Episodes
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
One Thousand Violins - John Wood
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
John Wood in conversation with David Eastaugh
The band was formed in 1985 by Darren Swindells (bass), Colin Gregory (guitar), John Wood (vocals), David Walmsley (keyboards/guitar), and Peter Day (drums). Gregory and Walmsley had previously played together in The Page Boys. Their first single, "Halcyon Days" was released in 1985. The B-side, "Like One Thousand Violins" was voted into that year's Festive 50 by listeners to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show, the band having recorded a session for the show earlier that year. 1986 saw a second Peel session, and the band breaking into the indie chart with "Please Don't Sandblast My House", which reached number 11
Saturday Jun 03, 2023
Snuff - Duncan Redmonds
Saturday Jun 03, 2023
Saturday Jun 03, 2023
Duncan Redmonds in conversation with David Eastaugh
New Snuff album which will be released on June 9th.
"Come And Have A Go If You Think You're Rachmaninoff" is a completely acoustic record and as such a bit of a departure from the norm.
The first and only single from the forthcoming new Snuff album, "Come And Have A Go If You Think You're Rachmaninov" is available now on all streaming sites.
In September 2019 Snuff released a new album, There's A Lot of It About, on Fat Wreck Chords, recorded in 2018. Lee Erinmez left the band shortly after the recording and was replaced by Dan Goatham. In May 2020 Snuff released a new EP, The Wrath of Thoth.
In 2021 Snuff began recording a brand new album with a small run of UK dates. This marks the return of Dave Redmonds on trombone with his daughter Flo Redmonds adding saxophone and giving the band a three part brass section.
In 2022 Snuff announced a new 10 track album Crepuscolo dorato della bruschetta borsetta calzetta cacchetta trombetta lambretta giallo ossido, ooooooh cosi magnifico!.
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Jessica Griffin - Would be Goods
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Jessica Griffin in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://would-be-goods.bandcamp.com/
On her first album, released on the él label, Griffin had no band of her own, and was backed by members of The Monochrome Set.The Camera Loves Me was critically acclaimed in the UK and Japan. In 1993 Griffin worked with the Monochrome Set on a second album, Mondo, produced by Monochrome Set singer Bid and released on the Japanese label Polystar.
In October 2020 Jessica Griffin began writing (and recording) a song a day, with a new title provided the previous evening by her partner and bandmate Peter Momtchiloff. All the songs were written and performed by Jessica. Twenty of the songs were released on Bandcamp (as four five-song EPs) in 2021. These songs were released as a CD, The Night Life, in 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Michelle Michi Yee-Chong in conversation with David Eastaugh
Sunday May 21, 2023
Comet Gain with David Christian
Sunday May 21, 2023
Sunday May 21, 2023
David Christian in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://comet-gain.bandcamp.com/album/the-misfit-jukebox
Comet Gain was formed in Oxford in 1992 by Christian with Phil Sutton; the band initially recorded and released homemade demos on cassette and made their live debut with short-lived bassist George Wright, before later adding vocalist Sarah Bleach to the line-up, with Jax Coombes on bass and Sam Pluck on guitar. Comet Gain's first vinyl release was two tracks on Wiiija double-7-inch EP Some Hearts Paid To Lie in 1993, alongside three riot grrrl bands, and early gigs included supports with Bikini Kill, Heavenly, Linus, etc. Following the Holloway Sweethearts EP on Soul Static Sound in 1994, Comet Gain signed with Wiiija and released debut album Casino Classics and second EP Gettin' Ready in 1995. The album featured sleevenotes by Television Personalities frontman Dan Treacy.
Saturday May 20, 2023
Cathi Unsworth - Season of the Witch, The Book of Goth
Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
Cathi Unsworth in conversation with David Eastaugh
http://www.cathiunsworth.co.uk/
As Margaret Thatcher enters 10 Downing Street, a handful of bands born of punk - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division and the Cure - find a way to distil the dissonance and darkness of the shifting decade into a new form of music. Pushing at the taboos the Sex Pistols had unlocked and dancing with the fetishistic, all will become global stars of goth.
By the time Thatcher is cast out of office in 1990, the arrival of goth will have imprinted on the cultural landscape as much as the Iron Lady herself.
Now, forty years since its inception, author Cathi Unsworth provides the first comprehensive overview of the music, context and lasting legacy of goth. This is the story of how goth was shaped by the politics of the era - from the miners' strikes and privatisation to the Troubles and AIDS - as well as how its rock 'n' roll outlaw imagery and innovative, atmospheric music cross-pollinated throughout Britain and internationally, speaking to a generation of alienated youths.
