The Rad Trads announces spring tour, SXSW performances, dates with Bailen including hometown April 23rd show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Mixing punk rock energy, horn drenched soul, jazz precision, WFUV calls band’s “On Tap,” “catchy, old school, and very New York at its heart.”

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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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“‘Thumbtack’ is a song about love lost, in which the character is offering up various forms of self-flagellation or humiliation to win his lover back” - Mike Harlen, The Rad Trads

Check out the premiere of the “Thumbtack” music video by The Rad Trads via PopMatters. Spoiler Alert: Despite the depiction of the band biking through exotic locales, they were actually just chillin’ at a Citibike station in Brooklyn.

[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V4ltI2j9iI

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The Rad Trads | “Spring, Sprang, Sprung Tour” | SXSW 2019

03/09/2019: Nashville, TN @ The Basement

03/13/2019: Austin, TX @ Carousel Lounge (SXSW, 12PM) (INFO)

03/14/2019: Austin, TX @ KUTX 98.9 Pop-Up Session (SXSW, 5PM)

03/15/2019: Austin, TX @ Radio, Coffee, and Beer (SXSW, 7PM) (INFO)

03/15/2019: Austin, TX @ 18th Over Austin (SXSW Official Showcase, 12AM) (INFO)

03/16/2019: Austin, TX @ Brooklyn Country Cantina (SXSW, 9PM) (INFO)

03/17/2019: Austin, TX @ Jam In The Van Session (SXSW, 6PM)

03/20/2019: Columbus, OH @ The Basement (w/ Bailen)

03/21/2019: Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe (w/ Bailen)

03/22/2019: Indianapolis, IN @ Pioneer

03/23/2019: Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch

03/24/2019: New Cumberland, WV @ Oak Glen (Music and Art Festival)

04/23/2019: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Bailen)

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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

“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

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More 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 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

On Tap

Out Now

(Hornblow Recordings)

Streaming Link:

STREAM FULL LP

  

Track Listing:

01. Good Luck Unto Ya (VIDEO)

02. Manhattan Bridge Serenade

03. Key Club

04. My Place

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 - Links

ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : HORNBLOW RECORDINGS

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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“Debauched harlequin” J Hacha De Zola creeps you out with his “diabolical ‘brella” in “Anarchy” music video; “Icaro Nouveau” out March 29th.

Jersey City artist’s John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr) produced album full of “villains, spells, desires, romance, danger, redemption, revelations.”

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J Hacha De Zola as photographed by Robin Souma

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“Should brighten or darken your mood depending on your state of mind,” says Northern Transmissions about the music video for “Anarchy,” from J Hacha De Zola’s upcoming Icaro Nouveau (Caballo Negro, March 29^th.) Watch it here or watch / listen at the links below!

“There's a bit of a Stephen King’s ‘It’ vibe to it,” says J Hacha De Zola of the music video for “Anarchy,” taken from his upcoming new album Icaro Nouveau, out March 29^th. “The weather was terrible, and we kinda rode it by the seat of our pants. I thought I'd try to recreate the ‘debauched harlequin’ look that we did for the album cover, along with my ‘diabolical ‘brella.’ I kinda wished my umbrella prop actually worked though because I got drenched!”

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9xesHStnRs

[STREAM | MP3]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/JHachaDeZola-Anarchy

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J Hacha De Zola – Live

03/09/2019: Jersey City, NJ @ Smush Gallery (630-10PM, 340 Summit Ave.) (INFO)

J Hacha De Zola presents: ‘Icaro Nouveau and Friends: An Evening of Song, Story Telling and Art’

Special performances by: J Hacha De Zola, guitarist Debra Devi, Alex Pergament (After School Activities), poet Rashad Wright, rock duo Drum and a Tantrum, singer-songwriter Geyby Aguilar, and paintings by Athena Toledo.

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J Hacha De Zola – In The Press

“The kind of alluring character found in old children’s books.” — UTNE

“A wild man in the vein of such fire breathing artists like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Captain Beefheart.” — Paste

“A large, spinning rock ‘n’ roll affair as enticing as it is distant and strange.” — MAGNET

“Bound to light the way forward and inspire a legion of imitators.” — PopMatters

“Dangerously delightful, whirling, and rhythmic.” — The Big Takeover

“Beckoning listeners somewhere exciting and unfamiliar where menace looms heavy in the air. ” — BTRtoday

“A garage-rockin’ Latin bluesman in the style of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. ” — Jersey Beat

“Possibly the wildest record I’ve heard all year.” — BLURT

“A dark tango, a gothic circus, a dirty, melodic cacophony you just have to love.” — Soundblab

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More about J Hacha De Zola and Icaro Nouveau

“This is an Urban Junkyard record.”

It’s a descriptor that J Hacha De Zola has been casually using over the course of three album releases. With the upcoming full–length Icaro Nouveau (out March 29^th), the Jersey City–based musician defines the genre in detail.

Produced by iconic engineer John Agnello, a career–long cohort of another “J” – J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, and most recently the man behind albums by Waxahatchee, the new Hacha De Zola songs are described by the artist as full of “villains, spells, desires, romance, danger, redemption, and revelations.”

