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The Sticks by The Cool Greenhouse
Song of the Day: The city or the sticks? A rock or a hard place? This first single from the forthcoming debut album and an older number marry driving krautrock, oddball psychedelia and echoes of The Fall with fabulous ironic humour and idiosyncratic, killer phrases
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Mark E Smith 1957-2018
Song of the Day: With the sudden news of the passing of Mark E Smith, how can we choose a song to exemplify this force of nature, this difficult genius, this guttural great, this prince of post-punk lyricists inspired by HP Lovecraft, William Blake, Wyndham Lewis, Gene Vincent and krautrock
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Can with bass player and co-founder Holger Czukay (seated).
Song of the Day: As a tribute to krautrock pioneer, bass player and brilliant eccentric band co-founder Holger Czukay, who has died aged 79, two of band's best known songs that exemplifies that highly influential style of repetition and momentum, from 1972's Ege Bamyasi and 1971's Tago Mago
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Snapped Ankles
Song of the Day: Dancey, krautrock, postpunk psychedelia from the hairy-tree dressed four-piece based in Hackney, from their 2017 album Come Play The Trees - and that's exactly what they do
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Mensch und Maschine in perfect harmony
Song of the Day: There could hardly be a more appropriate way to mark the beginning of the Tour De France 2017 that sets of in Düsseldorf, the origin city of the highly influential man-and-machine band
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Can founder, Holger Czukay, who is now age 79.
Song of the Day: Things hotting up? Then let's take an eccentric stop by the swimming pool to cool down with a solo track from the founder of krautrock pioneers Can
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The Monks in 1965
Song of the Day: From the humorous anger of Lou Reed, we dip into a lost classic by influential garage and punk pioneers – five GIs stationed in Germany who shaved their heads
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Strangeness and charm: Hawkwind
Song of the Day: Science meets pop with one of the space rock band's catchiest creations with a three-chord krautrock feel, here quirkily preformed in 1977 and presented by Marc Bolan
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