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Julian Casablancas covers Randy Newman

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 27, 2009, 11:42 am
Mr. Casablancas has caused quite the stir here in Los Angeles with his recent residency at the Palace Theatre downtown.  We've yet to make it to one of the shows, but folks keep raving and raving...
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Depeche Mode release new video for "Fragile Tension"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 22, 2009, 11:33 pm
OK, finally a Depeche Mode video for Sounds Of The Universe that actually features the band.  Yes, we know they had a tiny cameo in Wrong, but that hardly counts.  The pixelated effect on the band...
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Nitzer Ebb live from the Key Club

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 1:50 am
We are up late and tired and not enough words can express the greatness of Nitzer Ebb last night.  We've been seeing these guys since the 80's and they are seriously better now then ever.  D...
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Tonight, Nitzer Ebb take Los Angeles

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 12:52 pm
F yeah is all we can say.  Nitzer Ebb, one of our all time favorites, are set to play Los Angeles this eve at the Key Club.  A few years ago, the very thought of Bon and Douglas playing together s...
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Sondre Lerche plays NPR's "Tiny Desk Concert" series

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 12:02 am
Sondre Lerche stopped by one of our favorite sessions out there - NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series.  Lerche played a three-song set in the middle of the music offices at NPR.  The set included: ...
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Editors do "Papillon" live and acoustic for Belgium TV

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 12:06 am
Editors guested on Belgium's De Laatste Show last week.  There's a nice little chat with Tom Smith at the opening of the clip below, discussing the band's current album hitting number one...
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Depeche Mode ready new double A-sided single for "Hole To Feed" and "Fragile Tension"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 11:46 pm
December 7th brings us the new double A-sided single from DM's Sounds Of The Universe. Hole To Feed and Fragile Tension will share the spotlight and follow in the footsteps of the previous Sounds...
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Random video of the week #38 - Urban Dance Squad "Deeper Shade Of Soul"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 12:54 am
Back in the late 80's we used to work in a surf shop up in the Bay Area.  We had two TV's hanging over the cash register and used to play VHS tapes of videos we'd tape off of MTV and othe...
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Photographer Kevin Cummins talks Morrissey, Marr, Happy Mondays and early Madonna

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 11:51 pm
If there's one thing we love just about as much as music, it's photography.  Mix the two together, even better. Kevin Cummins, one of the greats and a favorite of ours, has a new book out doc...
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Anya Marina releases video for "New Moon" track, "Satellite Heart"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 11:26 pm
We haven't yet talked about the excellent soundtrack to New Moon.  The entire collection embodies a cohesive atmosphere that continues on a consistent path throughout.  The gathering of previous...
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Goldfrapp pen score to John Lennon biopic, "Nowhere Boy"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 1:59 am
Goldfrapp recently wrapped their score to the new John Lennon biopic titled Nowhere Boy.  Alison and Gregory recorded the strings with a full orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. The film, which tells ...
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Random video of the week #37, UTFO "Roxanne, Roxanne"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 11:38 pm
We've had a few requests to resurrect our "random video of the week" feature.  It's been quite some time ( March 2009 to be exact) and we realized without it, the site is just way too serious...
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Robbie Williams live at Electric Poms, "Bodies"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 11:42 pm
Robbie Williams is one of our big guilty pleasures of the year.  We always like to keep a little fun in our musical landscape and Williams fits into that perfectly.  He recently performed for the BB...
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Morrissey returns to the stage post-collapse, photos from tonight's gig

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 7:26 pm
Morrissey took the Royal Albert Hall Stage this evening in London, just three nights after his stage collapse in Swindon.  It appears he is doing well and back in action. The Daily Mail is featur...
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Video: Chris Martin performs "Yellow" at the Bridge School Benefit.

