Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 28/12

KEEPIN' THE DREAM ALIVE!
"I'd written this song about Carlo Giuliani, who was killed at the G8 demonstrations in Genoa. At that point, it was a protest ... afterwards I started getting on with Bobby and I asked Adrian [Sherwood] about doing it. It's important that people hear about the story, it's the message and the atmosphere as much as anything." Mark Stewart

"Starting out as a teenager in the late 70s with the Pop Group and thru the 80's with the Maffia up to his new solo record, Mark Stewart has led the attack on conformist reality. Mark is a constant inspiration and a true Thief of Fire. A poet of paranoia and a great laugh. What a guy." Primal Scream


chris spedding - guitar jamboree
the kabeedies - santiago
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saint etienne - tonight
the ting tings - hang it up
we have band - where are your people?
the afternoons - black hearted poster boy
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mark stewart vs primal scream - autonomia
new age steppers - love me nights
breton - the well
nzca/lines - okinawa channels
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mull historical society - the lights
the rifles - the sweetest thing
ed sheeran - you need me, i don't need you
david newton & thee mighty angels - my first band
filthy boy - waiting on the doorstep
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lp session - trailer trash tracys "ester"
trailer trash tracys - los angered
trailer trash tracys - starlatine
trailer trash tracys - strangling good guys
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rose elinor dougall - i've always known
thomas dolby - europa & the pirate twins
toy - left myself behind
the big pink - england (iTunes bonus track)
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wedding present - montreal
exlovers - starlight, starlight
nature set - if you lived here, you'd be home by now
former lover - heartbreak button
big deal - visions
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diagrams - appetite
diagrams - black light
graffiti6 - stop mary
maverick sabre - no one
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allo darlin' - capricornia
shrag - chasing consummations
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thee spivs - tv screen

Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 21/12

Been grooving to a few songs this past week. Sometimes it doesn't have to be anything to complicated. Sometimes it's just a simple riff and some harmonies that will knock you on your ass.

Always Golden by Golden Fable

Great start to the new year, some great music already released. Two album sessions tonight from The Big Pink and Tribes. Go figure but British Sea Power have released new music in January again. The first of 6 new EPs this year. There's a little bit of everything tonight! Hope you enjoyed the show.

the black sharks - joker's wild
the van doos - black it out
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british sea power - french pornographic novel
field music - (i keep thinking about) a new thing
mammal club - toward you with lust
butcher boy - the day our voices broke
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model railway exhibition - jennifer's brother
girls names - black saturday
sea pinks - happy apparition
lizzie & the yes men - broadwalk
gross magic - yesterdays
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golden fable - always golden
diagrams - tall buildings
midnight lion - when doves cry
elia & the low tears - i control your heartbeat
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lp session - the big pink "future this"
the big pink - rubbernecking
the big pink - lose your mind
the big pink - 77
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2 bears - work
52nd street - look into my eyes
maverick sabre - sometimes
solar bears - alpha people (feat. sarah p of keep shelly in athens)
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inspiral carpets - head for the sun
the minutes - secret history
virals - magic happens
cinerama - london
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clock opera - once and for all
zulu winter - we should be swimming
twilight sad - another bed
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lp session - tribes "baby"
tribes - corner of an english field
tribes - nightdriving
tribes - walking in the street
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big country - tracks of my tears (live at rockpalast 1986)
bear cavalry - roman summer
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the cast of cheers - goose

Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 14/12

The first show of new material for the New Year! I hope you enjoyed the Festive 50 countdown for 2011 during the last 2 week's shows. 2012 kicks off with loads of quality new tracks!
So we start looking at some of the bands to watch for 2012 as most of the print publications, websites and blogs are all going on about. I took a quick look at a few pages/articles/blogs and found Cowboys & Indies has already featured 15 of the bands to watch for this year during 2011. Talk about a finger on the pulse!

So excited to see a couple new releases in particular this week.
Firstly, Rose Elinor Dougall is back with a new free downloadable EP.

