Call it krautrock, or Kosmische, or something else entirely. The music that came out of West Germany in the late 1960s and 1970s fused psychedelic rock, modern and minimalist classical music, and free jazz into one of the most compelling and influential sounds of its era. Tonight's College Radio Primer will feature the mind-expanding sounds of artists such as Can, Ash Ra Tempel, Neu!, and Tangerine Dream. This music would go on to influence artists such as Afrika Bambataataa, Stereolab, and Radiohead. Tune in!
WXDU Top 88.7
1. 19...Toro Y Moi...Underneath The Pine...Carpark
2. 13...The Jayhawks...Tomorrow The Green Grass-Legacy Edition...American Recordings
3. 13...Various Artists...Funky Frauleins Vol. 2...Grosse Freigeit
4. 12...Telekinesis...12 Desperate Straight Lines...Merge
5. 11...Banjo or Freakout...Banjo or Freakout...Rare Book Room
6. 11...Puro Instinct...Headbangers In Ecstasy...Mexican Summer
7. 11...Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers...Teenage & Torture...Knitting Factory
8. 10...Delicate Steve...Wondervisions...Luaka Bop
9. 10...Evolution Control Committee...All Rights Reserved...Seeland
10. 10...Los Amigos Invisibles...Not So Commercial...Nacional
11. 10...The Extra Lens...Undercard...Merge
12. 9...Girl Howdy...Honky Tonk Hair...S/R
13. 9...Agesandages...Alright You Restless...Knitting Factory
14. 9...Silk Flowers...Ltd. Form...PPM
15. 9...Soviet League...S/T...Angel Oven
16. 9...Akron/Family...S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey...Dead Oceans
17. 8...Carolina Chocolate Drop/Luminescent Orchestrii...S/T...A Man A Plan A Canal
18. 8...Stone Love/Symbolics...Split 7"...Plut
19. 8...Natural Yogurt Band...Tuck in With......Now-Again
20. 8...Is/Is...This Happening EP...Guilt Ridden Pop
21. 8...Various Artists...Generation Bass Presents: Transnational Dubstep...Six Degrees
22. 8...The Go! Team...Rolling Blackouts...Memphis Industries
23. 8...Say Hi...Um, Uh Oh...Barsuk
Tonight, Nobody's Driving will feature the Washington D.C. hardcore scene that (among other things) birthed the straightedge movement, revitalizing and refocusing punk and hardcore music during the early 1980s (all in the shadows of Capitol Hill and Ronald Reagan). Tune in to hear the bands like Bad Brains and Minor Threat who forever altered the trajectory of hardcore music as well as some underrated and forgotten classics like Void, Faith, Double-O, and Untouchables.