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 11:07 pm
The annual Bridge School Benefit charity show was held this weekend at the usual location, Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View, Ca.  Neil Young and his wife started the event back in 1986.  If ...
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Editors set U.S. release date

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 2:49 pm
Finally!  In This Light And On This Evening secures a proper U.S. release date via the FADER Label.  The album will officially release on January 19th.  The U.S. version will include exclusive bo...
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Watch: Kings Of Convenience 'Spin Session'

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 1:26 am
Erlend and Eirik took part in a three-song session for Spin yesterday.  Check out the guys performing The Power Of Not Knowing, Peacetime Resistance and It's My Party (yep, a random Lesley Gore c...
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Nitzer Ebb to open for Depeche Mode in 2010

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 1:33 am
Damn it, a dream pairing for us for sure.  Two of our favorites will once again share a bill for the first time in twenty years.  Nitzer Ebb will open for Depeche Mode on the European/Russian leg of...
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Trashcan Sinatras release video for "People"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 12:57 am
The Trashcans released a video for People from their new album In The Music.  We've got to say that over time the album has really grown on us.  People is one of the catchier tracks and a song t...
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Editors, "Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool" live and acoustic, full Studio Brussels set

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 1:56 pm
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool is our third favorite track (the first being Papillon, the second being the title track, In This Light And On This Evening) from the band's upcoming album.  I don't...
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Behind the scenes of Death Cab For Cutie's "New Moon" video for "Meet Me On The Equinox"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 2:12 pm
MTV will premiere the new Death Cab For Cutie video for their New Moon soundtrack single, Meet Me On The Equinox, tonight.  The video will air on the channel at 8:00pm in all time zones.  Need som...
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Editors acoustic version of Papillon on MTV Germany

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 1:39 am
Thanks to the amazing folks over at The Music Slut for turning us on to this video of Tom Smith performing a rather beautiful acoustic version of Papillon on MTV Germany.  Could we love this band a...
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The Killers unveil artwork for the "Live From The Royal Albert Hall" DVD

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 7:46 pm
Paul Normansell created the art for Live From The Royal Albert Hall.  He also created the cover art for Day & Age and the album's coinciding singles - remember all four band members done up mosai...
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Vampire Weekend offer up free "Horchata"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 1:01 pm
Vampire Weekend's Contra is due January 12th, that's a long, long way off.  To help tide us over, there's a free download of the album's first single Horchata being offered up on the ...
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The Red Radio Round Up - Morrissey, Nitzer Ebb, Sufjan and more

The Red Radio posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 1:05 am
So much to post, so little time.  We will occasionally run a little round up for you all on stuff we find of interest in the land of music. Ready, set, go... Actress will play the New Noise Festiva...
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Editors play "Later... With Jools Holland"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 5:18 pm
Our love affair with Editors continues... The guys performed for the Later...With Jools Holland audience last week.  The clip contains the band's performance of single Papillon, followed by ne...
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Pet Shop Boys release exclusive German single

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 6:12 pm
Pet Shop Boys will release an exclusive single in Germany on October 2nd for the track Beautiful People.  The single will be available digitally and on CD.  The four track breakdown plays out like t...
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Depeche Mode release new video for "Hole To Feed"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 12:50 pm
First off, we just want to say that we are huge Depeche Mode fans, always have been, and most likely always will be.  We try to focus on the positive here and stay away from any negativity, but we ca...
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On sale date for Morrissey's Indio performance announced

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 2:14 pm
Tickets for Morrissey's show at the Fantasy Springs Resort Hotel & Casino in Indio go on sale next Friday, October 2nd. The info comes to us compliments of our friends over at The Scenestar. Ful...
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Kings Of Convenience release new video for "Boat Behind"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 10:56 am
Take a little road trip with Erlend and Eirik and pick up some nice ladies along the way (not a bad way to spend the day) -
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Editors' Ed Lay chats new album, football and more

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 12:17 am
Editors' drummer Ed Lay recently had a conversation with Football365.com (football as in soccer), and had this to say of the upcoming record, In This Light And On This Evening: It's a really...
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Morrissey adds more dates...Pomona and San Diego

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 11:20 am
A bit late on this news but... Moz added two more dates to his upcoming West Coast tour.  Monday, December 7th at the Fox Theater in Pomona and Tuesday, December 8th at Copley Symphony Hall in San...
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The Killers and The Psychedelic Furs do "Pretty In Pink"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 8:03 pm
The 80's were alive and well last night at the Hollywood Bowl compliments of The Killers and The Psychedelic Furs.  The Furs opened the show and later surprised the sold out crowd by joining Th...
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Morrissey announces West Coast dates

