Times Like Dying

Times Like Dying

Hey oh! A little while back, we wrote and recorded music for the post-Civil War South film, "Times Like Dying." It's a short film directed and written by some friends of ours and its awesome. It also won a bunch of awards at a ton of film festivals, as evidenced by all those little laurel leaf award symbols right under the play button... you know, the ones that you see on all the really great movies. You can watch the film below. Giddyup!

CHRISTMAS TOUR 2015

CHRISTMAS TOUR 2015

Guthre Theatre

Ho, ho, ho - Christmas shows!

Hey y'all! To celebrate the release of our new record, The Songs the Season Brings, Vols. 1-4, we're hitting the road to play a Christmas song or two -- or ten! This month, for the first time ever, we'll be playing a handful of holiday specific Sitting Room shows in and around the southeast. A night of Christmas standards and some of our originals, right in your living room! If you're looking for an alternative to the typical secret-Santa-gift-swap-fructose-overload-reindeer-sweater-corncob-pipe-and-a-button-nose-holiday-disaster, then this may be it!

SUBMIT FOR 2015 HOLIDAY HOUSE SHOW

A number of folks have reached out to us about setting up shows, to feature songs from the new Christmas release, and we wanted to open up a few more nights throughout the month. If you've got a date between December 11th - 23rd and want to invite your friends over for a chilled out evening of old and new yuletide fueled holiday classics, then let us know!

We're looking forward to hitting the road to celebrate with you, hope to see you soon. Merry Christmas!

Holiday House Shows 2015

HOLIDAY HOUSE SHOWS 2015

Guthre Theatre

Silver and Gold! Comfort and Joy! Cheese and crackers! We’re hitting the road this month to play a Christmas song or two -- or ten! If you're looking for an alternative to the typical secret-Santa-gift-swap-fructose-overload-reindeer-sweater-corncob-pipe-and-a-button-nose-holiday-disaster, then this is it. Invite your friends to your house and let us come over to help you celebrate by playing a chilled out evening of old and new yuletide fueled holiday classics. Read on!

Holiday House Shows:

Essentially, we're getting on the road to play house shows of Christmas songs from our new Christmas record, plus a few other songs from our other records. Here's a few things to consider if you're interested in setting a show up for you and your friends:

• This would be a private event for you and your group of friends. So you can invite whoever you want, as long as they can sit still for an hour of music.
• This would need to be an indoor place to play. It could be a house, loft, apartment, studio, gallery or other private space that can safely and comfortably host your guests. It should be a place with a big living room, finished basement or large interior space that would be suitable for this event (i.e. your house). Ideally, this place would have a way to dim the lights, or better yet, no obtrusive overhead lights at all and just a few cool floor/table lamps around the room. Whatever the space is, it will be crucial in setting the mood of the evening.
• These shows can’t be done outside. We most likely will be performing for you with no microphones or sound system; it’ll just be us, you, your friends, and a super intimate evening of music.
• Feel free to do all the normal Christmas party type stuff. Wine, beer, finger food, gift exchange - we just ask that you and your guests are prepared to sit, relax, and enjoy and hour of music with no distractions.

If you’re interested please fill out the form below and we'll get in touch to discuss pricing and additional details. Thanks! We're looking forward to hanging out!

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Fall Sitting Room Tour

Hey friends, tour time!

This October we hit the road to play a bunch of shows in the South and Midwest. The Fall 2015 Sitting Room tour will be a chance to hear our songs in more intimate environments, many of them living rooms and homes. These shows will be acoustic, up close and personal. We did a run of these shows back in February, they were a ton of fun and most sold out!! Act now and get your tickets here!

