
    #21 dream wife - love you more - Social Lubrication
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    #20 teenage fanclub - self-sedation - Nothing Lasts Forever
    #19 the waeve - kill me again - The Waeve   
    skipped #18 squid - O Monolith
    #17 sleaford mods - west end girls - West End Girls  
    #16 pj harvey - i inside the old year dying - I Inside The Old Year Dying
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    #15 genn - calypso - Unum
    #14 pale blue eyes  - million times over - This House
    skipped #13 steve mason - Brothers & Sisters
    #12 the coral - that's where she belongs - Sea Of Mirrors  
    #11 das koolies - masters of mankind - DK.01
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    #10 mandy, indiana - pinking shears - I've Seen A Way  
    #09 the murder capital - ethel - Gigi's Recovery  
    #08 heartworms - a comforting notion - A Comforting Notion EP   
    #07 keeley - arrive alive - Floating Above Everything Else
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    #06 bleach lab - nothing left to lose - Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness
    #05 emma anderson - tonight is mine - Pearlies  
    #04 bar italia - punkt! - Tracey Denim
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    #03 blur - the narcissist - The Ballad Of Darren   
    #02 bdrmm - it's just a bit of blood - I Don't Know
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    #01 slowdive - kisses
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231230-2100-t1703970000.mp3
     

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - December

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. JAMCOD  ...  The Jesus And Mary Chain  (Fuzz Club)
    2. SLICE EP  ...  O.  (Speedy Wunderground)
    3. WE MAKE OUR OWN HISTORY  (LP)  ...  The Jasmine Minks  (Last Night From Glasgow)
    4. CIAO CIAO BAMBINO  ...  Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band  (Modern Sky)
    5. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER  ...  The Libertines  (Uni)
    6. WEST END GIRLS  ...  Sleaford Mods  (Rough Trade)
    7. HEADY METAL EP  ...  Divorce  (Uni)
    8. SLITHER/GOING DOWN  ...  Da Googie/Too Many Things  (Weeping Prophet Records)
    9. WELCOME TO THE REST OF YOUR LIFE  (LP)  ...  Little Man Tate  (Absolute Label Services)
    10. BEAUTY EP  ...  Dutch Mustard  (DM Records)
    11. THE GOA EXPRESS  (LP)  ...  The Goa Express  (The Goa Express)
    12. SETTING SUN  ...  BMX Bandits  (Tapete Records)
    13. SECRET WORLD  ...  Still Corners  (Wrecking Light Records)
    14. WEIGHT OF THE WORLD  (LP)  ...  The Hermitts  (Next Phase : Normal Records)
    15. TWENTY THINGS  ...  Nadine Shah  (Uni)
    16. HERE COME THE EARLY NIGHTS  (LP)  ...  Spector  (Is Right Records)
    17. SILENCE  ...  The Facades  (The Facades)
    18. FOR YOUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT  (LP)  ...  Moderate Rebels  (Everyday Life Recordings)   
    19. A SMALL CROWD GATHERED TO WATCH ME EP  ...  Humour  (So Young Records)
    20. CONTROLLED CHAOS  (LP) ...  Local Authority  (Jessica Swan)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for December 2023
     

Monday, December 25, 2023

Come Together! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 23/23

  • the high - box set go
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    saint etienne - only love can break your heart (flowered up remix)
    primal scream - come together (andrew weatherall 7" mix)
    electronic - get the message (dna groove mix)
    the times - manchester
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    stone roses - fools gold
    northside - shall we take a trip (12" version)
    a guy called gerald - voodoo ray
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    happy mondays - wrote for luck (vince clarke club remix)
    new fast automatic daffodils - get better
    the wendys - the sun's going to shine for me soon
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    808 state - pacific state (original mix)
    future sound of london - papua new guinea (12'' original mix aka dali mix)
    ruthless rap assassins - and it wasn't a dream (dare to be aware mix)
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    inspiral carpets - joe
    mock turtles - can u dig it?
    james - come home (weatherall remix a.k.a. skunk weed skank mix)
    beats international - dub be good to me
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    the farm - all together now
    flowered up - it's on
    paris angels - perfume
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    chapterhouse - pearl (12" version)
    spaceman 3 - big city (waves of joy)(demo version)
    the telescopes - celeste
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    the charlatans - indian rope
    world of twist - she's a rainbow (12" version)
    the hollow men - thrilled
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    the beloved - forever dancing
    carter the unstoppable sex machine - after the watershed (early learning the hard way)
    pop will eat itself - x, y and zee (electric sunshine style)
    the klf - justified and ancient (stand by the jams)
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    stereo mcs - connected
    renagade soundwave - probably a robbery
    massive attack - unfinished symphony
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    one dove - white love (piano reprise)
    one dove - white love (radio mix)
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    sub sub - space face
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231223-2100-t1703365200.mp3
     

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Night Of The Hunter! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 16/23

  • the umlauts - mad blue love
    keg - quip quash
    o. - moon
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    idles - grace
    the libertines - night of the hunter
    the vaccines - love to walk away
    the blinders - always
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    still corners - secret world
    memorials - peacemaker
    moderate rebels - a magic leap...into the void
    moderate rebels - in the interests of safety
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    the telescopes - (in the) hidden fields
    three quarter skies - holy water
    lushen tides - perfect moment
    -----northern soul spotlight   
    herb ward - honest to goodness
    billy joe royal - heart’s desire
    bobbi lynn - earthquake
    shirley ellis - soul time
    taj mahal - ain’t that a lot of love
    -----lp session - the goa express  'The Goa Express'
    the goa express - it's never been better
    the goa express - small talk
    the goa express - prove it
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    the charlatans - trouble understanding (norman cook remix)
    maps - southbourne
    a lilac decline - here on the coast
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    the facades - silence
    felicette - small man, big ideas
    carpark - mia
    king nun - but we live on the beach
    gaffa tape sandy - split
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    shady baby - all too late
    the 76 club - beside myself
    paws - plan
    delilah holliday - silent streets
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    lloyd cole - wolves (mogwai remix)
    cobalt chapel - our angel polygon (maps remix)
    vince clarke - passenger
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    heartworms - may i comply
    da googie - pipe dreams
    edinburgh school for the deaf - 11 kinds of lonleliness
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    kirsty maccoll - patrick
    the pogues - fairytale of new york (edit)
    nick cave - a rainy night in soho (live)
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    lol tolhurst x budgie x jacknife lee - country of the blind feat bobby gillespie
    teenage sequence - get weird
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231216-2100-t1702760400.mp3
     

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Dancin' Til Dawn! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 9/23

  • killing joke - requim
    killing joke - empire song
    killing joke - adorations (chris kimsey mix)
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    michael head the red elastic band - ciao ciao bambino
    bill ryder-jones - if tomorrow starts without me
    the high llamas - hey panda
    cast - love you like i do
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    jesus and mary chain - jamcod
    o. - grouchy
    eaves wilder - she's so high (blur cover)
    edinburgh school for the deaf - lonely hearts beat as one
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    yard act - petroleum
    humour - take a look at my tongue
    the kills - bullet sound
    black grape - dirt
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    the pogues - dark streets of london
    the pogues - sally maclennane (peel session)
    the pogues - turkish song of the damned
    shane macgowan and the popes - victoria
    -----lp session - jasmine minks  We Make Our Own History
    jasmine minks - kill
    jasmine minks - you broke more than just your mother's heart
    jasmine minks - gotta move on
    jasmine minks - dancin' till dawn
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    nadine shah - twenty things
    kilgour - how was i to know
    scattered ashes - take another piece
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    share - somewhere without language
    deary - heaven
    sunship balloon - only asking for a friend
    m(h)aol - no one ever talks to us
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    adam and the ants - cleopatra
    comet gain - ultravox/foxx
    savage mansion - present tense
    thee girl fridays - double crossing double agent
    shelf lives - pvc real estate
    -----lp session - local authority  Controlled Chaos
    local authority - enough of hate
    local authority - the time is now
    local authority - big bad man
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    bas jan - cried a river
    the big moon - ladye bay
    pale blue eyes - spaces
    cosmic strip - another day
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    hooton tennis club - statue of the greatest woman i know
    ffs - the man without a tan
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    dream nails - geraniums
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231209-2100-t1702155600.mp3
     

