Radio Eris

Bio:

.. "Philadelphia's Post-Everything Band" - a.d. amorosi

Founded in 1999 by Lora Bloom and Matt Stevenson, the thriving band of veteran cozmik rockers features Dan "Redbeard" Baker on guitar, the mysterious Kenny on synthesizers and noise, and Brad Rothman on drums. They have released 5 albums, run out of gas on the A-4 in eastern France, bought a house, hung out with members of Hawkwind, toured the South in a midnight-blue van in August, and had any number of other adventures across the last decade.

Albums: Loralai, Beautiful Losers, Strength, Monkey Island, The Cruel Tutelage of Master Hotei or Who is Toulouse Turac, Broadcast Muse (Slated Summer-Fall 2009);
Plus Apesma Track on Mama Kangaroos (Philadelphia Women Sing Captain Beefheart).

Festivals: ZXZW in Tilburg, Netherlands, 2008; Dreamscape Festival outside of the Highwire Gallery, Frankford Ave. Arts Corridor, Fishtown, Philadelphia, 2008; Landing Pad Space Rock Festival at the Rotunda, West Philadelphia, 2003-2008; Clark Park Festival in West Philadelphia, 2003-2004.

Tours: Southern: Atlanta GA, Birmingham AL, Spartanburg SC, Asheville NC, 2007; Europe: Paris, Stuttgart, Tilburg (NL), Den Haag (NL), 2008

..Radio Stations..: 91.7 WKDU (Philadelphia, PA), 103.3 WPRB (Princeton, NJ), WREK 91.1 FM (Atlanta, GA)

Friends, Inspirators and Collaborators: Lisa Sunshine, Temple of Bon Matin, SpaceSeed, The Red Masque, Audiophyle, Scattered Planets, Cyndee Lee Rule, David E. Williams, Northern Liberties, Baptist Preachers, Astral Archetype, Da Comrade, Apogee (USA), Abe The Rockstarr



Videos from "Broadcast Muse"Release Party at Tritone on November 28th: Deafend Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child Remember Pale Lights

Member Since:

October 09, 2005

Members:

Dan "Redbeard" Baker - lead guitar Lora Bloom - Vocals, guitar Ken - Synth, noise Lisa Spera - Drums, violin, noise Matt Stevenson - bass, keyboards Brad Rothman - Drums

Influences:

Eno, PJ Harvey, Pink Floyd, Sonic Youth, Beck, Noizguild, Beatles, Can, the Fall, TomWaits, Flaming Lips, Nick Cave, Captain Beffheart, Patti Smith, Sun Ra Arkestra, The Swans... And here's A great little montage filmmaker-musician Bob Lennon of Subprimitive/Scattered Planets created from our "Broadcast Muse" Pre-release party at The Monday Night Club on Oct 5th... a great night!

Sounds Like:

"Patti Smith fronting Pink Floyd." Or Sonic Youth. Or the Grateful Dead trying to back Lydia Lunch. Sounds like something that you could do, too, and it sounds like fun to do it. Radio Eris live in Paris:

Record Label:

Main Street West