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9 August 2026 – Westside Cowboy Ride into the Alternative Top Ten
By Editorial Team - August 9, 2026
Summary
Manchester group Westside Cowboy score a top-ten debut on the New Alternative 40 ahead of debut album 'It Goes On', out 21 August via Island.
Key Facts
- Manchester's Westside Cowboy enters top 10 of New Alternative 40.
- Debut album 'It Goes On' arrives 21 August via Island Records.
- Tracks include 'Dobro', 'Kick Stones', 'Paper Chains', and 'Worried Age'.
- Entities: Westside Cowboy, It Goes On, Dobro, Island
- Tags: westside-cowboy, it-goes-on, dobro, island-records, manchester-indie, indie-rock
Manchester's Westside Cowboy are among today's New Alternative 40 top-ten arrivals as momentum continues building toward debut album It Goes On.
Due 21 August through Island, the record includes 'Dobro' alongside 'Kick Stones', 'Paper Chains', 'Worried Age', 'Big Wheels' and other tracks developed during the band's rapid rise.
Westside Cowboy combine loose guitar-rock energy with an increasingly melodic sense of arrangement. A heavy festival schedule has taken them through venues across Europe this summer, giving the young group another sign that their audience is expanding.