Click Here For All Tour Dates And Tickets

October 12 | Charlotte, NC October 13 | Greenville, SC October 14 | Atlanta, GA October 15 | Birmingham, AL October 16 | Jackson, MS October 19 | Oklahoma City, OK October 20 | Wichita, KS October 21 | Kansas City, KS October 23 | Minneapolis, MN October 24 | Chicago, IL October 25 | Wheaton, IL October 27 | Lexington, KY October 28 | Charleston, WV October 29 | Charlottesville, VA October 30 | Raleigh, NC

New Fall Tour

NEW FALL TOUR

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We’re looking for hosts interested in opening their homes this October for an hour of music. Sound like something you wanna do?

Submit your info in the form below!

Here’s what we’d need from you:

• An indoor place to play. It could be a house, loft, apartment, studio, gallery or other private space that can safely and comfortably host 30-60 guests. It should be a place with a big living room, finished basement or large interior space that would be suitable for this event. Ideally, this place would have a way to dim the lights, or better yet, no obtrusive overhead lights at all and just a few cool floor/table lamps around the room. Whatever the space is, it will be crucial in setting the mood of the evening.
• Plenty of parking for all guests in attendance. This could be street parking, a parking garage, or an offsite location where guests can park and easily walk, or take public transportation to the show. Also, your neighbors need to be okay with any additional vehicles being parked around your house.
• A realistic number of how many people your place can hold. We’ll also need an honest assessment of roughly how many people you know that would want to attend as well? Much of the determining factor on where we play will depend on how many tickets we can sell. We’re a totally independent band and as so we have to fund this whole thing ourselves. It just wouldn’t make fiscal sense to travel 10 hours to play a show for 5 people, know what I mean?

A few things to consider:

• Once the date for your show is nailed down, tickets can be purchased on our website so we are able to account for how many have been sold. After being purchased, the tickets can be downloaded and printed by guests.
• These shows can’t be done outside. We most likely will be performing for you with no microphones or sound system; it’ll just be us, you, your friends, and a super intimate evening of music.
• You should be cool with other guests in your area, that you may not know, coming to your place as well (unless you can sell out the whole show with just your friends and family).
• We ask guests to arrive between 7:00 - 7:45pm. The show will start at 8:00pm and will run an hour to an hour and a half. We also will ask that everyone be out of your place by 10:00pm (these times can be modified in most cases if necessary).
• Seating isn’t an issue. If you’ve got some chairs that’s fine, however floor seating works fine as well.
• We will be promoting these shows on Facebook, twitter and our website. However, word-of-mouth is by far the best tool in getting people out. We would rely heavily on you for this.
• Last but not least, throw everything we’ve already said out. We can also tailor this whole thing to you. If instead of charging by the ticket, you’d like to pay one flat show fee, invite whoever for free and go bonkers, we can oblige you. We can hash out the details for that when you get in contact.

What you get:

• An hour or more of song, stories, laughs or tears (depending on how the night goes). Also, a free ticket for you and your sweetheart.
• We’d like these shows to be events, a fun evening with out friends. Wine, beer, finger food, and pretty much whatever else you want to build this evening around works fine with us, as long as the music is the center of the evening.

If you’re interested please fill out the form below and we'll get in touch. Thanks! We're looking forward to hanging out! [form houseshow]

SITTING ROOM WINTER 2015 TOUR

SITTING ROOM WINTER 2015 TOUR

This February we’re hitting the road to do a mini house show tour and want to play at your house! We’re looking for hosts between February 2nd-13th, from North Carolina to New York (and surrounding states) that would open their homes for an hour of music. Sound like something you wanna do? Read on!

If you’re interested, here’s what we’d need from you:

• An indoor place to play. It could be a house, loft, apartment, studio, gallery or other private space that can safely and comfortably host 30-60 guests. It should be a place with a big living room, finished basement or large interior space that would be suitable for this event. Ideally, this place would have a way to dim the lights, or better yet, no obtrusive overhead lights at all and just a few cool floor/table lamps around the room. Whatever the space is, it will be crucial in setting the mood of the evening.
• Plenty of parking for all guests in attendance. This could be street parking, a parking garage, or an offsite location where guests can park and easily walk, or take public transportation to the show. Also, your neighbors need to be okay with any additional vehicles being parked around your house.
• A realistic number of how many people your place can hold. We’ll also need an honest assessment of roughly how many people you know that would want to attend as well? Much of the determining factor on where we play will depend on how many tickets we can sell. As you may or may not know, we’re a totally independent band and as so we have to fund this whole thing ourselves. It just wouldn’t make fiscal sense to travel 10 hours to play a show for 5 people, know what I mean?