Sunday, December 3, 2023

The Kids Are Talking! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 2/2023

  • divorce - sex and the millenium bridge
    dutch mustard - beauty
    bar italia - hi fiver
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    shed seven - talk of the town
    the rifles - the kids won't stop
    wasuremono - will december snow?
    the cavs - the kids are talking
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    bmx bandits - setting sun
    beat hotel - beat now
    scott hardware - shout to the top
    teenage fanclub - see the light
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    killing joke - tabazan
    chalk - the gate
    mould - birdsong
    the shania twainsaw massacre - room (demo)
    -----northern soul spotlight
    lee david - temptation is calling my name
    little richard - a little bit of something (beats a whole lot of nothing)
    the five stairsteps - stay close to me
    shane martin - i need you
    the spellbinders - help me (get myself back together again)
    -----lp session  little man tate  Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life
    little man tate - cheap stolen kisses
    little man tate - get up get out
    little man tate - two lives
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    suede - the sadness in you, the sadness in me
    arcade state - paper heart
    human interest - slackers paradise
    stone - i'm still waiting
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    the k's - heart on my sleeve
    the other ones - sticker
    spector - some people
    spector - pressure   
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    english teacher - mastermind specialism
    gglum - easy fun
    bas jan - credit card
    bas jan - ding dong
    -----lp session  the hermitts  Weight Of The World
    the hermitts - change
    the hermitts - before
    the hermitts - all i need
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    my bloody valentine - (when you wake) you're still in a dream
    da googie - slither
    too many things - going down
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    garlands - names
    horsebeach - in the shadow of her
    ladylike - southbound
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    sleaford mods - west end girls (pet shop boys remix)
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231202-2100-t1701550800.mp3
     

Friday, December 1, 2023

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - November

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. MAY I COMPLY  ...  Heartworms  (Speedy Wunderground)
    2. THE TWITS  (LP)  ...  Bar Italia  (Matador Records)
    3. THEATRE OF THE ABSURD PRESENTS C'EST LA VIE  (LP)  ...  Madness  (BMG)
    4. EXIT STRATEGY  (LP)  ...  The Clockworks  (Life And Times Recordings)
    5. DREAM JOB  ...  Yard Act  (Uni)
    6. ADDO  ...  Adwaith  (Libertino Records)
    7. BACK TO THE SWAMP  (LP)  ...  Bas Jan  (Fire Records)
    8. SHE KNOWS  ...  The Jasmine Minks  (Last Night From Glasgow)
    9. GOD GAMES  (LP)  ...  The Kills  (Domino)
    10. THE SECRET TO LIFE  (LP)  ...  Fizz  (Decca)
    11. WILD GUESS  ...  Home Counties  (Submarine Cat Records)
    12. THROW  ...  Courting  (Lower Third)
    13. BAUHAUS STAIRCASE  (LP)  ...  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  (100%)
    14. LOVE IS THE CALL  ...  Cast  (Cast Recordings)
    15. TWO HORSES/SOMEWHERE WITHOUT LANGUAGE  ...  Share  (Share)
    16. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME  (LP)  ...  Sundara Karma  (Is Right Records)
    17. LOVE PILL  ...  The Utopiates  (The Utopiates)
    18. BLOUSE CLUB  (LP)  ...  Problem Patterns  (Alcopop!)   
    19. THE SLOW DOWN  (LP)  ...  Japan Review  (Blackjack Illuminist Records)
    20. ALL GROWN UP ...  Local Authority  (Jessica Swan)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for November 2023
     

Sunday, November 26, 2023

Theatre Of The Absurd! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 25/23

  • doves - here it comes
    marseille - brightest star
    the murder capital - heart in the hole
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    the boxer rebellion - lightness out of darkness
    the vaccines - lunar eclipse
    the clockworks - danny's working like a dog
    the clockworks - modern city living (all we are)
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    the jasmine minks - she knows
    the trudy - every story ever told
    swansea sound - far far away
    camera obscura - teenager
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    emf - hello people feat stephen fry
    the utopiates - love pill
    the farm - feel the love
    strabe - when we move
    -----northern soul spotlight
    bernie williams - ever again
    don ray - born a loser
    the cavaliers - hold on to my baby
    the triumphs - i’m coming to your rescue
    vibrations - ‘cause you’re mine
    -----lp session - madness  'theatre of the absurd presents c’est la vie'
    madness - prologue: “mr beckett sir…”
    madness - theatre of the absurd
    madness - round we go
    madness - run for your life
    madness - fin: “ladies and gentlemen..”
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    japan review - david chicane
    deary - only need
    spacemam 3 - transparent radiation
    jesus and mary chain - the hardest walk
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    sprints - shadow of a doubt
    vlure - heaven sent
    modern english - crazy lovers
    the maddocks - ronnie o'sullivan
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    lauran hibberd - mary
    lime garden - i want to be you
    share - two horses
    transvision vamp - i want your love
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    sleaford mods - west end girls
    just mustard - i am you (space afrika remix)
    new order - denial
    orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - where we started
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    home counties - wild guess
    everything everything - the mad stone
    kneecap feat grian chatten - a better way to live
    o. - atm
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    bar italia - glory hunter
    miss tiny - the sound
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    stone - if you wanna
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231125-2100-t1700946000.mp3
     

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Silver Lining Lead Balloons! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 18/23

  • 86tvs - higher love
    silent forum - here's the email
    adwaith - addo (promise) feat james dean bradfield
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    heartworms - may i comply
    pillow queens - suffer
    dream nails - geraniums
    trevor horn feat iggy pop - personal jesus (depeche mode cover)
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    johnny marr - the answer
    the smiths - still ill
    spearmint - older cats pt.2
    cardinals - roseland
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    gruff rhys - silver lining lead balloons
    tapir! - my god
    los blancos - pancws euros
    the ventrelles - happenstance
    -----northern soul spotlight   
    beverly ann - you’ve got your mind on other things
    derek and ray - interplay
    sandi sheldon - you’re gonna make me love you
    dana valery - you don’t know where your interest lies
    major lance - you don’t want me no more
    -----lp session - the clockworks  'exit stratedgy'
    the clockworks - mayday mayday
    the clockworks - car song
    the clockworks - danny's working like a dog
    the clockworks - modern city living (all we are)
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    laetitia sadier - une autre attente
    the vanishing twin - afternoon x
    jockstrap - good girl
    romy - she's on my mind
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    bdrmm - be careful (fila brazillia remix)
    headshrinkers - plasticine
    witching waves - the valley
    wych elm - wrot
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    the clash - cheapskates
    the damned - i just can't be happy today
    the venus grrrls - hex
    the yobs - fortune teller
    usa nails - feel worse
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    do nothing - moving target (storage version)
    courting - throw
    local authority - all grown up
    sultans of ping f.c. - stupid kid
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    orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - bauhaus staircase (stealing sheep remix)
    bas jan - no more swamp
    good cop bad cop - marble zone
    gene loves jezebel - a girl like you (edwyn collins cover)
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    newdad - nightmares
    pseudo cool- the lighthouse
    egyptian blue - belgrade shade
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    don letts feat wayne coyne - present dilemmas
  • Listen - https://www.mixcloud.com/CowboysAndIndies_ExtraTime/cowboys-indies-show-sat-nov-18_23-mixcloud-edit/?fbclid=IwAR0U8SnGRDxfN471GdVFisZGNSCaXLbqQx3mn4rWtw76v4fi3xQEUHOsZz0
     

