C86 Show - Indie Pop

Kevin Cann in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://www.kevincann.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2011/mar/09/david-bowie-in-pictures

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Any-Day-Now-London-1947-1974/dp/0955201780

Peter Yarmouth in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://blackandbluerecords.com/hom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pik16Mpn6Lw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izEjeVZCX4

Michael Hampton in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://michaelhampton.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-public-domain-2

https://www.youtube.com/@MaWaHa

Among Hampton’s Funkadelic writing credits are group staples like “Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play Rock?!” and “Funk Gets Stronger”, both released during the group’s late-’70s/early-’80s hit run. 

Into the Public Domain, an EP produced by 9-time Grammy Award winner and Ruffhouse Records co-founder Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo. A founding father of power-funk electric guitar, Hampton edges into new territory on Into the Public Domain, a meld of rock and world music with jazz and western overtones, hallmarked by Michael’s trademark sizzling leads.

Ben Cardew in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Age-Batchelor-Pad-Music/dp/1916829325

http://jawbonepress.com/space-age-batchelor-pad-music/

Stereolab are one of the most fascinating guitar groups of the past fifty years, a source of constant reinvention and illuminating contrasts, where political ideology meets the sweetest pop melodies and driving guitars rub along with space-age jazz. They are perhaps the greatest Anglo-French collaboration since Concorde—a hugely respected, highly influential group whose fan base grows larger by the year, stretching from chart-topping hip hop artists to underground indie stars. And yet their appeal remains elusive. What kind of music do Stereolab make? What’s their best album? Their greatest song? There are no easy answers.

In writing this book, Ben Cardew spoke to more than fifty people from the Stereolab universe to trace the history of the band from the depths of 90s indie London to their all-conquering reunion tour of 2025. Using twenty of their songs as jumping-off points, he examines in loving detail what makes this most fascinating band work, unpicking the cultural references, stylistic contradictions, and brilliant ideas at the heart of the group.

Martin Dupont in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://martindupont.bandcamp.com/music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5nAMbEQwu8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i9pxew6-Xg

A French group from Marseille formed in 1980, consisting of
Alain Séghir, Beverley Jane Crew, Brigitte Balian, and Catherine Loy. The music they made was colorful, enthusiastic and delicate, but also melancholy and mysterious. A mixture of hot and cold, light and dark. They made electronic music that incorporated guitars and clarinets, though described as New Wave they truly transcended genres.   less