Notorious Radio Presents: The Official NotoriousRadio PodCast

The best of the Underground, and some above-ground, bands YOU should get to know. Compiled from clients, bands I find on MySpace, Lala, Q/Mojo magazine and from the playlists of the many programmers I deal with. Here are, in my opinion, the cream of the crop. Enjoy! Questions/comments/etc, please email me here.

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Episode 4 Features:

Fields, "The Death", from the UK
May 68, "Last Mile", from Manchester, UK
The Tombots, "Accounts and Thoughts From a Staircase", from Manchester, UK
Screen Vinyl Image, "Fever", from DC
Oingo Boingo (RIP), "Something Isn't Right", from Los Angeles
Screen Vinyl Image, "Conscience Collider", from DC
The Banshee, "Kicks Up", from Italy
Kraak & Smaak, "Squeeze Me", from Holland

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Episode 3 Features:

Screaming Lord Sutch, "Jack the Ripper", from the UK
Doves, "Jetstream", from the UK
The Race UK, "I Get It Wrong", from the UK
Mighty Fairly, "Falling to Pieces", from Minneapolis
Lohio, "Modern Days", from Pittsburgh
The Soundscapes, "Here's When", from NYC
Kaiser Chiefs, "Never Miss a Beat", from the UK
The Helio Sequence, "Keep Your Eyes Ahead", from Portland, OR.

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Episode 2 Features:

The Depreciation Guild, "Butterfly Kisses", from NYC
Dead Leaf Echo, "Half-Truth", from NYC
The Parlotones, "Louder Than Bombs", from the UK via South Africa
Her Vanished Grace, "Slip Away", from NYC
The Years, "Compote", from France
The Futureheads, "Broke Up the Time", from the UK
Zambri, "Get Dressed", from NYC

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Episode 1 Features:

Voxhaul Broadcast, "Rotten Apples", from the UK
Glasvegas,"Go Square Go!", from Glasgow, Scotland
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds, "I Ain't Mad At Ya", from San Diego, CA
a double dose of My Device: "Eat Lead" and "Fixxa Uppa", from Brighton, UK
Does It Offend You, Yeah?, "Battle Royale", from the UK
Computer vs. Banjo, "Giving Up on Ghosts", from Nashville
Olympus Mons, "Hours", from Pittsburgh

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A World Of Our Own (PodCast)
(aka my first foray into PodCasting.)

Bands you probably never heard of - until now! Notorious Radio presents the very best unsigned and indie artists. From punk to electronic, indie to shoegaze, it's all here waiting to be heard.

Episode 20: MySpace International
Featuring:

"Ugly" by Recliner (New Zealand)
"Hideous" by Lux et Nox (Australia)
"Theme From Love Story" by To Cure a Broken Heart (UK)
"My Highest Low" by How I Won the War (Canada)
"Photos of the Staff" by Team Turnip (UK)
"It's Only Love" by Sofia Talvik (Sweden)
"I Wanna Be" by The Hartleys (Canada)
"Take Me Away" by Antigen (UK)
"Fernfahrer" by Sankt Otten (Germany)

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Episode 19: MySpace Domestic
Featuring:

"Oblivious" by Idyllists (Los Angeles, CA)
"The Wasted Line" by Model A (Sacramento, CA)
"Ladeda" by Keith Varick (NYC)
"Twenty to One" by Bridgley Moore (Pittsburgh)
"Cool Shoes" by The Arrogants (Huntington Beach, CA)
"Very Hot Today" by Cantinero (NYC)
"Vermont Hotel" by (Sound of) the Skeptic (Oregon)
"Wooden Bridge" by Aridne (Pittsburgh)
"Holler!" by Holler, Wild Rose! (New Jersey)

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Episode 18: More of the Best Bands You've Never Heard of...Until Now.
Thanks To MySpace
Including:

"Dirty Road" by Analog Missionary (Atlanta)
"Nurse You" by Sun Vision (Sweden)
"Love In" by Diafanes (Brazil)
"It Came Up Gently" by Umeed (Portugal)
"All the Lucky People" by Enzo (Brooklyn, NY)
"My Libertine" by Bear Holland (London)

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Episode 17: Featured New Release, Shade, "Arms Raised on Rooftops"
Including:

