The Radio Dept

This week: reviews of new albums from Ride, Oh Sees, Versus and Dry Cleaning, plus a new Radio Dept reissue and The High Lamas’ Sean O’Hagan goes solo.

Listen to new songs by Solange, Four Tet, The Radio Dept, 2 Chainz, Arthur Russell, Little Simz, Gesaffelstein & Pharrell, Show Me The Body, Eartheater, She Keeps Bees, and more.

”Only inbreds join an alt right parade / Someone please tell that to Morrissey” – The Radio Dept

If you prefer the more hushed side of Sweden’s The Radio Dept. over the more techno-inspired sound of 2016’s excellent Running Out of Love, the band’s winter tour — which wrapped up this weekend — was probably a hit-fest.

Following 2016’s excellent, techno-inspired Running Out of Love, “Your True Name” is a return to the kind of guitar pop that first made the band a cult hit.

Last here back in March, Sweden’s The Radio Dept will return to North America in early 2018 for a short run of shows, that include a stop at Brooklyn’s Warsaw…

The EP features two new songs plus remixes and extended versions of three songs off 2016’s Running Out of Love.

Sasquatch Festival’s 2017 edition continued Saturday with sets from MGMT, American Football, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Bleachers, The Radio Dept., Blitzen Trapper, Courtney Marie Andrews, and more.

On this trek, Johan Duncanson and Martin Carlberg were joined by a couple former Radio Dept. members — Daniel Tjäder (who was also in Korallreven) on keyboards and Elin Almered on guitar, keyboards and drums — making for the most fleshed-out lineup of the band I’ve seen live…

Single-day tickets go on sale today too.