We’re still a couple weeks from giving you a full fall season announcement, but we thought we could share that we’re going to be having Suckers on the show in December. That’s right. December 4, Suckers, Radio Happy Hour, tatter tots, bloody marys, murder. Those are the facts as we know them so far. We’ll be adding more guests to that show, as well as the October 2nd show with Born Ruffians. Tickets for the December show are on sale now. Below is the new video for the Suckers track “Black Sheep,” a video that you should watch once you’re done with the words here. OK. Almost there. Done.

While the show is on a late summer break I thought I’d pass along you can get a little bit of the RHH touch if you come down to Le Poisson Rouge Friday night to see Emanuel & the Fear (9 piece indie rock band) with the ArtBattles kids doing paintings all night as well as DJ Hester Prynn (a little inside), all of which will be hosted by Radio Happy Hour’s own Sam Osterhout.

More information on the show here. Hope to see you out tomorrow night. Say hello. Let us buy you a beer.

Radio Happy Hour packed into the basement of Le Poisson Rouge on a humid July afternoon to tape episode #11 “The Don, The Delicious, and the Doom” featuring The Postelles, David Dondero, and 2009 US Air Guitar Champion William Ocean. This episode also featured an appearance from John and Molly Knefel and some sweet, sweet cello from cellist Justin Kantor. In this episode Sam finds himself at an Italian restaurant called Meatballs Inc., owned by David Dondero, who brings in a celebrity chef, William Ocean, to save his failing business. But his former cook turns up dead in the kitchen, and David Dargahi of The Postelles is sleeping with old women, and Sam has a badger costume for some reason, but it’s all part of the mystery in “The Don, The Delicious, and the Doom.”

You can listen to the show here or you can get it when you subscribe to the Radio Happy Hour podcast on iTunes for free.

All pictures by Lea Bonnier
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NPR is streaming David Dondero’s new album, # Zero With a Bullet, right now until the album comes out on August 3. Head over here to take a listen.

Stayed tuned this week and we’ll be posting David Dondero’s performance from last weekend’s Radio Happy Hour as well as the murder-mystery starring Dondero, The Postelles, and William Ocean.

If you enjoyed all the great music at last Saturday’s show you should check out the new Daytrotter session today from The Postelles. You can get it here.

The show yesterday was fantastiche. Here’s a teaser video of the glorious William Ocean backing up The Postelles. More videos and the podcast to come this week!

William Ocean, Air Guitarist

all photos taken by Lea Bonnier. Click photos to enlarge.

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As we said before, Nick Diamonds premiered three new songs on last month’s Radio Happy Hour. He said that they will all likely become Islands songs with a full band. Take a listen to all three tracks below and don’t forget that the next Radio Happy Hour is on Saturday with The Postelles, David Dondero, William Ocean (2009 US Air Guitar Champion), and special appearances by John & Molly Knefel. Get your tickets here.

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When Nick Diamonds performed on Radio Happy Hour in June he performed three brand new tracks, which he said will likely become Islands songs. Over the next couple of days we’ll post all of the songs, but here is the first one. It’s called “Shotgun Vision.”