A few things to consider:

• Tickets can be purchased on our website so we are able to account for how many have been sold. After being purchased, the tickets can be downloaded and printed.
• These shows can’t be done outside. We most likely will be performing for you with no microphones or sound system; it’ll just be us, you, your friends, and a super intimate evening of music.
• You should be cool with other guests in your area, that you may not know, coming to your place as well (unless you can sell out the whole show with just your friends and family).
• We ask guests to arrive between 7:00 - 7:45pm. The show will start at 8:00pm and will run around 50 minutes to an hour. We also will ask that everyone be out of your place by 10:00pm.
• Seating isn’t an issue. If you’ve got some chairs that’s fine, however floor seating works fine as well.
• We will be promoting these shows on Facebook, twitter and our website. However, word-of-mouth is by far the best tool in getting people out. We would rely heavily on you for this.
• Last but not least, throw everything we’ve already said out. We can also tailor this whole thing to you. If instead of charging by the ticket, you’d like to pay one flat show fee, invite whoever for free and go bonkers, we can oblige you. We can hash out the details for that when you get in contact.

What you get:

• An hour of song, stories, laughs or tears (depending on how the night goes) and our infinite gratitude. Also, a free ticket for you and your sweetheart.
• We’d like these shows to be events. We’d like for it to feel like everyone is out for a fun evening with friends. Wine, beer, finger food, and pretty much whatever else you want to build this evening around works fine with us, as long as the music is the center of the evening.

If you’re interested please email us here:info@betaradio.com

Include your:

1. Address
2. Photos of the space you’d like to book us in
3. How many people can comfortably and safely fit in your space
4. Also, please include the number of guests you could get out on your own

Please write “Beta Radio House Show” and the name of your city and state in the subject line. If we’re able to confirm a show we will get in contact and send you a contract to sign ASAP.

Thanks! We’re looking forward to hanging out!

Colony of Bees

COLONY OF BEES

Hey-Oh! If you’ve been following anything related to BR over the past weeks you’ll know that we've finished a new album. Not only that, but the album is here. Today. Right now. And we want you to hear it - like badly.

Colony of Bees, our first full length record in over four years, is available right now on all major digital distributors. Download your copy on iTunes, Amazon or order it on vinyl or compact disc right from us. Its also available to stream on Spotify.This record was made in multiple homes, studios and states. Colony of Bees represents the sum of our recording endeavors from the past four years (minus a handful of recordings here and there). We hope you love it.

Right now, we’re planning for future happenings, things, shows, etc. You’re in a good place to hear about all that stuff by being here, but you can also get all kinds of updates on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. There’s a lot yet to come that we can’t wait to share with you.

love you. BR

New Album & Video

NEW ALBUM & VIDEO

Hello Friends! We are so pleased to announce the November 18th release of our new full length record, Colony of Bees, along with the record's first single/music video, "East of Tennessee," available right here, read on!

Wilmington, North Carolina indie-folk duo Beta Radio announce the November 18th release of their much anticipated sophomore studio album, Colony Of Bees. This record, the band's first full length recording in over four years, marks a subtle departure in style from their celebrated debut Seven Sisters - a record without label support and whose grassroots success was built largely on the back of internet radio stations Pandora and Spotify. The more layered and at times ethereal offerings on Colony Of Bees tread into new territory, but at the same time manage to effortlessly keep one foot firmly rooted in the Americana/folk arena that they have called home for many years.