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Get On This One! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 11/23

  • nightbus - exposed to some light
    seadog - deadweights
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    inspiral carpets - commercial reign
    airhead - funny how
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    bleach lab - nothing left to lose
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    steve mason - moss side fish fry feat one da
    ultrasonic grand prix - seamoon rising
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    alabama 3 - get on this one
    c duncan - just like clockwork
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    hms morris - cockapoo
    ciel - shut in my body
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    dry cleaning - scratchcard lanyard
    wet leg - chaise longue
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    the cure - jumping someone elses train
    bauhaus - double dare
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    japan review - go around
    teleforme - the priest
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    pulp - bar italia
    bar italia - real house wibes (desperate house vibes)
    bar italia - glory hunter
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    talk show  - gold
    folly group - i'll do what i can
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    good cop bad cop - does it get any easier?
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    new model army - first summer after
    the sound - missiles
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    emma anderson - inter light
    slowdive - kisses
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    divorce - eat my words
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    blur - the narcissist
    johnny marr - spiral cities
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    a certain ratio - mickey way
    japan - methods of dance
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    dhani harrison - new religion feat graham coxon
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231111-2100-t1699736400.mp3
     

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Sons Of The Stage! Show tracks for Sat. Nov. 4/23

  • the clientele - dying in may
    genn - the merchant of
    picture parlour - judgement day
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    86tvs - higher love
    shed seven - starlings
    cast - love is the call
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    everything everything - cold reactor
    girl ray - hurt so bad
    kaiser chiefs - feeling alright
    peace - happy cars
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    kirsty maccoll - berlin
    madness - baby burglar
    bombay bicycle club - tekken 2 feat chaka khan
    deep tan - xenomorph queen
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    massive attack - angel
    the specials - we sell hope
    don letts feat john cusack - the universe knows what you've done
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    problem patterns - picture of health
    problem patterns - terfs out
    slap rash - griefcase
    death cult - gods zoo
    siouxsie and the banshees - lullaby
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    bar italia - world's greatest emoter
    adwaith - addo (promise)
    gently tender - country folk
    pj harvey - you said something
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    the blinders - brakelights
    wings of desire - chance of a lifetime
    sundara karma - violence to the spirit
    sundara karma - better luck next time
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    yard act - dream job
    beige banquet - animals
    fizz - strawberry jam
    fizz - i just died
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    world of twist - sons of the stage
    feral five - truth is the new gold (martyn ware remix)
    orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - don't go
    orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - evolution of species
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    the kills - love and tenderness
    the kills - kingdom come
    half happy - say this twice
    the hermitts - the moors
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    cocteau twins - in our angelhood
    modern english - gathering dust
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231104-2100-t1699128000.mp3
     

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - October

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. PEARLIES  (LP)  ...  Emma Anderson  (Sonic Cathedral)
    2. UNUM  (LP)  ...  Ä enn  (Uni)
    3. UNPOPULAR PARTS OF A PIG/THE DIGGER YOU DEEP  ...  Mclusky  (Mclusky)
    4. RUN RUN RUN  ...  The Libertines  (Uni)
    5. JUDGEMENT DAY  ...  Picture Parlour  (Uni)
    6. HEART IN THE HOLE  ...  The Murder Capital  (Human Season Records)
    7. DANCER  ...  Idles  (Partisan Records)
    8. CELESTIAL CANDYFLOSS  ...  Gruff Rhys  (Rough Trade)
    9. DOOM LOOP  (LP)  ...  Dream Nails  (Marshall Records)
    10. SIXES AND SEVENS/INTO THE SEA  ...  Jetstream Pony  (Spinout Nuggets)
    11. POPISM   ...  The Popguns  (Snugpop Recordings)
    12. OUTTA SYNC  (LP)  ...  Don Letts  (Cooking Vinyl)
    13. LEMONADE  ...  Black Honey  (Foxfive Records)
    14. LAMB  (LP)  ...  King Nun  (Marshall Records)
    15. MY BIG DAY  (LP)  ...  Bombay Bicycle Club  (Mmm…Records)
    16. EXPOSED TO SOME LIGHT  ...  Nightbus  (So Young Records)
    17. HERE'S THE EMAIL  ...  Silent Forum  (Libertino Records)
    18. THINGS LOST  (LP)  ...  The Suncharms  (Sunday Records)
    19. TUESDAY  ...  Mary In The Junkyard  (AMF Records)
    20. ST. AGATHA ...  Slate  (Brace Yourself Records)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for October 2023
     

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Echo Everywhere! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 28/23

  • madness - night boat to cairo
    the specials - a message to you rudy
    madness - bed and breakfast man
    the specials - you're wondering now
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    the shop window - a world where we remain
    carla j. easton - sugar honey
    the would be's - two wrongs (made me feel alright)
    mumble tide - the start over
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    wojtek the bear - second place on purpose
    teenage fanclub - i left a light on
    miles kane - time of your life
    bombay bicycle club - diving (feat holly humberstone)
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    the cult - hollow man
    jesus and mary chain - moe tucker
    bauhaus - silent hedges
    witching waves - vessel
    -----northern soul spotlight
    laura greene - moonlight music and you
    billy butler - right track
    larry williams & johnny watson - too late
    the exciters - blowing up my mind
    reparta & the delrons - panic
    -----lp session - emma anderson  'pearlies'
    emma anderson - i was miles away
    emma anderson - taste the air
    emma anderson - willow and mallow
    -----
    nadine shah - topless mother
    dead freights - how much to call me daddy?
    yowl - weedkiller
    chilli jesson - love is a serious mental illness
    tv death - village mentality
    -----
    cobalt chapel - orange synthetic (variant)
    newdad - let go
    red peril - bollywood gangsta
    -----
    rose gray - afraid of nothing feat kungs
    love fame tragedy - slipping away
    jockstrap - good girl
    barry can’t swim - deadbeat gospel feat somedeadbeat
    -----
    silent forum - here's the email
    human interest - all my friends
    black honey - lemonade
    hotwax - phone machine
    -----   
    keeley - echo everywhere (tim brown remix)
    the boo radleys - wash away that feeling
    cruush - as she grows
    the death of pop - withering
    -----
    the the - the sinking feeling
    hamish hawk - once upon an acid glance
    -----
    the levellers - the devil went down to georgia
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231028-2100-t1698523200.mp3
     

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Sinners Sing! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 21/23

  • dot allison - double rainbow (feat andy bell)
    firestations - stillness
    -----
    the libertines - run run run
    red rum club - undertaker
    belishas - operator
    dubinski - downtown operation
    -----   
    emma anderson - the presence
    lush - breeze
    pale blue eyes - simmering
    bdrmm - mud
    -----
    kula shaker - indian record player
    boxer rebellion - powdered sugar
    blossoms - to do list (after the breakup) (feat findlay)
    spyres - the thing
    popguns    - indie rock goddess
    -----northern soul spotlight   
    clydie king - my love grows deeper
    chubby and the turnpikes - i didn't try
    timothy wilson - (hey girl) do you love me?
    little anthony - it's not the same
    four tops - my heart is calling you
    -----lp session - dream nails  doom loop
    dream nails - case dismissed
    dream nails - prevenge
    dream nails - sometimes i do get lonely, yeah
    dream nails - she's cutting my hair
    -----   
    fraulein - the last drop
    bas jan - singing bar
    genn - the merchant of
    lip filler - limelight
    -----
    picture parlour - judgement day
    swim wear - know me better
    dutch criminal record - oat milk
    love and rockets - if there's a heaven above (canada mix)
    -----
    hms morris - ceredigion
    ultravox - we came to dance (steven wilson stereo mix)
    human league - the sound of the crowd
    -----
    flamingods - the dip
    flamingods - born lucky
    blue bendy - mr. bubblegum
    jah wobble - i am the fly (wire cover)
    -----   
    tricky - ponderosa
    skepta - can't play myself (a tribute to amy)
    audiobooks - tryna tryna take control
    anto dust - sinners sing
    -----
    idles - dancer
    dream wife - love you more
    girl ray - hold tight
    -----
    chilli jesson - st. vitamin
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231021-2100-t1697918400.mp3
     

