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Album Reviews

Water’s Here in You

Babehoven
Water’s Here in You

May 01, 2024 Web Exclusive

Coming off equal parts celebratory and downcast isn’t the easiest of feats to pull off. But the duo of Maya Bon and Ryan Albert, operating as Babehoven, manage to tackle that with an expert level of aplomb.

The Westbound Sound: Westbound Records Curated by Record Store Day, Vol. 1 

Various Artists
The Westbound Sound: Westbound Records Curated by Record Store Day, Vol. 1 

May 01, 2024 Web Exclusive

For Record Store Day, select record stores curated a single LP compilation of tracks from the late ‘60s/early ‘70s Detroit record label that is infamous for launching the careers of both Funkadelic and Ohio Players.

All Born Screaming

St. Vincent
All Born Screaming

Apr 30, 2024 Web Exclusive

Annie Clark wants to play guitar. That much has been evident since her days at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in the early 2000s, since dropping out and touring with The Polyphonic Spree and, shortly after, with Sufjan Stevens.

Classic Interviews

Steven Okazaki, director of Mifune: The Last Samurai

Steven Okazaki, director of Mifune: The Last Samurai
Steven Okazaki Wants You To Remember The Past (And Maybe Not Use Netflix So Much)

Dec 07, 2016 Web Exclusive

Steven Okazaki is an Oscar-winning director whose latest project, Mifune: The Last Samurai, chronicles the life of Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. Mifune rose from the destruction of post-war Japan to leave an indelible mark on cinema from Tokyo to Hollywood. I spoke with Okazaki over the phone about Mifune, nervously watching the minutes on my recording app be picked off like bandits against Kyuzo in Seven Samurai.

Comic Book Reviews

Home to Stay!: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories

Home to Stay!: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories
Fantagraphics

May 02, 2023 Web Exclusive

In 1952 EC publisher Bill Gaines received a hilarious letter from Ray Bradbury gently requesting $50 in payment for the rights to his two stories “The Rocket Man” and “Kaleidoscope.”

Book Reviews

The Ballad of Speedball Baby: A Memoir

Ali Smith
The Ballad of Speedball Baby: A Memoir

Apr 29, 2024

You might not remember Speedball Baby. But bassist Ali Smith’s memoir is engaging in a way that few typical rock and roll stories are.

Interviews

Sam Evian on “Plunge”

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.

Cheekface on “It’s Sorted” and the State of Our Human Condition

Cheekface on “It’s Sorted” and the State of Our Human Condition

Apr 12, 2024 Web Exclusive

The ubiquitous Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson almost didn’t make the cut for one of the cleverest rhymes on the Los Angeles-based Cheekface’s fourth album, It’s Sorted.

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

MELTS @ The Bodega, Nottingham, UK, April 28, 2024

MELTS @ The Bodega, Nottingham, UK, April 28, 2024

Apr 30, 2024 By Dom Gourlay

MELTS brought their “Field Theory” tour to Nottingham at the weekend with support from hotly-tipped local acts Bored Marsh and Rain Age

Blog

Under the Radar Announces The ’90s Issue with The Cardigans and Thurston Moore on the Covers

Under the Radar Announces The ’90s Issue with The Cardigans and Thurston Moore on the Covers

Apr 19, 2024 By Mark Redfern

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.