The first thing you notice when you listen to the first track of Radish's
Hello, is how young the singer sounds. What is he, 12 or 13 years old? Actually he is, the singer is a young
Ben Kweller who was 12 when he formed Radish.
Hello was recorded when he was 13, a pretty amazing accomplishment for anyone, especially an eighth grader. This isn't a prefabricated gimmicky act like that Bieber kid, but a talented musician that had a dozen songs under his belt by the time he was nine and won an honorable mention in a songwriting contest sponsored by Billboard magazine.
In 1993, Ben Kweller formed Radish with drummer John Kent and bassist Ryan Green (he was later replaced by Bryan Bradford) and played in and around Greenville, TX. They released two independent releases,
Hello and
Dizzy before they signed to Mercury records and in 1997 recorded the full length album,
Restraining Bolt.
What I've posted is the hard to find debut from Ben Kweller and his band Radish,
Hello, and it gives an early indication of his musical talent that would lead to bigger and better things. It's pretty evident he has the chops and he displays his confident solid songwriting style. The quality of the songs and recordings improve with every release, especially on
Restraining Bolt, which earned the band a large cult following in England and they toured Europe several times. I will also post the second Radish album,
Dizzy and possibly
Restraining Bolt, if there is interest. Please leave me a comment or email
me if you want more Radish!
Enjoy!
RADISH
Hello (1994)
- Space Boy
- Hello
- Wooden Window
- Leave
- Kitty
- You Can Run
- Whatcha Gonna Do?
- Rollercoaster
- I Want You To
- The Way
RADISH- Hello (1994). rar
(I previously posted Ben Kweller's two homemade pre-Sha Sha releases,
Bromeo and
Freak Out It's Ben Kweller back in January 2009. I think the song links are still active. Check them out
here.)
The first thing you notice when you listen to the first track of Radish's Hello, is how young the singer sounds. What is he, 12 or 13 years old? Actually he is, the singer is a young Ben Kweller who was 12 when he formed Radish. Hello was recorded when he was 13, a pretty amazing accomplishment for anyone, especially an eighth grader. This isn't a prefabricated gimmicky act like that Bieber kid, but a talented musician that had a dozen songs under his belt by the time he was nine and won an honorable mention in a songwriting contest sponsored by Billboard magazine.
In 1993, Ben Kweller formed Radish with drummer John Kent and bassist Ryan Green (he was later replaced by Bryan Bradford) and played in and around Greenville, TX. They released two independent releases, Hello and Dizzy before they signed to Mercury records and in 1997 recorded the full length album, Restraining Bolt.
What I've posted is the hard to find debut from Ben Kweller and his band Radish, Hello, and it gives an early indication of his musical talent that would lead to bigger and better things. It's pretty evident he has the chops and he displays his confident solid songwriting style. The quality of the songs and recordings improve with every release, especially on Restraining Bolt, which earned the band a large cult following in England and they toured Europe several times. I will also post the second Radish album, Dizzy and possibly Restraining Bolt, if there is interest. Please leave me a comment or email me if you want more Radish!
Enjoy!
RADISH
Hello (1994)
Hey Binky,
ReplyDeleteDid you post about this one already?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/21/arcade-fire-new-single
Not yet, but I checked out the site to hear the 30 second click, it takes a little manual labour (you have to manually spin the disc) and both songs sound promising. When I find the full songs, I'll post on "Something New Mondays"
ReplyDeleteI've never had any luck tracking down real versions of Dizzy or Hello, either. Best I've done is the Little Pink Stars single which has a couple of demos and live songs, and Restraining Bolt.
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