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Greatest Hits Radio! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 14/23

  • the coral - that's where she belongs
    teenage fanclub - foreign land
    east village - circles
    -----
    english teacher - nearly daffodils
    swim wear - swimwear
    publicity department - conduit
    moonshake - city poison
    -----
    mclusky - the digger you deep
    enola gay - terra firma
    hungry - on sight
    gas kunst - cinematic ocean view
    my first time - wind up merchant
    -----
    deary - sleepsong
    bdrmm - pulling stitches
    pale saints - babymaker (demo)
    bloody-bath - all love unfelt
    -----
    don letts - something coming off (feat hollie cook)
    don letts - the doorman (feat terry hall)
    dubwiser - the empire windrush
    yard act vs mad professor - dub a witness
    -----lp session - Ä enn  'Unum'
    genn - a muse (in limbo)
    genn - a reprise (that girl)
    genn - wild west
    -----
    sundara karma - miss again
    chilli jesson - icarus
    bar italia - jelsy
    dry cleaning - swampy
    -----
    steven wilson - economies of scale (manic street preachers remix)
    the anchoress - bizarre love triangle
    the charlatans - sproston green
    -----
    baxter dury - shadow (shimmy shimmy dub)
    katy j pearson - fire leap (feat drug store romeos, wet leg and sarah meth)
    dancer - love
    nightbus - exposed to some light
    -----lp session - the suncharms  Things Lost
    the suncharms - daylight is here
    the suncharms - dark sails
    the suncharms - torrential rain
    -----
    the vaccines - sometimes, i swear
    vincent christ - the name of the pearl
    mary in the junkyard - tuesday
    -----
    xtc - when you're near me i have difficulty
    easterhouse - whistling in the dark
    pauline murray and the invisible girls - sympathy
    -----
    swansea sound - greatest hits radio
    swansea sound - i made a work of art
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231014-2100-t1697313600.mp3
     

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Damn That Frequency! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 7/23

  • the clientele - blue over blue
    paul thomas saunders - appointment in samarra
    pj moore & co - windows for submarines
    -----
    madness - c'est la vie
    shed seven - in ecstasy feat rowetta
    the lathums - thoughts of a child
    the smiths - a rush and a push and the land is ours
    -----
    jetstream pony - sixes and sevens
    camera obscura - keep it clean
    the popguns - caesar
    the jack rubies - poltergeist
    -----
    the mission - severina
    the chameleons - home is where the heart is
    tv people - feel
    human interest - grounded
    -----northern soul spotlight
    ernie andrews - fine young girl
    the entertainers - love in my heart
    kenny ballard and the fabulous soul brothers - i'm losing you
    homer banks - 60 minutes of your love
    timmy willis - mr soul satisfaction
    -----lp session - king nun  'lamb'
    king nun - ocd
    king nun - i must be struck by lightning to fly
    king nun - escapism
    king nun - lamb
    -----
    o. - slice
    keg - quip quash
    squid - swing (in a dream)
    portishead - cowboys
    -----
    three quarter skies - on fire
    slowdive - kisses
    bleach lab - all night
    slaney bay - family tree
    -----
    the murder capital - heart in the hole
    dutch mustard - dirty queen
    slate - st. agatha
    venus grrrls - liar liar
    -----
    gruff rhys - celestial candyfloss
    the crystal teardrop - by the river
    psuedo cool - ask no questions
    the fae - friend of a friend
    -----
    the verve - space and time
    marseille - i love you (so much more)
    motel thieves - left at stake
    -----
    primal scream - movin' on up
    happy mondays - sunshine and love
    -----
    dhani harrison - damn that frequency
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231007-2100-t1696708800.mp3
     

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - September Albums

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. EVERYTHING IS ALIVE  (LP)  ...  Slowdive  (Dead Oceans)
    2. LOST IN A RUSH OF EMPTINESS  (LP)  ...  Bleach Lab  (Nettwerk)
    3. DK.01  (LP)  ...  Das Koolies  (Strangetown Records)
    4. NOTHING LASTS FOREVER  (LP)  ...  Teenage Fanclub  (Merge)
    5. SEA OF MIRRORS  (LP)  ...  The Coral  (Modern Sky)
    6. TWENTIETH CENTURY  (LP)  ...  Swansea Sound  (Skep Wax)
    7. GRANDSTAND  (LP)  ...  Brand New Friend  (Third Bar Records)
    8. THIS HOUSE  (LP)  ...  Pale Blue Eyes  (Full Time Hobby)
    9. SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PLACE  (LP)  ...  Thrillhouse  (Thrillhouse Records)
    10. A LIFE DIAGRAMMATIC  (LP)  ...  John  (Brace Yourself Records)
    11. KILLJOY  (LP)  ...  Coach Party  (Chess Club)
    12. MILKSHAKE  (LP)  ...  Yowl  (Clue Records)
    13. RACE THE NIGHT  (LP)  ...  Ash  (Fierce Panda)
    14. IN THE 21ST CENTURY  (LP)  ...  The Bluebells  (Last Night From Glasgow)
    15. HAPPY HOUR IN DUB  (LP)   ...  Hollie Cook  (Merge)
    16. MID AIR  (LP)  ...  Romy  (Young)
    17. LAND OF THE HEARTH  (LP)  ...  Saccades  (Old World - New World Recordings)
    18. FAVOURITE SHADE  (LP) ...  The Fauves  (Fauves)
    19. BURN THE JETS  (LP)  ...  The Treasures Of Mexico  (Spinout Nuggets)
    20. NOSTALGIA'S GLASS  (LP) ...  The Underground Youth  (Fuzz Club Records)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for September 2023
     

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - September Singles

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. SHARE MY HEAT  ...  The Joy Formidable  (Hassle Records)
    2. SUMMER STILL COMES  ...  The Big Moon  (Fiction)
    3. CLUSTERS  ...  Emma Anderson  (Sonic Cathedral)
    4. UNPOPULAR PARTS OF A PIG  ...  Mclusky  (-)
    5. THIS CAN'T GO ON  ...  Bill Ryder-Jones  (Domino)
    6. MY LITTLE TONY  ...  Bar Italia  (Matador Records)
    7. WHY DOES LOVE MEAN LOSS? EP...  Slaney Bay  (Slaney Bay)
    8. THE PROPHET & I  ...  Whitelands  (Sonic Cathedral)
    9. LOVE IS LOVE EP  ...  The Soup Dragons  (Raw TV Products/LNFG)
    10. SIXES AND SEVENS / INTO THE SEA  ...  Jetstream Pony  (Spinout Nuggets)
    11. POPISM EP  ...  The Popguns  (Matinée Recordings)
    12. HEARTBREAK KID  ...  The Vaccines  (Super Easy/Thirty Tigers)
    13. THIS DREAM OF MINE EP ...  Marseille  (Bubblebrain Records)
    14. HE'S NOT RACIST!  ...  The Brontës  (Last Night From Glasgow)
    15. BETHNAL GREEN  ...  Home Counties  (Submarine Cat Records)
    16. DEADWEIGHTS   ...  Seadog  (Austerity Records)
    17. 3.45  ...  The Suncharms  (Sunday Records)
    18. GROUNDED / STEP ON  ...  Human Interest  (Nice Swan Recordings)
    19. CHANCE / FEEL AROUND YOU   ...  Floral Image  (Floral Image)
    20. CRISIS  ...  Teleforme  (Teleforme)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for September 2023
     

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Out There On The Radio! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 30/23