Thursday May 18, 2023
Romeo Void with Peter Woods
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Peter Woods in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://romeovoid.bandcamp.com/album/live-from-mabuhay-gardens-november-14-1980
https://romeovoid.com/
American new wave/post punk band from, formed in 1979. The band primarily consisted of saxophonist Benjamin Bossi, vocalist Debora Iyall, guitarist Peter Woods, and bassist Frank Zincavage. The band released three albums, It's a Condition, Benefactor and Instincts, along with one EP. They are best known for the songs "Never Say Never" and "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)"; the latter became a Top 40 pop single.
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Paul Roland
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Paul Roland in conversation with David Eastauugh
https://paul-roland.bandcamp.com/
English singer-songwriter, author and music journalist. Roland typically writes his songs in the form of stories, often addressing historical figures, characters from literature and film, or his own creations. He has explored genres including gothic rock, psychedelic pop, folk and baroque.
Described by Music Week as a "psychedelic cult celebrity", Roland has enjoyed an underground career as opposed to mainstream success, gathering a stronger fanbase in mainland Europe than in his native UK. He has been credited with spearheading steampunk music.
Sunday May 14, 2023
Brenda Sauter - The Feelies & Wild Carnation
Sunday May 14, 2023
Sunday May 14, 2023
Brenda Sauter in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://delmorerecordings.bandcamp.com/
https://wildcarnation1.bandcamp.com/
https://thefeelies.bandcamp.com/album/in-between
Delmore Recording Society's upcoming release of Wild Carnation’s Tricycle as a Record Store Day 2023 exclusive on April 22. This is sent for your editorial use; please don't post or share. Tricycle is the long out-of-print debut album from this New Jersey-based trio comprising Brenda Sauter (The Feelies) on vocals and bass, guitarist Rich Barnes and Chris O'Donovan (Grey District) on drums and vocals. This will be a limited 500 copy pressing on 12” Carnation White vinyl LP: Tricycle’s first release on vinyl. It’ll come with a download code for the remastered album, demos, and a blistering live set recorded in Hamburg, Germany January 27, 1997. The live recording features unreleased originals and a selection of covers including Patti Smith ("Dancing Barefoot"), Ian Tyson ("Four Strong Winds"), and The Grass Roots ("Wait A Million Years”)
Thursday May 11, 2023
The Dentists - Bob Collins & Mark Matthews
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Bob Collins & Mark Matthews in conversation with David Eastaugh
The band met at school in the early 1980s and began playing gigs in their local area around Chatham and Rochester. Their first single, "Strawberries are Growing in My Garden (and It's Wintertime)", was quickly followed by the album Some People Are On The Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now (a reference to Kenneth Wolstenholme's famous commentary at the end of the 1966 World Cup). The record was produced by Allan Crockford of fellow Medway band The Prisoners and featured the standout track, "I Had An Excellent Dream".
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Colin Lloyd Tucker
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Colin Lloyd Tucker in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://colinlloydtucker.bandcamp.com/
Colin Lloyd-Tucker started making records and performing in the 1970's. His early work includes three albums with The Gadgets, a band that also included Matt Johnson from The The. Lloyd-Tucker would make occasional appearances in this band as well.
He released his solo debut album 'Toybox' in 1984. Three more albums followed between then and 1995. In 1986, he appeared as one of the aviators in Kate's music video for The Big Sky. In 1993, he provided backing vocals on Kate's tracks The Red Shoes and Constellation Of The Heart. In that same year, he recorded an album with Paddy Bush using the band name Bushtucker.
More recently he founded his own label Samphire Records, issuing more solo albums
Sunday May 07, 2023
Jamie Oliver - UltraBomb, UK Subs & The Mahones
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
Jamie Oliver in conversation with David Eastaugh
UltraBomb - Punk supergroup featuring Finny McConnell (lead vocals & guitar), Greg Norton (bass)
May 2023 - touring the USA with our good friends the Barstool preachers! Huzzah!!! 17 shows taking us through the Midwest, Southwest and West Coast, and what’s more is we’ll be kicking it with the Dickies, Dropkick Murphy’s and Suicidal Tendencies along the way. Check out the events section for deets!
