Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - May Albums

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. I'VE SEEN A WAY  (LP)   ...  Mandy, Indiana  (Fire Talk Records)
  2. ANXIETY REPLACEMENT THERAPY  (LP)  ...  The Lottery Winners  (Modern Sky UK)
  3. MUSIC FOR FILMS  (LP)  ...  Memorials  (The state51 Conspiracy)
  4. TRACEY DENIM  (LP)   ...  Bar Italia  (Matador)
  5. SECRET MEASURE  (LP)  ...  Cloth  (Rock Action Records)
  6. THE SUN ALSO RISES  (LP)  ...  The Utopiates  (V2)
  7. YESTERDAY IN MOURNING  (LP)  ...  Cross Wires  (Culture War Records)
  8. ARTEFACTS  (LP)  ...  The KVB  (Cleopatra)
  9. HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH  (LP)  ...  Reverend And The Makers  (Distiller Records)
  10. SMILING POOLS  (LP)  ...  Pozi  (PRAH Recordings)
  11. ISLAND OF LOVE  (LP)  ...  Island Of Love  (Third Man Records)
  12. HARD COLD FIRE  (LP)  ...  Therapy?  (Marshall Records)
  13. SPEAKING FROM OTHER ROOMS  (LP)  ...  Perlee  (Backseat)
  14. AVENUE DOT   (LP)  ...  The Electric Soft Parade  (Chord Orchard)
  15. MAD HALF HOUR  (LP) ...  Panic Pocket  (Skep Wax)
  16. DREAMER  (LP)  ...  Nabihah Iqbal  (Ninja Tune)
  17. THE BRUTAL  (LP)  ...  Spare Snare  (Chute Records)
  18. GOOD TIME/HARD TIME  (LP)  ...  Teleman  (Moshi Moshi)
  19. ECSTASY OF RUIN  (LP)  ...  Autobahn  (Tough Love Records)
  20. HOLD SACRED  (LP)  ...  Esben And The Witch  (Nostromo Records)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for May 2023
   

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - May Singles

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. THE NARCISSIST  ...  Blur  (Parlophone)
  2. A CHILD'S QUESTION, AUGUST  ...  PJ Harvey  (Partisan Records)
  3. SEEING EVERYTHING  ...  Keeley  (Dimple Discs)
  4. WARM BY THE FIRE  ...  Lloyd Cole  (EarMUSIC)
  5. THE AGE OF BRONZE  ...  Death Of The High Street  (Death of The High Street)
  6. YOU'RE WELCOME EP  ...  Lambrini Girls  (Big Scary Monsters)
  7. THE COLLINE GATE  ...  Hallan  (Nice Swan Recordings)
  8. CONTACT SHEETS   ...  Nicky Wire  (Nicky Wire)
  9. YOU'RE DOING SO WELL  ...  Dim Imagery  (Dim Imagery)
  10. TABERNACL  ...  Slate  (Brace Yourself Records)
  11. NOT THE BABY EP  ...  Prima Queen  (Big Indie Records)
  12. TAKES ME OVER   ...  Pale Blue Eyes  (Full Time Hobby)
  13. IN MY HEAD  ...  Newdad  (A Fair Youth)
  14. TRAUMA MOSAIC  ...  John (TimesTwo)  (Brace Yourself Records)
  15. UNDERCOVER  ...  Firestations  (Lost Map Records)
  16. AMOEBA  ...  Do Nothing  (Exact Truth)
  17. SINEAD LOVES BITCOIN  ...  Loose Articles  (Alcopop! Records)
  18. ROARING AT THE PREACHERS  ...  MeMe Detroit  (SoulRock Central)
  19. LIP FILLER EP  ...  Lip Filler  (Chess Club Records)
  20. CONDITIONS EP  ...  Chalk  (Dutch Tilt)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for May 2023
   