It features 3 demo songs recorded shortly after the release of her 2010 debut. She has stressed that these tracks are not indicative of the material she is currently working on for her 2nd album.

The second release features more solo material from former Long Blondes members. Both come via the same release, a split cassette single featuring Former Lover & Nature Set. Former Lover being the first new music from Dorian Cox and Nature Set featuring Reenie playing bass and singing. A must for all Long Blondes fans and just 6 really great tracks period.
nakedunderspacesuit.bigcartel.com/product/former-lover-nature-set-split-cassette
A special thanks to Naked Under Spacesuit for providing a few mp3s so I could share them with you. So stay tuned in coming weeks to hear more from both these excellent releases.

pulp - this is hardcore
roxy music - in the midnight hour
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another sunny day - you should all be murdered
the chevin - menwith hill
the big pink - stay gold
the wedding present - hand in glove
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rose elinor dougall - the night
the pipettes - boo shuffle
the noisettes - never forget you
basement jaxx - good luck feat lisa kekula
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bombay bicycle club - lights out, words gone (rub a dub version)
roots manuva - who goes there?
yasmin - light up (the world) feat. shy fx & ms dynamite
rizzle kicks - traveller's chant
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lp session - the maccabees "given to the wild"
the maccabees - feel to follow
the maccabees - forever i've known
the maccabees - grew up at midnight
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the sharks - arcane effigies
†hymns† - a punch to the temple
sound of guns - silicon
wet nuns - heavens below
the van doos - black it out
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former lover - he doesn't have to know about you
nature set - hands
kate jackson - wonder feeling
long blondes - nostalgia
novella - santiago
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jim lockey & the solemn sun - warriors
paradise - luella
midnight lion - sleeping in the woods
pet - middle child syndrome
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alt-j - tessalate
troumaca - fire

As always download the show from CJAM or these links here;
Part 1 (10pm-midnight)
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/383-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120114-2200-t1326578400.mp3
Part 2 (midnight-12:30am)
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/475-Cowboys_and_Indies-20120115-0000-t1326585601.mp3

Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 7/12 - The 2011 Festive 50 Part 2 #25-#1

Well, that's the 2011 Cowboys & Indies Festive 50 Countdown completed. I hope you enjoyed the big countdown shows. There was really no doubt who #1 was going to be as they were the most requested band of the year. Congrats to The Horrors for being the 2011 Festive 50 #1!
We started the show where we left off last week at #26 for a little reminder and picked up the proceedings right away.
We intended to finish the remaining minutes of the show with some of the bands to watch out for in 2012. We ran a little later than I thought and only managed to fit in 2 artists. But next week we will continue in earnest bringing you, as we always do, the best of the British indie/alternative scene!

#26 bombay bicycle club - what you want
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#25 kasabian - re-wired
#24 history of apple pie - you're so cool
#23 strawhouses - malaise
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#22 elbow - open arms
#21 summer camp - ghost train
#20 british sea power - living is so easy
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#19 viva brother - the darling buds of may
#18 the view - i need that record
#17 pete & the pirates - come to the bar
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#16 spectrals - confetti
#15 cat's eyes - over you
#14 wu lyf - we bros
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#13 we were promised jetpacks - picture of health
#12 still corners - submarine
#11 hard fi - fire in the house
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#10 chapel club - surfacing
# 9 male bonding - before it's gone
# 8 yuck - milkshake
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# 7 friendly fires - hawaiian air
# 6 glasvegas - shine like stars
# 5 the joy formidable - a heavy abacus
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# 4 wild beasts - reach a bit further
# 3 arctic monkeys - evil twin
# 2 the vaccines - all in white

# 1 the horrors - endless blue
# 1 the horrors - still life
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clock opera - once and for all
†hymns† - miracles

Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 31/11 - The 2011 Festive 50 Part 1 #50-#26