  • cloth - pigeon
    teenage sequence - get weird!
    w.h. lung - high pressure days
    -----
    johnny marr - somewhere
    share - love my way (psychedelic furs cover)
    miles kane - back of love (echo and the bunnymen cover)
    buzzcocks - e.s.p.
    -----   
    bill ryder-jones - this can't go on
    the brontes - he's not racist!
    bubblegum lemonade - out there on the radio
    little thief - on the line
    -----
    the vaccines - heartbreak kid
    apollo junction - magic
    ash - reward in mind
    ash - braindead
    -----northern soul spotlight   
    bobby hill - to the bitter end
    sandra phillips - world without sunshine
    the enjoyables - push a little harder
    herman hitson - yes you did
    patrice holloway - stolen hours
    -----lp session - teenage fanclub  Nothing Lasts Forever
    teenage fanclub - i left a light on
    teenage fanclub - self-sedation
    teenage fanclub - i will love you
    -----
    emma anderson - clusters
    floral image - feel around you
    bleach lab - never coming back
    bleach lab - leave the light on
    -----
    humour - big money
    gurriers - nausea
    john - at peacehaven
    john - a submersible
    -----   
    orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - slow train
    sissy space echo & the invisible collaborators - silver machine (hawkwind cover)
    the faux faux - i better run
    romy - one last try
    -----lp session - das koolies  DK.01
    das koolies - collide
    das koolies - alligator
    das koolies - wired for sound
    -----
    sleaford mods - big pharma
    talk show - closer
    folly group - big ground
    -----
    langkamer - vanity fair
    the wedding present - white riot (clash cover)
    -----
    the joy formidable - share the heat
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230930-2100-t1696104000.mp3
     

Sunday, September 24, 2023

All The Time In The World! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 23/23

  • slowdive - chained to a cloud
    black market karma - the sour truth (with sonic boom)
    -----
    jetstream pony - into the sea
    the popguns - dirty london
    jody and the jerms - seen it all before
    spearmint - prince and joni
    mamtor - days and days like these
    -----
    ciel - talk
    newdad - angel
    teleforme - crisis
    atmos bloom - sea legs
    ttssfu - yeah yeah i do
    -----
    fontaines d.c. - roman holiday (skinty fia sessions)
    fontaines d.c. - twinkle (whipping boy cover)
    whipping boy - fiction
    -----northern soul spotlight
    vernon greene - look at me, look at me
    magnificent 7  - she's called a woman
    the checkmates - kissin' her and crying for you
    patrice holloway - love and desire
    clydie king - he always comes back to me
    scotty williams - in the same old way (i still love you)
    -----lp session - brand new friend  'Grandstand'
    brand new friend - dino
    brand new friend - lucky
    brand new friend - the dream we're in
    -----   
    mclusky - unpopular parts of a pig
    urusei yatsura - hello tiger (peel session)
    home counties - bethnal green
    school disco - feelings coming
    neon kittens - glass fingers
    -----
    ultravox - slow motion
    orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - bauhaus staircase
    simple minds - big sleep
    chartreuse - morning ritual
    -----   
    the treasures of mexico - beaming
    the treasures of mexico - days with a y in
    sunship balloon - all the time in the world
    ocean colour scene - debris road
    -----lp session - yowl  Milkshake
    yowl - donkey's jawbone
    yowl - canis
    yowl - the farmer's big spade
    yowl - the weatherman
    -----
    bar italia - my little tony
    the facades - these days
    the belishas - the crash
    los blancos - ffuglen wyddonol (science fiction)
    the pleasure dome - good luck
    -----
    bdrmm - hidden camera
    us highball - rochelle
    far caspian - pet architect
    -----
    lol tolhurst x budgie x jacknife lee - ghosted at home (feat bobby gillespie)
  • Listen  - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230923-2100-t1695499200.mp3
     

Sunday, September 17, 2023

No Music On A Dead Planet! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 16/23

  • fad gadget - collapsing new people
    das koolies - katal (gabe gurnsey remix edit)
    the kvb - kiss them for me (siouxsie & the banshees cover)
    -----
    the suncharms - 3:45
    slaney bay - the fall
    jesus and mary chain - april skies
    glasvegas - in my mirror (demo)
    -----   
    the farm - feel the love
    marseille - brightest star
    human interest - step on
    pastel - your day
    -----
    the big moon - summer still comes
    girl ray - everybody's saying
    aderyn - distraction
    dream nails - ballpit
    -----northern soul spotlight
    rose st. john and the wonderettes - i know the meaning
    elbie parker - please keep away from me
    billy prophet - what can i do
    the daisies - cold wave
    ike and tina turner - can't chance a breakup
    -----lp session - swansea sound  'twentieth century'
    swansea sound - paradise
    swansea sound - i don't like men in uniform
    swansea sound - markin' it down
    swansea sound - far far away
    -----
    demob happy - sweet & sour america
    sundara karma - wishing well
    mansun - serotonin
    echo and the bunnymen - i want to be there (when you come)
    -----
    cobalt chapel - message to (i monster remix)
    temples - movements of time
    foxette moxy - what's youth, papa
    fever - a place you call home
    tapir! - act 2 (their god)
    -----
    coach party - july
    coach party - hi baby
    arctic monkeys - fireside
    whitelands - the prophet & i
    dutch criminal record - come closer
    -----
    the coral - north wind
    the coral - the coral island killer
    belle & sebastian - is it wicked not to care
    the soup dragons - no music on a dead planet (feat fred schneider)
    -----   
    brian eno - golden hours
    felt - down but not yet out
    miss tiny - the beggar
    scattered ashes - homeowners
    -----
    junk drawer - nids niteca
    wire - french film blurred
    blush club - birthday hat
    -----
    dream wife - love you more
    romy - the sea
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230916-2100-t1694894400.mp3
     

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Scratch Your Metal! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 9/23

  • the music - the people
    manic street preachers - p.c.p.
    idles - crawl
    -----
    the soup dragons - love is love
    the bluebells - gone tomorrow
    thrillhouse - electric fire
    meadow meadow - rain
    -----
    tapir! - gymnopedie
    golden hours - japan on my mind
    the people versus - driftwood
    the clientele - lady grey
    -----
    the heavy - blood & fire
    paul oakenfold feat nelly furtado & tricky - the harder they come
    hollie cook - unkind dub
    hollie cook - full moon dub
    -----northern soul spotlight
    marva lee - if you can't be true
    solomon burke - can't stop lovin' you now
    dee dee sharp - bye bye baby
    baby washington - i don't know
    c & the shells - i've fallen in love
    -----lp session - pale blue eyes  This House
    pale blue eyes - simmering
    pale blue eyes - our history
    pale blue eyes - million times over
    pale blue eyes - illuminated
    -----   
    shed seven - f k h
    suede - lazy
    my life story - i'm a god
    fur - i don't know why (but i love you)
    -----
    divorce - scratch your metal
    gomez - whippin' piccadilly
    the underground youth - another country
    the kills - 103
    -----   
    the joy formidable - the hat
    sprints - up and comer
    coach party - be that girl
    problem patterns - poverty tourist
    -----lp session - fauves  Favourite Shade
    fauves - f    
    fauves - maroon
    fauves - listening to nothing
    -----
    she's in parties - l word
    deafdeafdeaf - one by one
    slowdive - shanty
    dreamcoaster - say nothing
    -----
    keeley - to a london sunrise
    heartworms - 24 hours
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230909-2100-t1694289600.mp3
     

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Bauhaus Staircase! Show tracks for Sat. Sept. 2/23

