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March 16, 2008

Podcast #29 - 3/17/08

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Dirty Sweet - Delilah
BIGBANG - Wild Bird
Duffy - Mercy / Syrup & Honey
Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me
Alice Smith - Gary's Song / Fake Is The New Real
Beth Rowley - Oh My Life
Victoria Hart - New Life
Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
Your Vegas - Troubled Times / The Way The War Was Won
Vampire Weekend - M79 / The Kids Don't Stand A Chance
Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun / Society
Powderfinger - Wishing On The Same Moon
Oh Laura - It Ain't Enough / Friend Like Me
Yael Naim - New Soul
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
James Dean Bradfield - That's No Way To Tell A Lie / An English Gentleman
The Duke Spirit - The Step And The Walkd
Sia - I Go To Sleep
Cat Power - New York / Lost Someone
Foxy Shazam - A Dangerous Man
Hello Stranger - Big Boots
Basia Bulat - In The Night
Scout Niblett (feat. Bonnie Prince Billy) - Kiss
Lisa Hannigan - Some Surprise
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - When Your Mind's Made Up
Matt Costa - Mr. Pitiful
Dave Barnes - On A Night Light This

Michael Johns on American Idol

I played a Michael Johns song in February 2005 on Podcast #5 called "Statues" but at that time his band was called The Rising. The band signed to Maverick in 2001 but their debut album, Future Unknown, was never released. Now you can listen to The Rising and buy the album on iTunes.

In October 2006 Michael Johns released his self-titled debut solo album that is best described as "rock with soul" independently. It used to be available for purchase on iTunes but has since been taken down.

Johns auditioned for American Idol in San Diego and is now one of the Top 11 finalists. Watch Michael sing Bohemian Rhapsody below. Cowell honored him with the "best audition of the day" and Seacrest "potentially the best so far", which was the most positive feedback at this stage in the game ever received.



His top 24 performance of Light My Fire earned him praise as a "true legend rock performer" when Jackson compared him to Michael Hutchence and Cowell added that he has the "natural charisma of a lead singer".



Watch his top 16 performance of Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds.



Watch his top 12 performance of Across the Universe by The Beatles.



Be sure to tune in and watch Michael Johns on American Idol Tuesday night. He will light the place on fire and make you want to dust off that treadmill!

http://michaeljohnsfans.com/
http://www.americanidol.com
http://www.rickey.org/?cat=196

January 18, 2008

KCRW, FILTER & BUTR PRESENTS: Rob Dickinson @ Viper Room Jan. 24

Rob Dickinson is the guitarist, singer, and songwriter of the critically acclaimed Catherine Wheel. Look out for Universal to re-release his solo album, Fresh Wine For The Horses, this year.

If you are a Catherine Wheel fan, or just a fan of great lyrics, melody, and vocals topped off with a stellar stage presence that can only come from the heart...then this is a night you don't want to miss!

The Viper Room
Thursday, January 24th

KCRW, FILTER, & BUTR PRESENTS
War Stories @ 8:30pm
Romance Fantasy @ 9:30pm
Rob Dickinson @ 10:30pm

Watch the video for "Oceans" below beautifully shot with a Nokia N93 camera phone!

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January 05, 2008

Podcast #28 - 1/8/08

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Jyrojets - Favourite Thing About Jane
Thurston Revival - Somewhere There's an Angel
El Condorez - Nothing Is Real
Rob Dickinson - My Name is Love / Oceans
Romance Fantasy - Whiskey & Wine / I Ain't Ever Gonna Change My Ways
Or, The Whale - Call and Response
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Try
Spring Hill Spider Party - Women Be Shoppin'
The Matt Truman Ego Trip - Industry Standard
Griffin House - Waterfall
Patrick Davis - Get You Home
Sea Wolf - You're A Wolf
Jon Foreman - The Cure For Pain
Hard-Fi - Suburban Nights
Ella Rouge - That's Me With A Gun
Augie March - One Crowded Hour (Single Mix)
Immaculate Machine - Jarhand
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Eisley - Invasion
Rilo Kiley - Black Light
Secret Track

January 02, 2008

Radiohead Performs "In Rainbows"

This is Current Television's exclusive airing of Radiohead's "Scotch Mist." In this hour long private taping, Radiohead performs all of the tracks from its newest album, In Rainbows. Other elements include poetry readings and diverse imagery created or selected by the band.