Saturday May 06, 2023
Las Vegas Punk Rock Museum - Vinnie Fiorello & Melanie Kaye
Saturday May 06, 2023
Saturday May 06, 2023
Vinnie Fiorello & Melanie Kaye in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.thepunkrockmuseum.com
It’s been 45+ years since punk rock pogo’d its way into music, fashion, film, and popular culture. April 1st, 2023, The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas opens its doors and proudly shoves in your face the history, culture, and absurdity of rock n’ roll’s bastard step-child. This museum invites lifelong fans and curious looky-loos of all ages to experience a hands-on, uniquely punk rock experience.
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Greg Norton - Husker Du & UltraBomb
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Greg Norton in conversation with David Eastaugh
Norton played bass on all of Hüsker Dü's recordings from its formation to its breakup album Warehouse: Songs and Stories. While the majority of the band's songwriting was done by bandmates Bob Mould and Grant Hart, Norton contributed the songs "M.T.C.," "Don't Have a Life" and "Let's Go Die" to Hüsker Dü's debut EP Land Speed Record.
Monday May 01, 2023
Dolan Hewison - New Fast Automatic Daffodils
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Dolan Hewison in conversation with David Eastaugh
The band recorded three sessions for John Peel's radio show, the first two of which were compiled onto an album, The Peel Sessions in 1991. Their song "Big" also reached No. 14 in the Festive Fifty in 1990 and featured on the influential 1990 compilation album Happy Daze. Their lone charting success in the United States was the single "Stockholm", which reached No. 30 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts in 1993.
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Naomi Yang - Galaxie 500, Magic Hour & Damon and Naomi
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Naomi Yang in conversation with David Eastaugh
Yang was bassist and occasional vocalist with noted dreampop band Galaxie 500 on all their recordings from 1987 until their split in 1991. She then recorded three albums and toured with the psychedelic rock band Magic Hour. Since Galaxie 500's split she has worked as duo with her partner Damon Krukowski as Damon and Naomi
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Alice Bag - The Bags, Alice Bag Band & Castration Squad
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Alice Bag in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://alicebag.com
American punk rock singer better known as Alice Bag. She is the lead vocalist and co-founder of the Bags, one of the first punk bands to form in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. Her first book, Violence Girl: From East LA Rage to Hollywood Stage, tells the story of her childhood in East Los Angeles, her eventual move to Hollywood, and the euphoria and fallout from the first punk wave.
Bag has remained active in music since the late 1970s and released her second book in 2015. She released Alice Bag, her debut solo album on Don Giovanni Records in June 2016. A second solo album, Blueprint, was released in 2018, followed by 2020's Sister Dynamite.
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Play Dead - Mark ”Wiff” Smith
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Mark "Wiff" Smith in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://www.companyofjustice.com
The original line-up of Play Dead consisted of Rob Hickson (vocals), Pete Waddleton (bass guitar), Mark "Wiff" Smith (drums) and Re-Vox (guitar). In July 1981, Re-Vox was replaced by Steve Green.
During their active years, Play Dead supported a number of acts, including the likes of Killing Joke, The Cult and The Sisters Of Mercy in the UK. They also appeared on Channel 4's music TV show, The Tube in late 1984.
A string of singles were released (many through Stoke-based Clay Records) from late 1983, throughout 1984 and early 1985. Play Dead toured frequently around the UK and Europe and by 1985, felt they had enough material to be able to put out their first ever live album, Into The Fire, which was released in May of that year.
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
The Bridewell Taxis - Chris Walton
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Chris Walton in conversation with David Eastaugh
Their first EP, Just Good Friends, was released on their own Stolen Records label in autumn, 1989. It reached number 18 on the UK Indie Chart. Their second single was "Give In" c/w "Whole Damn Nation" which featured a dance remix of the latter track. The band started headlining their own gigs and became regulars at venues such as the Warehouse in Leeds, The Boardwalk in Manchester and The Leadmill in Sheffield.
Their debut LP "Invisible To You" was a collection of previous Stolen Records releases with two new tracks. It was launched at a home town concert at Leeds Town Hall on 5 July which was also filmed for a video release. Despite its relative lack of new material, "Invisible" sold well and remained in the indie charts for six weeks.
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Frank Zincavage - Romeo Void
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Frank Zincavage in conversation with David Eastaugh
https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/15813
The band primarily consisted of saxophonist Benjamin Bossi, vocalist Debora Iyall, guitarist Peter Woods, and bassist Frank Zincavage. The band went through four drummers, starting with Jay Derrah and ending with Aaron Smith. The band released three albums, It's a Condition, Benefactor and Instincts, along with one EP. They are best known for the songs "Never Say Never" and "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)"; the latter became a Top 40 pop single.