Artist of the week

This week we are listening to one of the most influential post-punk bands in the US. They are known as pioneers of hardcore and granddaddies of alternative rock. They are from Saint Paul, Minnesota and they are called Husker Du. Tracklisting: 1. Something I Learned Today 2. From The Gut 3. Blah Blah Blah 4. Sunshine Superman 5. Real World 6. It’s Not Funny Anymore 7. Eight Miles High 8. Broken Home, Broken Heart 9. Never Talking To You 10. Hare Krisna 11. Pink Turns to Blue 12. Flip Your Wig 13. Every Everything 14. Makes No Sense 15. Hate Paper Doll 16. New Day Rising 17. Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill 18. I Apologize 19. Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely 20. I Don’t Know For Sure 21. Back From Sure 22. In A Free Land 23. Sorry Somehow Send your comments to: alex.kocic@gmail.com

This band have released God knows how many albums, included in their line-up everybody who is anybody in American alternative music and featured a long list of prominent guests. They are from Tucson, Arizona and they are called Giant Sand. Tracklisting: 1. Fields of Green Taken from Blurry Blue Mountain 2. Valley of Rain Taken from Valley of Rain 3. Body of Water Taken from Ballad of a Thin Line Man 4. Uneven Light of Day Taken from Storm 5. Love Like a Train Taken from Love Songs 6. Sandman Taken from Long Stem Rant 7. Romance of Falling Taken from Ramp 8. Seeded Taken from Centre of Universe 9. Santana, Castanada and You Taken from Purge and Slouch 10. Yer Ropes Taken from Glum 11. Muss Taken from Is All Over The Map 12. Stranded Pearl Taken from Provisions 13. Return of the Big Red Guitar Taken from Long Stem Rant 14. Monk’s Mountain Taken from Blurry Blue Mountain send your comments to Alex.kocic@gmail.com

John Foxx is one of the pioneers of synth pop and electronic music. This quiet man from England, who started in Ultravox, works simultaneously on techno projects and ambient stuff. Tracklisting: 1. Plaza 2. Metal Beat 3. No-one Driving 4. Europe After The Rain 5. Systems of Romance 6. Walk Away 7. Running Across This Ice With Tigers 8. Crash 9. A Room As Big As A City 10. Sunlit Silhouette 11. City As Memory 12. Sidewalking 13. Uptown Downtown 14. The Quiet Man Tracks 1-3 Taken from Metamatic Tracks 4-6 Taken from Garden Track 7 Taken from Golden Section Track 8 Taken from Shifting City Track 9 Taken from Trash Track 10 Taken from Cathedral Oceans II Track 11 Taken from Cathedral Oceans Track 12 Taken from Crash and Burn Track 13 Taken from Pleasures of Electricity Track 14 Taken from In The Glow Send your comments to: alex.kocic@gmail.com

ESG, or Emerald, Sapphire and Gold, are a band from South Bronx in New York whose music was based on complex polyrhythms, a funky bass and poppy guitar. Although not very famous, ESG have been quite influential across a wide range of scenes, such as disco, dance-punk, funk and hip-hop. They are one of the most sampled groups ever, and their beats and sounds can be heard on records by Wu-Tang Clan, Beastie Boys, TLC, Big Daddy Kane, Tricky and countless others. However, most samples of their music were used at the time when such practice did not automatically involve compensation for the original authors. That’s why in 1993 ESG wrote a song called Sample Credits Don’t Pay Our Bills. Tracklisting: 1. Moody 2. Tiny Sticks 3. You’re No Good 4. Come Away 5. Dance 6. Talk It 7. Erase You 8. It’s Alright 9. Get Funky 10. Keep On Moving 11. I Can’t Tell You What To Do 12. Like This 13. Standing in Line 14. I Wanna Dance 15. Earn It 16. Moody (A New Mood) All tracks taken from Dance To The Best Of ESG

