THE RADIO DEPT. NEWS
June 2009
'DAVID' single now available to pre-order
The Radio Dept.'s new single, DAVID, is now available to pre-order from labrador.
The currently costs €6, $8.50, £5.20 (depending on the rate of exchange).
Currently, payment can only be made through paypal, which is a service that accepts debit card, credit card and e-cheque paypemts.
By clicking on the link below, you'll be taken to paypals SECURE checkout and the official checkout for Labrador Records.
June 2009
Subscribe to The Radio Dept. news
A new, long awaited and requested feature has been added to theradiodept.com, you can now subscribe to the site through the rss feed.
No longer will you have to aimlessly search the net for information. Now it can be brought straight to your desktop of mobile device instantly.
If there's a new song, new lyrics, new show, new upload, new download, new information, new videos or new anything, you'll get the information delivered straight to you.
There's 2 main ways to utilise this feature. Either:
Google-reader:
By clicking on the google reader icon, you'll get the information and updates delivered straight to your google account. Your updatse will look something like:
THIS.
- Subscribe via google reader
Alternative rss readers:
By clicking on the rss symbol you can select other rss readers, be it bloglines, yahoo reader, livebookmarks or anything else.
The rss feed will also work on your mobile phones or similar devices.
- Subscribe to the rss feed
May 2009
The Radio Dept. Live In New York - Download
Setlist:
1. Intro
2. New Improved..
3. Freddie and The Trojan Horse
4. Pulling Our Weight
5. I Wanted You To Feel The Same
6. The Worst Taste In Music
7. 1995
8. Spring Time
9. Sleeping In
10. Where Damage Isn't Already Done
11. Why Won't You Talk About It?
12. Keen On Boys
13. Encore
14. Messy Enough
The Radio Dept. took time out of recording their third studio album (Clinging to a scheme) to play two special shows in New York City, USA.
As part of NYC POPFEST 2009, the band headlined the Saturday May 16th show at the Bell House in Brooklyn. The show was a sell out and many people were unable to get tickets for the show
Luckily the show was recorded in it's entirety by a member of theradiodept.com's community.
The show is available in a lower quality mp3 and a high quality flac lossless rip.
The mp3's can be downloaded here or below and the flac lossless files can ONLY be downloaded by active members
of this site/community.
May 2009
'David' free mp3 download
The Radio Dept. are working on their third, to say the
long-awaited, album "Clinging to a scheme" which should be on record and
hard drives in autumn 2009. To avoid this long wait the band will release a
new single "David" on the 24th June.
"David" may contain everything that is good with music, a mixtape on
everything you ever liked, modernised and condensed into 3 minutes
and 35 seconds. A new world sound.
You can download the mp3 here, for the time being and it's completely free!
May 2009
The Radio Dept. Conquer New York
The Radio Dept. have played their two shows in New York and have received wild praise and acclaim for their performances.
They played a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes of music, but this still wasn't enough for the fans in New York who left the shows yearning for me.
You can read an exciting fan review of the show in the fan blog, where the performance of the band and the passion of the crowds are described vividly.
The gigography section of the site has lots of pictures,
videos and even more
reviews about the two New York shows.
May 2009
New "DAVID EP"
With the release date of the bands 3rd studio album being pushed back, the band have written and recorded a new EP that should temporarily quench the thirst of Radio Dept. fans the world over.
The confirmed tracklist is:
1. David
2. Messy enough
3. David (Rice Twins remix)
4.The idle urban contemporaries
This will be released on CD. It will be available worldwide through Labrador records
The expected release date is June 24th, 2009.
May 2009
The worst kept secret
NYC POPFEST is just ONE WEEK AWAY!
We are thrilled to announce that The Radio Dept. will play a short warm up set at Don Hills next Friday before hitting the stage for their headlining show at The Bell House!
The full line-up for FRIDAY night is:
08:00pm DON LENNON (NYC)
08:45pm THE TARTANS (CA)
09:30pm THE RADIO DEPT. (SWEDEN)
10:15pm LIECHTENSTEIN (SWEDEN)
11:00pm CATS ON FIRE (FINLAND)
This event is now completely sold out
Join in the last.fm fun here or discuss it in the forum.
April 2009
Labrador Spring Sampler 2009
Labrador records have announced a new, FREE, Spring sampler that can be downloaded through the piratebay.
You will need to have torrenting software on your computer (uTorrent, BitTorrent etc), if you want to download this.
To quote Labrador:
" The free Labrador Spring Sampler 2009 includes upcoming tracks like the
genius "The Hateful Eye" by Little Big Adventure and the blog chart topping, grandious "Dare" from The Mary Onettes. We've also included recent gems from The Legends, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names and The Sound of Arrows... and there's a whole bunch of oddities, oldies and goldies from Sambassadeur, Acid House Kings, Tribeca and more. "
Tracklist:
1. Club 8 - Spring Came, Rain Fell
2. [ingenting] - H? Kommer Solen
3. The Sound of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C.
4. The Mary Onettes - Dare
5. Little Big Adventure - The hateful eye
6. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - 1999
7. Irene - Stardust
8. The Sound of Arrows - Danger! (Ice cream shout version)
9. Pelle Carlberg - 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian)
10. Club 8 - Whatever you want
11. Acid House Kings - This Love Is All We Need
12. Sambassadeur - Between The Lines
13. The Radio Dept - Where Damage Isn't Already Done
14. Acid House Kings - Brown And Beige Are My Favourite Colours
15. Loveninjas - Keep your love
16. The Legends - Lucky star
17. Pelle Carlberg - Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls
18. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Rent A Wreck
19. Tribeca - The Sun Always Shines On TV
20. The Legends - Over And Over (Remix By Pallers)
Download this torrent through The pirate bay
More information can be found on the Labrador website.
