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Artist: Radioradio
Album: Alarm 1 Alarm 2
Label: Comprono Music
Playtime: 14:40 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.radioradioband.com/
Rip date: 2008-09-03
Street date: 2008-00-00
Size: 22.27 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 200 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Sometimes the most incredible things spring from unglamorous beginnings.
Tulsa modern-retro rock quartet RadioRadio had itÆs start in a nondescript
parking lot in east Tulsa, where for a year and a half vocalist Greg
Hosterman and bassist Paul Cristiano would meet over their lunch hour and
hammer out songs that would eventually become part of their debut æWatch æEm
All Come RunninÆ.
After teaming up with producer/guitarist Brad Mitcho, the band soon found
itself as a finalist in a nationwide contest sponsored by fellow Tulsans
Hanson. The first incarnation of RadioRadio made itÆs debut on the main
stage of Dfest 2006. With more performances and an end-of-the-year live DVD
filmed by Ash Greyson (Hanson Strong Enough To Break), RadioRadio was well on
itÆs way. So far, so good.
By April 2007, riding the strength of the single ôMarathonö RadioRadio was
invited to play The Edge Birthday Bash in Tulsa with a reunited Gravity
Kills. As fate would have it, this would be the last show for three-fifths
of the band. Frustrated, Greg and Paul found themselves back at square one,
back to the days of the desolate parking lot. How strong was their belief in
RadioRadio?
Lucky for us, that answer was ôplentyö and as new players were recruited-Paul
Sanders (drums) and Jay Hunt (guitar)-RadioRadio v2.0 debuted at the PLAY:stl
Festival in September 2007 and has been forward looking ever since.
Following an official slot at the 2008 SXSW music conference, the four have
been hard at work crafting a follow-up release, the tightly knit EP Alarm 1
Alarm 2.
Says Hosterman: ôThis time around, the songs were crafted from the garage up.
Though the main impetus for a song may originate from a single source, every
band member is vested in the arrangement. These songs become our common
experience, our common anguish and our common glory.ö
As for RadioRadioÆs goals, Hosterman is quick to respond: ôTo slay æem all.
To have real moxie, to be what no Pro Tools system or media-savvy management
or hyper-networked MySpace can substitute for, greatness in content, style
and attitude.ö
No small order, that. But then again, after all theyÆve been through and how
far theyÆve come, RadioRadio can do anything they put their creative minds
to. Like the Elvis Costello song from which itÆs name is taken, RadioRadio
is all about embracing independence and free willàall in a manner you can
dance to.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Alarm 1 Alarm 2 ( 3:47)
02. BBC ( 3:08)
03. Ghost ( 4:10)
04. I, Computer ( 3:35)
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