Episodes
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Michael Blair in conversation with David Eastaugh
Michael Blair is an American drummer and percussionist who has worked on records and tours with Tom Waits (Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years), Elvis Costello (King of America, Spike and Lou Reed (Magic and Loss). As a writer/arranger he has collaborated with legendary beat poet Allen Ginsberg, and as a producer he has worked with Victoria Williams, Ryan Adams and Soul Asylum.
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Anthony Dolphin - Santa Sprees
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Anthony Dolphin in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://santasprees.bandcamp.com/
https://bandcamp.com/anthonydolphin
The Anglo-Japanese band Santa Sprees have been advancing the art of unpopular song since 1994. Making questionable progress from the low-skilled, no-fidelity, no wave of their earliest cassettes to the largely futile primitive avant bubblegum of today, releasing ten collections to date on a trail of defunct labels and media.
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Jacqueline Bradley - The Hellfire Club, Sophisticated Boom Boom & His Latest Flame
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Jacqueline Bradley in conversation with David Eastaugh
The Hellfire Club, Glasgow - Rehearsal space and recording studio which was active in the early 1980's. Operated by David Henderson and Jacqueline Bradley with help from Henderson's sister Jaine Henderson.
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
John Douglas - The Trash Can Sinatras
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
John Douglas in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://johndouglas.bandcamp.com/album/john-douglas-2023
Scotland's Reveal Records is pleased to announce that the debut solo album from
one of Scotland’s finest songwriters - John Douglas (Trashcan Sinatras) - will be
released worldwide on October 6th.
At long last, fans and newcomers alike are treated to an intimate snapshot of the talent,
charisma and depth of this celebrated Scottish indie songsmith. With this release
comes the start of a new chapter in John Douglas' creative life as he simultaneously
looks back at a lifetime of musical adventures and accolades and moves forwards.
The album 'John Douglas' features new recordings of some of John's favourite
Traschcan Sinatras material, alongside new songs he has written and his own rendition
of the Prefab Sprout classic ‘We Let The Stars Go’.
The eleven songs on this record were performed solo, recorded live at Kyoti Studio in
Glasgow (with no overdubs)
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Mick Wall - Writer
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Mick Wall in conversation with David Eastaugh
Wall began his career contributing to the music weekly Sounds in 1977, where he wrote about punk and the new wave, and then rockabilly, funk, New Romantic pop and, eventually, hard rock and heavy metal. In 1979, he left music journalism to become the partner in his own PR firm, Heavy Publicity.
Latest book - Eagles - Dark Desert Highway: How America’s Dream Band Turned into a Nightmare
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
The Soup Dragons - Sushil K. Dade & Ross A. Sinclair
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
Sushil K. Dade & Ross A. Sinclair in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Soup-Dragons-100057732055198/
Fri. Oct 2023. Manchester | Manchester Academy 2.
Sat. Oct 2023. Birmingham | O2 Academy2 Birmingham.
Sun. Oct 2023. Leeds | Brudenell Social Club. ...
Tue. Oct 2023. London | Electric Ballroom. ...
Wed. Nov 2023. Newcastle upon tyne | Boiler Shop. ...
Thu. Nov 2023. Glasgow | SWG3 Galvanizers.
The Soup Dragons formed in Bellshill, a town near Motherwell, in 1985. The line up was Sean Dickson (vocals, lead guitar), Jim McCulloch (guitar, second voice) who replaced Ian Whitehall, and Sushil K. Dade (bass). The original drummer Ross A. Sinclair left the group after the first album This Is Our Art to pursue a career in art, and he was replaced by Paul Quinn. Most of their songs were written by Sean Dickson.
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Jane Duffus - These Things Happen - The Sarah Records Story
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Jane Duffus in conversation with David Eastaugh
This is the definitive history of Sarah Records; the Bristol-based label that signed the acts no major label would touch but who you wanted to hear.
Sarah put out a board game, produced cut 'n' paste fanzines and stuck two fingers up to the mainstream music industry. Sarah was your secret world and it was located in the heart of Bristol. Sarah Records lasted for seven years, nine months and 11 days.
In These Things Happen, those who were there at the beating heart of the indie-pop world reveal the deepest, darkest secrets of what really went into making Sarah’s pop masterpieces. Featuring almost 130 interviews, including at least one member of every single band (as well as the world exclusive first interview with Christine of Christine’s Cat fame), this book is an oral history of a defining moment in pop history.
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
The Snake Corps - Marc Lewis
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Marc Lewis in conversation with David Eastaugh
The Snake Corps were formed in 1984 by members of Sad Lovers & Giants. Tristan Garel-Funk and Nigel Pollard conceived the band, but Pollard left prior to recording the first album. Vocalist Marc Lewis responded to an advert in Melody Maker for a singer and shared a flat with Garel-Funk, the pair recruited Liam McGuinness on Bass and John Greville of Rudimentary Peni on drums.
The music was an original fusion of post-punk, indie rock and a dynamic guitar and vocal soundscape. Not unlike Sad Lovers & Giants before them, they focused on creating dreamy rock anthems and at least partly, discarded the post-punk influences of many their contemporaries. Consequently, the band found that the European market was more aligned to their musical style and they toured abroad extensively.
