anyone's guess favorite - and delightfully fun & reassuringly progressive rock agitators - state radio music hall 24 returns to the bay area this week for a show at the great americanjuly. (15$, doors at 8p.) longtime readers, if any of you are out there, likely know already how we feel about chad and the gang, and their live sets never disappoint; so make plans to catch them this week. case in point: excerpts below, as part of our weekly sunday night live series, from an excellent show this past winter in northampton, mass. [ed note: our favorites from this set are "uncertain" and "gang of thieves."]

state radio live at pearl street, northampton, MA february 2008

state radio - black cab motorcade (live)

state radio - the waitress (live)

state radio - uncertain (live)

state radio - mansin humanity (live)

state radio - people to people (live)

state radio - ocean (live)

state radio - blood escaping man (live)

state radio - gang of thieves (live)

state radio - camilo (live)


also, have a look at this fan video for the song "people to people" - including snippets of r.f.k.'s famous speech following the assassination of martin luther king, jr. - currently being featured on the band's website: