RAD Newsletter

New music to bump in between to give you a break from Coachella posts and a chance to win tickets to see Sparta and Moondough in Fresno! Keep scrolling for more info

RAD ALUMNI RELEASE

The dudes in Stockton’s HEATED bring some heavy melody in their new single Daydream! Give it a spin kick at the link below. FFO: Differences, Orthodox, Static Dress, fallfiftyfeet.

FEATURED SHOW

WIN 2 TICKETS for you and a friend to see Sparta, Moondough and Go In Grace April 19th at Tower Theatre Lounge! Enter at the link below!

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Go to our friends’ shows:

- Central California -

• April 15th - Vision Video, Treasvre at Strummers 🪨

• April 16th - The Browning, Swarm, The Defect at Transplants Brewing 🤘

• April 16th - Los Mirlos at Tower Theatre 🧑‍🎤(Cumbia)

• April 17th - Kind Eyes, Southpaw, Dear Distance at Full Circle Brewing 🤘

• April 18th - Big Boy, Extinguish, Outta Pocket at Strummers 🤘

• April 18th - Ozomatli, 40 Watt Hype at Tower Theatre 🪨🎤

• April 18th - Interplanetary Criminal at Fulton 55 🕺

• April 18th - Fleshgod Apocalypse & Ne Obliviscaris at Full Circle Brew 🤘

• April 18th - Old Cross, Sleeve, Knuckleball at Destructive Warehouse 🌻

• April 19th - Andre Nickatina at Fulton 55 🎤

• April 19th - Dark Valley Fest ft Digital Drvgs at Full Circle Brew 🦇

• April 19th - Powerman5000 at Full Circle 🪨

• April 19th - Emo Trap Night with Blade Trip at Strummers 🎤🕺

• April 20th - Mercy Ties, Throes, Saktap, No Ambition at Destructive Warehouse 🤘

• April 24th - Steel Pulse 50th Anniversary Tour at Tower Theatre 🏝️

• April 24th - Elder Devil, Impermanence, A Suture Kit at Destructive Warehouse 🤘

• April 25th - Shrek Rave at Strummer’s 🕺

• April 26th - Fozzy, Liliac, The Nocturnal Affair at Strummers 🪨

• April 26th - PORCH FEST 🪨🕺🤘🍕😢🌻🪨🎤🧑‍🎤🏝️🦇🎷

• April 29th - TYCHO at Tower Theatre 🌻

- Southern California -

• April 15th - SPEED, HiTech at The Roxy🤘

• April 16th - Subhumans at Garden Amp🪨

• April 18th - RIDDIM TINGS at Circle OC 🕺

• April 18th - He Films The Clouds, Light Via Dark at DBZ 🤘

• April 19th - The Grinns, Jagged Baptist Club at The Locker Room🪨

• April 19th - Deafheaven, Gatecreeper at The Belasco🤘

• April 19th - Space Yacht: Tech My House at Avalon🕺

• April 19th - Box Elder, Nervous Kids at Programme Skate 🪨🍕😢

• April 20th - Cannabis & Carnage ft AngelMaker, Upon a Burning Body at 1720🤘

• April 23rd - Silent Planet, Invent Animate, 156/Silence at The Regent 🤘

• April 25th - Me+You, The Indecisive at DBZ 🪨

• April 25th - Whiskey & The Wolves at House of Blues Anaheim 🪨

• April 25th - World’s Greatest Dad, Stereosity at Dust Bowl 🪨🍕😢

• April 25th - febuary, bulletsbetweentongues, journal at Teragram Ballroom🤘😢

• April 26th - Yultron at Circle OC 🕺

• April 26th - Silent Vice, Against The Sun at Programme Skate 🤘🪨

• April 26th - Frequency Within, Raised By TV at Boomtown Brewery(FREE SHOW)🪨

• May 2nd - The Resistance at Circle OC 🕺

• May 3rd - Crucifiction, The Requiem, Freak at DBZ🤘🪨

Don’t live in these areas? Are there events that we’re missing? Let us know and we’ll start sharing related events near you!!

Upcoming RAD shows

- May 2nd -

Artificial Language, Cyborg Octopus, Eternal Haunts and Imbuessence are taking over Strummers soon! Have you snagged tickets yet?

Strummers - Fresno, CA

- May 9th -

We’re bringing the Bubble Bowl to the Desert 🌵🫧 get tickets now to experience some Bikini Bottom bass and nautical nonsense. Costumes highly encouraged! 🎶✨ 

Transplants Brewing Co - Palmdale, CA

- June 27th -

Confessions Of A Traitor are bringing London Metalcore to you with Bloodlines, Lightworker, Fire to the Throne and Thrownout!!

Destructive Warehouse - Fresno, CA

Got some fun memories from a RAD show? Let Us Know

New Music Recommendations

D.C. Alternative Indie singer, Bartees Strange, dropped Horror back in February and I can’t believe I missed it. I started writing out a quick review, but honestly, the description from his site is perfect:

“Bartees Strange was raised on fear. His family used scary stories to teach life lessons, and at an early age, Strange started using scary movies to practice being strong. The world can be a terrifying place, and for a young, queer, black person in rural America, that terror can be visceral. Horror is an album about facing those fears and growing to become someone to be feared. Throughout the record, Strange lays down one difficult truth after another, all over a sonic pastiche of music he loved as a kid. His dad hipped him to Parliament Funkadelic, Fleetwood Mac, Teddy Pendergrass, and Neil Young. Those influences merged with Strange’s interest in hip-hop, country, indie rock, and house, culminating in a record that feels completely original.“

Give it a spin at the link below. FFO: Horsegirl, SASAMI, Deep Sea Diver, Courting.

Want some other new music to listen to? I compiled my favorite new records at: