ihttp://www.xlrecordings.com/theradiodept/
For some reason they seem to have been largely ignored by the press this year (I'm looking at you, Pitchfork!), but this thread aims to fix that. Streaming audio tracks (Real Audio) available on the XL website. Go check it out there, then head over to SLSK and you know what.
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 19:50 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 19:54 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 19:57 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
ihttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22radio+dept.%22+pitchfork
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 20:09 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/wearetheworld/features/03-10-mixproject.shtml
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 20:14 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― TITS.JPG (ex machina), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 20:38 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Avi (Avi), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 20:42 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 21:03 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 21:35 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
and thats the sad truth..
― danny boy (danny boy), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 23:01 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 23:08 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 23:10 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
I think a little bit of civilization went down the toilet when someone coined the term 'indiedom'.
― me, Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:25 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
I agree with you entirely on this point, Nabisco, and considering that, I guess I shouldn't have singled out Pitchfork, but I couldn't even find any serious discussion of The Radio Dept. on ILM, and I thought that was definitely a little weird... especially considering the ridiculous amount of talk that The Arcade Fire is "generating". Is this a regional thing? Do european (read: non-anglicans) artists necessarily have more to prove? Why?
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:33 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
this is lo-fi bedroom generic indie straight from 1992. send it back.
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:57 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:58 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:07 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:08 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:09 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:09 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
I think anyone who's inclined to like any sort of genuine indie-indie pop stuff is going to wind up spending half of every year with head in hands wondering why that one the Truly Deserved to cross over never got the slightest bit of attention; this is possibly kind of a better situation, really, because it keeps us from ever having to discover the potential truth that nobody else would like this stuff anyway. I dunno -- I'm still thinking exactly the same kind of stuff about Toulouse's New Points New Lines, from a couple years back.
― nabiscothingy (nory), Thursday, 23 December 2004 03:16 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― nabiscothingy (nory), Thursday, 23 December 2004 03:20 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
As far as Cutty's comments about "lo-fi bedroom generic indie straight from 1992", I really don't see anything generic about it all. And some of my favorite bands have bedrooms, lo-fi or otherwise.
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Thursday, 23 December 2004 05:28 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 23 December 2004 15:44 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― TITS.JPG (ex machina), Thursday, 23 December 2004 18:49 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― nabiscothingy (nory), Thursday, 23 December 2004 19:00 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 23 December 2004 19:01 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 23 December 2004 19:02 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
Kyle, you should name your next band "The Black Radio". Then you've got all your bases covered.
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Thursday, 23 December 2004 20:03 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
ihttp://ilx.p3r.net/userinfo.php?username=ex+machina
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Thursday, 23 December 2004 20:05 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― nabiscothingy (nory), Thursday, 23 December 2004 20:13 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 24 December 2004 16:01 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
iBrilliant recent indie/alt-rock/whatever for those who've lost interest in/touch with it all a bit
This is the thread Nabisco mentioned earlier
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Friday, 24 December 2004 16:10 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
wolf radio, surely
― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Friday, 24 December 2004 22:19 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 24 December 2004 22:47 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
ihttp://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/lostmusic
"We are here to find lost music that has been made or is waiting to be made. We want to find great new music. We want to rediscover music that, for whatever reason, has slipped off the radar. We also want to build a thriving community of like minded souls who can share their passion for music in an open and friendly environment.
"lostmusic likes its sounds in many different ways - subtle and aching, noisey and abrasive. We are suckers for a great melody and love music made with attitude out of love not greed. Our roots can be traced back to the 80's indie scene and beyond that to punk and further back to the 60's with The Velvet Underground and even further back to Elvis and the rockers of the 50's."
Also, "Wolf Radio" rules, but how about Radio Hague?