This week you are listening to the granddaddies of grunge, a band that fused punk, hardcore and classic rock into a unique sound that influenced many others. You are listening to Dinosaur Jr. Tracklisting: 1. Freek Scene 2. The Leper 3. Repulsion 4. Little Furry Things 5. Sludgefest 6. They Always Come 7. Budge 8. Pond Song 9. The Wagon 10. I Live For That Look 11. How’d You Pin That One On Me 12. Whatever’s Cool With Me 13. Not You Again 14. Start Chopin’ 15. I Don’t Think 16. Over It 17. Yeah We Know Tracks 2 and 3 Taken from Dinosaur Tracks 1, 6, 7, 8, 17 Taken from Bug Tracks 4 and 5 Taken from You’re Living All Over Me Tracks 9, 10, 11 Taken from Green Mind Tracks 12 and 13 Taken from Whatever’s Cool With Me Track 14 Taken from Where You Been Track 15 Taken from Hand It Over Track 16 Taken from Farm

One of the great alternative rock bands of the 1980’s, Cocteau Twins influenced countless others in what is now known as dream pop. Their combination of fuzzy, atmospheric guitars and singer Liz Fraser’s emotional and non-lyrical vocals made this trio from Scotland a unique proposition. Tracklisting: 1. Ivo Taken from Treasure 2. Five Ten Fiftyfold Taken from Head Over Heels 3. Sugar Hiccup Taken from Head Over Heels 4. Shallow Than Halo Taken from Garlands 5. Blood Bitch Taken from Garlands 6. Blind Dumb Deaf Taken from Garlands 7. Lorelei Taken from Treasure 8. Persephone Taken from Treasure 9. The Thinner Air Taken from Victorialand 10. Throughout The Dark Months of April and May Taken from Victorialand 11. Blue Bell Knoll Taken from Blue Bell Knoll 12. Road River and Rail Taken from Heaven or Las Vegas 13. Serpentskirt Taken from Milk and Kisses 14. Pandora Taken from Treasure 15. Bluebeard Taken from Four Calendar Café Send your comments to: alex.kocic@gmail.com

Belle and Sebastian from Glasgow play what is sometimes called “inteligent” or “wistful” pop, loved by critics and other musicians, but still relativelly unknown to the wider audience outside the UK. Find out more about them and send your comments to: alex.kocic@gmail.com Tracklisting 1. I Want the World to Stop Taken from Write About Love (2010) 2. Step Into My Office Baby Taken from Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) 3. Dear Catastrophe Waitress Taken From Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) 4. Like Dylan in the Movies Taken From The BBC Sessions (2008) 5. Sleep the Clock Around Taken From The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998) 6. The State I Am In Taken From Tigermilk (1996) 7. Seymour Stein Taken From The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998) 8. The Stars of Track and Field Taken from If You Are Feeling Sinister (1996) 9. Write About Love Taken from Write About Love (2010) 10. I am A Cuckoo Taken from Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) 11. A Space Boy Dream Taken from The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998) 12. You Don’t Send Me Taken from Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) 13. The Boy With The Arab Strap Taken from The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998) 14. Dirty Dream No.2 Taken from Live in Belfast (2008) 15. I Can See Your Future Taken from Write About Love (2010)

Legendary Swiss duo Yello - one of those artists whose music is a lot better known that their name. Their music has been used in numerous films, TV commercials and countless TV and radio programmes. Tracklisting: 1. The Expert Taken from Touch (2009) 2. Bostich Taken from Solid Pleasure (1980) 3. Pinball Cha Cha Taken from Claro Que Si (1981) 4. I Love You (12”) Taken from You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess (1983) 5. Domingo Taken from Stella (1985) 6. Moon on Ice featuring Billy MacKenzie Taken from One Second (1987) 7. Blazing Saddles Taken from Flag (1988) 8. Drive Driven Taken from Baby (1991) 9. Move Dance be Born Taken from Zebra (1994) 10. Pan Blue Taken from Pocket Universe (1997) 11. Shake and Shiver Taken from Motion Picture (1999) 12. Tiger Dust Taken from Yello by Yello Anthology (2010) 13. Oh Yeah (2009) Taken from Yello by Yello Anthology (2010) 14. Live at the Roxy NYC (1983) 15. Out of Dawn Taken from Touch (2009)

Introduction to some of the best and most influential artist in the history of rock music. Listen and find out more about those who changed rock music forever. Presented by Alex Kocic.