When Charlie at Stateside Presents let me jump on tonight’s Radar Brothers show as a way to promote this blog’s five-year anniversary, I had big plans: Q&As and maybe some acoustic sessions with the local openers – Letdownright and Soft Drink. But as it often happens, life gets in the way, and a job that … Continue reading For the last time: Radar Bros., Letdownright and Soft Drink at Yucca Tap Room
It’s dawned on me that the first single from the forthcoming Radar Bros. album was distributed by Merge Records in January, but having been totally swept up by our trip to Thailand (and the ensuing gallbladder removal upon our return), I let it slip through the cracks of this site. I need to rectify that … Continue reading New Radar Bros.: Horses Warriors
Ah, any movement from the Radar Bros. camp is great news. The latest is a new video for Brother Rabbit, a track off one of my 2008 favorites, Auditorium. The video was directed by The General Assembly, which calls it “our oilfield epic.” Like the Radar Bros.’ music, there’s something sparse and vaguely depressing about … Continue reading Radar Bros.: Brother Rabbit (video)
One of my favorites (and Brian’s, too), Los Angeles’ Radar Bros., visited KCRW for an in-studio session. Also, you can go to the Merge blog, which has live video footage of the group at SXSW. And don’t forget to check out Mt. Wilson Repeater, the solo project of Radar frontman Jim Putnam.
I’ve enjoyed Auditorium, the new record from the Radar Bros., so much, I’m just now hip to the news that frontman Jim Putnam is putting out a solo project on April 15 under the name Mt. Wilson Repeater. From what I’ve read, Putnam played every instrument on the self-titled record, due out on Eastern Fiction. … Continue reading Mt. Wilson Repeater (Jim Putnam of Radar Bros.)
Jan. 29 is a day I am eagerly anticipating. That’s when the Radar Bros. release their new record Auditorium on Merge Records. But, you know, I might have mentioned that once or twice or thrice before. To whet the appetite, here’s the first video from the album for the song When Cold Air Goes to … Continue reading Radar Bros.: When Cold Air Goes to Sleep (video)
There’s now cover art for that new Radar Bros. album I told you about the other day. It looks like this: Also, Bank Robber Music is streaming another new song from the record, Warm Rising Sun. That is all.
Best-of lists for 2007 are being compiled/posted all over the place, but I’m already looking forward to a 2008 release with some anticipation: the Radar Bros.’ Auditorium, due out Jan. 29 on Merge Records. NPR debuted the lead single, Lake Life, on its All Songs Considered page. (Scroll down to find the stream.) The DJ … Continue reading New Radar Bros. song on NPR
In news that may excite only myself and Brian @ Bows + Arrows, Jim Putnam announces on MySpace that a new Radar Bros. album is finished and likely due for a January release. The post: our new album is finished, mastered and in the can! i’m sleeping better already, with the aid of some otc … Continue reading Radar Bros. finish new album
If you’ve come here with any regularity, you might have noticed me talk about the Radar Bros. before. Yeah, I really dig them. Like, um, a lot. I know Brian is into them, too. But I can’t figure out why they don’t get more blog love. Oh well. Their Falling Leaf Pages was one of … Continue reading Radar Bros. “Papillon” video