Mixtape Days! Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 27/24

• -----tribute to Mary Weiss of the Shangri La's
  boyracer - give him a great big kiss
  the shop assistants - train from kansas city
  hollie cook - walking in the sand
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  the charlatans - just as long as you stick by me
  james - is this love
  shed seven - feels like heaven
  my life story - running out of heartbeats
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  action painting! - just who are the cockleshell heroes
  the gentle spring - dodge the rain
  pete astor - model village
  the jack rubies - terrible crime
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  heartworms - dominion (sisters of mercy cover)
  chalk - claw
  feral family - sold
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  dee c. lee - walk away
  the style council - the lodgers (or she was only a shopkeeper's daughter)
  girl ray - easy
  leah weller - freedom
  -----lp session - black grape  'Orange Head'
  black grape - quincy
  black grape - panda
  black grape - sex on the beach
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  the jesus and mary chain - chemical animal
  mogwai - the lord is out of control
  spiritualized - she kissed me (it felt like a hit)
  swervedriver - you've sealed my fate
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  jo bartlett - drawing a line
  dry cleaning - viking hair
  lene lovich - sleeping beauty
  holiday ghosts - sublime disconnect
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  a certain ratio - all comes down to this
  das koolies - masters of mankind
  the high llamas - toriafan
  east village - way back home
  -----lp session - the fauns  'How Lost'
  the fauns - mixtape days
  the fauns - afterburner
  the fauns - modified
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  the libertines - shiver
  the boxer rebellion - a man as alive as the city
  kaiser chiefs - burning in flames
  folly group - east flat crows
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  arab strap - bliss
  bas jan - back to the swamp
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  the associates - it's better this way (alternative version)
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20240127-2100-t1706389200.mp3
   

We Make Hits! Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 20/24

• jane weaver - love in constant spectacle
  marika hackman - slime
  the chemical brothers - fountains
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  ride - peace sign
  whitelands feat dottie - tell me about it
  a.r. kane - suicide kiss
  felicette - palpitations
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  the orchids - caveman
  jody and the jerms - joy
  lemonheads - seven out
  heavy heart - sweetness follows
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  the blinders - swallowing static
  arcade state - thunderstatement
  folly group - bright night
  folly group - freeze
  -----northern soul spotlight   
  tobi legend - time will pass you by
  the metros - since i found my baby
  the brothers - are you ready for this
  the m.v.p.'s - turnin’ my heartbeat up
  philly devotions - i just can’t say goodbye
  -----lp session - the vaccines  Pick​-​Up Full Of Pink Carnations
  the vaccines - discount de kooning (last one standing)
  the vaccines - another nightmare
  the vaccines - the dreamer
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  swim school - give me a reason why
  newdad - white ribbons
  the sundays - hideous towns
  low girl - icarus
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  the jack rubies - hidey hole
  flesh tetris - don't judge me judy
  gen and the degenerates - kids wanna dance
  sunship balloon - ukiyo
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  sunstinger - endless june
  rainsong - blizzarding
  the verve - sun, the sea
  -----lp session - bill ryder-jones  Iechyd Da
  bill ryder-jones - we don't need  them
  bill ryder-jones - nothing to be done
  bill ryder-jones - christinha
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  courting - we look good together (big words)
  yard act - we make hits
  idles - gift horse
  jean-jacques burnel - freddie laker (concorde & eurobus)
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  altered images - i could be happy
  the darling buds - uptight
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  cat power ang iggy pop - working class hero
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20240120-2100-t1705784400.mp3
   

Natural Magick! Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 13/24

• the hushtones - deja vu
  the ventrelles - happenstance
  courting - emily g
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  cast - faraway
  kula shaker - natural magick
  the vaccines - love to walk away
  bill ryder-jones - if tomorrow starts without me
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  the house of all - aim higher
  blue orchids - bad education
  the fall - portugal
  the rhythm method - i love my television
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  fat white family - religion for one
  the libertines - night of the hunter
  solar eyes - let's run away
  the reytons - listen
  -----northern soul spotlight
  carstairs - he who picks a rose
  bob brady - everybody’s goin’ to the love-in
  the seven souls - i still love you
  james & bobby purify - let love come between us
  erma franklin - abracadabra
  -----lp session - shed seven  'a matter of time'
  shed seven - let's go
  shed seven - tripping with you (feat laura mcclure)
  shed seven - throwaways (feat peter doherty)
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  liam gallagher feat john squire - just another rainbow
  adult leisure - you weren't there when i needed
  pip blom feat alex kapranos - is this love
  shelf lives - skirts and salads
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  lucia and the best boys - downtown lights (blue nile cover)
  delilah holliday - liquid pearl
  yonaka - predator
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  the shop window - i run
  still corners - secret world
  ladylike - southbound
  the trudy - pop pop
  -----lp session - sprints  'letter to self'
  sprints - ticking
  sprints - cathedral
  sprints - can't get enough of it
  sprints - a wreck (a mess)
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  pastel - your day (andy bell glok remix edit)
  ride - future love
  blind mr. jones - spooky vibes
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  the klf (featuring ricardo da force) - everybody’s talkin’ at me (tony 'fuuk' thorpe premix by harry nilsson)
  das koolies - katal (gabe gurnsey remix edit)
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  teenage sequence - all this art
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20240113-2100-t1705179600.mp3
   