He adds, “and a eulogy,” referring to “Ode To Ralph Carney,” about the late, legendary saxophone sideman of Tom Waits (and many others), who served not only as a player, but more importantly, as a spiritual guide for Hacha De Zola over the course of the latter’s young career.

Indeed, Carney was Hacha De Zola’s compatriot in developing the “Urban Junkyard” sound that now has a life of its own on Icaro Nouveau.

“He was an integral part of this sound. He was my secret weapon,” Hacha De Zola says. “His horns were ever–present, as was his input. Not having him around for Icaro Nouveau was unsettling for me.”

“I’ve been developing my own new language, through the elements that are most familiar to me,” Hacha De Zola explains. “My neighborhood – ‘mi barrio’ – where I’m from, and the diversity of cultures and vibes there.”

“Environment is everything,” he continues, “There’s power in the intent behind words and in their delivery. You might not even understand a certain language, but can get a sense of the intent when it’s spoken.”

You can feel it in the Urban Junkyard.

J Hacha De Zola’s fourth full-length album Icaro Nouveau is scheduled for release on March 29^th, 2019. The artist’s current EP ‘Syn Illusión,’ a four-song, 80s-era synth-driven, all-Spanish language release, is out now. Hacha de Zola is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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J Hacha De Zola

Icaro Nouveau

(Caballo Negro)

March 29^th, 2019

  

Track Listing:

01. Anarchy (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)

02. El Chucho (Hooko)

03. On A Saturday (STREAM | MP3)

04. Juan Salchipapas

05. A Song For Her

06. Hollow Trees

07. A Fool's Moon

08. Ode To Ralph Carney (STREAM)

09. Super Squeaky

10. Hacha's Lament

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J Hacha De Zola

‘Syn Illusión’ EP

(Caballo Negro)

Out Now

  

Track Listing:

01. Syn Illusión (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)

02. Otro Lado

03. Lejos De Mi

04. El Mago Negro

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J Hacha De Zola – Links

ASSETS (LP) : ASSETS (EP) : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : BANDCAMP : TUMBLR

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Brooklyn-based Phil and the Osophers is “crafting catchy, literate songs that blend musical genres from folk rock to world beat,” says Relix.

New “Bee Liner” video features long-lost 80’s video synthesizer Fairlight CVI, which Phil discovered at five-years-old performing “Bad” karaoke.

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Phil Radiotes of Phil and the Osophers as photographed by Kenneth Anderson.

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The “Bee Liner” video by Phil and the Osophers features the long-lost 80’s video synthesizer, the Fairlight CVI, which Phil Radiotes first discovered at five-years-old performing a karaoke cover of “Bad” at the local mall. Watch the “Bee Liner” video and five-year-old Phil’s “Bad” cover at Relix Magazine or the links below!

[STREAM]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/PhilAndTheOsophers-BeeLiner

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDJqcqVm6RA

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Five-year-old Phil Radiotes of Phil and the Osophers performs “Bad” at the local mall, providing visual inspiration years later for the “Bee Liner” music video!

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh2g5dMVgV4

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Phil and the Osophers – Live

NYC! See Phil and the Osophers live on Thurs., March 21^st at Berlin! More info here.

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More about the “Bee Liner” video by Phil and the Osophers

“The vibe I want to get across with the ‘Bee Liner’ video is a cross between the ‘Once In A Lifetime’ and ‘New Light’ videos,” says Phil Radiotes of Brooklyn’s Phil and the Osophers about the music video for his current single, just-premiered via Relix Magazine.

He continues, “My dad spent some years as a bus driver, so I knew the look and attitude I wanted the bus driver to have, kinda cool and sweet. The bus in the song arrives offering some kind of deliverance. I take the bus a lot and though I wrote the song in a literal fashion, I wanted it to have a working class nature to it, that we are taking this bus to get somewhere better in life. This particular bus is taking us directly there, at warp speed, and just a few of us passengers know how to get on it!”

The “Bee Liner” video was made using the long lost video synthesizer from the 1980s, the Fairlight CVI.

“I was first unknowingly introduced to the Fairlight at five-years-old when I performed a karaoke version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ at a music service shop at the Fashion Island Mall in San Mateo, CA,” Radiotes explains. “I showed the ‘Bad’ video to (‘Bee Liner’ director) Ken (Anderson), he posted a sample of it to a few video forums, and found out it was a Fairlight CVI. We then tracked down what, to my knowledge, is the only working Fairlight CVI still available to use, and we convinced the guy who owns it to run our footage through it. So, the footage for ‘Bee Liner’ went from 2019 to the 1980s and back. I’d been grappling with the idea of making the ‘Bad’ video public along with the premiere of the ‘Bee Liner’ video. It’s pretty amazing, but also pretty embarrassing.”

Listen to the latest single “Bee Liner” by Phil and the Osophers, out now. The “Bee Liner” music video can be seen here. Look out for the latest Phil and the Osophers full-length From The Rise of Fall this summer.

Phil Radiotes is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Phil and the Osophers Links

ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : BANDCAMP

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : SOUNDCLOUD : SPOTIFY : BLOG : E-MAIL