October 19, 2007

Pretty cool widget...thought I should share the idea!



October 03, 2007

Podcast #27 (Covers) - 10/3/07

Chris Cornell - Billie Jean (unplugged in Sweden) (Michael Jackson)
Nina Persson - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (The White Stripes)
Matisyahu - Message in a Bottle (Yahoo Pepsi Smash) (Sting)
Easy Star All-Stars - Karma Police (feat. Citizen Cope) (Radiohead)
The Magic Numbers - Take Me Out (Fran Ferdinand)
The Last Town Chorus - Modern Love (David Bowie)
The Darkness - Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead)
Lovedrug - Heart Shaped Box (Nirvana)
MoZella - Say It Ain't So (Weezer)
Heather Nova - We Can Work It Out (The Beatles)
Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis - Cruisin Together (Smokey Robinson)
Marc Broussard - Love & Happiness(Al Green)
The Hard Lesson - Hey Hey, My My (Neil Young)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Phantom of the Opera Song (Traditional)
Better Than Ezra - Laid (James)
Youth Group - Forever Young (Gold/Lloyd/Mertens)
Emmylou Harris - All My Tears (Julie Miller)
Bassboosa - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)
Cat Power - Dreams (Boudleaux Bryant/Felice Bryant)


June 03, 2007

Podcast #26 - 6/17/07

Arckid - I'll Stick Around / Disguise My Youth
Silverchair - Straight Lines / If You Keep Losing Sleep
Sounds Under Radio - Portrait of a Summer Thief
Simon Dawes - Scared of Myself
Cinjun Tate - Drive Away
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
The Parlotones - Overexposed
Point One - Drama Queen
De Novo Dahl - Push Buttons
The Orange Lights - Let the Love Back In
The Pierces - Sticks and Stones
The Court & Spark - Your Mother Was The Lighting
Golden Smog - Listen Joe
Greg Laswell - Sing, Theresa Says
Josh Pyke - Private Education
Whitley - More Than Life
The Noisettes - Don't Give Up
Billy Bragg - A New England
Pagoda - Lesson Learned
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Jars of Clay - All My Tears
Emerson Hart - Cigarettes & Gasoline
Secret Track


Spacehog is Back!

The new band is called Arckid and I'm lovin' the new tunes! To read about all their projects check them out on the wiki but first watch their debut video below directed by Joaquin Phoenix.

ARCKID - I'll Stick Around

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March 31, 2007

Podcast #25 - 4/3/07

Mando Diao - Long Before Rock 'n' Roll / Ochrasy
Mohair - Talk of the Town / End of the Line
The Ruse - Everything Comes With a Price
BIGBANG - Saturn Freeway
The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control / Coal to Diamonds
Stefy - Love You To Death
The Pigeon Detectives - I Found Out
Manchester Orchestra - Wolves At Night
Feist - Inside + Out (Acoustic BBC Session) / My Moon My Man
Mother Mother - Polynesia
The Features - Contrast
Weapons - The Thieves (feat. JEM)
Shwayze - Buzzin
Dead Heart Bloom - One Long Last Look / Chelsea Song #2
To Live and Die in LA - What We Have Is Now
Starky - Hey Bang Bang
Andy Zipf - Find You / Keep On
Wilco - What Light
Hidden Track

February 03, 2007

BUTR and The Viper Room Present @ SXSW 3/14/07



Bands Under the Radar & The Viper Room Present @ SXSW on Wednesday, 3/14 in Austin, TX!

The show is in the heart of downtown Austin @ Apple Bar (120 W 5th ST @ Congress AVE)

We brought our own sound and lights. This will be a night not to be missed!

