Category: A’s Track of the Day

Featuring Michael Rother from Neu and Cluster’s Moebius and Roedelius. One for Brian Eno fans.

No apologies for sticking with the Hunnish groove. From their excellent 1972 debut album.

More hypnotic Krautism, this time from Faust’s 1972 album So Far. Very strange pictures from Roman Polanski.

What a hypnotic band they were. I saw them in Newcastle in 1974 and must confess that I did not get it. But since then I have learned to love … Continue readingCan: Mother Sky

A live version from 2000, 25 years after the original. Does he remind you of that bloke out of Shameless?

Another grungy pick, this time from the mighty Bob Mould.

Nice, grungy little instrumental from 2002.

A bit modern for me but I like its simplicity. Youth and Valor is Courtney Saunders, from Texas.

I like this best when the brass section comes in. From the 2011 album The Rip Tide.

‘Hardest job that ever I done was ploughin’ a field of rye. Easiest job that ever I done was eatin’ chicken pie.’ Two and a half minutes of perfection from … Continue readingRy Cooder: Crow Black Chicken