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 2:12 pm
Get ready.... The return of Moz to the West Coast - finally.  Morrissey will play Los Angeles on December 10th at the Gibson Amphitheater.  Better yet, he'll play the Fantasy Lounge (yep, the...
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Flashback: Editors "All Sparks" acoustic

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 12:00 am
We're going to keep moving with our Editors obsession and post a little flashback to the band's (half of them anyway) acoustic performance of All Sparks back in 2007, filmed exclusively for It...
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New Video: Editors "Papillon"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 12:11 pm
OK, this is shaping up to be the year of the Editors for us. Papillon is already one of our favorite tracks of the year.  What synth goodness.  The accompanying video is pretty great as well, a nice...
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New Kings Of Convenience, the wait is finally over

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 12:30 am
FINALLY, yes in all caps, FINALLY some new music from Kings Of Convenience.  We love, love, love the Kings.  Big fans and we can't think of better chill out music.  Their new track, Boat Behind...
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Depeche Mode meets "True Blood"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 12:14 am
Depeche Mode's Corrupt is featured in the new season finale teaser for the current season (two) of True Blood. Footage of the band in the studio has been intertwined with a teaser featuring the ...
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Guilty pleasure: Robbie Williams "Bodies", new video hits the web

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 12:09 am
We can't get the new Robbie Williams track Bodies out of our head.  I think this one qualifies as a top guilty pleasure of the year.  The new video hit the web today.  The single is taken fro...
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"Moz Angeles" get ready, the countdown begins

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 11:38 pm
Morrissey playing live in Los Angeles this December.  Venue and date(s) to be announced shortly.  Happy Birthday to us.... Read
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Morrissey "Swords", double vinyl and bonus CD in the works

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 5, 2009, 2:04 pm
Wow, it's been weeks since we've done a Moz post.  Amazing.  According to Morrissey Solo, the track list for the upcoming b-sides collection, Swords, looks a little something like this - ...
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Andrew Fletcher's solo project? Martin's got a copy

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 1:11 am
Depeche Mode fans have heard rumblings of Andrew Fletcher's solo project Toast Hawaii for quite some time.  Fletch expands upon it with a few details in a recent interview with Tampa Bay Online.Â...
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New Editors: "Papillon", we like

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 12:38 am
Heard the new Editors track Papillon?  We're really digging it.  The synth heavy track carries a nice difference from past efforts, yet still maintains the classic Editors feel.  We are heavi...
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The Killers cover The Animals, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 7:28 pm
Prepping for that upcoming covers record perhaps?  The Killers busted out another cover last night during their show at the PNC Banks Art Center in New Jersey.  The selection this time around?  D...
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Vinyl find: "Urgh! A Music War"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 12:08 am
We found a mint condition vinyl copy of the Urgh! A Music War soundtrack today and we are feelin' mighty fine about it.  An amazing compilation concert film originally released in 1981, Urgh! fea...
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Madonna reveals career retrospective track list for "Celebration"

The Red Radio posted an article on - Aug 27, 2009, 12:54 am
Folks always seem to find it interesting that we know a thing or two about Madonna tracks.  We actually know a good deal about the old School Madonna material.  The first album, definitely, stuff fr...
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Friendly Fires shop and open up their bags for all to see

The Red Radio posted an article on - Aug 26, 2009, 12:29 am
The four mates from Friendly Fires paid a recent shopping trip to Amoeba.  The guys were kind enough to sit down with the staff to shoot an episode of Amoeba's What's In My Bag?  You wanna...
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The return of The Cranberries

The Red Radio posted an article on - Aug 25, 2009, 11:57 pm
The Cranberries will put an end to their seven year "break" and reform for an upcoming tour.  All four original members will hit the road in the U.S. later this year.  European dates are being route...
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Unwrapping Born Ruffians

The Red Radio posted an article on - Aug 25, 2009, 12:22 am
We finally got around to purchasing Red, Yellow & Blue from the Born Ruffians today.  The plastic is coming off and the record is hitting the turntable. Love the artwork above. Check the guys o...
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Peter Murphy continues "Secret Covers" project with David Bowie and Joy Division

The Red Radio posted an article on - Aug 21, 2009, 7:27 pm
Speaking of covers below, we completely forgot to mention Peter Murphy's second installment in his series of "secret covers".  He first tackled John Lennon's Instant Karma, which we reporte...
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