  • the verve - valium skies
    pastel - two fools
    noel gallagher's high flying birds - pretty boy feat johnny marr
    -----
    w.h. lung - high pressure days
    yumi and the weather - lead me through hell
    little man tate - undercover lovers
    andrew hung - changes
    -----
    wax tree cast - oliver reed
    seadog - deadweights
    sun’s signature - golden air (gwenno remix)
    pj harvey - i inside the old year dying
    -----
    orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - bauhaus staircase
    hms morris - balls
    girl ray - hold tight
    tor - halfling
    -----northern soul spotlight   
    naomi & harris - come on baby and hurt me
    bettye lavette - i feel good (all over)
    darrell banks - our love (is in the pocket)
    lorraine ellison - i got my baby back
    barbara lewis - i remember the feeling
    -----lp session - saccades  Land Of The Hearth
    saccades - nearly dreaming
    saccades - some regrets
    saccades - little whites
    -----
    the buzzcocks - what do i get?
    soft play - punk's dead
    fat dog - king of the slugs
    the snuts - dreams
    -----   
    super furry animals - play it cool
    the wytches - zep step
    search results - losings
    the blue orchids - the face of time
    the hazy sundays - off the cuff
    -----   
    marseille - this dream of mine
    glasvegas - daddy's gone
    tv people - die down
    -----lp session - thrillhouse    Something About This Place
    thrillhouse - something about this place
    thrillhouse - never given a chance
    thrillhouse - big tree
    -----
    king no-one - i feel strange
    the dead zoo - hoover damned
    human interest - step on
    far caspian - arbitrary task
    -----
    acid klaus - bad club bad drugs bad people
    leg puppy - warm leatherette
    -----
    plantoid - dog's life
    squid - green light
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230902-2100-t1693684800.mp3
     

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - August

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. PRESTIGE  (LP)  ...  Girl Ray  (Moshi Moshi)
    2. THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PAVING SLAB  ...  English Teacher  (Island)
    3. GERONIMO  ...  Little Thief  (Bad Sandy Records)
    4. RESET IN DUB  (LP)  ...  Panda Bear & Sonic Boom  (Domino)
    5. ONE MAN BAND  (LP)  ...  Miles Kane  (Modern Sky)
    6. COOL JUDAS EP  ...  Vincent Christ  (Vincent Christ)
    7. CALYPSO  ...  Ä enn  (Liminal Collective)
    8. I AM NOT THERE ANYMORE  (LP)  ...  The Clientele  (Merge Records)
    9. WORN OUT BUILDINGS  ...  86TVs  (Parlophone)
    10. THE SOUR TRUTH   ...  Black Market Karma & Sonic Boom  (Flower Power Records)
    11. THE BIG UNDERSTANDER  (LP)  ...  Publicity Department  (Death to Everything...)
    12. IT'S A HIGH  ...  The Shop Window  (Jangle Shop Records)
    13. ODDSPEED  (LP)  ...  Glasvegas  (Go Wow Records)
    14. END OF WORLD  (LP)  ...  Public Image Ltd  (PiL Official)
    15. FREAKS LIKE US EP  ...  Dead Nature  (Dead Nature Records)
    16. CONSCIOUSOLOGY  (LP) ...  Dot Allison  (Sonic Cathedral)
    17. STRANGE NEIGHBOUR  ...  Folly Group  (So Young Records)
    18. STARS BLEED  ...  Brand New Friend  (Third Bar)
    19. POCKETS   ...  Low Girl  (Low Girl)
    20. ANALITA  ...  Bobsled Team  (Bobsled Team)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for August 2023
     

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Anyone Could Be A Buzzcock! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 26/23

  • bar italia - missus morality
    little thief - geronimo
    the clientele - dying in may
    -----
    jaws - sweat
    86tvs - worn out buildings
    blur - goodbye albert
    ash - usual places
    -----
    black market karma - the sour truth feat sonic boom
    the miraculous love kids - atmosphere/heroes feat beth gibbons
    the coral - the sinner
    king krule - pink shell
    -----
    mantra of the cosmos - x (wot u sayin)
    the umlauts - dance and go
    django django - fluxus
    jungle - palm trees
    -----northern soul spotkight
    barbara lynn - only you know how to love me
    the olympics - no more will i cry
    johnny newbag - got to get you back
    willie tee - i want somebody (to show me the way back home)
    doris troy - i'll do anything
    -----lp session - panda bear and sonic boom  'reset in dub'
    panda bear and sonic boom - everyday dub
    panda bear and sonic boom - in my body dub
    panda bear and sonic boom - danger dub
    -----
    deafdeafdeaf - city song
    zeropolis - the nobodies
    wings of desire - be here now
    dead nature - wait for it
    -----
    xtc - chain of command
    humour - wrangel
    duvet - girlcow
    venus grrrls - lidocaine
    havvk - expiry
    -----
    dutch wine - brace
    yowl - the machine
    honeymoan - show you off
    paws - disenchanted
    red rum club - black cat
    -----
    vincent christ - perfect life
    low girl - pockets
    bobsled team - analita
    lanterns on the lake - string theory
    mossy - trouble
    -----
    bobby gillespie & jehnny beth - stones of silence
    grian chatten - bob's casino
    peter doherty and frédéric lo - keeping me on file
    the libertines - don't look back into the sun
    -----
    orange juice - falling and laughing
    the bluebells - anyone could be a buzzcock
    -----
    new model army & orchestra sinfonia leipzig - innocence (orchestral version)
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230826-2100-t1693080000.mp3
     

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Another Year Older, Deeper In Beats! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 19/23

  • the stone roses - i wanna be adored
    the primitives - you are the way (re-ravishing mix)
    altered images - happy birthday (outro)
    -----
    slowdive - the slab
    pale saints - half life, remembered
    the joy formidable - cut your face
    -----
    english teacher - the world’s biggest paving slab 2023
    the waeve - kill me again
    clearlake - almost the same
    psuedo cool - sharp's catching waves
    -----
    das koolies - pain down the drain
    the vaccines - melody calling
    swansea sound - twentieth century
    the bug club - short and round
    -----
    birdman cult - housecat
    wire - cactused
    pop will eat itself - wise up! sucker
    mandy, indiana - pinking shears
    -----lp session - public image limited 'end of world'
    public image limited - being stupid again
    public image limited - pretty awful
    public image limited - down on the clown
    -----   
    quad 90 - le blanc
    saint etienne - you're in a bad way
    rose gray - synchronicity
    voice of the beehive - little gods
    -----
    pale blue eyes - spaces
    keeley - never here always there
    beta band - dr. baker
    steve mason - upon my soul
    -----   
    hotel lux - vice
    brenda - high horse
    dirty blonde - don't cry it doesn't suit you
    desperate journalist - resolution
    -----retro lp session - the chameleons 'script of the bridge'
    the chameleons - monkeyland
    the chameleons - up the down escalator
    the chameleons - a person isn't safe anywhere these days
    -----
    afflecks palace - dancing is not a crime
    the mock turtles - can you dig it?
    inspiral carpets - mermaid
    -----
    doves - melody calls
    the heart throbs - in vain
    -----
    the wedding present and louise wener - we should be together
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230819-2100-t1692475200.mp3
     

Sunday, August 13, 2023

So Trendy! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 12/23

  • yard act - the trench coat museum
    sleaford mods - so trendy
    -----
    saccades - cross street
    indigos - hivemind
    the jesus and mary chain - some candy talking (live)
    stay lunar - before you go
    -----
    vincent christ - the name of the pearl
    little thief - geronimo
    bleach lab - nothing left to lose
    subterrania - benidorm
    -----
    the house of love - into the laughter
    keeley - the glitter and the glue
    panic pocket - mr. big
    half happy - runaway girl
    -----northern soul spotlight
    ben e. king - what can a man do
    esther phillips - while it lasted
    the apollas - you're absolutely right
    johnnie mae matthews - lonely you'll be
    soul brothers six - i'll be loving you
    -----lp session - girl ray  'prestige'
    girl ray - true love
    girl ray - begging you now
    girl ray - tell me
    girl ray - space song
    -----
    spyres - money
    the slates - what have you done?
    the fae - 2004
    fizz - as good as it gets
    -----
    the 3 clubmen - racecar
    brand new friend - stars bleed
    miles kane - ransom
    miles kane - heal
    -----
    folly group - strange neighbour
    jah wobble - socially functioning psychopath
    demob happy - tear it down
    coach party - parasite
    -----lp session - glasvegas  'oddspeed'
    glasvegas - rush hour (jane weidlin cover)
    glasvegas - in my mirror (demo)
    glasvegas - keep me a space (demo)
    -----
    teenage fanclub - back to the light
    publicity department - bins
    the new eves - original sin
    gina birch - big mouth
    -----
    the japanese house - friends
    cmat - where are your kids tonight feat john grant
    -----
    jockstrap - jennifer b
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230812-2100-t1691870400.mp3
     

