Album Reviews
Camera Obscura
Look to the East, Look to the West
May 03, 2024 Web Exclusive
“I liked who we were together / I’m not sure who I’ll be apart,” sings Tracyanne Campbell, and suddenly nine years disappear, and the loss of Carey Lander feels painfully fresh.
Jessica Pratt
Here in the Pitch
May 02, 2024 Web Exclusive
Jessica Pratt knows how to keep people waiting. It’s been five long years since the release of Quiet Signs, a record that found her working in the studio for the first time and elevated her quietly mesmerizing songs to a new level of expertise and public awareness.
Dwight Yoakam
The Beginning and Then Some: The Albums of the ’80s
May 02, 2024 Web Exclusive
Released as a four-LP box set for Record Store Day 2024, The Beginning and Then Some collects Dwight Yoakam’s first three records, along with a bonus LP of demos and rarities that leans heavy on the 1981 cuts that ultimately led him to his first album.
News
12 Best Songs of the Week: Charly Bliss, Jessica Pratt, The WAEVE, Hamish Hawk, and More
May 03, 2024
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 20 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 12.
Interviews
John Carpenter on ‘Lost Themes IV: Noir’
May 03, 2024 Web Exclusive
The Horror Master’s latest record reaches back to Hollywood’s golden age for inspiration.
Sam Evian on “Plunge”
Apr 24, 2024 Web Exclusive
Sitting amongst all his gear in what used to be a bare barn, Sam Evian is showing Under the Radar Flying Cloud Studios. Evian and his partner, Hannah Cohen, started building the recording studio (near Woodstock, NY) over four years ago after buying property in the Catskill Mountains. Moving away from Brooklyn gave Evian a new lease on life, and more space for his creative recording endeavors.
Pleased to meet you
Sunday (1994) on Love, Dark Humor, and Leaps of Faith
Apr 30, 2024 Web Exclusive
Sunday (1994) recently made waves with their stunning debut single, “Tired Boy.” Not only does the single resonate like a lost classic, but the band also arrived with a fully formed visual aesthetic.
Lists
Under the Radar’s Top 40 TV Shows of 2023
Jan 29, 2024
Last year was a challenging one for the entertainment industry with the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes. While this double blow—albeit for good causes—had detrimental snowball effects on the industry, there was still a solid grip of high quality material that made it to the not-so-small screen airwaves and streamers. Award-winning series like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Barry took their last bows, and we’re still waiting for a trifecta from Vince Gilligan to round out Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but there was plenty to keep viewers glued to the tube. From superheroes to science fiction, political intrigue to teenage hijinks and dramatized jury service to historical dramas, we continue to be spoiled for choice. It was a battle for Under the Radar’s top television shows of 2023, but we’ve managed to narrow it down to 40 solid watches.
Live reviews
Festival Preview: Focus Wales 2024
May 03, 2024
Under the Radar heads to Wrexham next week for its annual pilgrimage to Focus Wales. Here’s who we’re most looking forward to seeing, including our two specially selected acts, Bored Marsh and Wylderness.
Blog
Under the Radar Announces The ’90s Issue with The Cardigans and Thurston Moore on the Covers
Apr 19, 2024
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 72, The ’90s Issue, which features interviews with musicians and film directors known for their work in that decade and has The Cardigans and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the two covers. As well as articles on Britpop, shoegaze, and the TV show Twin Peaks (for which we spoke to much of the cast), the issue includes interviews with Garbage, The Cranberries, Pavement, Lisa Loeb, Supergrass, Spiritualized, Lush, Ride, Velocity Girl, Gus Van Sant, Penelope Spheeris, Terry Gilliam, Stereo MC’s, Semisonic, Blonde Redhead, Sleater-Kinney, and more.
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