Photo by Matt Radke
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (March 26, 2018) – Rock and roll band Radkey will embark on a spring tour with punk rockers Descendents, hitting the East and West coasts before concluding in Richmond, Va. over Memorial Day Weekend. Tickets are available now.
The tour follows the release of Radkey’s new single “Not Smart,” a punk tinged rock track that introduces pop tendencies to the band’s familiar sound. Clash declares: “‘Not Smart’ rages with unbridled fury, somewhere between Ramones bubblegum and Nirvana bite.” Stream “Not Smart” here.
Earlier this year, Radkey partnered with MasterCard for its #StartSomethingPriceless campaign featuring SZA. The campaign includes a docu-series that premiered on The Ellen DeGeneres Show while commercials aired during the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards televised broadcast. Radkey joined five other artists on a cover of Bo Diddley’s “Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover,” the theme song for the campaign. Stream the “Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover” remix here.
2018 SPRING TOUR w/ Descendents
Apr 12 – Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live*
Apr 13 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live*
Apr 14 – Gainesville, FL @ 8 Seconds*
Apr 15 – Jacksonville, FL @ Mavericks Live*
May 3 – Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre
May 4 – Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre
May 5 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
May 6 – Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre
May 24 – Ashville, NC @ Orange Peel
May 25 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
May 26 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
May 27 – Richmond, VA @ The National
* with Rehasher
ABOUT RADKEY
Like any great rock band, the gas in Radkey’s tank has been a will to rock on their terms. As pre-teens growing up in the Nowheresville of Saint Joseph, Missouri, they enrolled in rock n roll high school as their ticket out. With their music-obsessed dad-and-former Wal-Mart employee as road manager, the brothers played their first show opening for Fishbone in 2011 and haven’t looked back since. The family van thundered across the nation, chewing up tires and splatting insects on the windshield as Radkey gigged with the likes of Red Fang, Touche Amore and Against Me!.
In 2013, The Cat & Mouse and Devil Fruit EP’s took Radkey from sweaty backroom punk gigs to storming the UK’s Download Festival, and the US’ Riotfest. The backstory of three African-American brothers raised on their dad’s vinyl collection was only eclipsed by the band’s live show that left audiences breathless with a messy punk rock n roll riot of their own.
By 2015, things were at critical mass for Radkey, having toured the US with Rise Against and having appeared at Coachella Enlisting Arctic Monkeys producer/mixer Ross Orton. Radkey went straight off the road into a studio, to record their debut record, Delicious Rock Noise. The result is an across-the-board detonation of several shades of rock, punk and wild abandon. And riffs, riffs, riffs.
Now, as they kick off 2018 with new music, their sound has continued to expand and mature, reflected in the sleek guitar and growing bass of their new track, “Not Smart.” It’s a testament to the future of music and the band is primed for the rock and roll hall of fame.
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