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Melody's Mother's Jam! Show tracks for Sat. Aug. 5/23

  • sinéad o'connor - jump in the river
    sinéad o'connor - war (bob marley cover)
    massive attack & sinéad o'connor - a prayer for england
    -----
    kula shaker - waves
    volleyball - electric wizard
    sundara karma - baby blue
    the joy formidable - wolf's law
    -----   
    black grape - milk
    leg puppy - nag nag nag (cabaret voltaire cover)
    the swedish railway orchestra - connotations part 1
    -----
    the shop window - it's a high
    spearmint - melody's mother's jam
    primal scream - crystal crescent
    the vaselines - son of a gun
    the vaselines - molly's lips
    -----
    sinéad o'connor & terry hall - all kinds of everything
    the chieftans & sinéad o'connor - he moved through the fair
    sinéad o'connor - all apologies (nirvana cover)
    sinéad o'connor - take me to church
    -----lp session - dot allison  'consciousology'
    dot allison  - shyness of crowns
    dot allison  - moon flowers
    dot allison  - weeping roses
    -----   
    the coral - that's where she belongs
    los campesinos! - i love you but you're boring (beautiful south cover)
    camera obscura - the sweetest thing
    joyce delaney - scared
    -----
    blur - sticks and stones
    baxter dury - crashes
    the kills - la hex
    john cale - nightcrawling
    -----
    genn - calypso
    congratulations - junk
    search results - three
    publicity department - ambassador
    do nothing - the needle
    -----lp session - the clientele  'i am not there anymore'
    the clientele - garden eye mantra
    the clientele - lady grey
    the clientele - my childhood
    the clientele - chalk flowers
    -----
    mull historical society - my bedroom was my rocket
    grian chatten - i am so far
    a drop in the gray - all the same
    big country - fields of fire (400 miles)
    -----
    sylvian and fripp - the first day (live)
    the the & sinéad o'connor - kingdom of rain
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230805-2100-t1691265600.mp3
     

Friday, August 4, 2023

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - July Albums

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. THE BALLAD OF DARREN  (LP)  ...  Blur  (Parlophone)
    2. I DON'T KNOW  (LP)  ...  bdrmm  (Rock Action)
    3. FLOATING ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE  (LP)  ...  Keeley  (Dimple Discs)
    4. SNAKE SIDEWAYS  (LP)  ...  Do Nothing  (Exact Truth)
    5. ON PAIN  (LP)  ...  Lloyd Cole  (Absolute)
    6. CHAOS FOR THE FLY  (LP)  ...  Grian Chatten  (Partisan Records)
    7. THICK TERRAIN  (LP)  ...  Firestations  (Lost Map Records)
    8. DEN7 EP  ...  Miss Tiny  (Speedy Wunderground)
    9. I INSIDE THE OLD YEAR DYING  (LP)  ...  PJ Harvey  (Partisan Records)
    10. OFF THE TONGUE  (LP)  ...  Current Affairs  (Tough Love)
    11. THANKS FOR REACHING OUT  (LP)  ...  Jim Bob  (Cherry Red)
    12. TV SHOW  (LP)  ...  The Pigeon Detectives  (Dance To The Radio)
    13. FICTIONARY  (LP)  ...  Dragon Welding  (Dimple Discs)
    14. IN MY MIND THERE'S A ROOM   (LP)  ...  Mull Historical Society  (Xtra Mile Recordings)
    15. DANCE TILL ALL THE STARS COME DOWN  (LP)  ...  The Lilac Time  (Absolute Label Services)
    16. NATURAL HABITAT  (LP)  ...  Treeboy & Arc  (Clue Records)
    17. SOFT LANDING  (LP)  ...  Art School Girlfriend  (Fiction)
    18. IN THE END IT ALWAYS DOES  (LP)   ...  The Japanese House  (Dirty Hit)
    19. NO THIEVERY, JUST COOL  (LP)  ...  U.S. Highball  (Lame-O Records)
    20. LITTLE PICTURES WITHOUT SOUND  (LP)   ...  Senses  (42's Records)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for July 2023
     

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - July Singles

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. THE TRENCH COAT MUSEUM  ...  Yard Act  (Universal-Island)
    2. BEND THE ROUND  ...  Emma Anderson  (Sonic Cathedral)
    3. BACK TO NOTHING EP  ...  Oslo Twins  (Fascination Street Records)
    4. FLEX  ...  Courting  (Track10)
    5. PEDESTAL EP ...  Fräulein  (Submarine Cat Records)
    6. IN MY ROOM EP  ...  Trout  (Heavenly)
    7. NEW WORLD ORDER  ...  Gemma Rogers  (H28)
    8. KISSING CALIFORNIA  ...  Shed Seven  (Cooking Vinyl)
    9. TREAT YOURSELF  ...  Silent Forum  (Libertino Records)
    10. IDIOT DAUGHTERS IDIOT SONS  ...  Yowl  (Clue Records)
    11. LIKE A GOD  ...  Ash  (Fierce Panda Records)
    12. SMILE FOR ME  ...  Bleach Lab  (Nettwerk)
    13. MARIA  ...  The Wytches  (Alcopop!)
    14. AT THE COUNTER  ...  Bas Jan  (Fire Records)
    15. EST  ...  Slaney Bay  (Slaney Bay)
    16. NEW STAR LINE  ...  Saccades  (Old World - New World Recordings)
    17. TELL ME I'M WRONG  ...  Beach Riot  (Alcopop!)
    18. CHRISTINA  ...  Los Blancos  (Libertino Records)
    19. FALLING TOOTH   ...  Hanging Freud  (Spleen+ Records)
    20. TORTURE CUBE / DEAD DOG IN A DITCH   ...  Thank  (Zen F.C.)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for July 2023
     

Sunday, July 30, 2023

No One Knows We’re Dancing! Show tracks for Sat. Jul. 29/23

  • dot allison - unchanged
    lloyd cole - more of what you are
    swansea sound - far far away
    -----
    ash - like a god
    apollo junction - mil1ion
    egyptian blue - skin
    algiers - 73%
    -----
    emma anderson - bend the round
    lush - blackout
    she's in parties - summer haze
    virgins - slowly long
    -----
    gemma rogers - new world order
    super furry animals - golden retriever
    the bees - sweet like a champion
    miss tiny - river hands
    -----
    jah wobble - last exit
    don letts - touch feat gaudi
    african head charge - i chant too
    african head charge - passing clouds
    -----lp session - current affairs  'off the tongue'
    current affairs - no fuss
    current affairs - get wrecked
    current affairs - casual radicals
    -----   
    sorry - screaming in the rain again
    trout - bugs
    thank - dead dog in a ditch
    new model army - the ballad of bodmin pill
    -----
    james ellis ford - squeaky wheel
    blur - the rabbi
    blur - the swan
    lime garden - nepotism (baby)
    -----   
    the lilac time - your vermillion cliffs
    billy bragg - i will be your shield
    mull historical society - panicked feathers (nick hornby)
    band of holy joy - a citadel of crooked soul
    -----
    king nun - golden age
    moreish idols - nocturnal creatures
    legss - daddy there's sand in the sandwiches
    -----   
    lol tolhurst x budgie x jacknife lee - los angeles feat james murphy
    the kills - new york
    liela moss - vanishing shadows
    dead pony - mana
    -----
    bas jan - at the counter
    pj harvey - prayer at the gate
    -----
    everything but the girl - no one knows we’re dancing
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230729-2100-t1690660800.mp3
     