"Keep Them Shouting", "Rivals Place" and "Wide Eyed" by Shade (Pittsburgh)
"Anita" by The Bust (Pittsburgh)
"The Killing Fields" by People Noise (Louisville)
"Orchid" by Cellophane Rain (Australia)
"X-Ray Eyes" by The Novel I (Minneapolis)

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Episode 16: Winter is Finally Here
Includes:

"Fire" by Elika (NYC)
"Black and White" by Skyhill (NYC)
"Song I Love You" by Brimstone Monkey (Sweden)
"Candles" by Jack Butler (Scotland)
"Fall Out" by Rizzo (UK)
"You Said" by Garrison Frost (Seattle)
"Prockaganda" by The Years (France)
"Say Go" by White Demons (Phoenix)

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Episode 15: Happy New Year
Includes:

"Wait For Me" by The Slack Republic (Atlanta)
"Undefined Sofa Sketches" by The May Bees (Netherlands)
"Sulla's Return" by Seagull Strange (UK)
"Nature Got ONe Over On Me" by The Brights (UK)
"It's Me" by The Distants (Los Angeles)
"Plantage" by JAG (Netherlands)
"Quite" by American Anti-Gravity (Chicago)
"All For This" by Anything After (Downey, CA)

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Episode 14: The Lost Information Episode
Bands whose contact information I lost due to a virus. Including: The Lucky Band, The Clamour,
Tiny Masters of Today, Country Club and the Porn Horns, The Love Me Nots, Stunt,
Nate Seacourt and Last Years Model

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Episode 13: California, Here We Come!
All bands from California in honor of our Thanksgiving trip. Including:

"When I Wake Up" by Wintergreen (Los Angeles)
"So Far So Good" by Teenage News! (Dana Point)
"Hey You" by The Otherside (San Francisco)
"Williamsburg" by The Black Watch (Los Angeles)
"Carve Our World" by Bella Vista (San Francisco)
"Oh So Social" by MOST (Long Beach...my hometown)

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Episode 12: The UK Underground
Bands via MySpace from the UK who...freaking...rule. Including:

"Go Square Go" by Glasvegas (Glasgow, Scotland)
"Payroll" by Liquid Sunshine (UK)
"Shout it Out" by City Rain (Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland)
"Lonely Boy" by The Swinging Laurels (Leicester, England)
"Acid Twist" by The Acid Fascists (Edinburgh, Scotland)
"I Wanna Dance" by Lo Slung (London, England)

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Episode 11
Bands from around the world found via MySpace. Including:

"Guess You Are Mad At Me" by Maria Viskonti (Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Exit to the World" by Grand:PM (Toronto, Canada)
"Self Made" by Motion Soundtrack (Vancouver, Canada)
"Jump Over My Bicycle" by The Headphones (Russia)
"Astronauts and Angels" by The Blue Alarm (Vancouver, Canada)
"Who Are You To Say" by Keith Canisius (Odense, Denmark)
"Fellowship" by Tilbury on Cloves (Athens, Greece)
"Could Be There" by The Heavy Rain (Russia)

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Episode 10
Some more brilliant music you've never heard until now. Including:

"Disillusionist" by Bright Channel (Denver)
"Modern Fix" by Arks (Chicago)
"Perpendicular" by Apacific Model (Dallas)
"Siren" by The Lost Patrol (NYC)
"Alone (again)" by The Sound Proof (NYC)
"Stand Alone" by The Ghouls (Philly)
"Pretty People" by Splitsville (Baltimore)

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Episode 9: Midwest Music Summit Part Two
More bands I saw or meant to see at the Midwest Music Summit whose MP3s kicked ass. Including:

"Go-Gos" by Captain of Industry (Dayton)
"One More Time" by AutoVaughan (Nashville)
"Let It Out" by Crash Boom Bang (DC)
"Hypnotized" by The Singles (Detroit)
"Sleeping" by Man in Gray (Brooklyn)
"Bad Luck, Broken Lines" by Abileen (Kansas City)
"The Catch" by Forget Cassettes (Nashville)
"Note to Self" by Lunar Event (Indianapolis)
"A Chance Encounter" by Mason Proper (Ann Arbor)
"Oh Jesus" by Your Black Star (Louisville)
"Satellite" by The Motion Sick (Boston)

