Admiral Radley is a California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

-based indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band formed in late 2009.

The band is formed from members of the indie rock bands Grandaddy

Grandaddy

Grandaddy was an American indie rock band, formed in 1992 in Modesto, California by singer, guitarist, and keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch. Guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden later joined the band in 1995...

 (Jason Lytle

Jason Lytle

Jason Lytle is an American musician best known for his work in the indie rock group Grandaddy. He released a solo album in 2009 and is currently in the band Admiral Radley.-Biography:...

 and Aaron Burtch) and Earlimart

Earlimart (band)

Earlimart is an Indie rock band based in Los Angeles, California. They are named for the town of Earlimart, California. Their sound bears resemblance to Elliott Smith and Grandaddy, as well as to contemporaries like Pedro the Lion, with whom they performed in a 2004 tour. The band's sixth...

 (Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray). Originally the band name was going to be Grandimart or Earlidaddy, a combination of both band's names. However, after a couple bottles of red wine and a strange encounter with a man who addressed himself as only Admiral Radley, they decided on the name Admiral Radley.

Albums

Admiral Radley has released one album entitled I Heart California, which was released July 13, 2010, on the label The Ship.
Track listing

• "I Heart California"
• "Ghosts of Syllables"
• "Sunburn Kids"
• "Lonesome Co."
• "The Thread"
• "Red Curbs"
• "I'm All Fucked On Beer"
• "Ending Of Me"
• "GNDN"
• "Chingas In the West"
• "I Left U Cuz I Luft U"

Performances

Admiral Radley's "I Heart California.....and the rest of the West Coast” tour ran from July 19–24, 2010. During this tour they played shows in Seattle, Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, San Francisco, and Escalon, California

Escalon, California

Escalon is a city in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 7,132 at the 2010 census, up from 5,963 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

. Their next tour, "I Heart California....and the Midwest/East Coast" ran from August 12–23, 2010. They performed in Minneapolis, Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Cleveland, Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia.

External links

• http://www.admiralradley.com/homenews/
• Review of I Heart California
• Another review