C86 Show - Indie Pop

Julie Grant in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://jgrant.info/

https://www.facebook.com/juliegrantmusic

https://www.discogs.com/release/37653312-Crimson-Mints-Threadbare

Award-winning Britpop musician, Julie Grant, has been collaborating with 60’s guitarist Peter Collard to produce a new album, What’s Not Said, which is out now. This ten-track CD features a collection of acoustic and electric songs that highlight Grant’s distinctive voice and unflinching lyrics, paired with Collard’s rhythmic, melodic style.

The songs are inspired by the ten chapters from her forthcoming memoir, The Gatecrasher, set to be published in 2026. A respected and versatile artist, Julie has not only built a remarkable music career but has also performed on national television, recorded live sessions for BBC Radio, written for BBC television, and worked in theatre production.

Patrick Redsell in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://eafa.org.uk/work/?id=2038

Medieval style illustrations establish the theme of the Last Barsham Faire. Early morning reveals an encampment with caravans, makeshift tents and shelters.  The fair is held next to the round tower church.  Against medieval music, a stilt walker, jesters, minstrels and other musicians perform amongst the crowd.  There is a medieval play and maypole dancing.  One of the organisers tells how stall holders are encouraged to sell their own handmade goods, and to make their stalls look medieval.  

Stallholders discuss their work: a bellows maker, women who spin by hand, and a lute maker.  The committee talk about what the fair means to them.  Other festivities include face painting, actors playing 'Punch and Judy', morris dancing and a man lying on a bed of nails.  A  performance takes place inside a tent, with children singing and dancing.  A firework display ends the day.

Marco Pirroni in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Marco-Pirroni/266126980

Marco Pirroni is a songwriter, guitarist and producer. A lynchpin of the UK punk scene, Marco’s first appearance on stage was with Siouxsie and the Banshees at the 100 Club in 1976. He went on to join bands the Models and then Rema-Rema before teaming up with a little-known punk outfit – Adam and the Ants – in 1979 and within a year the band was on the brink of worldwide acclaim.

An integral part of the band, Marco acted as lead guitarist and co-songwriter with Adam. Marco’s work with Adam left an indelible commercial and creative stamp across the 1980s and pop music in general. Marco went on to work with other artists including Sinéad O'Connor and had become regarded as an authority on the punk movement.

Anton Barbeau in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://antonbarbeau.bandcamp.com/album/come-home-to-me

https://manbird.antonbarbeau.com

https://www.facebook.com/antonbarbeau

After the conceptual weight of 2025’s Dark Mystery Temple trilogy, Anton Barbeau clears the table. Come Home To Me offers fourteen songs with no grand scheme beyond his enduring faith in pop music.

Recorded mainly at Barbeau’s home studio in Auburn, California, the album moves from clipped new wave and jazzy piano balladry to Cocteau Twins-tinted psychedelia and deep P-Funk. Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory of XTC appear alongside Andy Metcalfe, Donald Ross Skinner and Terry Edwards.

“World Calls Love” grew from a cassette fragment found while clearing Barbeau’s childhood Sacramento house; “All Thru The Night” was written during his final days there, around the last cup of tea in its kitchen.

An old tape, a last brew and fourteen fresh reasons to come home.
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Dean Pianvani in conversation with David Eastaugh 

https://portioncontrol.net/

https://portioncontrol.bandcamp.com/music

Portion Control have been creating electronic dissonance for techno industrial pilgrims since 1979, rising as pioneers from the UK industrial electronics scene