Roaring At The Preachers! Show tracks for Sat. May 27/23

• the smiths - heaven knows i'm miserable now
  the smiths - barbarism begins at home
  the smiths - girl afraid
  -----   
  the smiths - frankly, mr. shankly
  the smiths - rubber ring
  the smiths - pretty girls make graves
  the smiths - nowhere fast
  -----   
  morrissey - interesting drug
  sinead o'connor - jump in the river
  pretenders - rebel rock me
  blitz vega - strong forever feat johnny marr
  -----   
  the smiths - sheila take a bow
  the smiths - rusholme ruffians
  the smiths - bigmouth strikes again
  the smiths - i started something i couldn't finish
  -----   
  blur - the narcissist
  miles kane - baggio
  manic street preachers - everything must go
  lucia & the best boys - so sweet i could die
  -----   
  bdrmm - pulling stitches
  bleach lab - all night
  bar italia - changer
  art school girlfriend - heaven hanging low
  -----   
  dream wife - who do you want to be?
  meme detroit - roaring at the preachers
  black honey - tombstone
  lambrini girls - mr. lovebomb
  -----lp session - mandy, indiana  'i've seen a way'   
  mandy, indiana - love theme (4k vhs)
  mandy, indiana - the driving rain (18)
  mandy, indiana - iron maiden
  mandy, indiana - sensitivity training
  -----   
  electric soft parade - sagami bay
  dreary - beauty in all blue satin
  pale blue eyes - takes me over
  -----   
  klubber lang - warhound
  opus kink - piping angels
  pozi - through the door
  pozi - heavenly
  -----   
  girl ray - up
  al costelloe - so neurotic
  jealous nostril - lovebomb
  gurriers - sign of the times
  -----   
  steve mason - travelling hard
  everything but the girl - caution to the wind
  -----   
  black market karma - the sky was all diseased (feat tess parks)
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230527-2100-t1685217600.mp3
   

We Have The Future On Tape! Show tracks for Sat. May 20/23

• still corners - we have the future on tape
  gemma ray - the point that tears
  anna b savage - crown shyness
  -----   
  prima queen - dylan
  heavenly - c is the heavenly option
  panic pocket - get me
  the lunar towers - about time
  -----   
  ian brown - rules
  foals - life is yours (dan carey dub)
  whitelands - setting sun (a.r. kane initiation dub)
  -----   
  bar italia - nurse!
  spare snare - wi-fi
  island of love - losing streak
  island of love - never understand
  -----northern soul spotlight   
  tony & tyrone - please operator
  joyce jones - help me make up my mind
  the moving violation - spinnin’ top
  sons of robin stone - got to get you back
  vala reegan & the valarons - fireman
  -----lp session - the kvb  'atrefacts (reimaginings from the original psychedelic era)    
  the kvb - circles (the who)
  the kvb - night of the long grass (the troggs)
  the kvb - midnight to six man (the pretty things)
  -----   
  dim imagery - you're doing so well
  slime city death club - dial-up internet is the purest internet
  mandy, indiana - drag [crashed]
  shame - alibis
  -----   
  lloyd cole - warm by the fire
  red telephone - wake me
  the clientele - blue over blue
  dragon welding - here come the rainbows
  -----   
  newdad - in my head
  the stone roses - (song for my) sugar spun sister
  temples - oval stones
  famy - ava
  -----lp session - memorials  'music for films'   
  memorials - tramps!
  memorials - peacock punk
  memorials - take the toys from the boys
  memorials - women standing strong
  -----   
  legss - fester
  esben and the witch - silence, 1801
  lichen slow - imposter syndrome
  -----   
  the brilliant corners - meet me on tuesdays
  lemonade shoelace - do whatever makes you happy
  blondes - the basement
  -----   
  django django - dumdrum
  a certain ratio - tier 3
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230520-2100-t1684612800.mp3
   

Trauma Mosaic! Show tracks for Sat. May 13/23

• squid - undergrowth
  blue bendy - cloudy
  -----   
  grian chatten - fairlies
  treeboy & arc - false objects
  death of the high street - the age of bronze
  perlee - slow motion impact
  -----   
  the lathums - facets
  the lottery winners - worry
  carla j easton - one week
  crystal canyon - judy moody
  -----gordon lightfoot tribute   
  paul weller - early morning rain
  the primitives - i'm not saying
  depeche mode - sundown feat bbc concert orchestra
  a.a. williams - if you could read my mind
  -----northern soul spotlight   
  the dynells - call on me
  ila vann - can’t help lovin’ dat man
  frankie newsome - we’re on our way (pt. 1)
  ed robinson - temptation’s bout to get me
  jimmy hughes - slippin’ around with you
  -----lp session - cloth  'secret measure'   
  cloth - ladder
  cloth - ambulance
  cloth - money plant
  -----   
  snapped ankles - tube plane
  maruja - zeitgeist
  chalk - conditions
  loose article - sinead loves bitcoin
  -----   
  lip filler - susie
  yowl - virile crocodile sweat
  the utopiates - seekers
  the utopiates - devolution
  -----   
  coach party - all i wanna do is hate
  lambrini girls - lads lads lads
  modern woman - achtung
  john - trauma mosaic
  -----lp session - therapy?  'hard cold fire'   
  therapy? - bewildered herd
  therapy? - disappear
  therapy? - mongrel
  therapy? - ugly
  -----   
  the 3 clubmen - aviatrix
  good health good wealth - gil's dilemma (everyone feels like this)
  by the sea - there are other forces
  -----   
  soft machine - ealing comedy (live)
  black country, new road - up song (live)
  -----   
  nabihah iqbal - gentle heart
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230513-2100-t1684008000.mp3
   