So Bored At Your Squat Rave! Show tracks for Sat. Jan. 06/24

• wolf alice - giant peach
  just mustard - pictures
  childhood - pay for cool
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  ulrika spacek - lounge angst
  dark horses - dawn dusk
  noel gallagher's high flying birds - love will tear us apart (demo)
  pale blue eyes - green eyes
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  baxter dury - leon
  steve mason - i'm on my way
  squid - swing (in a dream)
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  bleach lab    fade into you (mazzy star cover)
  the the - soul mining (live)
  bush tetras - guilt (marianne faithful cover)
  -----northern soul spotlight
  bobby womack - home is where the heart is
  willie kendrick - change your ways
  artistics - this heart of mine
  lorraine chandler - i can’t hold on
  lee dorsey - ride your pony
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  the hedrons - beauty queen (the dog)
  the hedrons - regrets
  wings of desire - a million other suns
  cardinals - the brow
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  pynch - maybe
  miss tiny - sailing
  flamingods - adana
  floral image - gallipoli
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  big special - trees
  test plan - so bored at your squat rave
  plastic bag - black feather
  wax head - jobless goblin
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  slate - st. agatha
  mary in the junkyard - tuesday
  tramp - snakes & rabbits
  luna marble - mad world
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  erotic secrets of pompeii - osiris, at the large hadron collider
  bby - hotline
  man/woman/chainsaw - what lucy found there
  lifts - wrapped up
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  honesty - seams
  the happy now - on an island, alone
  lip filler - limelight
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  picture parlour - norwegian wood
  the brontës - first hand arrogance
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  hms morris - family souls
  barry can't swim - how it feels
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20240106-2100-t1704574800.mp3
   

The 2023 Festive 50! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 30/23

• pulp - countdown - Seperations
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  #50 firestations - hitting a new low - Thick Terrain
  #49 the jasmine minks - skyward - We Make Our Own History  
  skipped #48 ulrika spacek - Compact Trauma
  #47 japan review - go around - The Slow Down
  #46 dream nails - prevenge - Doom Loop
  #45 omd - bauhaus staircase - Bauhaus Staircase  
  #44 cloth - ambulance - Secret Measure
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  #43 lloyd cole - the idiot - On Pain  
  #42 the utopiates - best and worst days - The Sun Also Rises
  #41 sundara karma - sounds good to me - Better Luck Next Time  
  #40 django django - osaka - Off Planet
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  #39 o. - ogo - Slice EP
  #38 swansea sound - pack the van - Twentieth Century
  #37 the clockworks - feels so real - Exit Strategy   
  #36 the kills - 103 - God Games
  skipped #35 baxter dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You
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  #34 english teacher - the world’s biggest paving slab 2023 - Mastermind Specialism  
  #33 bas jan - singing bar - Back To The Swamp
  #32 black honey - lemonade - Lemonade   Brighton, 3rd lp Fistfull of Peaches
  skipped #31 acr - 1982
  #30 john - service stationed - A Life Diagrammatic
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  #29 shame - alibis - Food For Worms
  #28 belle and sebastian - i don't know what you see in me - Late Developers
  #27 boo radleys - seeker - Eight  
  #26 everything but the girl - nothing left to lose - Fuse   
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  #25 yard act - dream job - Where's My Utopia?
  skipped #24 dark horses - While We Were Sleeping
  #23 temples - oval stones - Exotico
  #22 girl ray - hurts so bad - Prestige
  #21 dream wife - love you more - Social Lubrication
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  #20 teenage fanclub - self-sedation - Nothing Lasts Forever
  #19 the waeve - kill me again - The Waeve   
  skipped #18 squid - O Monolith
  #17 sleaford mods - west end girls - West End Girls  
  #16 pj harvey - i inside the old year dying - I Inside The Old Year Dying
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  #15 genn - calypso - Unum
  #14 pale blue eyes  - million times over - This House
  skipped #13 steve mason - Brothers & Sisters
  #12 the coral - that's where she belongs - Sea Of Mirrors  
  #11 das koolies - masters of mankind - DK.01
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  #10 mandy, indiana - pinking shears - I've Seen A Way  
  #09 the murder capital - ethel - Gigi's Recovery  
  #08 heartworms - a comforting notion - A Comforting Notion EP   
  #07 keeley - arrive alive - Floating Above Everything Else
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  #06 bleach lab - nothing left to lose - Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness
  #05 emma anderson - tonight is mine - Pearlies  
  #04 bar italia - punkt! - Tracey Denim
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  #03 blur - the narcissist - The Ballad Of Darren   
  #02 bdrmm - it's just a bit of blood - I Don't Know
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  #01 slowdive - kisses
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231230-2100-t1703970000.mp3
   