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Episode 8: Midwest Music Summit Part One
Bands I saw or meant to see in August at the Midwest Music Summit based on how kick ass I thought their MP3s were. This episode's bands are all from or near Denver & Chicago. Including:

"Sparrow" by Laylights (Denver)
"Elephant in White" by Hot IQs (Denver)
"From the Beginning" by Otter Petter (Chicago)
"Elected" by Sundayrunners (Chicago)
"Bet You Never Thought" by Brighton, MA (Chicago)
"King of the Mountain" by Walking Bicycles (Chicago)
"For Money or Love" by The Like Young (Chicago)
"Big House" by My Were They (Chicago)
"Making Connections" by The Saps (Chicago)
"TV" by Headlights (Champaign, IL)

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Episode 7: MySpace Domestic
All bands in this PodCast were found on MySpace and live here in the U.S. Including:

"Up For Days" by Pink Noise (Brooklyn, NY)
"Various Gun Designs" by STAR (Chicago, IL)
"Photograph" by The Darling Alarm (Silverlake, CA)
"Kiss Kiss" by The Girlfriend Experience (San Francisco, CA)
"Sweetheart" by Obsolete Heart (Los Angeles, CA)
"Kill Are We" by Ash Tree (Los Angeles, CA)
"I Can't Make You Dance" by Holly & The Dead Saints (Ashurst, AZ)
"Ambulance Sirens" by Animals of the Arctic (Miami, FL)

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Episode 6: MySpace International
All bands on this PodCast were found on MySpace and are from outside the USA! Featuring:

"Sounds and Screams" by The Amaranths (Denmark)
"So High" by The Sound (UK)
"Change Your Mind" by Futurelites (UK)
"Pacific Atlantic" by SWIMMING (UK)
"My Sinner" by DeeDoo_S (Germany)
"Let the Sound Sound" by MayDay (France)
"Drugs" by The Deltas (UK)
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" by Outl4w (UK)

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Episode 5: A Tribute to Shoegaze
Apparently my vocal part was recorded via airplane phone. New mic on the way.
Our first three-parter, all under the shoegaze/dreampop/psychedelic/fuzzpop banner.
Part One features Mark Gardener, Evervess, Brown Shoe, Lazy Science, Shy Magnolias
and Six.bySeven.
Part Two includes Toshack Highway, Transcendence, The High Violets, Soundpool,
Hopewell and The Duke Spirit.
Part Three has Rob Dickinson, Sky Parade, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians,
The Invisible Kid and Autumn Thieves.

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Episode 4: A Particularly Good Episode
Some of our VERY favorite bands are featured in this 'Cast. Part One includes Sky Parade, AeroVox, Saints & Lovers, Arthur Yoria, Nous Non Plus and The Ropes. Part Two features Black Tie Dynasty, FiFi MurMur, Lab Partners and Pleasure Technicians. Enjoy!!!

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Episode #3: Cinco De Mayo
A more rockin' episode, divided into two parts. The first features Aces Over Kings, Runaway Suns, The Toy Dolls, instar and Thornbird. The second half is our very first album feature, all artists are from the Hurricane Kid compilation (all proceeds go toward re-building schools destroyed by Katrina). Bands include America's Sweetheart, Stellar Tuesday, Marwood and The 777s.

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Episode #2: More of the Best Bands You Haven't Heard Of...Until Now
Catching up with They Walk in Line, Loretta, Arthur Yoria and Aerovox, along with more sounds from the Underground. Other bands in this PodCast include: Waking Matthew, Masters of the Lunaverse, Rocktopus, The Invisible Kid, Soft Complex, 20goto10, Sofia Hardig, Unlove, Beat Radio, The Diggs, Adam Evil, Bang Sugar Bang, The Toy Dolls and Summer Lawns

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Episode #1: A Tribute to Pittsburgh
World premieres from SHADE, Pleasure Technicians, Chalk Outline Party, along with the best and brightest from the Pittsburgh underground and beyond. Other featured bands include: Saints & Lovers, The Watermarks, Spy, Meneguar, Instant Camera, Aloke, Atomic Dog, Bang Sugar Bang, Group Sounds,
The Defenestrators, The Hong Kong, Sofia Hardig & The Needles,
Margot & the Nuclear So & So's, Life in Bed, HoY, Waking Matthew and Kid Casanova

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