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Saturday, 25 December 2004 16:47 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
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― Julio Casablanco, Saturday, 25 December 2004 21:04 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
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― Crapstone (Crapstone), Saturday, 25 December 2004 23:34 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Sunday, 26 December 2004 00:44 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Sunday, 26 December 2004 05:57 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Crapstone (Crapstone), Sunday, 26 December 2004 12:19 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 26 December 2004 17:37 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
ihttp://www.labrador.se/releases/index.php3
http://www.labrador.se/images/ill_release.jpg
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Sunday, 26 December 2004 17:50 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
okay, but that's a british/american release then. I live in sweden so we wont be getting that(or will we?). two of the songs are old and the third is not something I recognize..
― Crapstone (Crapstone), Sunday, 26 December 2004 21:46 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:38 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:41 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Nancy Boy (Nancy Boy), Friday, 31 December 2004 02:04 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
― Ian Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 11:08 (fourteen years ago) Permalink
Still being ignored. Still killing it. Their 2015 single "Occupied" is incredible. The base chord changes sound like the Twin Peaks score.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 19:26 (two years ago) Permalink
New album this year. Supposedly.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 20:31 (two years ago) Permalink
Heavens on Fire is perfect pop forever
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 21:10 (two years ago) Permalink
They'll be here in Seoul in a couple of weeks. Very excited.
― Millsner, Thursday, 16 June 2016 08:30 (two years ago) Permalink
NEW ALBUM ALERT
http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/200308/9
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:20 (two years ago) Permalink
Excited for this. The new songs they played here last month sounded great.
― Millsner, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:39 (two years ago) Permalink
So excited. "Occupied" is still great.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:42 (two years ago) Permalink
Is Indie Dom still ignoring them? I hope he catches on.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:47 (two years ago) Permalink
pet grief is kind of cool
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 17:17 (two years ago) Permalink
This is the best music news I've heard all year.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 19:44 (two years ago) Permalink
this album is glorious
― art baengels (monotony), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 07:59 (two years ago) Permalink
i especially love can't be guilty & committed to the cause
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 09:55 (two years ago) Permalink
Out or leaked?
― michaellambert, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 13:21 (two years ago) Permalink
leaked, i think it's still 2 months away
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 13:32 (two years ago) Permalink
I've always like their singles and b sides a little more than their full lengths. But I like this new record!
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 13:46 (two years ago) Permalink
"swedish guns" is so fucking good
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 17:52 (two years ago) Permalink
I like the housey pop direction they have taken, driving around listening in the rain today was nice.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 19:56 (two years ago) Permalink
Touring too :)
― Ross, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 23:25 (two years ago) Permalink
I love how their albums are so concise.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 23:41 (two years ago) Permalink
wow, this sounds nothing like i expected it to do. the "housey pop" description is true. at first listen, the pace and feel is maybe too consistent. committed to the cause followed by running out of love is beautiful.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Saturday, 15 October 2016 19:20 (two years ago) Permalink
Committed To The Cause is the best thing they have ever done, I constantly have that synth melody in my head just now.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 16 October 2016 07:07 (two years ago) Permalink
Stream here: http://www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497569716/first-listen-the-radio-dept-running-out-of-love
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 16 October 2016 22:20 (two years ago) Permalink
Nothing new to add, this is wonderful. I love "Can't Be Guilty" most so far.
There's enough variety that I don't think a few fuzzy indie pop numbers would've interrupted the flow. Last year I'd kinda hoped for an album where "Occupied" was followed by the rush and "lately I've been occupied" open of "This Repeated Sodomy."
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 27 October 2016 20:19 (two years ago) Permalink
Had no idea RD released a new album! They really are kind of ignored. Listening to it now. Clinging to a Scheme is my top twenty of the decade, probably.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 23:49 (two years ago) Permalink
Ok, at "Can't Be Guilty" and at this point it's safe to say I'm loving this album. It sounds like a grower, too.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:37 (two years ago) Permalink
I'm hearing Junior Boys vibes with this one, more so than CtaS...
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:40 (two years ago) Permalink
This album is so good, it's like the best parts of their b-sides collection ("Passive Aggressive") mixed with CtaS.
