Radical Dads
Bandcamp exclusives for today’s fundraiser (Sonic Youth, Death Cab, Swervedriver, Merge comp, more)
Plus: Swervedriver, The Mountain Goats, Lingua Ignota, Lucy Dacus, Charly Bliss, Wylde Ratttz (Sonic Youth, Stooges, Minutemen), Petrol Girls, Fleet Foxes, Lakes (Glassjaw cover), and more.
Bill's Indie Basement (6/26): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Pottery, Khruangbin, Einstürzende Neubauten, Special Interest, Mikal Cronin, Art Feynman, Radical Dads and more
11 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs by Tink, Thom Yorke, Fury, Radical Dads, Ringworm, and more.
What's going on Thursday? (Buzzcocks, Trans Am, Juan Maclean, Bob Saget, Laura Gibson, Acrylics & more)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…
Buzzcocks, Residuels, Otherworldly Things @ Irving Plaza
One of the OG UK punk bands, Buzzcocks had pop smarts from the get-go with a string of classic singles…
stream Radical Dads' new album 'Universal Coolers'
Brooklyn trio Radical Dads release their third album, Universal Coolers, next week (2/24, order yours). As mentioned, the cover art above is (who’s done artwork for Pavement, Apples in Stereo and others) which really brings the band’s classic ’90s indie rock vibe full-circle…
Radical Dads releasing 'Universal Coolers' in February (listen to two songs), celebrating with Brooklyn show
Radical Dads are back with their third album, Universal Coolers, which will be out February 24 via Old Flame. The trio make no bones about their love of ’90s indie rock so it’s extremely fitting that the cover art for the new album was done by prolific Greenpoint artist Steve Keene, who did the same for Pavement‘s Wowee Zowee and Apples in Stereo‘s Fun Trick Noisemaker and others…
Radical Dads releasing 'Cassette Brain' EP (stream a track), playing shows
Radical Dads have signed with Old Flame Records who have put out records by Cloud Nothings, Potty Mouth, Shark? and others. Their first release for the label will be a tape titled Cassette Brain that will be out October 7…
Backwords ready 'Nest' (stream a track), playing release show with Radical Dads, Dead Stars & Wild Yaks
Brooklyn’s Backwords are set to release their new album, Nest, on September 16 via Campers Rule. The band, which features multiple members who both write and sing lead, decamped to a Sunset Park warehouse to record the album, the bones of which were done live to tape…
LA Font made a new video, East Coast tour starts this weekend
As mentioned, Los Angeles trio LA Font are heading towards the Atlantic this weekend for their first East Coast tour. Just in time is the video for their song “Onshore,” from their debut album…
LA Font released debut album and new 7", playing East Coast show in August (dates, streams)
Los Angeles band LA Font make hooky guitar pop that’s equal parts ’70s powerpop and ’90s indie rock. I caught them in Austin at SXSW this year and they’re a pretty fun live band too…