New Video: Jack the Radio Premieres "Moonlight" with Blurt Magazine

We will release our first studio album in over three years on October 20th, 2015. The album, entitled Badlands, features twelve songs with amazing guest vocals from Elizabeth Hopkins (courtesy of Warner Bros. Records) and BJ Barham of American Aquarium.

Today we have the good fortune of premiering our first single and music video for Moonlight with the amazing Blurt Magazine. 

Check out the write up and video here -  http://blurtonline.com/news/video-premiere-jack-the-radios-moonlight/

Huge shout out to our director, Justin Reich and Victoria Singleton for her amazing work in a very cold environment, Amber Michael for the space and sets and Luke Belverd and DejaBlu!


Jack the Radio plays Lincoln Theatre Friday, October 16th, 2015
with special guests Young Yonder and Caleb Caudle 
Doors 8 p.m. / Show 9 p.m. - Tickets $10 Adv / $15 DOS 
http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8942715/jack-the-radioalbum-release-party-raleigh-lincoln-theatre

New Show: "Badlands" Album Release Party 10.16.2015

Hey friends,

We are a month away from Jack the Radio's album release party on Friday, 10.16.2015 at Lincoln Theatre This album has been one of the biggest endeavors I have ever taken on and has taken JTR crew and I over three years to put together.

Needless to say I am excited, nervous, scared and ready to share "Badlands" with you in a few weeks. This will be a special day for us and I truly hope you can join us for the album release party.

We have put together a solid line up for the show with Caleb Caudle and new boys (but with familiar faces), Young Yonder opening. And we have teamed up with Band Together to promote the show and help raise money through a portion of ticket sales for charity.

I seriously can't wait for you to see the vinyl packaging and custom vinyl colors, new videos, new shirts, new poster, and other merch we will have at the show. We have been very fortunate to team up with some truly talented artists, videographers, photographers and musicians for the release.

Mark your calendars for 10.16.2015 in Raleigh and get tickets in advance here - http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8942715/jack-the-radioalbum-release-party-raleigh-lincoln-theatre

Seriously y'all, huge thank you for anyone who's ever come to show, told a friend about the band, shared a post and supported our music. It's your support that keeps us moving forward. More to come...

Regards,
George

New Album & Release Show: Jack the Radio Badlands

Raleigh, North Carolina's rising indie-roots-rockers Jack the Radio will release their first studio album in over three years on October 20th, 2015. The album, entitled Badlands, is a twelve song, two-act musical journey inspired by sci-fi Spaghetti Western themes, and features guest vocals from Elizabeth Hopkins (courtesy of Warner Bros. Records) and BJ Barham and cover art by David Paul Seymour.

The album will be released as a limited pressing on 12-inch colored vinyl (in bone white or splatter blue). Each record will come with a digital download card, and the first 100 pre-orders will also include limited edition posters designed by Alexis Ziritt.

Jack the Radio has worked their way to the upper-tier of Triangle bands, playing some of the areas biggest stages with acts including Hall & Oates at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, George Thorogood at Memorial Auditorium, and the Cold War Kids at Red Hat Ampitheatre.

The band will celebrate the Badlands release at Lincoln Theatre on Friday, October 16th and have teamed up with Band Together, a volunteer-led non-profit organization, to give a portion of tickets sales to charity.

Jack the Radio plays Lincoln Theatre Friday, October 16th, 2015
Doors 8 p.m. / Show 9 p.m. - Tickets $10 Adv / $15 DOS
http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8942715/jack-the-radioalbum-release-party-raleigh-lincoln-theatre

Pre-order info, music video and more exciting announcements to come!!
For now check out this trailer for the "Moonlight" music video - https://youtu.be/EsEC2riqrIQ

Show: Groove In the Garden

The Pour House & Younger Brother Productions Present:
The Love Language, Bombadil, 6 String Drag, Laura Reed, Jack The Radio, Nuclear Honey, The Midatlantic, First Person Plural

Saturday Aug 22, 2015 - >>TICKET LINK HERE<<
$10 / All Ages

The Rose Garden at Raleigh Little Theatre

301 Pogue Street
Raleigh, NC
Doors: 12:00 PM
Show: 1:00 PM

The Pour House Music Hall & Younger Brother Productions have teamed up to present, Groove in the Garden at the beautiful Stephenson Amphitheater and Rose Garden. This venue is located on Raleigh Little Theatre's property at 301 Pogue St.
Groove in the Garden is an all-day music marathon that brings together some of the state’s finest artists for an eclectic mixture of sun-soaked indie pop, rustic Southern rock, soulful R&B and rousing bluegrass. The event will take place from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm and will feature a unique vendor village comprised of local businesses, artists, food trucks and more! 
Purchase your tickets online today and receive two $5 vouchers from our premier transportation sponsor TAXI TAXI after check out.

