The past few years have been great for UK and Irish rock/indie music, particularly in the last year theres been so many new bands releasing debut albums, debut EPs and debut singles that all show mass amounts of potential. Westside Cowboy are my latest discovery and with only 2 singles out they have throroughly impressed me and with them supporting BC, NR on their upcoming tour I imagine WC are a band people are going to be become very fmailiar with in the future.

Canto

100

easily one of the best and most memorable songs in recent memory for me, reallllyyy excited to see where they're going

ghostwriter27

Westside Cowboy, live at Paradiso in Amsterdam, 13th October 2025
Didn't know anything about this band and was fucking blown away. Four people singing on stage, each of them with a beautiful and distinct voice. Their bassist has especially great vocals and their drummer is shockingly talented with his instruments. Those off-kilter beats on "Shells" almost killed me. Also, just seeing these guys interact with each other in so many sweet little ways sold the whole show.

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