The record’s first single/music video “East Of Tennessee” travels with the band across multiple North Carolina locales, traversing hundreds of miles from the beach to the mountains, visiting homes, family and recording studios along the way, and serving as a whirlwind tribute of sorts to their home state.

We're so excited for you to hear the new song, and can't wait for you to hear the whole album. It will be available on all major online distributors, and is available now for pre-order on iTunes. All pre-orders come with an instant download of the first single "East of Tennessee."

Love you, BR

New Merch

NEW MERCH

Hello and happy New Year!

A quick note - we've just gotten a TON of new shirts in!  Here you can see we've gotten some old design favorites reprinted.  There are also a few new ones - designed (and also sometimes worn) by us!!  We'd love to get these shirts on to your bodies! Check them out here:

betaradio.com/brstore

love you.

The Songs the Season Brings: Vol. 3

THE SONGS THE SEASON BRINGS: VOL. 3

Hello Friends! Happy Holidays! We hope this letter finds everyone well, and many of you full of turkey, ham, snow cones, corn dogs and pumpkin pie. We've got some big news happening today that we want to share with everyone! As you might know, for the last two years we’ve released two holiday EPs, The Songs the Season Brings and The Songs the Season Brings: Vol. 2 for better or worse, into the far reaches of the Internet. We received very generous feedback about them - and we decided to do it again! Read on!

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With hopes of creating something to stand among the greater trios and trifectas of our time - The Hanson Brothers, Paper-Rock-Scissors, Three Bean Salad - Beta Radio presents to you THE SONGS THE SEASON BRINGS: VOL. 3! For a third time this collection of classic and original Christmas songs is here to help you celebrate the holiday season. Recorded at home in the fall of 2013, we hope these songs bring you joy this holiday as you reflect on all you’re thankful for - You survived the Mayan apocalypse from 2012! You got the satisfaction you were looking for in the Breaking Bad series finale! Your health insurance premiums only doubled in price!

During this season of joy, peace and giving – we want to give something to you, totally free. This record is our gift to you! We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it! For a limited time, you can get an immediate download by clicking below to go to our Noisetrade page. Just enter your email address and we’ll immediately send a link to you to download the EP!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY

Just like every year, we hope these songs will keep you company this season as you're shoveling snow, changing light bulbs, eating candy canes, singing carols, buying diapers, running errands, smooching babes, wrapping presents, shaving off that not-so-sexy mustache you grew for "Movember," paying off credit card debt, giving someone the silent treatment, and whatever else the season may bring!

*Don't forget, this offer expires soon so get it now while its free - and if you like it, help spread the word through Facebook, Twitter, smoke signals, etc. Tell a friend to download their own copy too!

Studio Video - The Man Grows

STUDIO VIDEO - THE MAN GROWS

Hi there, Back in July our friend Scott came over to hang and shot a cool live video in our home studio. We chose to play an older song that some aren't as familiar with. The song, The Man Grows, is one of two waltzes that we wrote for the CW Network's show Hart Of Dixie. This version is different than the album version however - it's played in a 4/4 time signature (the album version was written in a 3/4 signature,  a.k.a.  a waltz).

Scott Seibold (the dude who shot and edited this video) splits his time between our hometown of Wilmington and Los Angeles. His projects have been featured in CNN, Denver Post, Time, Discovery, Mashable and Huffington Post. He's a gun for hire so give him all your money and in return you'll get the sweetest video edit of your life - scottseibold.com

Either Way [Official Video]

EITHER WAY [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

When we were approached at the end of 2012 by filmmaker and friend Kevin Stauss to shoot a music video for one of our songs, we were totally on board. The only hitch was, we didn’t have any new songs ready to be released, and our first record had already been out over a year. Regardless, we didn’t want to pass up the opportunity, so we returned to Seven Sisters and decided on using the song “Either Way.” After planning for a few weeks we picked a location, a sweet little spot called City Club here in Wilmington, and shot all our footage on one February afternoon. We hope you enjoy it, and hope it will tide you over while we're hard at work on our next full length!