New Video: Live on The Set List

The band sat down with the fine folks at Twin Maples Media Group and The Set List to perform a stripped down set of new songs and talk about being a band and the new album, Badlands, expected fall 2015.

New Show: HeroesCon Benefit Show!

Friday, June 19th, 2015 Jack the Radio heads down to Charlotte, NC to play some stripped down sets at the annual Heroes Aren't Hard To Find Drink and Draw event at the Hilton Charlotte Center City.

The event starts at 7:30pm and benefits Team Cul de Sac!

If you are in the area, it's free to attend. No badges or tickets needed. They will be auctioning off the art throughout the evening and all proceeds help prevent Parkinson's Disease.

Center City Hilton
222 East Third Street, Charlotte, NC, USA

New Show: Robert Randolph and the Family Band

Such a great weekend and thanks to those that shared it with us! Let's do it again next Sunday...

We are very excited to share the stage again with the amazingly talented Robert Randolph & the Family Band Sunday, 6/7 at Lincoln Theatre!!!

Tickets available online at etix - http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/2915318/robert-randolph-and-the-family-band-raleigh-lincoln-theatre

7pm doors / 8pm show!

New Merch: Online Store is up!

Summer is here and we've completely revamped our online store with new merch, new photos and a brand new BULL SKULL TEE design to celebrate our new album Badlands coming out fall 2015!

Visit by clicking here: http://jacktheradio.bigcartel.com

There is a very limited stock on the tank tops so order or email.

Also a huge thanks to our beautiful and distinguished models. Y'all rock so hard!

New Show: Red Hat Amphitheater with Cold War Kids, Wild Fur, Jack the Radio

We are thrilled to announce we will be performing at Red Hat Amphitheater later this month with some killer band and friends!

Join indie rock heroes Cold War Kids, Wild Fur, Jack the Radio and a few thousand of your closest friends at the 95X Block Party on Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Red Hat Amphitheater in Downtown Raleigh for a free concert. No tickets are required for this general admission show. The doors will open at 6 p.m. and the fun starts at 7 p.m.

“Red Hat Amphitheater is a great venue for a spring concert, and Red Hat is pleased to bring this one to the community,” said DeLisa Alexander, the company's executive vice president and chief people officer. “We hope to see many of our associates and Downtown Raleigh neighbors at the show!”

Show: Brewgaloo City Plaza Stage this Saturday, 4/25!

We are super excited to announce we will be performing at the 2015 Brewgaloo event Saturday, 4/25 Downtown Raleigh on the City Plaza stage! We go on at 6:30pm but come out early and enjoy the day.

There are some terrific bands performing across three stages and the event will be packed with some wonderful NC craft breweries pouring seasonal and trademark beers. you wont want to miss this event.

FREE TO ATTEND!

Nascar & Spike TV: #iamdale

With a few members of the band growing up in Charlotte and Concord, we are feeling pretty humbled to find out our song "Truck Stop Man" was used in Nascar with Spike TV's "I Am Dale Earnhardt" special that just aired on Monday, March 2nd, 2015!  Many thanks to the fine folks there for including us in a such a great special. ‪

You can watch the full special now online at SPIKE.com and listen for Jack the Radio at the 18 minute mark!

Spike TV and #iamdale inspired this week's throwback Thursday to the time we played a 2011 radio event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on the inside of the track for debut of the world's largest HD tv screen (that's it about 100 yards behind us) measuring at 200 feet by 80 feet! They were kind enough to feed us and let us hang around for the race.

To top things off Chris ended up live on the air, on the big screen during the race.  Shout out to the Speed network's crew!

New Video: "Come Pick Me Up" Ryan Adams cover

Back in May, 2013 we had the pleasure of being a part of David Menconi's LOSERING: The Songs of Ryan Adams book release event. A few of us from the band along side Meg Johnson performed three songs by Ryan Adams to celebrate the book release. Here is video of our performance of "Come Pick Me Up" by Ryan Adams:


On YouTube - http://youtu.be/Uct0YlsMZzM

Thanks to Jeff Mullins for filming and to Deep South for hosting!