Cowboys & Indies Monthly Indiessential charts 2023 - December

• The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
  
  1. JAMCOD  ...  The Jesus And Mary Chain  (Fuzz Club)
  2. SLICE EP  ...  O.  (Speedy Wunderground)
  3. WE MAKE OUR OWN HISTORY  (LP)  ...  The Jasmine Minks  (Last Night From Glasgow)
  4. CIAO CIAO BAMBINO  ...  Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band  (Modern Sky)
  5. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER  ...  The Libertines  (Uni)
  6. WEST END GIRLS  ...  Sleaford Mods  (Rough Trade)
  7. HEADY METAL EP  ...  Divorce  (Uni)
  8. SLITHER/GOING DOWN  ...  Da Googie/Too Many Things  (Weeping Prophet Records)
  9. WELCOME TO THE REST OF YOUR LIFE  (LP)  ...  Little Man Tate  (Absolute Label Services)
  10. BEAUTY EP  ...  Dutch Mustard  (DM Records)
  11. THE GOA EXPRESS  (LP)  ...  The Goa Express  (The Goa Express)
  12. SETTING SUN  ...  BMX Bandits  (Tapete Records)
  13. SECRET WORLD  ...  Still Corners  (Wrecking Light Records)
  14. WEIGHT OF THE WORLD  (LP)  ...  The Hermitts  (Next Phase : Normal Records)
  15. TWENTY THINGS  ...  Nadine Shah  (Uni)
  16. HERE COME THE EARLY NIGHTS  (LP)  ...  Spector  (Is Right Records)
  17. SILENCE  ...  The Facades  (The Facades)
  18. FOR YOUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT  (LP)  ...  Moderate Rebels  (Everyday Life Recordings)   
  19. A SMALL CROWD GATHERED TO WATCH ME EP  ...  Humour  (So Young Records)
  20. CONTROLLED CHAOS  (LP) ...  Local Authority  (Jessica Swan)
  
  Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for December 2023
   

Come Together! Show tracks for Sat. Dec. 23/23

• the high - box set go
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  saint etienne - only love can break your heart (flowered up remix)
  primal scream - come together (andrew weatherall 7" mix)
  electronic - get the message (dna groove mix)
  the times - manchester
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  stone roses - fools gold
  northside - shall we take a trip (12" version)
  a guy called gerald - voodoo ray
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  happy mondays - wrote for luck (vince clarke club remix)
  new fast automatic daffodils - get better
  the wendys - the sun's going to shine for me soon
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  808 state - pacific state (original mix)
  future sound of london - papua new guinea (12'' original mix aka dali mix)
  ruthless rap assassins - and it wasn't a dream (dare to be aware mix)
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  inspiral carpets - joe
  mock turtles - can u dig it?
  james - come home (weatherall remix a.k.a. skunk weed skank mix)
  beats international - dub be good to me
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  the farm - all together now
  flowered up - it's on
  paris angels - perfume
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  chapterhouse - pearl (12" version)
  spaceman 3 - big city (waves of joy)(demo version)
  the telescopes - celeste
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  the charlatans - indian rope
  world of twist - she's a rainbow (12" version)
  the hollow men - thrilled
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  the beloved - forever dancing
  carter the unstoppable sex machine - after the watershed (early learning the hard way)
  pop will eat itself - x, y and zee (electric sunshine style)
  the klf - justified and ancient (stand by the jams)
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  stereo mcs - connected
  renagade soundwave - probably a robbery
  massive attack - unfinished symphony
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  one dove - white love (piano reprise)
  one dove - white love (radio mix)
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  sub sub - space face
• Listen - http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11598-Cowboys_and_Indies-20231223-2100-t1703365200.mp3