Christmas Songs, Volume 2!

Hello Friends! Happy Holidays! We hope this letter finds everyone well, and many of you full of turkey, ham, pecan pie, Cheetos and BBQ spare ribs. We've got some big news happening today that we want to share with everyone! As you might know, last Thanksgiving we released our first holiday EP, “The Songs the Season Brings”, for better or worse, into the far reaches of the Internet. We received very generous feedback about the recording - and because such a large proportion of feedback came as love letters instead of hate mail, we decided to do it again! Read on!

“The Songs The Season Brings: Vol. 2” is a collection of classic and original Christmas songs to help celebrate the holiday season - again! This second holiday installment from Beta Radio was recorded at home, in churches and in studios in the fall of 2012. We hope these songs fill your head and warm your heart as you wait for Christmas! (Or for the Mayan apocalypse, in case the 25th never comes - oh my)!

Just like last year, during this season of joy, peace and giving – we want to give something to you, totally free. This record is our gift to you! We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it!  For a limited time, you can get an immediate download by clicking below to go to our Noisetrade site. Just enter your email address and we’ll immediately send a link to you to download the EP!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “THE SONGS THE SEASON BRINGS: VOL. 2” FOR FREE

We hope these songs are a joy to you, and will keep you company this season as you're cleaning bathrooms, balancing your check book, strategizing over how best to return those pleated Dockers your mom’s half sister gave you that everyone knows you’re waaaaay to cool to be wearing, blowing up air mattresses, cooking, laughing, buying AAA batteries for your newest thing, potty training, crying, folding up air mattresses - and everything else the season may bring!

*Don't forget, this offer expires soon so get it now while its free - and if you like it, help spread the word through Facebook, Twitter, smoke signals, etc. Tell a friend to download their own copy too!

Featured Song!

FEATURED SONG!

Hello All! Check out this awesome short film, featuring our song "Return to Darden Road", made by the super talented Tim Shisler at OnTheSnow.com:

Winter Comes To The Mountains: A Soulful Look at How Mountain Towns Celebrate the New Season The Denver Egotist  /  November 5th, 2012 About a month ago, Summit County local Rex Lint and Liam Doran pitched Tim Shisler of OnTheSnow.com a video project capturing the transition between fall and winter in the mountains. They wanted to shoot an annual Ullr bonfire that Liam hosts each season.The project was greenlighted and production began.

The timeline was short — less than a week — so the creators scrambled to come up with a script and music. After hearing a song by Beta Radio on Pandora, they tracked down the band and got them to agree to let them use their music. From then on, everything fell into place beautifully.

"In cities fall is the season of endings. In ski towns it marks a beginning. This is how we celebrate."

In The Studio

IN THE STUDIO

Hello all! In between releasing our last album Seven Sisters and now, Brent and I have taken little breaks over the past two years to do other things we were interested in, i.e. release a vinyl record, write some songs for network TV, eat some candy bars, record some Christmas music, have babies, work in our yards, feed our pets, etc., all the while, consistently writing and demoing for another record.  But now - through blood, sweat, and tears, and cheers, and jeers, beers and sears,  (yep, made a brief visit to SEARS dept. store last week for some SAWEEEEET new friday night duds!) we are now in the middle of crafting our next release for you!  We're super excited and hope you are too! Beginning in October, we're recording our first round of new songs.  We've got about 30 songs total that we're demoing, building up, and whittling down, and we think you'll love them!

