It’s been a crazy busy week, which finds me recording and publishing Radioactive State on a new day. That’s right – moving forward, you can expect shows on Mondays as opposed to Wednesdays. (I get into just why the shift was needed on the podcast, but it’s a very exciting change! Yay!)

This week there’s a pretty wide mix as the last week or so has alternated between frenetic activity and needing slacktastic downtime to recharge the mental and spiritual batteries. As such, this show is a combination of older music and bands you’ll likely have heard of combined with my normal globe-scampering mishmash of cool new stuff.

In an effort to force myself to go a bit further away from sets, this week’s songs are quite literally presented in the random order in which they loaded into my MP3 player. All are great songs I’ve been jamming out to over the last while (or in for years in one case), so I hope you enjoy them as well!

As always, show notes with full band credit and links are after the break. Enjoy!

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Opening song clip: The Device Has Been Modified by Victims of Science

• Lieslieslies [Cognitive Dissonance Mix] – Ministry, from the album Rio Grande Dub(Ya)
• War Song – Post Death Soundtrack, from the album Music as Weaponry
• Tui Moana – Te Vaka, from the album Haoloto
• Member of No Tribe – The Fenwicks, from the album Member of No Tribe (Catch them on Facebook!)
• Take Over [feat. Tippa Lee] – Tommy Dubs, from the album En Los Campos
• Isis Unveiled [Radio Edit] – …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, from the album Century of Self
• Permanent Revolutions – All India Radio, from the album 002
• Cruise Control – Azoora, from The Big Bang EP

The Fenwicks appear here with written permission of and many thanks to  Steve Schub and Jim Corrieri. If you get a chance to see these guys perform in any format, take it. That said, when their musical wonder-twin powers connect in a worldwide skasplosion of epic proportions with the Fenwicks, it is the pinnacle of do not miss showmanship. Trust me on this.

Some of the music used in this week’s podcast was sourced from Mevio’s Music Alley at musicalley.com. Other music was taken from the CC-licensed collection at Jamendo.com. All music is used under Creative Commons or by written permission of the artists. If you enjoy their music, please consider picking some up or making a donation to the bands. Community support makes independent artists viable.

Radioactive State is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0, Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivative Works unported license.

Originally, I’d had this crazy idea to make a podcast full of polka music for April Fool’s day, but then I realized I’d have to listen to it to master it.

Needless to say, this is a guaranteed 100% polka-free podcast. Sorry polka fans, but short of Weird Al, I don’t tend to gravitate towards it.

This episode is also 100% safe from April Fool’s pranks. It does, however, feature some excellent rockabilly and ska with a dash of punk and reggae in there for good measure because that’s my springtime music — and the weather here in Florida has been pretty damn fantastic lately.

Thanks to the awesomeness of bands releasing their music for more podcasters to use, there are a couple of surprises in this podcast’s lineup. If you like being surprised, be sure to listen to the show before checking the show notes.

Of course, if you’re into spoilers, the full listing of tracks and artists can, as always, be found after the break!

Radioactive State – Episode #3, Volume #1

1. Johnny Dangerously – Guitar Slingers
2. Everything Sux – Descendents
3. Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Here To Stay – Shakin’ D.T’s
4. Like A Rocket – Guitar Slingers (Note: lyrics NSFW!)
5. Don’t Give It All Away – Bombskare
6. Fan Of The Bean – The Clintons
7. Don’t Say – Subcity Dwellers
8. World Turned Upside Down – Bombskare
9. Forever Moore – Fishbone

All music used on this podcast was released for free use in podcasts through Music Alley. As such, this podcast is released under Creative Commons: Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives.

Not all songs may be available as free downloads at the time this is released or accessed, so please support independent artists you like by buying some music!

Music sourced from Mevio’s MusicAlley service at musicalley.com.

Image courtesy of joiseyshowaa on flickr