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MP3 Monday: The Radio Dept

MP3 Monday is a weekly SmartShanghai column, serving up mp3s from bands living and making music in China (or coming to China, or thinking about coming to China, or whatever). Right click on the lin...
2009-07-06 12:07:00


MP3 Monday is a weekly SmartShanghai column, serving up mp3s from bands living and making music in China (or coming to China, or thinking about coming to China, or whatever). Right click on the links and choose "Save Link As..." to download 'em. Click play to rock 'em.

Today's MP3s are from Swedish three-piece twee pop/electronic band The Radio Dept, slated to play a highly-anticipated show at Yuyintang at the end of this month. The Radio Dept are in the fold of big time Swedish indie label Labrador Records (also home to Club 8, The Sound of Arrows, and Suburban Kids with Biblical Names), and broke on an international level when three of their songs popped up on the soundtrack to the kinda crap movie, Marie Antoinette (dir. Sophia Coppola, remember?).

The Radio Dept do a style of new wave that's been put through the shoegaze / lo-fi filter, reflecting their roots as a buzzing / popping shoegaze band in their earlier line-ups, and their new-found affection for synth riffs and hooks. It kind of reminds me of (yep) Jesus and Mary Chain with some synth action and a drum machine. I can dig it.

Here's some songs:

The Radio Dept