Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - April Singles

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. SLICED BY A FINGERNAIL ...  Dry Cleaning  (4AD)
  2. CULT OF CELEBRITY  ...  Lambrini Girls  (City Slang)
  3. TEARS WON’T LIE  ...  Brooke Combe  (Fontana Records)
  4. QUEENS OF HIGHGATE EP  ...  Gifthorse  (Fitzroy Square Recordings)
  5. SHE FLIES  ...  Waterpistol  (Waterpistol)
  6. IN THE MUD / FIRING LINE  ...  The Slow Country  (Heist or Hit Records)
  7. ONLY FREE WHEN SLEEPING  ...  Big Special  (SO Recordings)
  8. BOOTS ON THE GROUND  ...  Massive Attack feat Tom Waits  (PIAS Recordings)
  9. VENDETTA  ...  Temples  (V2 Records)
  10. ISLAND OF ONE  ...  Miki Berenyi Trio  (Bella Union)
  11. THE FALL  ...  Theatre  (ECHO)
  12. NOSEDIVE   ...  Man/Woman/Chainsaw  (Fiction Recordings)
  13. TAPE 05  ...  Boards of Canada  (Warp)
  14. TURNING IN  ...  Life  (EMI North) 
  15. CRASH LANDING   ...  Mary In The Junkyard  (AMF Records)
  16. I HAD A BABY NOT A LOBOTOMY  ...  The Anchoress  (Last Night From Glasgow)
  17. SNAPDRAGON  ...  Sandhouse  (Broke Records)
  18. DOG  ...  Grandmas House  (Brace Yourself Records)
  19. HOMECOMING  ...  These Sleeping Hands  (These Sleeping Hands)
  20. THESE THINGS TAKE TIME EP  ...   Goodbye  (Goodbye) 
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for April 2026