Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2026 - April Albums

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE  (LP)   ...  The Twilight Sad  (Rock Action Records)
  2. MAYBE NOT TONIGHT  (LP)  ...  Lime Garden  (So Young Records)
  3. BIRDING  (LP)  ...  Deary  (Bella Union)
  4. ALL CLOUDS BRING NOT RAIN  (LP)  ...  Memorials  (Fire Records)
  5. PAIN WILL POLISH ME  (LP)  ...  New German Cinema  (Felte)
  6. MY NEW BAND BELIEVE  (LP)  ...  My New Band Believe  (Rough Trade)
  7. GROWTH  (LP)  ...  Wildernesses  (Floodlit Recordings)
  8. A WAVE THAT WILL NEVER BREAK  (LP)  ...  WU LYF  (LYF Recordings) 
  9. THIS IS...THE BLUEBELLS  (LP)  ...  The Bluebells  (Last Night From Glasgow)
  10. IN A SPACE OUTTA DUB  (LP)  ...  Nightmares On Wax vs Adrian Sherwood  (Warp)
  11. I SURE AM GETTING SICK OF THIS BOWLING ALLEY  (LP)  ...  Mclusky  (Ipecac Recordings)
  12. DOUBLE EXPOSURE  (LP)  ...  Penny Arcade  (Tapete Records)
  13. THE ENTERTAINMENT  (LP)   ...  The Clockworks  (V2) 
  14. UNHOLY DRUM  (LP)  ...  Cult Of Dom Keller  (Fuzz Club Records)
  15. MURMURS  (LP)  ...  Butler, Blake & Grant  (355 Recordings)
  16. AD.UN.IAD  (LP)  ...  Rhydian Dafydd  (Rhydian Dafydd)
  17. DAPS IN A WASHING MACHINE  (LP)  ...  Stanways  (Stanways)
  18. BRONTËS  (LP)  ...  Brontës  (Last Night Glasgow)
  19. CASH RICH  (LP)  ...  Snake Eyes  (Alcopop! Records)
  20. SMILE  (LP)  ...  Thrillhouse  (Spirit Of Spike Island)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for April 2026