Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2016 - June

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. MINOR VICTORIES (LP) ... Minor Victories (Play It Again Sam)
2. TELL ME IF YOU LIKE TO (LP) ... Spring King (Island)
3. BEAUTIFUL THING ... The Stone Roses (Virgin/EMI)
4. YOU GIVE DRUGS A BAD NAME ... Dodgy (Cherry Red Records)
5. EP ONE ... Paul Draper (Kscope)
6. TREASURE HOUSE (LP) ... Cat's Eyes (RAF)
7. I'M IN LOVE ... Teenage Fanclub (Republic of Music)
8. SOLIS ... Rain (Close To Home Records)
9. BIRTHDAY BLUES ... Team Picture (Team Picture)
10. TRIP ON A TURNTABLE ... West Of The Sun (Phoney War Records)
11. KIDSTICKS (LP) ... Beth Orton (Anti/Epitaph)
12. STAIRWAY TO YOUR MIND ... The Watchmakers (Loaded Soul)
13. QUIET ROOM ... The Tourists (Tourists)
14. SAY YES (LP) ... Big Deal (FatCat Records)
15. I, GEMINI (LP) ... Let's Eat Grandma (Transgressive)
16. PARACHUTE ... Kaiser Chiefs (Caroline)
17. FALL FOREVER (LP) ... Fear Of Men (Kanine Records)
18. NO GRACE (LP) ... Paws (FatCat Records)
19. GIVE IT YOUR WORST ... False Advertising (False Advertising)
20. SPACECATRAZ ... Apeman Spaceman (Apeman Spaceman)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for June 2016

Europop! Show tracks for Sat. Jun. 25/16

No politics or comments on the results of the referendum, although I do have both, just took the opportunity to do a little bit of a theme show.
A great selection of tracks with Europe in the title.


the sound - fall of europe
thompson twins - living in europe
ultravox - new europeans
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spector - born in the eu
the divine comedy - europop
alphabetic - french boyfriend
wire - still
suede - europe is our playground
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teenage fanclub - i'm in love
island - come with me
pins - i'll get mine
flowers - bitter pill
ulrika spacek - n k
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primal scream - golden rope
fat white family - whitest boy on the beach
john foxx - europe after the rain
-----northern soul spotlight
ray charles - i don't need no doctor
patti & the emblems - i'm gonna love you a long time
the tams - be young, be foolish, be happy
etta james - seven day fool
-----lp session - paws "no grace"
paws - n/a
paws - impermanent
paws - gild the lilly
paws - asthmatic
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metronomy - night owl
808 state - europa feat caroline seaman
roxy music - a song for europe
psychedelic furs - sister europe
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bugeye - never let you go
jc flowers - china girl
the marsicans - far away (saudade)
allo darlin - europe
the au revoirs - my twisted heart
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killing joke - europe
the hoo ha's - this is the new me
the stranglers - european female
dot dash - daddy long legs
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section 25 - the last man in europe
zozo - international waters
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seazoo - teeth


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Moog For Love! Show tracks for Sat. Jun. 18/16

No birthday blues for me! I woke up an old man though..lol


minor victories - the thief
mogwai - little boy
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kaiser chiefs - parachute
the view - marriage
viola beach - cherry vimto
floodhounds - soulmates to cellmates
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night flowers - glow in the dark
pure youth - other side
softer still - new age
posture - i just can't wait to see my girl
blooms - porcelain
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public service broadcasting - e.v.a. (dutch uncles remix)
boxed in - jist
disclosure - moog for love feat eats everything
-----northern soul spotlight
judy street - what
bobby womack & the brotherhood - home is where the heart is
the luther ingram orchestra - exus trek
edwin starr - time
the isley brothers - my love is your love (forever)
-----lp session - weird dreams " luxury alone"
weird dreams - binary
weird dreams - heaven's hounds
weird dreams - digital water
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two door cinema club - are we ready? (wreck)
jarvis cocker - looking for the girl
alphabetic - french boyfriend
missing boy - stop that girl (i remember you)
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team picture - birthday blues
placebo - bruise pristine
fear of men - undine
big deal - v.i.t.r.i.o.l.
west of the sun - compromise
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syd arthur - apricity
arthur gun - spin
paws - no grace
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let's eat grandma - chimpanzees in canopies
let's eat grandma - sleep song
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sltp - the rattle
sweat - acid rainbow


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Trip On A Turntable! Show tracks for Sat. Jun. 11/16

Too hot to type!


omd - secret (original 12" version)
formation - pleasure
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stone roses - beautiful thing
the high - kiss the sun
new order - unlearn this hatred (extended mix)
the invisible - so well
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esper scout - gaps in the border fence
lola colt - moonlight mixing (radio edit)
west of the sun - trip on a turntable
let's eat grandma - eat shiitake mushrooms
palm honey - you stole my blackout
-----lp session #1 - spring king "tell me if you like to"
spring king - it's so dark
spring king - take me away
spring king - tell me if you like to
the heavy - the last confession
-----northern soul spotlight
darrell banks - open the door to your heart
jimmy radcliffe - long after tonight is over
pp arnold - everything is gonna be alright
dean parrish - i'm on my way
tony clarke - landslide
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paul draper - no ideas feat steven wilson
be bop deluxe - futurist manifesto
nzca lines - oh..(call me back)
little boots - staring at the sun
toothless - palm's backside feat marika hackman
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yak - use somebody
false advertising - give it your worst
ming city rockers - all i wana do is waste my time with you
-----lp session #2 - evans the death "vanilla"
evans the death - suitcase jimmy
evans the death - hey! buddy
evans the death - hot sauce
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cat's eyes - names on the mountains
eagulls - velvet
heavy heart - pretty thing
the joy formidable - the gift
crazyhead - what gives you the idea that you're so amazing baby?
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big deal - avalanche
big deal - idyllwild
frank carter & the rattlesnakes - snake eyes
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the rifles - numero uno
four authors - catalyst