Sunday, July 23, 2023

That Old Time Feeling! Show tracks for Sat. Jul. 22/23

  • cabaret voltaire - soul vine (70 billion people)
    django django - slipstream
    -----
    shed seven - kissing california
    big joanie - today feat kim deal
    jody & the jerms - liberation
    strange dimensions - dingbat
    -----
    panda bear & sonic boom - whirlpool dub (adrian sherwood reset in dub version)
    n'dekho - exile
    the streets - troubled waters
    -----
    john - the common cold
    hey colossus - i could almost care
    publicity department - weekend away
    congratulations - zeitgeist
    -----northern soul spotlight
    tami lynn - at the party
    the exciters - talkin' bout my baby
    roy redmond - that old time feeling
    the parliaments - a new day begins
    deon jackson - i can't go on
    -----lp session - blur  'the ballad of darren'
    blur - barbaric
    blur - goodbye albert
    blur - far away island
    blur - the hieghts
    -----
    blondes - love in the afternoon
    silent forum - treat yourself
    dexy's midnight runners - there there my dear
    lily allen - smile
    -----
    oslo twins - back to nothing
    lush - nothing natural
    supercaan - ricochet
    -----   
    everything everything - come alive diana
    squid - green light
    cloth - another
    the happy somethings - daisy bracelet (yellow heart version)
    -----lp session - firestations  'thick terrain'
    firestations - hitting a new low
    firestations - hillcrest static
    firestations - stillness
    -----
    slowdive - skin in the game
    temples - inner space
    pynch - disco lights
    the japanese house - touching yourself
    -----
    grian chatten - last time every time forever
    do nothing - ivy
    -----
    bar italia - punkt
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230722-2100-t1690056000.mp3
     

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Dreaming Of A Song! Show tracks for Sat. Jul. 15/23

  • keeley - shine a light (spiritualized cover)
    heartworms - consistent dedication
    -----
    the wytches - maria
    beach riot - tell me i'm wrong
    fizz - hell of a ride
    hanging freud - falling tooth
    -----
    courting - flex
    los blancos - christina
    flamingods - gutterball
    depeche mode - wagging tongue (wet leg remix)
    -----
    slaney bay - est
    bdrmm - we fall apart
    dreamcoaster - say nothing
    the underground youth - another country
    -----northern soul spotlight
    the voice box - i want it back (your love)
    the big guys - hang my head and cry
    willie tee - i want somebody (to show me the way back home)
    al perkins - nothing is impossible
    barbara lynn - you're losing me
    -----lp session - pj harvey  'i inside the old year dying'
    pj harvey - autumn term
    pj harvey - lwonesome tonight
    pj harvey - august
    pj harvey - a noiseless noise
    -----   
    teenage fanclub - tired of being alone
    the brontës - down to you
    the neutrals - gary borthwick says
    panic pocket - i've earned my right to be petty
    -----
    lauran hibberd - honda civic
    the wedding present - plot twist
    jim bob - bernadette (hasn’t found anyone yet)
    jim bob - we need to try harder (we need to do better)
    -----
    cvc - sophie (single mix 2023)
    beak> - green machine
    art school girlfriend - real life
    the prodigy - fuel my fire feat saffron
    -----lp session - the pigeon detectives     'tv show'
    the pigeon detectives - dreaming of a song
    the pigeon detectives - i can't stop
    the pigeon detectives - tv show
    the pigeon detectives - purple skies
    -----
    treeboy & arc - false objects
    senses - drop your arms
    echo & the bunnymen - over you
    manic street preachers - antisocialmanifesto
    -----
    yard act - the trench coat museum
    -----
    shame - fingers of steel
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230715-2100-t1689451200.mp3
     

Sunday, July 9, 2023

Echo Everywhere! Show tracks for Sat. Jul. 07/23

  • the lathums - say my name
    yumi and the weather - start as you mean to go on
    picture parlour - norwegian wood
    -----   
    blur - st. charles square
    sundara karma - friends of mine
    birdman cult - maiden, mother, crone
    the utopiates - only human (the nave mix)
    -----   
    billy bragg    milkman of human kindness
    the clientele - claire's not real
    dragon welding - here come the rainbows
    dragon welding - water boatmen
    -----   
    bleach lab - smile for me
    pale blue eyes - hang out
    the jesus and mary chain - sometimes always with isobel campbell (live)
    hunny buzz - now i can get over you
    -----   
    the three degrees - contact
    life - tell me why
    the teen turbans - we need to be loved
    the innocent bystanders - frantic escape
    roy redmond - ain't that terrible
    -----lp session - keeley  'floating above everything else'   
    keeley - floating above everything else
    keeley - to a london sunrise
    keeley - echo everywhere
    keeley - you never made it that far
    -----   
    the coral - oceans apart feat cillian murphy
    yowl - idiot daughters, idiot sons
    fräulein - three
    u.s. highball - adjacent donovan
    -----   
    do nothing - fine
    do nothing - sunshine state
    death of the high street - take it to the streets
    the tubs - round the bend
    -----   
    the murder capital - only good things
    newdad - thinking too much
    grian chatten - bob's casino
    grian chatten - i am so far
    -----lp session - bdrmm  'i don't know'   
    bdrmm - alps
    bdrmm - advertisement one
    bdrmm - hidden cinema
    -----   
    mandy, indiana - sensitivity training
    the last dinner party - sinner
    dream wife - orbit
    girl ray - love is enough
    -----   
    sun's signature - bluedusk (lump remix)
    slowdive - kisses
    -----   
    rick astley with blossoms - there is a light that never goes out (live glastonbury)
  • Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230708-2100-t1688846400.mp3
     

Monday, July 3, 2023

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - June

  • The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

    1. KISSES  ...  Slowdive  (Dead Oceans)
    2. SOCIAL LUBRICATION  (LP)  ...  Dream Wife  (Lucky Number)
    3. GORILLA GUERILLA ...  Mantra Of The Cosmos  (BMG)
    4. O MONOLITH  (LP)  ...  Squid  (Warp)
    5. I THOUGHT I WAS BETTER THAN YOU  (LP)  ...  Baxter Dury  (Heavenly)
    6. WILD BIRD/DRIFTERS PRAYER  ...  The Coral  (Modern Sky)
    7. FOREIGN LAND  ...  Teenage Fanclub  (PeMa)
    8. EIGHT  (LP)  ...  The Boo Radleys  (Boostr)
    9. NORWEGIAN WOOD  ...  Picture Parlour  (BuzzCity)
    10. CIRCLING THE DRAIN  ...  Tummyache  (Speedy Wunderground)
    11. HAPPINESS  ...  Rose Gray  (Play It Again Sam)
    12. VERSIONS OF US  (LP)  ...  Lanterns On The Lake  (Bella Union)
    13. DIVINE MACHINES  (LP)  ...  Demob Happy  (Liberator Music)
    14. HOUSE OF ALL   (LP)  ...  House Of All  (Tiny Global Productions)
    15. THE MISFIT JUKEBOX  (LP)  ...  Comet Gain  (Tapete)
    16. BEGIN AGAIN  ...  The Mysterines  (Uni)
    17. HIGH IN BRIGHTON  ...  Fizz  (FKA Chairs)
    18. BIG MESS  (LP)  ...  Public Body  (FatCat Records)
    19. WE DON'T LIKE THE PEOPLE WE'VE BECOME  (LP)   ...  Gallus  (Marshall Records)
    20. WHAT'S THE MATTER  (LP)   ...  The Medusa Snare  (Adam John Miller)

    Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for June 2023