It's here, the moment you've been waiting for all year! Chomping at the bit as they say. The 2011 Cowboys & Indies Festive 50!
In case you're new to the show, we borrowed the idea from our icon John Peel
and altered it slightly. John counted back specific tracks, where we count back artists. Or at least what the artists accomplished for the year on our little radio show.
Saying that, this is Part 1 featuring artists from #50 thru #26.
We will finish it all off on next week's show.
With whatever time is left in the show tonight we will fill with some of the better soul influenced electronic tracks of the year.

mega city four - new year's day
(by the time you read this it will be)
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#50 skint & demoralised - hogmanay heroes
#49 the rialto burns - radiate
#48 veronica falls - come on over
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#47 big deal - distant neighborhood
#46 the wave pictures - in her kitchen
#45 the guillemots - vermillion
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#44 the duke spirit - procession
#43 spotlight kid - forget yourself in me
#42 bookhouse boys - fever lullaby
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#41 the blanche hudson weekend - coming home
#40 fixers - another lost apache
#39 art brut - martin kemp welch five-a-side football rules!
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#38 polysonic - come down
#37 various cruelties - neon truth
#36 theme park - milk
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#35 wild palms - delight in temptation
#34 flashguns - come and see the lights
#33 los campesinos! - life is a long time
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#32 metronomy - she wants
#31 club smith - no friend of mine
#30 ladytron - mirage
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#29 mogwai - mexican grand prix
#28 pj harvey - written on the forehead
#27 noah & the whale - waiting for my chance to come
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#26 bombay bicycle club - shuffle
HAPPY NEW YEARS !!!

slade - auld lang syne / you'll never walk alone
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james blake - the wilhelm scream
jamie woon - lady luck
yasmin - on my own
sbtrkt - wildfire feat. yukimi nagano
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star slinger - dumbin' feat reggie b

See you next week for #25-#1!

Monthly Indiessential chart for December 2011

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. WONDER FEELING ... Kate Jackson (Sleeping Star)
2. LIKE AN ANIMAL ... Hatcham Social (Fierce Panda)
3. LEARNING TO FIGHT (LP) ... The Rialto Burns (Gung-Ho! Recordings)
4. FUNNY LOOKING ANGELS (LP) ... Smith & Burrows (B-Unique)
5. PAINT THE TOWN EP ... David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels (self released)
6. ALLERGIES ... The Lovely Eggs (Too Pure)
7. BOO SHUFFLE ... The Pipettes (Fortuna POP!)
8. OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TOWN (LP) ... Standard Fare (Melodic)
9. NEWFOUNDLAND (LP) ... The Nova Saints (Pid)
10. WHERE ARE YOUR PEOPLE? ... We Have Band (Naïve)
11. IMPERIAL GODDESS OF MERCY EP ... Fixers (Mercury Records)
12. MILK ... Theme Park (Republic of Music)
13. TROUBLED TIMES (LP) ... Cast (PledgeMusic)
14. THIS IS CHRISTMAS (LP) ... Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler (Infectious)
15. THINK TANK ... Coastal Cities (Once Upon A Time Records)
16. EP 3 ... [Strangers] (Gods In The Records)
17. MAGAZINE COVER ... La Shark (Popular Recordings)
18. EVERYBODY LOOKS BETTER (IN THE RIGHT LIGHT) ... Frankie & The Heartstrings (Wichita)
19. VVV EP ... Vuvuvultures (The Island)
20. EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF YOU ... Young British Artists (Red Deer Club)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for December 2011

My Personal Year End Lists (if you care...lol)