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Stairway To Your Mind! Show tracks for Sat. Jun. 4/16

The Gig That Changed the World! The 40th anniversary of The Sex Pistols' gig at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester on 4 June 1976. We celebrate the occasion with music that owes it's existence to that famous concert. Plus the normal selection of new release singles and albums.

lola colt - gold
baby strange - pure evil
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white - fight the feeling
rain - solis
vynce - taste
the diamond age - popular science
kate jackson - stranded
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the watchmakers - stairway to your mind
the kvb - never enough
Ist Ist - white swan
pleasure beach - dreamer to the dawn
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purs - surround
primal scream - sometimes i feel so lonely
dexy's midnight runners - to love somebody
dexy's midnight runners - curragh of kildare
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sex pistols - emi
the buzzcocks - autonomy
the fall - repetition
joy division - new dawn fades
magazine - shot by both sides
the smiths - the headmaster's ritual
-----lp session - cat's eyes "treasure house"
cat's eyes - be careful where you park your car
cat's eyes - standoff
cat's eyes - everything moves towards the sun
cat's eyes - girl in the room
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god damn - ghost
apeman spaceman - spacecatraz
stone roses - all for one
l u h - unites
sundara karma - loveblood
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evans the death - haunted wheelchair
psycho comedy - one
plastic flowers - silence again
let's eat grandma - deep six textbook
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wild palms - again no
wild palms - lance and candice
avec sans - perth
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live\\learn - comfort
tourists - quiet room

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Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2016 - May

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. ULLAGES (LP) ... Eagulls (Partisan Records/Knitting Factory Records Inc)
2. TRACKS OF WIRE (LP) ... Deux Furieuses (deux furieuses)
3. ALL FOR ONE ... The Stone Roses (Virgin EMI)
4. THESE PEOPLE (LP) ... Richard Ashcroft (Sony)
5. BRITISH ROAD MOVIES (LP) ... Kate Jackson (Hoo Ha Records)
6. HEADSPIN EP ... Black Honey (Foxfive Records)
7. ALAS SALVATION (LP) ... Yak (Sony)
8. DROP ... Estrons (Estrons)
9. GOLD ... Lola Colt (Black Tigress Records)
10. EVERYTHING AT ONCE (LP) ... Travis (Universal)
11. WILD PENDULUM (LP) ... Trashcan Sinatras (Sony)
12. BING BONG ... Super Furry Animals (Strangetown Records)
13. KIN (LP) ... The Duke Spirit (Ex Voto Records)
14. TV BROKE MY BRAIN (LP) ... Man Made (Soul Kitchen 2)
15. MOTHERLODE ... Thyla (Thyla)
16. GRINDIE ... Coquin Migale (Fierce Panda)
17. CUT AND PASTE (LP) ... Oscar (Wichita Recordings)
18. DOMINO EP ... The Black Tambourines (Easy Action)
19. POP OR NOT (LP) ... Whyte Horses (CRC Music)
20. MEDICINE EP ... Man Of Moon (Melodic)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for May 2016

Tragic On The Dance Floor! Show tracks for Sat. May 28/16

siouxsie & the banshees - arabian knights
deux furieuses - dream for change
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guy garvey - open the door
mystery jets - bombay blue
the black delta movement - seven circles
the black tambourines - a forest
minor victories - for you always feat mark kozelek
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jarvis cocker - theme from likely stories
turin brakes - save you
dodgy - you give drugs a bad name
the kills - siberian nights
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metronomy - old skool feat mix master mike
jean-michel jarre - brick england feat pet shop boys
abc - the flames of desire
abc - i believe in love
-----northern soul spotlight
rita & the tiaras - gone with the wind is my love
don covay - it's better to have (and don't need)
timi yuro - it'll never be over for me
mike post coalition - afternoon of the rhino
-----lp session - beth orton "kidsticks"
beth orton - snow
beth orton - corduroy legs
beth orton - flesh and blood
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spring king - detroit
the jacques - eleanor ring me
tibet - my girl
the lapelles - grab life by
theg van t's - blood orange
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wild beasts - get my bang
electronic - getting away with it
wild palms - 100 cymbals
girl friend - tragic on the dance floor
fujiya & miyagi - serotonin rushes
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rain - solis
inheaven - meat somebody
adam & the ants - kings of the wild frontier
helen love - thank you polystyrene
catfish & the bottlemen - postpone
catfish & the bottlemen - anything
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duke spirit - 100 horses run
lull - nouvelle
september girls - quicksand

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