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Scotland's Alternative Music

Vic Galloway talks to key musicians from Scotland who have made their mark on alternative and indie music. Alex Kapranos, Emma Pollock and Malcolm Ross to name but a few.

In the fourth episode of the series Vic Galloway takes a look at Scotland's proud history of alternative & indie music.

Scotland has a strong tradition when it comes to alternative music - from Josef K to the Franz Ferdinand to Teenage Fanclub to The Delgados to Arab Strap - all have made an impression on millions of fans across the world.

Featuring interviews with Alex Kapranos, Emma Pollock, Malcolm Ross (Josef K & Orange Juice), The Rezillos, KT Tunstall, James Graham (Twilight Sad), Kathryn Joseph, Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Aidan Moffat, Gerard love (Teenage Fanclub).

55 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Jul 2019 22:00

Music Played

  • Belle and Sebastian

    The Boy With the Arab Strap (Glastonbury 2015)

    • The Boy With The Arab Strap.
    • Jeepster.
    • 9.
  • Josef K

    It's Kinda Funny

    • Endless Soul.
    • Marina.
    • 3.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Take Me Out

    • Franz Ferdinand.
    • Domino.
  • AC/DC

    Back In Black

    • Back In Black.
    • Epic.
    • 6.
  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • The Best Of.
    • Mute.
  • Babes in Toyland

    Sometimes

    • Volume 4.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 11.
  • Arab Strap

    General Plea to a Girlfriend

    • The Week Never Starts Round Here.
    • Chemikal Undergdound.
    • 7.
  • The Rezillos

    (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures

    • Can't Stand The Rezillos.
    • Sire.
    • 9.
  • Josef K

    Sorry For Laughing

    • Endless Soul.
    • Marina.
    • 4.
  • BMX Bandits

    Kylie's Got a Crush on Us

    • Life Goes On CD1.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 13.
  • Teenage Fanclub

    Sparky's Dream

    • (CD Single).
    • Creation Records.
  • Joy Division

    Transmission

    • Permanent: Joy Division 1995.
    • Factory/London.
    • 2.
  • Mogwai

    Hungry Face

    • Central Belters CD3.
    • Rock Action Records.
    • 8.
  • Blur

    Parklife

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • The Pastels

    Unfair kind of fame

    • Seriously Scottish - music from contemporary Scotland Volume One.
    • Scottish Arts Council.
    • 11.
  • The Delgados

    Under Canvas Under Wraps

    • Domestiques.
    • Chemikal Underground Limited.
    • 1.
  • The Delgados

    American Trilogy

    • The Great Eastern.
    • Chemikal Underground.
    • 3.
  • Scotland World Cup Squad

    We Have A Dream

    • Scottish World Cup Anthems.
    • Cherry Red.
    • 3.
  • Otoboke Beaver

    Love Is Short

    • Damnably.
  • Arab Strap

    The Shy Retirer

    • Arab Strap.
    • Chemikal Underground.
  • The Twilight Sad

    That Summer, At ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ I Had Become Invisible

    • Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters.
    • 130701 Ltd t/a Fatcat Records.
    • 2.
  • Cocteau Twins

    Heaven Or Las Vegas

    • Heaven Or Las Vegas.
    • 4AD.
  • Kathryn Joseph

    The Bird

    • Bones You Have Thrown Me And Blood I've Spilled.
    • Hits The Fan Records.
  • RM Hubbert

    Bolt

    • Breaks And Bone.
    • Chemikal Underground.
    • 2.
  • Belle and Sebastian

    The Stars of Track and Field

    • If You're Feeling Sinister.
    • Jeepster recordings.
    • 1.
  • Urusei Yatsura

    Hello Tiger

    • Hello Tiger.
    • Coalition.
    • 1.
  • bis

    Kandy Pop

    • The Secret Vampire Soundtrack.
    • Chemikal Underground Records.
    • 1.
  • Spare Snare

    Taking On The Sides

    • Kat's Karavan: The History Of John Peel On The Radio CD4.
    • Universal Music Group.
    • 3.
  • Fire Engines

    Candyskin

    • Fond.
    • Creation records.
    • 8.
  • Scars

    Horrorshow

    • Fast Product.
  • The Associates

    White Car In Germany

    • Rip It Up And Start Again Postpunk 1978-1984.
    • Mercury Records Limited.
    • 15.
  • Orange Juice

    Falling And Lauging

    • You Can't Hide Your Love Forever.
    • Domino.
  • Orange Juice

    I Can't Help Myself

    • Esteemed.
    • Polydor.
  • Josef K

    Radio Drill Time

    • Endless Soul.
    • Marina.
    • 15.
  • King Creosote

    Bootprints

    • KC Rules OK.
    • 679 Records.
    • 4.
  • The Beta Band

    Dry The Rain

    • The Three E.P.'s.
    • Regal.
    • 1.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Michael

    • Franz Ferdinand.
    • Domino.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Do You Want To

    • Now 62 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Uncle John & Whitelock

    Black Milk

    • There Is Nothing Else.
    • G.F.M. Productions.
    • 13.
  • The Human League

    Being Boiled

  • The Mekons

    Where Were You?

    • John Peel. Right Time, Wrong Speed 1977 - 1987.
    • Warner Music TV.
    • 018.
  • The Delgados

    Monica Webster

    • Kats Karavan: The History Of John Peel On The Radio.
    • Universal.
    • 8 / 3.
  • Arab Strap

    The First Big Weekend

    • Ten Years Of Tears.
    • Chemikal Underground.
    • 3.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Walk Away

    • (CD Single).
    • Domino.
  • Nirvana

    Something In The Way

    • Nevermind.
    • Polydor Limited.
    • 12.
  • Public Enemy

    Bring The Noise

    • Best Of/20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection.
    • Def Jam.
    • 3.
  • Teenage Fanclub

    Star Sign

    • Bandwagonesque.
    • Creation.
    • 6.
  • De La Soul

    Magic Number

    • The Awards 1990 (Disc 2) (Various).
    • Telstar.
  • Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul

    Fallin'

    • Judgment Night: Music From The Motion Picture.
    • Immortal Records.
    • 2.
  • Robert Smith

    There's A Girl In The Corner

    • It Was Never The Same / There's A Girl In The Corner.
    • FatCat Records.
  • The Rezillos

    Top Of The Pops

    • Scotland Rocks.
    • Virgin.
    • 19.
  • Emma Pollock/Scott Hutchison

    Singing For Strangers

    • The Fruit Tree Foundation ‎- First Edition.
    • Chemikal Underground.
    • 7.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Jul 2018 14:00
  • Wed 2 Jan 2019 17:00
  • Thu 4 Jul 2019 22:00