Radio 4

組建于1999年，紐約。Radio 4 的音樂(lè)一直以來(lái)被形容為“能跳舞的朋克”。他們自稱自己的作品是“產(chǎn)自紐約，關(guān)于紐約，聽(tīng)起來(lái)很紐約”。受眾多前輩樂(lè)隊(duì)影響，Radio 4 融合了多種多樣的風(fēng)格，構(gòu)建了他們充滿活力的音樂(lè)。而樂(lè)隊(duì)的名稱亦是來(lái)源于其它樂(lè)隊(duì)的作品。
貝斯/唱：Anthony Roman
唱/吉他：David Milone
鼓：Greg Colins
打擊樂(lè)：Patrick O'Connor
曾發(fā)行專輯：
The New Song & Dance (2000年5月, Gern Blandsten Records)
Gotham! (2002年4月, Gern Blandsten Records)
Stealing of a Nation (2004年9月, Astralwerks)
Enemies Like This (2006年5月, Astralwerks)
by Charles Spano
Named after a P.I.L. song, Radio 4 revives the late-70s/early-80s post-punk of bands like Gang of Four, Mission of Burma, and P.I.L. by matching scratchy guitar riffs with danceable grooves. The band was formed in 1999 in New York City by bassist Anthony Roman, guitarist Tommy Williams, drummer Greg Collins, percussionist P.J. OConnor, and keyboardist Gerard Garone, and quickly recorded a three-song EP for New Jerseys Gern Blandsten label.
Their 2000 debut, The New Song and Dance, produced by Tim OHeir, entered Radio 4 into the ranks of gritty, guitar-driven, N.Y.C. rock & rollers. In early 2001, Radio 4 went back into the studio with OHeir to record the 12 Dance to the Underground, which included a dance remix of the title track. The remix signaled a new direction for Radio 4, one that would mine their funky riffs and dub-inspired bass lines to create a sound that would merge rock and dance. After cutting demos in a Brooklyn basement studio, Radio 4 went to work on their second album, Gotham!, with the acclaimed production duo DFA, made up of Tim Goldsworthy and James Murphy. The producers experience with electronic artists such as James Lavelles U.N.K.L.E. project and David Holmes, as well as bands that mix rock and electronica like the Rapture and Primal Scream, was the final ingredient necessary to realize Radio 4s genre-beating vision. Gotham!, released on Gern Blandsten in 2002, is a brilliant mix of guitars, dub, beats, squeaks, loops, keyboards, and handclaps that evokes the best post-punk dance bands like Gang of Four and gives it a modern boost of energy. The record garnered a great deal of positive press, exposure on MTV2, and expanded their fan base, both at home and in Europe, quite a bit. In 2003 the band landed a deal with Astralwerks and released an EP made up of a newly recorded version of Dance to the Underground plus a handful of remixes by acts like Playgroup and the Faint. The band recorded its third album, Stealing of a Nation, with producer Max Heyes in an underground studio in Brooklyn. It was released in September of 2004.