New song from Radkey - Parade It

I've seen Radkey twice now. Once at The Garrison opening for Blood Red Shoes and once at Riot Fest Toronto. They have just released a new tune called "Parade It" from their forthcoming album. It's an immediate tune complete with chunky guitars, pounding drums and bass, plus lyrics of "love that's really got me down". They worked on their début full-length album in Sheffield with producer Ross Orton. Watch for it this summer and watch for this band on the road including Coachella, Reading and Leeds. They put on a great live show.

Riot Fest Toronto 2014: Day 2 Summary

Riot Fest's Toronto incarnation took place on Saturday and Sunday, September 6 and 7. I got to attend the full, muddy weekend and shoot 27 bands in total. You can find my Day 1 Summary here.

Day 2 seemed to have more people in attendance and more excitement in the audience. It was certainly more aligned to my overall taste, with a more indie-alternative bent.

A great weekend of great music and lots of photos. Here are links to all the posts, all in one place.

City & Colour

Metric

The National

Death Cab for Cutie

Stars

Radkey

Die Antwoord

The Head and the Heart

The New Pornographers

Bob Mould

Lucero

Nostalghia

Lemuria

Almighty Trigger Happy

Riot Fest 2014 Day 2 Band 9: Radkey

Radkey, the punk band from St. Joseph, Missouri that consists of three brothers, have been to Canada three times and their appearance on Day 2 of Riot Fest Toronto marked my second time shooting the hard-rocking band. The first time was when they opened for Blood Red Shoes at The Garrison.

The cranked out the tunes with full blast energy for a small but attentive audience. They were on at the same time as Die Antwoord and they met the high volume and bass output of Die Antwoord with high volume of their own.

Check out some Radkey tunes and make sure you see them on their next visit to Canada.

"Cat & Mouse"

"Romance Dawn"

"Start Freaking Out"

"Red Letter"

Radkey introduce themselves to Canada at The Garrison

Don't forget to enter One in Ten Words' Riot Fest contest. Win a pair of weekend passes to see Radkey and all the other amazing artists appearing at Riot Fest Toronto September 6-7. Contest details here.

I caught Radkey's aggressive, energy-packed show when they opened for the incredible Blood Red Shoes at The Garrison in Toronto. They're a fast, punky power trio from Missouri that feature crunchy power chords, relentless bass and drums, and attitude-filled vocals, all delivered at a high tempo.  This show was their first Canadian show.

I think that Radkey suffer from what a lot of lesser known bands face when they're opening a show. They were expecting to be largely ignored. They weren't expecting us to stand up. They weren't expecting us to approach the stage. Well, Toronto audiences may have a rep for being laid back and sometimes too cool and for talking through shows, but Radkey got a welcome surprise when the audience approached the stage and grooved to their punky tunes.

They played a solid set that didn't let up on the energy. Check out their tunes below. The next time these guys play Toronto there will be a pit of mayhem in front of them. Mark my words.

They even did a cover of The Misfits "Last Caress". Cool.

They've got two EPs out if you dig what you hear here:

"Romance Dawn"

"Start Freaking Out"

"Feed My Brain"


"Pretty Things"


"Cat and Mouse"


"Overwhelmed"

They're in Toronto again for Riot Fest on September 6-7. Don't forget to enter my Riot Fest ticket giveaway.

Contest / Giveaway: Win a pair of passes to Riot Fest in Toronto!

Wanna go to Riot Fest? Tickets are on sale now for the two-day fest on September 6 and 7 at Downsview Park in Toronto. They're doing a cool "ticket layaway" thing for those of you who want to go but don't have all the funds today. You can buy now and pay for the tickets over the months between now and the show. Details are at riotfest.org. Cool idea.

I've got a pair of weekend passes to give away courtesy of Riot Fest. Here's how to enter:

• Send an email to contests AT oneintenwords.com OR 
• Follow me on Twitter and retweet one of my tweets about the contest and you'll be entered. 

I'll pick one random winner next Sunday, June 15. Contest closes Saturday, June 14 at 11:59pm Eastern time. Include your name and contact number in the body of the email and "I wanna Riot!" in the subject line. Winners will be contacted through email or Twitter and must provide full name and contact number to win. If you don't provide the required info, another winner will be picked.

Check out just 10 of my favourite bands out of the many, many amazing acts who are going to be rockin' Riot Fest. I know I'm looking forward to it!

The Cure

The National

Death From Above 1979

Stars

The New Pornographers

Bob Mould

Mounties

Pup

Radkey

Say Yes