LINEUP
8:00pm - Doors

9:00pm - Will Dailey signed to CBS Records

10:00pm - Mohair on tour with Razorlight and signed to Q Prime's label

11:00pm - Reeve Carney on tour with Jonny Lang signed to Interscope Records

12:00am - Great Glass Elevator signed to Atlantic Records

For entry into BUTR and THE VIPER ROOM IN AUSTIN
RSVP here: rsvpaustin@viperroom.com (Specify 3/14 as the night)

All badges are welcome.

January 29, 2007

Podcast #24 - 2/1/07

The Sounds - Painted by Numbers
Maryandi - How We Get Our Kicks / Mrs. D, Am I Dead?
Jack Savoretti - Dreamers / No One's Aware
The Veils - Advice for Young Mothers to Be / Jesus for the Jugular
Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
Tigs - Don't Tell Me
Ben's Brother - Beauty Queen
Justine Electra - Fancy Robots / Defiant & Proud
Devastations - Sex and Mayhem
Peter Bjorn and John - The Chills
Lionel Neykov - Freeze My Senses / Miss Your Kiss
The Fratellis - Flathead
The Hussys - Napolean Dynamite
The Sunshine Underground - Commercial Breakdown
Dead Disco - Automatic
Will Dailey - Grand Opening / Good to Me
Blackmarket - Night in Question
Greenskeepers - Lotion
The Pinder Brothers - First Kiss Goodnight
Viking Moses - I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton)

December 20, 2006

Mailing List + Podcast #23 Remixed

My mailing list has been full for the past 2 months. I just found an new provider that doesn't cost an arm & a leg. If you have tried to join the mailing list in the past and couldn't, try to join now.

Also I improperly mixed Podcast #23 so that the audio was coming out of one speaker and the music out of the other. I fixed the problem and remixed it. I posted the new version of Podcast #23 on 12/11. If you downloaded my podcast before 12/11 then go download it again. If you didn't notice that the podcast was only coming out of one speaker then rock on!

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Kami

December 07, 2006

PODCAST #23 - 12/11/06

Paolo Nutini - Jenny Don't Be Hasty - On You Tube
James Morrison - Wonderful World / The Last Goodbye
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow
Candie Payne - I Wish
Junior Boys - In the Morning
Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell
Tapes 'n Tapes - Insistor / Omaha
Josh Ritter - Girl in the War
Terra Naomi - Say It's Possible / The Game Changed
Patrick Park - Something Pretty / Your Smile Is A Drug
Tony Lucca - Death of Me
Deathray - Wild As I Wanna Be (Paul Westerberg)
Scissors for Lefty - Mama Your Boys Will Find A Home / Ghetto Ways
Jeremy Enigk - City Tonight

Mute Math on Jimmy Kimmel



If you haven't seen this band live you need to! Best described as The Police meets Radiohead meets DJ Shadow.

I will be posting a new podcast this weekend I hope! ;) Thanks for your patience.

October 10, 2006

PODCAST #22 - 10/10/06

Bernard Fanning - Wish You Well / The Strangest Thing
Veto - Nemesis, Babe / Cannibal
Tim Myers - A Revolution Song / World War
Castledoor - Family Fun Festival / Burn the Maps
Rocco Deluca and The Burden - Colorful / Mystified / Gift
Summer Holiday - U Can Have It All
Brett Dennen - Ain't No Reason
Mudbone - Make the Devil Mad / Come Together Now
Rob Dickinson - Intelligent People / Mutineer (Warren Zevon)
Trevor Price - In A Corner / Steal Your Love / Change (Live)

October 02, 2006

Podcast #21 - 10/02/06

Castledoor - Remember When

Follow the Dove - EP - BUY HERE
1. Once upon an Intro
2. Burn the Maps
3. Growing a Garden
4. The Birds and the Fleas
5. What a day, What a day, What an Interlude
6. Magnetic Forces
7. Dove
8. Remember When

I've gotten a thousand emails asking who the artist was that I played in Podcast #21. It's Castledoor and the song is called 'Remember When'. I also played 'Growing a Garden' by Castledoor in Podcast #12. You should check them out on myspace and buy their EP on CD Baby!

