Episodes
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
L7 special with Donita Sparks
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
L7 special with Donita Sparks in conversation with David Eastaugh
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Shonen Knife special with Naoko Yamano
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Shoen Knife special with Naoko Yamano in conversation with David Eastaugh
Shonen Knife is an alternative rock band formed in Osaka, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, popbands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts stripped-down songs with simple, yet uncoventional lyrics sung both in Japanese and English.
Despite their pop-oriented nature, the trio maintains a distinctly underground garage rock sound rooted in edgy instrumentation and D.I.Y. aesthetics, which over the course of their long career has earned them a solid, worldwide cult following and made avid fans out of seminal 1990s alternative rock bands such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and Redd Kross.
The band has been credited with making "the international pop underground more international" by "opening it up to bands from Japan". They have also performed as a Ramones tribute band under the name The Osaka Ramones.
is an alternative rock band formed in Osaka, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, popbands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts stripped-down songs with simple, yet uncoventional lyrics sung both in Japanese and English.
Despite their pop-oriented nature, the trio maintains a distinctly underground garage rock sound rooted in edgy instrumentation and D.I.Y. aesthetics, which over the course of their long career has earned them a solid, worldwide cult following and made avid fans out of seminal 1990s alternative rock bands such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and Redd Kross. The band has been credited with making "the international pop underground more international" by "opening it up to bands from Japan". They have also performed as a Ramones tribute band under the name The Osaka Ramones.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Anne Pigalle in conversation
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Anne Pigalle is a French chanteuse (singer) and multimedia artist (writer, musician, art performer, poet, photographer and painter). Interview with David Eastaugh
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
David Bowie special with Woody Woodmansey
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
David Bowie special with Woody Woodmansey in conversation with David Eastaugh
Sunday Oct 27, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Wire special with Colin Newman
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Wire special with Colin Newman in conversation with David Eastaugh
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Stump special with Kev Hopper
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Stump special with Kev Hopper in conversation with David Eastaugh
Stump were an Anglo-Irish indie/experimental/rock group featuring former Microdisney membersMick Lynch (vocals) and Rob McKahey (drums), along with Kev Hopper (bass) and Chris Salmon (guitar). They formed in London in 1983. The original vocalist was Nick Hobbs, who left early on to form The Shrubs.
Their first release was a four track EP Mud on a Colon issued in 1986 through the Ron Johnson record label. This was followed by a self released mini album Quirk Out produced by Hugh Jones which included their cult hit "Buffalo". "Buffalo" appeared on NME's influential C86 compilation and a video was made by Channel 4which was shown on The Tube. Continuous UK touring, regular coverage in the UK music press - including cover features in both the NME and Melody Maker, and a return to The Tube for a live performance of "Tupperware Stripper", ensured that Quirk Out stayed in the UK Indie Charts for 26 weeks, peaking at number 2. A session for the John Peel radio show recorded in February 1986 was released as a Peel Session EP on Strange Fruit Records in 1987. Following these successes the band were signed to Ensign Records.
Their only full-length release, A Fierce Pancake (named after a term meaning 'deep conundrum' in The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien) released in 1988 was recorded in Berlin and London produced by Holger Hiller with assistance from Stephen Street and was mixed by Hugh Jones after an unsuccessful session with US producer John Robie. The recording process was, however, often fraught with arguments amongst the band as to the sound and direction of the album.[4] However, the group were pleased with the finished results and three singles were released from the album: "Chaos", "Charlton Heston" (which reached number 72 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1988 and therefore became their only national chart success) and a re-released "Buffalo" (the latter only featuring on the US edition of the album). The album did not bring the crossover success the label had hoped for and, after recording a few b-sides and some demos, they split up at the end of the year.
Stump's persistent and growing cult following prompted the release of A Fierce Pancake on iTunes; Hopper had previously reported on his website that their entire catalogue had been out of print since 1990. The "Pancake" download prompted the release of a 3-CD set containing Mud on a Colon, Quirk Out and A Fierce Pancake as well as the group's post-"Pancake" b-sides and demos and their compilation appearance, "Big End". This was released by Sanctuary Records in 2008 under the title The Complete Anthology.
Mick Lynch died in December 2015.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
C86 Show - Various
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
C86 Show - playing the finest in indie pop with David Eastaugh
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Barclay James Harvest special with John Lees
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Barclay James Harvest special with John Lees talking to David Eastaugh
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
You Say You Want a Revolution? special with Joe Boyd
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
You Say You Want a Revolution? - exhibition special - with Joe Boyd talking to David Eastaugh
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
You Say You Want a Revolution? special with Geoffrey Marsh
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
You Say You Want a Revolution? - exhibition special - with Geoffrey Marsh talking to David Eastaugh
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
You Say You Want a Revolution? with Barry Miles
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
You Say You Want a Revolution? - the exhibition at the V&A - with Barry Miles talking the 60s/counterculture with David Eastaugh
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Vernon & Irene Castle special with Eve Golden
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Vernon & Irene Castle special with Eve Golden talking about the legendary couple with David Eastaugh
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Sarah Records special with Lucy Dawkins
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Sarah Records special with Lucy Dawkins talking about the film My Secret World, with David Eastaugh
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Penny Arcade in conversation
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Penny Arcade in conversation with David Eastaugh
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Lucy Porter in conversation
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Lucy Porter in conversation with David Eastaugh
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Judy Tzuke in conversation
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Judy Tzuke in conversation with David Eastaugh
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Captain Beefheart special with John Drumbo French
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Captain Beefheart special with John Drumbo French in conversation with David Eastaugh
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sananda Maitreya in conversation
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sananda Maitreya in conversation with David Eastaugh