Nick Grimshaw used the handover to Lauren Laverne to flag a brand new show: Indie Icons Only, hosted by Shaun Keaveney, launches on the station’s Indie Forever stream this weekend. Nick explained the first episodes feature Shaun in conversation with Johnny Marr, airing Saturday and Sunday mornings from 10am, and told listeners they can find it by searching “Indie icons only” or asking a smart speaker for “Six Music Indie Forever.”
Actor Joel Edgerton spent the whole morning with Nick, turning up to talk about the new series of Dark Matter and his film Train Dreams, and ended up staying far longer than he’d expected (“No one told me that,” he laughed on hearing he was there all day). His choice of heart-racer track brought out a confession: as a teenager he and his brother used to film themselves doing backflips and karate kicks to the song on an old VHS camera. “I didn’t do a backsummersault, thank God,” he admitted, insisting the song “still jades me up.” He also revealed Nick Cave composed an original song for Train Dreams after director Clint Bentley sent him the film, with lyrics drawn from a chapter about Elvis Presley that never made the final cut.
Handing over to Lauren Laverne, Nick heard about her first interview with Alice Cooper for her show, where she reminded him she’d once borrowed his guillotine for a TV stunt. “He very kindly lent me his guillotine,” she said, recalling beheading co-host Steve Jones on air years earlier.
Listen: Lauren Laverne’s Alice Cooper guillotine story
Film critic Julia Raeside also dropped by to recommend Jimmy McGovern’s prison drama Time and Aaron Sorkin’s new Facebook film The Social Reckoning for weekend viewing.
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