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Johnette Napolitano - Concrete Blonde
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Johnette Napolitano in conversation with David Eastaugh
In 1986, Napolitano co-founded Concrete Blonde with guitarist James Mankey. She sang and sometimes played bass guitar. The pair had worked together under a variety of names since 1982. They released seven studio albums between 1986 and 2004.
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
June Miles-Kingston in conversation with David Eastaugh
British singer and drummer, best known for her work with various successful bands and singers in the 1980s. She was a founding member of the post-punk group the Mo-dettes, which lasted from 1979 to 1982, and later became a session drummer and backing vocalist for a variety of British post-punk, new wave, and pop artists.
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
The Boo Radleys - Simon “Sice” Rowbottom
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Simon 'Sice' Rowbottom in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.thebooradleys.com/
https://www.facebook.com/siceboo/events/?id=100032373476095&sk=events
The band's seventh studio album, Keep on with Falling, was released on 11 March 2022. Eight was announced on January 2023 to be released on the same year alongside the new single "Seeker".
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
The Railway Children - Gary Newby
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Gary Newby in conversation with David Eastaugh
Factory Records recorded their debut single "A Gentle Sound" in 1986. This was followed by their first album, Reunion Wilderness in 1987. They left Factory shortly afterwards and were signed to Virgin Records.
1988 saw the release of their second album, Recurrence, on Virgin Records, and support tours with R.E.M. in Europe (Work Tour) and The Sugarcubes in the US. A national chart hit eluded them with singles "In the Meantime", "Somewhere South" and "Over and Over". In 1990, they released Native Place, an album that saw the band take a more pop oriented direction, with keyboard textures coming more to the fore than previously. "Every Beat of the Heart" became a top 40 hit in the UK with a peak at No. 24.
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Paul Collins - The Nerves & The Beat
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Paul Collins in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://thepaulcollinsbeat.com/
https://hozacrecords.com/product/idfi/
American writer, author, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his work in the power pop groups The Nerves, The Breakaways and The Beat.
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
David Jenkins - The Motion
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
David Jenkins in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://linktr.ee/themotionband?fbclid=IwAR2f3F_sT97ivcpZhXkbw3cLaSSPag4lccdIlU7ycEjM3YijLjIsC5w3rSQ
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Tom Hingley - Inspiral Carpets
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Tom Hingley in conversation with David Eastaugh
Hingley formed a band called Too Much Texas, and got a job collecting glasses at The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester. He joined Inspiral Carpets as lead vocalist in 1989. Inspiral Carpets broke up in 1995 and Hingley started a career as a solo artist, releasing Keep Britain Untidy (2000) and Soulfire (2002)
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Palmolive or Paloma McLardy - The Slits & Raincoats
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Paloma McLardy in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.punkspalmolive.com/
Spanish drummer and songwriter who was a member of influential early punk bands. She founded the Slits toward the end of 1976. After leaving that group in 1978, she joined the Raincoats and performed on their first album, The Raincoats.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
The Cucumbers with Deena Shoshkes
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Deena Shoshkes in conversation with David Eastaugh
Old Shoes, The Cucumbers’ first collection of new material in almost two decades, although band mainstays Jon Fried and Deena Shoshkes have released several albums and singles of new music in the interim - Deena as a solo artist, Jon and Deena together in the NJ indie pop all-star ensemble The Campfire Flies. This is sent for your editorial use; please don't post or share. The Cucumbers were key figures on the Hoboken jangle pop scene of the 80s, whose catchy, quirky, danceable songs brought them a burst of national attention, and they remain a vital part of their local music scene.
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Robin Dallaway - The Very Things, The Cravats & Silverlake
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Robin Dallaway in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://silverlakemusic.bandcamp.com/
The Very Things were an English Dadaist post-punk band from Redditch, Worcestershire, England, formed in 1983 and active until 1988.
The Cravats - A neo-dadaist group from Redditch, UK, formed in March 1977. Guitarist / vocalist Martin Seys left the band early and drummer Ethos Yapp left after the recording of first single 'Gordon'. From there on, the 'classic' line up of The Shend, Robin Raymond Dallaway, Svor Naan and Dave Bennett managed to release six more singles and two full albums (most of them on Small Wonder; some appeared in the indie charts Top 30), interspersed with some dada happenings. Between July 1979 and November 1982, they were also asked to make four sessions for the legendary John Peel radio show.
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Wayne Hussey - The Mission
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Wayne Hussey in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://themissionukband.com/home
Book - Heady Daze The Mission Years 1985-1990
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Graham Parker
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Graham Parker in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.grahamparker.net/Home.html
In the spring of 1975, Graham Parker, a 24-year-old petrol pump attendant from Surrey, England, began to drive up to London to meet like-minded musicians and get a backing band behind his songs, which he now considered to be stronger and more interesting than anything he was hearing on the radio. By placing an advert in the Melody Maker he met Noel Brown, a guitarist, and Paul “Bassman” Riley, a bass player who had featured in Chilli Willi and The Red Hot Peppers, a so- called “pub rock” band that had recently split up. Riley thought Parker should meet Dave Robinson, a manager who ran a small studio above the Hope and Anchor pub in Islington. Robinson had previously managed Brinsley Schwarz, another demised pub rock outfit that included its eponymous guitarist, Nick Lowe on bass and Bob Andrews on keyboards.