For Seven Sisters, we had a handful of songs to be recorded in a hometown studio over two weeks, with plans for only a little six song acoustic EP.  That quickly turned into a more involved recording, with return trips to the studio, throw in a few home recordings to the mix and PRESTO, three months later we had what became Seven Sisters!  For this next recording we're doing the same thing, but we're also getting morefriends to help arrange string and horn parts, putting a little more time in what instruments to choose for every song, and who else to add to our little studio crew, and putting generally more time and care into everything about this recording, all for you, because we love you more than you know!  Thanks for all your love and support these past two and a half years, we can't wait to show you whats next!!!

xoxo

Beta Radio

Sweet Baby Vie

SWEET BABY VIE

Congratulations to Brent and Amanda - their daughter Vie was born on Monday and everyone is ecstatic! The Beta Radio family just got bigger.

New new new!

NEW NEW NEW!

First photo from some scratch recordings for our next record. And so it begins!!

Merry Christmas!

Hello dear Friends, we hope everyone has a joyous and happy Christmas day... and hopefully some of you were able to capitalize on that hanging mistletoe at the company/neighborhood/Elks Lodge party for a quick holiday smooch! We've had a great year and are looking forward to what joys next year will bring! Goodwill! Comfort and Joy! Candy canes! Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Love you,

Beta Radio

P.S. Here's something for 2012:

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SEVEN SISTERS VINYL - NOW AVAILABLE!

Hello friends, I hope this post finds everyone happy, warm and well! We wanted to write and let you in on some exciting news just in time for the holidays. We're pleased to let you know that we've just received the long awaited vinyl record pressings of Seven Sisters (Deluxe Edition)!Seven Sisters (Deluxe Edition), is a limited, 500 copy run of our debut album Seven Sisters - on vinyl! Its something for all you audiophiles and analog lovers out there, and is now available to be ordered and shipped right to you! The reason why this record is a “Deluxe Edition,” is because in addition to the original eleven songs from Seven Sisters, it includes two unreleased tracks recorded after the original "Sisters" recording sessions. These new jams were written for the first two episodes of the CW Network's television series, Hart Of Dixie. All the songs have been remastered, and each record comes with reworked album art specifically for the vinyl release, as well as lyric sheets, liner notes, and a full album download code, so you can listen to these songs even when you're not near your turntable!

And if all this isn't enough, for the next week all orders to anywhere in the continental United States will be shipped free! Order on or before December 15th, and the shipping is on us! (Again continental United States only - *free shipping will be reflected at item checkout).

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE SEVEN SISTERS (DELUXE EDITION)!

We are incredibly happy with how the record looks and sounds, and are excited to get you your copy of it. We've already accepted a number of pre-orders since we announced it earlier this fall, and many have already been claimed. Only 500 copies have been pressed, and we expect them to go quick, so get one for yourself - or give the gift of analog this year to your sweetheart/mom/boss/best friend/gardener/puppy/etc.! Buy your copy here!

Not a fan of vinyl? Is analog to antiquated? Then get an immediate digital download of Seven Sisters (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes instead!

DOWNLOAD OUR NEW CHRISTMAS EP FOR FREE - RIGHT NOW!

We hope this letter finds everyone well, and those of you here in the states, full of holiday turkey, pecan pie and BBQ spare ribs. We've got some big news happening today that we want to share with everyone! As you might have heard, over the past few days and weeks, we've been hard at work on our newest recording. It's a collection of classic and original Christmas songs to help celebrate the holiday season! This new EP, “The Songs The Season Brings” was made in various environments over the past two months – we recorded in the studio, at home in bedrooms, and in closets of family members, while drinking egg nog and roasting chestnuts over a George Foreman grill. We are especially excited about this record! During this season of joy, peace and giving – we want to give something to you, totally free. This record is our gift to you, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed making it. From now until December 31^st, you can get an immediate download by clicking below to go to our Bandcamp partner site. Choose Free Download and instantly get the songs and the artwork!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “THE SONGS THE SEASON BRINGS”

*Don't forget, this expires on Dec. 31^st so get it now while its free! - and if you like it, help spread the word through facebook, twitter, smoke signlals, word of mouth, etc. Tell a friend to download their own copy too!