Sorry my old podcasts are no longer available and that I've been MIA for almost 3 months! But a new podcast is coming soon I promise. From now on I will only be playing music by unsigned bands and indie artists to keep the few haters out there off my back.

I'm bummed not to be playing music by major label artists b/c there are so many great artists on the major labels that no one knows about. Major labels don't just sign superstars. They also sign developing baby bands but until the RIAA and publishers and major labels come to an agreement it's murky waters out there. It's really a shame b/c I know my podcasts result in peeps buying more music. Downloading a song for free from a podcast is not equivalent to stealing the song from a P2P client.

Bottom line is I KNOW peeps are buying more music b/c of podcasts and fans will seek out the easiest way to acquire the new song they just heard and fell in love with! So artists make it really easy for your fans to find buy links on your myspace page and website so they aren't tempted to steal your music. Let them know your music is for sale. Capiche?

Podcast #22 coming soon...

Kami

July 17, 2006

PODCAST #20 - 7/17/06

Tom Petty - Saving Grace
The Heys - Pressure
Tilly and the Wall - Bad Education / Love Song
Muse - Glorious
Guster - The Captain / Rise and Shine
Chris Isaak - Waiting (acoustic)
At the Lake - I Made My Excuses and Left
Federation - I Wear My Stunna Shades (clean)
Kasey Chambers - Pony / Follow You Home
Tally Hall - Greener
Kristin Diable - Accidents
Silver Sunshine - Nightmares / 144,000
Ane Brun - Song No. 6 (feat. Ron Sexsmith)
Better Than Ezra - Juicy
Reeve Carney - Easier Said Than Done
Grace Potter - Nothing But the Water

June 10, 2006

PODCAST #19 - 6/10/06

Muse - Knights of Cydonia / Supermassive Black Hole
Blackbud - Heartbeat / Steal Away / Barefoot Dancing
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
The Hours - Ali In The Jungle
Carina Round - Stolen Car (remix)
Cisco Kid - Long Hard Day / Run
Rock Kills Kid - Midnight (acoustic) / Paralyzed (acoustic)
The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way / Ooh La / Seaside
Cold War Kids - Hospital Beds / Hang Me Up To Dry
The Colour - Devil's Got A Holda Me / Until We're High
Hockey - Reading To An Elephant / It's All Your Fault
Xavier Rudd - Food In The Belly / Messages

June 07, 2006

Muse - Black Holes & Revelations



One of my favorite bands on the planet is releasing their follow up to Absolution on 7/11 in the U.S.! I will be playing 2 songs off this album in my next podcast which will post anyday so keep checking back. All I have to say is if you are a fan of Absolution you won't be disappointed when you hear Black Holes & Revelations! Below is the official album art and track listing.



1. Take A Bow
2. Starlight
3. Supermassive Black Hole
4. Map of the Problematique
5. Soldier’s Poem
6. Invincible
7. Assassin
8. Exo-Politics
9. City of Delusion
10. Hoodoo
11. Knights of Cydonia

May 30, 2006

Myspace Top 16 Friends

Below is the easiest way to add Top 16 friends on our bands myspace pages instead of the usual Top 8 friends.

X-Men have a very clever promo running right now where if you add them as a friend a drop-down box magically appears on your myspace page so you can edit your Top 4, 8, 12, or 16 myspace friends. Check it out HERE!

Free music on the Internet to sideload into your locker!

Webloading Made Easy
If you use Internet Explorer or Firefox, you may install an Oboe Sideload Plugin. These plugins make webloading one click away through a process known as sideloading.

How to Sideload with an Oboe Sideload Plugin
After installing an Oboe Sideload Plugin in your browser, it will find any links to music files on every web page that you visit. Next to each link to a music file the plugin will insert a button that may be clicked to load the music file directly into your locker.

2 websites you should know about: MP3tunes and Sideload. Check them out and come back and sideload all my mp3's into your "Virutal Music Locker". It's easy and fun!

http://www.mp3tunes.com/locker/cb/webload/
http://www.sideload.com/

May 24, 2006

Don't forget to vote!