BEST ALBUMS OF 2011

01. A Different Kind Of Fix by Bombay Bicycle Club

02. Skying by Horrors

03. Go Tell Fire To The Mountain by Wu Lyf
04. The English Riviera by Metronomy
05. The Big Roar by The Joy Formidable
06. Cults by Cults
07. Smother by Wild Beasts
08. What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? by The Vaccines
09. Father, Son, Holy Ghost by Girls
10. Pala by Friendly Fires
11. Hurry Up We're Dreaming by M83
12. Valhalla Dancehall by British Sea Power
13. James Blake by James Blake
14. New Brigade by Iceage
15. Palace by Chapel Club
16. Until Spring by Wild Palms
17. Walk the River by Guillemots
18. Content by Gang of Four
19. Howl Of The Lonely Crowd by Comet Gain
20. Enemy/Lover by Dreamers Of The Ghetto
21. Cat's Eyes by Cat's Eyes
22. Last Night on Earth by Noah and the Whale
23. Endless Now by Male Bonding
24. Generation Indigo by Poly Styrene
25. Past Life Martyred Saints by EMA
26. Mirror Mirror by Sons And Daughters
27. Within And Without by Washed Out
28. Suck It And See by Arctic Monkeys
29. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
30. Shapeshifting by Young Galaxy
31. Veronica Falls by Veronica Falls
32. Hollie Cook by Hollie Cook
33. Euphoric /// Heartbreak \\\ by Glasvegas
34. Happy Soup by Baxter Dury
35. That's Mister Attack To You by Thee Attacks
36. Into The Murky Water by The Leisure Society
37. Nightingale by Erland & The Carnival
38. Build A Rocket Boys! by Elbow
39. The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years by The Wild Swans
40. Welcome To Condale by Summer Camp
41. Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
42. Disaster Tourist by Spotlight Kid
43. In Love With Oblivion by Crystal Stilts
44. Velociraptor! by Kasabian
45. Yuck by Yuck
46. Sir, I'm A Good Man by Lonely Tourist
47. Bad As Me by Tom Waits
48. Passed Me By/We Stay Together by Andy Stott
49. Burst Apart by The Antlers
50. Only In Dreams by Dum Dum Girls


TOP SONGS/SINGLES OF 2011

01. Hawaiian Air by Friendly Fires
02. The Wilhelm Scream by James Blake
03. Set Fire To The Rain by Adele
04. Post Break-Up Sex by The Vaccines
05. Amor Fati by Washed Out
06. Over You by Cat's Eyes
07. I'm So Unclean by Evans The Death
08. Go Outside by Cults
09. If Ever I Stray by Frank Turner
10. Rubber by Yuck
11. Walk by Foo Fighters
12. The World Is Yours by Glasvegas
13. Street Halo by Burial
14. Fire In The House by Hard Fi
15. Do It Again by Guards
16. She Wants by Metronomy
17. Jealous, Don't You Know by The Heartbreaks
18. Another Lost Apache by Fixers
19. Satellite by The Kills
20. Only Me I Can Save by Dave I.D.
21. Malaise by Strawhouses
22. The Breaks by Planningtorock
23. Ways To An End by Mirrors
24. Strangers by White Lies
25. Deconstruction by Fanfarlo
26. Wear Me by No Ceremony///
27. Palais Royal-Blue by Leopard Of Honour
28. The Great Pan Is Dead by Cold Cave
29. Come Down by Polysonic
30. Wildfire feat. Little Dragon by SBTRKT
31. Overjoyed by Bastille
32. Sappho by Tribes
33. You're So Cool by The Histroy Of Apple Pie
34. Rattle My Cage by The Primitives
35. Welfare State by Ultrasound
36. Ghost Hands by The Music
37. I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl by Wavves
38. Inflammable Heart by Man Without Country
39. Lose It by Austra
40. Lady Luck by Jamie Woon
41. Machu Picchu by The Strokes
42. You're So Good For Me by Inspiral Carpets
43. Unprofessional Wrestling by Art Brut
44. No Friend Of Mine by Club Smith
45. I Need That Record by The View
46. You Told The Drunks I Knew Karate by Zoey Van Goey
47. Junk Of The Heart (Happy) by The Kooks
48. Summer Hits by Mazes
49. The A Team by Ed Sheeran
50. The Darling Buds Of May by Viva Brother