Show: Charlotte, 1/31

We are excited to head down to Charlotte, North Carolina this Saturday, 1/31 for a day full of fun.  We will start the day at Heroes Aren't Hard to Find's Charlotte Mini-Con.  Admission is free with a non-perishable food item. Don’t forget to get registered for #CLTMiniCon here and please bring a non-perishable food item for Second Harvest Food Bank for FREE admission - https://clt-minicon2015.eventbrite.com/

After the con we will be performing at the after party at the Double Door Inn located at 1218 Charlottetowne Avenue, Charlotte, NC.

Doors at 9pm
Show at 10pm
Tickets available online or at the door - http://ticketf.ly/1wTDhCs

New Video: "My Way" at the Raleigh Denim Workshop

With the band preparing to release their first studio album in over 2 years entitled, BADLANDS, the North Carolina swamp-rockers, Jack the Radio, perform their new song "My Way" live at the Raleigh Workshop surrounded by sewing desks, spindles and American-made denim.

Audio was recorded live in the workshop in one pass with three microphones and filmed by Marshal Alderman and Brian Korff and edited by Brian Korff and Spike Hoban. Special thanks to the Raleigh Denim Crew for sharing their space. Watch below or by clicking here -- http://youtu.be/9sc8Tzv0ObA

Hanging at the Raleigh Denim Workshop

As we roll into the holiday season and with the new year on the horizon the band is finishing up tracking the last batch of songs for our first studio album in over two years!  We still have a lot of work to do but we are excited to announce we will be releasing our next record entitled, BADLANDS, in 2015.

Stay tuned for more updates in the new year and more videos including a live performance video of a new song in the Raleigh Denim Workshop + Curatory! Here are some stills from the video shoot:

Happy Holidays from Jack the Radio!

Jack the Radio would like to wish everyone a happy holidays!

In the holiday spirit and to celebrate an amazing year we would like to share a free download of the band covering Tom Petty's "Honey Bee" off the album Wildflowers.  The band recorded this song live in the room at SoundPure studios with our pal Allen Palmer in Durham, North Carolina, USA.



Enjoy a FREE download and check out the in studio video by Videoso Studios!

Fullsteam Brewery + NC Comicon

This weekend a few of us are heading out to Durham, North Carolina.  We will be performing at Fullsteam Brewery the evening of Saturday, 11/15/2014.  The event is free and will also have live music from SNMNMNM as well as NC Comicon's Drink and Draw event which will have some comic industry professionals in attendance!

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We also plan to be around at the convention Saturday and Sunday.  Check out the cover George did for The Stagger's comicon issue!

And a big thank you to Rachael and Leila at the Stagger for the great right up on the convention and upcoming show.

You can check out full list of convention guests, exhibitors, times, ticket info and COMIQUEST info at nccomicon.com

Happy Halloween & Raleigh Brew Fest this weekend!

Halloween is just around the corner and we want to wish everyone a stellar time this weekend!

We are excited to announce we will be performing at the Raleigh Fall Brew Fest on Saturday, 11/1/2014, which will celebrate craft beverages from around North Carolina and beyond.

The event will feature craft beer, music, food, and other vendors and the event benefits the NC Therapeutic Riding Center (NCTRC)!

Visit http://www.raleighbrewfest.com for tickets and info.

New album coming in 2015! Back in the studio!

Hey y'all.  We wanted to share some updates on our studio progress.  We have been busy writing and recording off and on for almost two years.  While we put out the live, stripped down album during that time we are focused and eager for you guys to hear our first studio album in two years.

So far we've created some of that traditional Jack the Radio mud-rock sound and some tracks mixed with a darker edge.  Last night was a productive session tracking vocals at ‪Warrior Sound‬ in Chapel Hill for the new album.

Here's a tease of a new track called "Leaves" with Chris laying down a harmony over George and A.C. vocal tracks:

Much more to come in the coming months!  Thank you all for your support and love this year!

Heading to Shakori!

This weekend Jack the Radio heads down to the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance! Major thanks to The Stagger for the amazing mention, which is out now. We will see you Friday, 10/10 Shakori peeps!