― Ross, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:40 (two years ago) Permalink
All their albums are awesome and this is no exception. Personally they are a top five band of the last 15 years.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:54 (two years ago) Permalink
I think CtaS has the edge on this slightly
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 08:34 (two years ago) Permalink
I'll take "Pet Grief" over any of them. Yes, that album is more of a sustained mood, but it's unfuckwithable. Turned my co-worker onto their new album and he doesn't want to give the iPod back :-D
― Ross, Thursday, 1 December 2016 01:07 (two years ago) Permalink
really jamming the hell out of this explicitly anti-fascist album lately
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 December 2016 17:14 (two years ago) Permalink
i like these guys - clinging to a scheme is my favorite album. their upcoming show in philly tickets are only $15. what's their live show like - would i dig it should i go?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 23:58 (two years ago) Permalink
Never seen them but it's such a cheap show :) I'm going in late February
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:01 (two years ago) Permalink
I saw them for the CTAS tour, and really enjoyed it, despite it being one of the last failed dates with my ex.
― DJI, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:45 (two years ago) Permalink
Definitely go! The songs become something really special in a more intimate live setting.
― Millsner, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 12:29 (two years ago) Permalink
Saw Radio Dept. tonight. Technical difficulties forced their hand into playing less new songs. However, on the plus side they deviated from their standard set and played more oldies like "Always a Relief" and "Why Won't You Talk About It"!!
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 07:42 (one year ago) Permalink
Saw them a few weeks ago - they sounded fantastic though they have almost no stage presence whatsoever.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 19:02 (one year ago) Permalink
aaaaa holy shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKDp3RtmePo
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 6 November 2017 20:38 (one year ago) Permalink
so fucking good!!
― joshywinty (josh), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 00:04 (one year ago) Permalink
Running Out of Love might be their best album yet. I wish they were more prolific.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 7 November 2017 13:06 (one year ago) Permalink
I love the Henning Furst remix on the new EP where he turns "We Got Game" into a reggae number with an interpolation of Inner City's "Good Life"
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 11 November 2017 19:09 (one year ago) Permalink
https://soundcloud.com/the-radio-dept/your-true-name
new single!
― ufo, Friday, 12 January 2018 12:24 (one year ago) Permalink
yes!
― Isi, Saturday, 13 January 2018 08:11 (one year ago) Permalink
Can a band have an imperial phase this long into its career, and when no one notices? Death to Fascism/Occupied/This Repeated Sodomy/Swedish Guns/We Got Game/Teach Me to Forget/Your True Name is an insane run of singles, and some of the album tracks (Can't Be Guilty, specifically) are even better.
― geoffreyess, Sunday, 14 January 2018 16:50 (one year ago) Permalink
imperial phase runs longer imo
what I love about The Radio Dept is that even with all the muffled, lo-fi production and political lyrics, their music always seems so melodically direct, it feels so instinctive that even listening to "Your True Name" for the first time just seems to fall into a kind of logic, like this song has always existed and they just managed to capture it floating in the air, the way the chords - like many of their songs - capture this peaceful melancholy.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 15 January 2018 11:43 (one year ago) Permalink
they're probably the most consistent band of the last two decades
― ufo, Monday, 15 January 2018 11:59 (one year ago) Permalink
Your true name reminds me of that new improved hypocrisy song they did. Otm above about consistency and that EP version of teach me to forget rules
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Saturday, 24 March 2018 19:19 (ten months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rz3DWHlBSU
everything this band does is gold
― ufo, Friday, 31 August 2018 05:01 (five months ago) Permalink
hell yeah
― yes, said (Ross), Friday, 31 August 2018 18:32 (five months ago) Permalink
― ufo, Friday, August 31, 2018 1:01 AM (three months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Including this gem of a session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB8R2lFfo84
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 2 December 2018 01:46 (two months ago) Permalink