A Room Full Of Memories! Show tracks for Sat. May 6/23

• steve mason - let it go
  temples - giallo
  portishead - plastic
  -----   
  pj harvey - a child's question, august
  grian chatten - the score
  honeyglaze - i'm not your cushion
  perlee - reckoning
  nabihah iqbal - dreamer
  -----   
  hallan - the colline gate
  do nothing - amoeba
  casual drag - brain rot
  public body - way, no way
  -----   
  keeley - seeing everything
  lush - the invisible man
  memorials - boudicaaa
  arctic lights  - somebody
  -----northern soul spotlight   
  david & ruben - i love her so much it hurts me
  the true reflection - it's really hurts
  barbara lynn - you make me so hot
  bobby womack - find me somebody
  leslie uggams - don't you even care
  -----lp session - the lottery winners  'anxiety replacement therapy'   
  the lottery winners - [play]
  the lottery winners - burning house
  the lottery winners - [pause]
  the lottery winners - letter to myself feat frank turner
  the lottery winners - jennie
  the lottery winners - [stop]
  -----   
  blur - lonesome street
  suede - animal nitrate
  johnny marr - spiral cities
  pulp - joyriders
  -----   
  moreish idols - green light
  longpigs - lost myself
  cross wires - a room full of memories
  -----   
  swim deep - king city (jennylee's version)
  thrillhouse - electric fire
  nicky wire - contact sheets
  gaz coombes - turn this car around (early monitor mix)
  -----   
  reverend and the makers - i hate it when you lie
  reverend and the makers - overthinking
  guest singer - divine psychic hotline
  new order - ecstacy
  -----   
  the boo radleys - how was i supposed to know
  chapterhouse - falling down
  slate - tabernacl
  -----   
  black honey - ok
  big joanie - sainted
  -----   
  teleman - i can do it for you
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20230506-2100-t1683403200.mp3
   

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - April

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. A COMFORTING NOTION EP  ...  Heartworms  (Speedy Wunderground)
  2. HOWLING AT A CONCRETE MOON  (LP)  ...  Pynch  (Chillburn Recordings)
  3. FUSE  (LP)  ...  Everything But The Girl  (Buzzin' Fly Records/Virgin)
  4. FANTASY EP ...  Es  (Upset The Rhythm)
  5. HOLLOWING OUT  (LP)  ...  Red Telephone  (Red Telephone)
  6. STEREO MIND GAME  (LP)   ...  Daughter  (4AD)
  7. GULLIVER EP  ...  Audiobooks  (Heavenly Recordings)
  8. BE CAREFUL ...  bdrmm  (Sonic Cathdral)
  9. EXOTICO  (LP)  ...  Temples  (ATO Records)
  10. 1982  (LP)  ...  A Certain Ratio  (Mute)
  11. OVER & OVER EP  ...  Shangri-Lass  (Redundant Span Records)
  12. PRESTIGE  ...  Girl Ray  (Moshi Moshi Records)
  13. ONLY LIGHT IN THIS TUNNEL IS THE ONCOMING TRAIN  (LP)  ...  Afflecks Palace  (Spirit Of Spike Island)
  14. PROTAGONISTS  (LP)   ...  Ist Ist  (Kind Violence Records)
  15. MIRRORS  ...  Nightbus  (So Young Records)
  16. PLUS ULTRA  (LP)  ...  Chappaqua Wrestling  (EMI)
  17. AWAITING HILLS  ...  Splint  (Nice Swan Recordings)
  18. SONGS OF ABUNDANCE, PSALMS OF GRIEF  (LP)  ...  healthyliving  (Healthyliving)
  19. VOODOO FELINE 239  ...  Fuzzbox feat. Maggie Dunne & Sugary Staple  (Suburban Squire)
  20. EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF SWANSEA  ...  The Fashion Weak  (Totally Snick Records)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for April 2023