Update:
A slight amendment and update. Some people may be hesitant to use thepiratebay, either due to it's current legal
predicament or because they can't use torrents.
So alternatively you can download this more directly through megaupload. You'll need winrar (or similar archive extraction software) to extract the album.
Click HERE to download the album from megaupload.
April 2009
Summer Shows 2009: New York City
The Radio Dept. have confirmed their first show of 2009 will be in NYC. This will be the bands first time back to the US since their Shelflife promoted show at Chop Suey in Seattle, back in 2003!
What makes this even more exciting is that they will be one of the headlining acts at the NYC:Popfest 2009, playing alongside a myriad of wonderful indie pop bands from around the world. Other bands to play include:
My Teenage Stride, Cats On Fire, Burning Hearts, Liechtenstein & many more.
The Radio Dept. are confirmed to headline on Saturday the 16th of May.
Saturday May 16th
Venue: Bell House
Cost: $ 16 ADV / $ 20 DOS | Age 18+
Stage times:
08:00 pm Computer Perfection (MI)
08:45 pm Eux Autres (CA)
09:15 pm The Secret History (NYC)
10:00 pm Pants Yell! (MA)
11:00 pm The Radio Dept. (SWEDEN)
There's reports that the band may be playing an additional date at this festival, but this has yet to be confirmed.
Visit the Festival website, Festival Myspace and the Last.fm page
March 2009
Interviews
Two more band interviews have been added to the site.
The first:
An older interview taken by Matt Walton, a journalist for the BBC (UK). This was an interview conducted just after Lesser Matters was released in the UK through XL Records.
The article explores the Radio Dept.'s early sound and their early shoegaze influences.
You can read the full article & interview here.
The second:
This is a more recent interview conducted some time last month, It was taken by a member and blogger on the ca-va-cool website.
In this interview each member of the band give their own opinion of their sound, the bands history and more importantly, where the band are headed. Some insight into the forthcoming album (Clinging to a scheme) is given, but unfortunately no concrete information regarding a release date or the tracklist for the record is given.
Something that the band haven't really done before is give an explanation to or
in-depth insight into the lyrics and themes of their songs, this is a stance that's abandoned in this interview, as the
controversial topic that is 'Freddie & the Trojan Horse', is finally explained and explored.
Read the full interview here. you can now discuss this interview in the forum.
February 2009
Live in Lund - DOWNLOAD
Set list:
1. Lost and Found
2. Twilight
3. 1995
4. New Song #4
5. Freddie & The Trojan Horse
6. Pulling Our Weight
7. New Song #2
8. New Song #3
9. I Wanted You To Feel The Same
10. Sleeping In
11. The Worst Taste In Music
12. Keen On Boys
Recorded on the 16th of May 2008, during the Radio Dept.'s performance at the Blekingska Nationen in Lund, Sweden.
It Features 4 new songs and extra exerts of the forthcoming album. More details about the show can be found on the Last.fm page.
This bootleg (which has been on the internet for some time) is available in the downloads section of the site.
Download
Cover photograph ? Tim Broddin
February 2009
Fan-made tribute to 'Closing Scene'
Closing Scene by, Matthew Askinazi (2009)
January 2009
TheRadioDept.Com Recommends..
Saint Etienne - London Conversations: The Best Of.
Saint Etienne are a British electro pop band that are a huge influence on The Radio Dept. In the early weeks of 2009 they will release a best of compilation that will chart their progress musically over the past couple of decades. If you're not a fan or have never listened to them before, then this will be a great way to introduce yourself to some brilliant melodic pop.
If you're a veteran and are familiar with FoxBASE Alpha and other St. Etienne records, then this 3 disk compilation will be absolute bliss.
Officially released in the coming weeks, you should endeavour to listen to all three disks. You'll be very happy that you did.
you can listen to some St. Etienne songs on last.fm.
January 2009
Lyrics, Tabs & Chords
We've received many emails asking for song lyrics and guitar tabs. As a consequence, within the discography section there is an updated song list/lyrics and a brand new section.
This new section will be the home of Guitar / Piano tabs & chords. At the moment there isn't really anything there, but over the coming weeks there should be new tried and tested chords for a myriad of different instruments, all for you all to try out at home.
We encourage you to make your own recordings, your own tabs and your own interpretation of Radio Dept. songs.
There is a tabs/chords thread in the forum that will be updated.
December 2008
Live in Moscow - FREE DOWNLOAD
During the recent Moscow show, a forum member, fan and all round lovely person made what I can only describe as a spectacular recording of the show.
This recording is in mp3 format and features classic songs as well as new (unknown) material. This is a bootleg and completely free to download.
Set List:
1. Where Damage Isn't Already Done
2. Keen On Boys
3. Why Won't You Talk About It?
4. 1995
5. New Song 1
6. Lost and Found
7. The Worst Taste In Music
8. Pulling Our Weight
9. New Song 2
10. Freddie and The Trojan Horse
More details about this can be found here.
Go to the Downloads Section to download.