Creepin Up The Backstairs! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 24/26

• the ting tings - dreaming
  tokyo tea room - always in the sun
  paul heaton - i want the job feat rianne downey
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  kula shaker - govinda (reinkarnate)
  andy bell & masal - the morning of the trip
  ugly - in samphedoo
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  the blue aeroplanes - silver lounge
  django django - year of the snake
  marika hackman - 33
  ex:re - sleep
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  swim school - give me a reason why
  pale - fool
  silt. - frozen over fountain
  ride - polar bear
  -----northern soul spotlight    
  bobby kline - say something nice to me
  jimmy wallace - i'll be back
  the gaylettes - heartaches i can take
  the soul set - will you ever learn
  the utopias - girls are against me
  -----lp session - fontaines d.c.    Dopamine Chamber    
  fontaines d.c. - happy for you
  fontaines d.c. - you miss me
  fontaines d.c. - intimate
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  venus grrrls - carmilla
  gurriers - party lines
  mouth ulcers - lady rust
  gilla band - jacobsons
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  sleaford mods - cato feat sue tompkins
  life without buildings - young offenders
  vanishing twin - wherever you are
  human league - the sound of the crowd
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  madra salach - ribbon factory
  the fratellis - creeping up the backstairs
  the specials - message to you rudy
  the police - reggatta de blanc
  -----lp session - basht.    Poor Advice    
  basht. - dive
  basht. - perfume
  basht. - superchurch
  basht. - circadia
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  gwen - digon
  the spook school - corporate caring
  daytime tv - meditate
  vehicle - miserable vibes
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  u2 - i fall down
  world news - vinegar swimming pool
  good health good wealth - call my mates up
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  madness - one step beyond
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20261024-2100-t1792872000.mp3 

The Kids Are Alright! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 17/26 National Album Day 2026

• naked eyes - burning bridges
  vanishing twin - familiar fruit
  lloyd cole & the commotions - rattlesnakes
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  clinic - energies
  tanzana - this love
  andy bell & masal - tower of babylon
  pink floyd - one of these days
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  sleeper - end of the world
  suede - saturday night (steven wilson mix)
  the love buzz - the message
  welly - skinny boy
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  florence road - wish upon you
  friedberg - goodwife
  ladytron - ghosts
  -----northern soul spotlight
  the tornadoes - feel like a fool
  marvelle & the blue mats - soul fever
  junior & the classics - mix up (a go go)
  filet of soul - sweet lovin'
  the c.o.d.'s - gimme your love
  -----lp session - teenage fanclub    Do Not Dare To Dream    
  teenage fanclub - tomorrow people
  teenage fanclub - over and over
  teenage fanclub - somewhere to land
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  swansea sound - on our own
  billy bragg - help save the youth of america
  the housemartins - get up off our knees
  paul weller - i'm where i should be
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  penelope isles - you think you've got a way with dogs
  dogviolet - fig leaves
  homework - hedge your bets
  homework - gvb
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  everyone says hi - what were you looking for
  pulp - monday morning
  new order - paradise
  red cavalry - tonight
  -----lp session - british birds    Murmurate, Oscillate    
  british birds - ride alone
  british birds - thunder claps
  british birds - blame game
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  ebbb - public
  the charlatans - then
  the who - the kids are alright
  adam and the ants - press darlings
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  the damned - the last time feat brian james
  the fall - taking off
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  goldie - inner city life
• Listen -  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20261017-2100-t1792267200.mp3 

Next Big Thing! Show tracks for Sat. Oct. 10/26

• pulp - go to have love (live)
  morcheeba - hold it down (django django bump & run remix)
  jessie buckley - troy with the rte concert orchestra (live)
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  forget them wendy - next big thing
  railcard - hillman manx
  spanish horses - some people
  sandhouse - gasoline
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  lime garden - moving target
  the big moon - f.o.r.e.v.e.r.
  pillow queens - kiss kiss
  dutch mustard - hear me out
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  gans - my god is a stranger
  adult dvd - jesus christ supercar
  the yummy fur - cogs
  the yummy fur - headphones
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  swervedriver - flawed
  long distance runner - new song
  the slow country - through your teeth
  -----lp session - johnny marr    The Age Of Everything    
  johnny marr - beyond the rain
  johnny marr - ophelia
  johnny marr - that feeling
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  the la's - way out
  the bluetones - bluetonic
  blossoms - fall into you
  blossoms - uma thurman
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  new order - weirdo
  hamish hawk - intriguer/tenderness
  fat dog - bad dog
  fat dog - the devil
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  the wow! scenario - instructions!
  carla j easton - lift your head up kid
  amelia & the housewives - smile about it
  amelia & the housewives - summer's over
  -----lp session - the fall    Post Script    
  the fall - so long
  the fall - final position
  the fall - retro song
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  secrecy - knife in my dreams
  projector - i need a lie down
  walt disco - never new
  walt disco - look our for me
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  mogwai feat iggy pop - underground
  fontaines d.c. - tongue
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  naked eyes - emotion in motion 

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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)
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  desperate journalist - 20th century women
  luna rosa - room between the oceans
  prima queen - dirty rascal
  genn - jaguar sun (feat aidan moffat)
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  swervedriver - sandblasted
  the family battenberg - brand new boy
  hallan - solomon
  this is the kit - skim a stone
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  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