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Radio Beats

December 13th, 2004 | Posted by: Eric | Category: Modern Trash, Garage Punk

I really can’t keep up with all of the new music that pops up, but I try to stay on top of stuff from Big Neck Records. Specializing in crazy, fucked up rock&roll, Big Neck has been dishing out the good stuff since the late ’90’s. I’ve pretty much enjoyed most of the stuff they have released, so when I get a chance to snap up a 7″ or CD from them I make sure I do it. This time around is a 7″ from The Radio Beats. 4 tracks of immediate 3-chord, garagepunk gratification. Quick and to the point, there is nothing wasted on this one. I particularly love that rolling drum sound, which reminds me of Information Superhighway era New Bomb Turks. Here’s two from the 7″:

Radio Beats - Blow You Up.mp3
Radio Beats - Backseat Learnin’.mp3

The Big Neck sounds page has tons of mp3’s from their stable of swanky bands
Here’s an interview with the Radio Beats

5 Comments so far

  1. Declan December 14th, 2004 1:30 am

    Cheers for the link to my site.

    (BTW the link to the first track doesn’t seem to work)

  2. eric December 15th, 2004 6:19 pm

    That first link seems to be hit or miss. Worked for me several times, and died several times to boot. Patience, I guess.

    BTW - Here is the offical Radio Beats page

  3. Declan December 15th, 2004 9:14 pm

    Worked the next night!

    Maybe first time I tried it was before the watershed

  4. Steve December 22nd, 2004 6:01 pm

    Thanks for the positive comments about my band. They are much appreciated. New LP coming out on Big Neck in early 2005!

  5. Lee Perrine June 14th, 2007 4:56 am

    This one makes sence “One’s first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”

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