Conservatory-trained group’s undeniable musical,
personal camaraderie on full display in recent sessions for Jam In The Van,
KUTX (98.9, Austin).
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The Rad
Trads (L-R): Michael Fatum, Mike Harlen,
Patrick Sargent, John Fatum, Alden Harris-McCoy. Photo by Kelly Teacher.
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See
the music video for “My Place”
by The Rad Trads at BTRtoday
or the link above. See The Rad Trads
live across America this summer. Full itinerary below.
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About | “My
Place”
“Looking like they’re L-I-V-I-N at an Ikea no doubt
took oodles of clever camerawork and a lot of effort outrunning suspicious
store employees. We can’t imagine the Brooklyn quintet broke a sweat, though. The
conservatory-trained instrumentalists who created the scruffy and lived-in
groove underlying “My Place” can
handle a little retail incognito.” – BTRtoday
“It was two intensely fun (and awkward) days of
guerrilla-style shooting in various Ikea display rooms and while I didn’t
originally write the song with the Swedish chain in mind, there’s no unlinking
the two now.” – Alden Harris-McCoy, The Rad Trads
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The Rad Trads | Sessions
The Rad Trads performed pop-up sessions for Austin’s NPR-affiliate KUTX 98.9 and Jam In The Van
at this year’s SXSW.
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The Rad
Trads | On Tour
05/23/2019: Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
05/25/2019: Elizabethtown, KY @ BBQ Blues and
Bikes Festival
05/28/2019: Nashville, TN @ Petway Sounds
05/30/2019: Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia
05/31/2019: Phenix City, AL @ Phenix City
Amphitheater
06/01/2019: Asheville, NC @ Beer City Festival
06/02/2019: Atlanta, GA @ Sunset Sessions at
Park Tavern
06/05/2019: Ponte Vedra, FL @ Ponte Vedra
Concert Hall (w/ Lake Street Dive)
06/06/2019: Raleigh, NC @ Neptune’s Parlour
06/07/2019: Washington, DC @ Pearl Street
Warehouse
06/11/2019: New Haven, CT @ International
Festival of Arts and Ideas
06/15/2019: Croton-on-Hudson, NY @ Clearwater
Festival
07/10/2019: Park Forest, IL @ Main Street
Nights
07/11/2019: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
07/12/2019: Lincoln, NE @ Zoo Bar
07/14/2019: Huntsville, UT @ Snowbasin Resort
07/17/2019: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
07/19/2019: Vancouver, Canada @ Vancouver Folk
Music Festival
07/20/2019: Vancouver, Canada @ Vancouver Folk
Music Festival
07/21/2019: Vancouver, Canada @ Vancouver Folk
Music Festival
07/24/2019: Seattle, WA @ Barboza
07/27/2019: San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah
07/31/2019: Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge
08/01/2019: Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument
Museum
08/03/2019: Pinedale, WY @ Soundcheck Summer
Music Series
08/08/2019: Bozeman, MT @ Music on Main
08/11/2019: Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
08/14/2019: Cleveland, OH @ Wade Oval
Wednesday’s
08/15/2019: White Plains, NY @ City Center
Summer Concerts
09/19/2019: Hendersonville, NC @ Rhythm &
Brews
09/27/2019: Roseland, VA @ Devils Backbone
Hoopla
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The Rad Trads
On
Tap
Out Now
(Hornblow Recordings)
[STREAM]:
Track Listing:
01. Good Luck Unto Ya (VIDEO)
02. Manhattan Bridge Serenade
03. Key Club
04. My Place (VIDEO)
05. Thumbtack (VIDEO)
06. Sarge’s Boogaloo
07. Vada Via
08. Little Pie Blues
09. Wishing Well (VIDEO)
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The Rad Trads | In The Press
“Genre-defying, entertaining-for-everyone live
performances.” — MAGNET
“Their second album, On Tap, is catchy, old
school, and very New York at its heart. They will draw you in — unless you’re
looking for more droll post-irony dreck, black-hole density production, or
sour/dour/sky-is-falling-on JUST-ME angst. Guess these guys never got those
memos. They must have been too busy just playing music and having fun.” — Paul Cavalconte, WFUV 90.7FM
“Their live performances can turn into a Saturday
night church meeting, fueled by the fact that all five of them can sing. They
got their start as a New Orleans cover band, which has clearly worked in their
favor. You’re gonna love these guys.” — Rick
McNulty, KUTX 98.9 (Austin)
“The Rad Trads
perform music that’s a confluence of excellent musicianship, deft writing and
one wicked sense of humor. This is music for the unlucky in love and recalls
the legendary NRBQ at its most comically
romantic and Lake Street Dive at its
most self-effacing.” — PopMatters
“The Rad Trads mix punk rock energy, horn drenched
soul and jazz precision into their signature celebratory mood.” — BTRtoday
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About | The Rad
Trads
The gentlemen comprising the Brooklyn-based five-piece
The Rad Trads distinguish themselves
in ways few bands can. Already drawing lines around the block at home, the
globe-trotting group’s (they have performed on four continents and in 16
countries) singular take on rock n roll mixes punk rock energy, horn drenched
soul, and jazz precision, all with a lighthearted but sincere delivery. It’s a
sound and show that is gaining steam world over as The Rad Trads continue to tour in support of On Tap, out now from Hornblow Recordings. Listen to On Tap here.
Challenging but humorous, at times The Rad Trads bring to mind Springsteen and his “Big Man” Clarence Clemons, Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks-era vocal style, and Wilco’s epic guitar breakdowns. All of this sonic goodness is only
upstaged by the fact that the guys in The
Rad Trads manage to exist as five distinct songwriters and singers in a
band that still sounds powerfully egoless, familial, and cohesive. And none of
them even planned on being vocalists!
On Tap
by The Rad Trads is out now from Hornblow Recordings. Members of The Rad Trads are available for
interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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The Rad Trads | Links
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact
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