Listen to Ray Lamontagne and The Kooks covering "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley in Podcast #18. I can't decide which version I like better so please vote so we can see what the majority thinks!

May 23, 2006

PODCAST #18 (Covers) - 5/23/06

Chris Isaak - I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick)
Giant Drag - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)
Ray Lamontagne - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
The Gabe Dixon Band - Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix)
The Sun - (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman (The Kinks)
Beatfreakz - Somebody's Watching Me (HiTack edit by Rockwell)
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (HiTack Burning Up Mix)
The White Stripes - One More Cup of Coffee (Bob Dylan) / Jolene (Dolly Parton)
Nada Surf - Where Is My Mind (The Pixies) / I'm Sick Of You (Iggy Pop)
Gavin DeGraw - Jealous Guy (John Lennon)
Scissor Sisters - Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
Royksopp - Go With The Flow (QOTSA)
Johnny Cash - Rowboat (Beck)
The Raconteurs - It Ain't Easy (Ron Davies)
Firewater - Diamonds & Gold (Tom Waits)
The Kooks - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
Xavier Rudd - The Letter

Xavier Rudd's song "The Letter" is not a cover. I was on crack when I said he covered Joe Cocker. And Joe Cocker wasn't the writer of "The Letter" either. Wayne Carson Thompson wrote "The Letter" and it was The Box Tops that first made the song popular not Joe Cocker. So I should have played Joe Cocker's version of "The Letter" on my covers podcast. That would have made the most sense.

But out of all mistakes comes something good right? I discovered Xavier Rudd by searching for "The Letter". Xavier is from the land down under and has released several CD's and played Bonnaroo twice! Who knew! Not me obviously. Stay tuned for more goodies from Xavier on the next podcast.

April 25, 2006

PODCAST #17 - 4/25/06

Starlight Mints - Inside of Me
Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris - I Dug Up A Diamond
Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - Skeleton / Quiet as a Mouse
End of Fashion - O Yeah / Anymore / Counting Your Friends
Fleeing New York - Hollywood Bowl
Overnight Lows - The Breaks
Wolfmother - Mind's Eye / Dimension
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree / Suddenly I See
People In Planes - For Miles Around / Falling By The Wayside
Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country
MC Lars - Signing Emo / Download This Song

April 09, 2006

The Daylights - Boy on the Moon

April 06, 2006

Folks it doesn't get better than this!


FORGET HER



WHAT WILL YOU SAY (Live at Glastonbury 1995)



SO REAL

March 26, 2006

PODCAST #16 - 4/1/06

Goldfrapp - Ride a White Horse
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Tidal Wave
Dan Wilson - All Kinds / Sugar
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
Richard Ashcroft - Break the Night With Colour
Luna Halo - Untouchable / On My Way
Reeve Carney - Alright / Think of You
Family Force 5 - Love Addict
Chris Isaak - King Without a Castle
Rosey - Love
The Spaceshots - Promise the World
Wintersleep - Danse Macabre / Fog
Neko Case - If You Knew / Hold On, Hold On / John Saw That Number
If I Were King - Talk to Myself (parts I & II)

February 27, 2006

Podcast Disclaimer

Bands Under the Radar (BUTR) is a music podcast that features selections of the best indie rock from unsigned and signed artists.

Each BUTR podcast usually contains 20-25 songs and is available to download as one large mp3 file via iTunes, directly from this website, etc. I try to announce each artist's name during song intros and extros. Individual songs cannot be downloaded. I encourage listeners to buy the music they hear on BUTR plus I provide links to each artist's website. I also include buy links to the artist's music via iMixes if their song is available for purchase on iTunes.

My only intention is to promote good music to people who may not have the time or resources to discover new music on their own. I am not making any money from this website. The few donations I get help cover some of my bandwidth costs.

I really believe podcasting exposes people to new music and downloading a music podcast is not the equivalent of downloading individual songs or albums for free.

If there is a song that you feel I should not have played in my podcast please email me at: Kami.Knake@gmail.com and I will address your concerns immediately and remove the track if necessary.

Please support podcasting. I believe it can only help and not hurt artists.

Thanks!

Kami