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Member Since: 11/15/2005
Band Website: 7digital.com/artists/radar/first-to-last
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THE SUN:
"Darkly atmospheric take on Ska with deadpan Specials vocals and a pop sensibility which never sells out its dubby soul. If only Hard-Fi were half this good." 4.5/5

TIME OUT :
"Fourth effort from the painfully cool former YoYo residents, whose combined record collection clearly favours Beck, Madness, The Specials, Prince Buster, Simian, Gorillaz, and, er, Jonah Lewie, whose 'Stop the Cavalry' this recalls, albeit produced by Damon Albarn. Bet the Lily Allen demographic are going ga-ga over this one.": :

: CLASH MAG :
“Radar ooze coolness”: :

: GUARDIAN :
“They’re Marley meets Madness and a hint of Kitchen Sink revisited when they get dark; this is roughly what would happen sonically were Ray Davies to feature as a guest member of The Good The Bad & The Queen.”: :

: GQ: :
The band’s talent for combining magnificent rolling dub and a full-on live show means winning over any crowd is a cinch.”: :

PLAYLOUDER :
“Awesome…Achingly hip.”: :
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SUBBA CULTCHA :
“Like a daydream in Damon Albarn’s balding head, Gorillaz-like characters skip and hop along heroin spiked clouds… There’s an alien-like acuteness last seen in The Specials, and it’s a refreshing welcome back…”: :

ROOM 13:
" First To Last" goes to show what great things we can expect of this London quartet. It presents a band bursting with vitality, radiance and excellence and it has that special something that you can't quite pinpoint. Conjuring brilliance at a glance, Radar, are definitely worth watching for the future. "
Influences: THE SPECIALS/ THE CLASH/ GORILLAZ/ BOB MARLEY/ THE STRANGLERS/ GARY NUMAN/ BECK/ PINK FLOYD/ FUN BOY THREE/ BLUR /SCIENTIST/ IAN BROWN/ TERRY HALL/ THE STONE ROSES/ THE POLICE/ RADIOHEAD/THE BETA BAND/ JOY DIVISION/ THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS/ ROLLING STONES/ DAVID BOWIE/ PORTISHEAD/ KRAFTWERK/ DEPECHE MODE/ JERRY DAMMERS/ THE KINKS/ AUGUSTUS PABLO/ THE BEATLES/ ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S/ DR DRE/ NIRVANA/ MASSIVE ATTACK/ TRICKY/ LEE SCRATCH PERRY/ KING TUBBY/ DR OCTAGON/ THE HUMAN LEAGUE/ THE DOORS/ BURNING SPEAR/ DAVID AXELROD

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My Blog

Pre-order First To Last!

Our new single, First to Last, isnt out til 6th August but you can now pre-order your copy by going to:www.7digital.com/artists/radar/first-to-lastListen out for the Steve Harris show this month on XF...
Posted by RADAR on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:03:00 PST

House of Tracks interview!

Read an interview we did for the July issue of House of Tracks after the Cargo show in London.Go to www.houseoftracks.co.uk
Posted by RADAR on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:53:00 PST

**New Single!!** First to Last, Out 6th Aug!!

So far so good&.. Have been doing a couple of festivals recently. The Great Escape in Brighton was a laugh, great gig and then spent the rest of the night losing the plot totally. Cheers to Emily and...
Posted by RADAR on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:26:00 PST

Radar in June issue of GQ

We recently did a shoot for the June issue of GQ which is now available.    Are we fashionable now?
Posted by RADAR on Tue, 22 May 2007 05:54:00 PST

More tour stuff and EP NEWS!!

The blogs have been slack, I know. It wasn't supposed to be like this&.really. Right now, I feeling the same way I did when we finished the Just Jack tour. My body is feeling it, let's put it that ...
Posted by RADAR on Mon, 21 May 2007 01:30:00 PST

short blog from the bus...

  "Fucking hell man, you lot should be a death metal band" - Taza Salamut, Monday 19th Feb 2007. 2:00pm.    After a couple of days sleeping on the bus and waking up in strange rest st...
Posted by RADAR on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:32:00 PST

Just Jack/ RADAR Tour Diary (sort of..)

So I thought seeing as we're half way though the Just Jack tour, to salvage what is left of the 'tour' diary idea. So far, so good. The shows have been great, both bands having a laugh together and me...
Posted by RADAR on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:38:00 PST

New year, new single and dogs with three legs.

  Work. Work. Work.  We're some hard working people. Me and my band mates have been in the studio putting together ideas for some new tunes which will hopefully make an appearance in some fo...
Posted by RADAR on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:30:00 PST

steve's blog

So we have seen our last gig of 2006. Cheers to Sons of Stereo at the Fly for an excellent way to wrap up the gigs for this year. A sumptuous crowd and a really good sound helped make for a great nigh...
Posted by RADAR on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:32:00 PST

A very long weekend...

To be honest, I'm still trying to come up for air from the weekend so that I can put into words how fucking surreal it's been. This blog has taken a little longer than expected because (in all honesty...
Posted by RADAR on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:41:00 PST